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Author:

Lee, Kevin Haeseung

Title:

Statistical Learning of Complex Large-Scale Dynamic Systems

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistical learning
Model-based clustering
Dynamic networks
Graphical model
EM algorithm
Variational inference

File:

Download Kevin_Lee_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R. Hunter, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Nanyin Zhang, Outside Member
Mark S. Handcock, Special Member

Author:

Song, Jun

Title:

Dimension reduction for functional data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

dimension reduction
random operator
supervised machine learning
unsupervised machine learning
functional data analysis
handwriting data
speech recognition data
dimension reduction
random operator
supervised machine learning
unsupervised machine learning
functional data analysis
handwriting data
speech recognition data

File:

Download Thesis_Jun.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Naomi S. Altman, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Christopher Parker, Outside Member
Matthew Reimherr, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Dong

Title:

On some problems in Lagrangian Dynamics and Finsler Geometry

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

KAM theory
Finsler metric
duel lens map Hamiltonian flow
perturbation
metric entropy
duel lens map
Hamiltonian flow
perturbation
metric entropy

File:

Download Dong_Chen-Dissertation_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dmitri Yu Burago, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dmitri Yu Burago, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member

Author:

Ye, Jingyi

Title:

New Statistical Procedures for Analysis of HIV Data and High Dimensional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

HIV
prevalence and incidence
incidence assay data
refitted cross-validation
high dimension data
varying coefficient model
varying error variance

File:

Download Jingyi_Ye-_final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Le Bao, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Lan Kong, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Songshan

Title:

TIME-VARYING EFFECT MODEL FOR STUDYING GROUP DIFFERENCE IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Time varying-coefficient effect model

File:

Download Penn_State_University_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member

Author:

Ni, Jun

Title:

THREE ESSAYS ON QUANTITATIVE FINANCE

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

VIX modeling
Bond premia prediction
Asset allocation

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jingzhi Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jingzhi Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna L Mazzucato, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Chuan-Sheng

Title:

SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE FOR CONDITIONAL VALUE-AT-RISK AND EXPECTED SHORTFALL

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Bootstrap
Conditional expected shortfall
Conditional Value-at-Risk
Nonlinear time series
Quantile regression
Semiparametric methods

File:

Download Chuan-Sheng_s_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhibiao Zhao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
Fuqing Zhang, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Zheng

Title:

Joint Modeling Recurrent Events and a Terminal Event with Frailty-copula Models

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

Joint Frailty-copula Models
Bayesian Augmentation
Recurrent Events
Joint Frailty Model

File:

Download zheng_li.pdf

Committee Members:

Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Nasrollah Ghahramani, Committee Member
Feng Yue, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Songshan

Title:

NEW STATISTICAL ANALYTIC TOOLS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

High Dimensional Data
Feature Screening
Statistical Inference

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bing Li, Committee Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member
Jingzhi Huang, Outside Member

Author:

Petrovich, Justin Peter

Title:

Functional Principal Component Analysis and Sparse Functional Regression

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

functional data analysis
sparse functional data
FPCA
scalar-on-function regression

File:

Download JustinPetrovich-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Outside Member
Carrie Daymont, Special Member

Author:

Kang, Hyun Bin

Title:

Functional Manifold Data Analysis

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Functional Data Analysis
Shape Analysis
Object Oriented Data Analysis
Manifold Learning
Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space

File:

Download HyunBinKang_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
Mark Shriver, Outside Member

Author:

Xie, Yue

Title:

On addressing nonconvexity, stochasticity and complementarity in mathematical optimization

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

nonconvex optimization
stochastic optimization
statistical learning
algorithm
variational inequality
robust optimization

File:

Download Yue_Xie-Disseration_finalsubmitted_.pdf

Committee Members:

Uday V Shanbhag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Uday V Shanbhag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member
Ethan Fang, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Xiufan

Title:

Nonparametric Estimation of Sufficient Forecasting with a Diverging Number of Factors

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

factor model
forecasting
principal components
high-dimensional predictors
nonparametric estimation
predictive inference

File:

Download MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lingzhou Xue, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Changcheng

Title:

Topics in High-dimensional Statistical Inference

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Hotelling T2 test
Multiple sample mean test
Projection test
Two-sample mean test
Causal structural learning
Causal discovery
Causal graphical models
D-separation set
Generalized Method of Moments

File:

Download ChangchengLi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bing Li, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Xue

Title:

HIGH DIMENSIONAL STATISTICAL LEARNING AND DECISION MAKING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

High Dimensional Learning
Statistical Learning
Decision Making
Optimization

File:

Download Xue_Wang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tao Yao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tao Yao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Wanjun

Title:

New Statistical Tools for High-dimensional Data Modeling

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

High-dimensional data
Hypothesis testing
Feature screening
Regularized method

File:

Download Wanjun_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Ling

Title:

Procedures for Feature Screening and Interaction Identification in High-dimensional Data Modelling

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Sure Joint ScreeningFeature Screening
Interaction Identification
``King'' Variable
Interaction Types
Iteratively Kings' Forests
Feature Screening
Interaction Identification
Iteratively Kings' Forests
Sure Joint Screening
Cox Model

File:

Download Dissertation_of_Ling_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Yanyuan Ma, Committee Member
Rongling Wu, Outside Member

Author:

Mirshani, Ardalan

Title:

Regularization Methods In Functional Data Analysis

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Functional Data
Differential Privacy
Hilbert Space
Variable Selection
Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Oracle Property
Elastic Net
Smooth Estimate
Density Estimation

File:

Download PhD_Thesis__Ardalan_Mirshani_.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Outside Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Qiyuan

Title:

Examining the Effects of Learners’ Background and Social Network Position on Content-Related Interaction via the MOOC Platform

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

MOOCs
Interaction
Machine Learning
SEM
Social Network Analysis
Online Learning

File:

Download QL_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Simon Hooper, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member

Author:

Sheen, Emily Marie

Title:

An Exploration of Mixed Effects Models for Analysis of Infant Weight Gain Trajectories

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

generalized linear mixed models
statistics
biostatistics
microbiome
INSIGHT
mixed effects random forest

File:

Download EmilySheen-MS-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member