PhD/MSc Alumni
2014
Thesis Title: Kernel Estimation of the Drift Coefficient of a Diffusion Process in the Presence of Measurement Error
Supervisor: Nancy E. Heckman, Priscilla Greenwood
First Position: PhD student, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Determination of Sample Sizes for Phase II Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis using Lesional Recovery as an Outcome Measure
Supervisor: John Petkau, Yinshan Zhao
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Extensions to the Multiplier Method for Inferring Population Size
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: PhD student, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Copula Models from Combining Submodels for Different Groups
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: PhD Student, Simon Fraser University
Program: M.Sc.
2013
Thesis Title: Switching Non-Parametric Regression Models
Supervisor: Nancy E. Heckman
First Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - UBC Dept. of Statistics
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Shah Lab for Computational Cancer Biology, UBC and BC Cancer Agency
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Modeling Dependancies in Multivariate Data
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson, Arnaud Doucet
First Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow - BC Cancer Agency
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Rare-Class Classification using Ensembles of Subset Variables
Supervisor: William J. Welch, Ruben H. Zamar
First Position: Research Assistant - Dept. of Statistics, UBC
Current Position: Assistant Professor - Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Bayesian Methods for Alleviating Identification Issues with Applications in Health and Insurance Areas
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Assistant Professor - North Illinois University
Current Position: Assistant Professor - North Illinois University
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: A Robust Fit for Generalized Partial Additive Models
Supervisor: Matías Salibián-Barrera
Current Position: MSc. Student - Financial Engineering, Columbia University
Program: M.Sc.