PhD/MSc Alumni
1989
Thesis Title: Maximum likelihood estimation for mixture distributions and hidden Markov models
Supervisor: Martin Puterman
First Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Health Canada
Current Position: Professor Dept of Biostatistics, University of Washington
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: The relationship between asthma and pollution levels in Prince George, British Columbia
Supervisor: John Petkau
First Position: PhD student, University of Chicago
Current Position: Professor, Penn State University, Dept of Statistics
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Testing a mean reversion hypothesis on the Toronto stock exchange
Supervisor: Juxin Liu
Program: MSc
1988
Thesis Title: Identification of risk groups : study of infant mortality in Sri Lanka
Supervisor: Frederick P. Glick
First Position: Department of Statistics, SCARL
Current Position: BC Cancer Agency
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Trend analysis of monthly acid rain data - '80 -'86
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: PhD student, UBC
Current Position: Research Triangle Institute
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Local parametric poisson models for fisheries data
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: UBC Dept of Medical Genetics
Program: MSc
1987
Thesis Title: A statistical analysis of finding the best predictor of success in first year calculus at the University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: Statistician, University of Victoria
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Disagreement : estimation of relative bias or discrepancy rate
Supervisor: Frederick P. Glick
First Position: Department of Statistics UBC as consultant and lecturer
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: A statistical analysis of electroencephalographic spikes in benign Rolandic. epilepsy of childhood
Supervisor: Michael Schulzer
Program: MSc