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Author:

Shy, Sarah

Title:

Assessing Classification Uncertainty On Astronomical Objects With Measurement Error

Graduate Program:

Statistics (MS)

Keywords:

Bayesian posterior predictive distribution
catalog data
quasar
random forest
support vector machine

File:

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Committee Members:

Hyungsuk Tak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
G. Jogesh Babu, Committee Member

Author:

Srinivasan, Arun

Title:

Topics on High-Dimensional Statistical Methods for Compositional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

compositional data analysis
robust statistics
human microbiome
high-dimensional statistics
covariance estimation
knockoff filter
variable selection
tyler's m-estimator
huber's m-estimator

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Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiang Zhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Major Field Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Agarwala, Vandana

Title:

Cross-Species Prediction of Transcription Factor Binding

Graduate Program:

Statistics (MS)

Keywords:

Bioinformatics
Deep Learning
Gene Regulation
Domain Adaptation
Transfer Learning
Computational Biology
Machine Learning

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Committee Members:

Shaun Mahony, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qunhua Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xiang Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Wright, Isaac

Title:

Machine Learning Methods for Regression and Classification with Functional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Functional Data
Boosting
Decision Trees
Classification
Regression
Machine Learning
Supervised Learning
Unsupervised Learning

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jia Li, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Liechty, Outside Unit & Field Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Major Field Member

Author:

Kelling, Claire

Title:

Advances in Spatial Models for Urban Crime

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

spatial statistics
point process
criminology
policing

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Committee Members:

Corina Antohi Graif, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gizem Korkmaz, Special Member
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Co-Chair of Committee
Murali Haran, Co-Chair, Dissertation Advisor and Minor Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Ephraim Hanks, Major Field Member

Author:

Eisenhauer, Elizabeth

Title:

Advances in Stochastic Models for Animal Movement and Assessment of Attitudes Toward Probability

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Stochastic Differential Equations
Animal Movement
Statistics Education
Attitudes

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Berg, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Beckman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Frances Buderman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Li, Xiaoxiao

Title:

Space-time Models for Inferring Infectious Disease Risk and Burden

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

infectious disease
space-time model
disease transmission

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Matthew Ferrari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Berg, Major Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Murali Haran, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Lixiang

Title:

Trustworthy Unsupervised and Supervised Learning

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Trustworthy Machine Learning
Clustering Uncertainty Assessment
Multi-view Stability-based Clustering
Enhancing Interpretability of DNN
Robust Surrogate Model for Uncertainty Quantification

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Committee Members:

Lin Lin, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Jia Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Emily Davenport, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Siapoutis, Nikolas

Title:

Shrinkage Estimation for the Diagonal Multivariate Natural Exponential Families

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

shrinkage estimators
diagonal multivariate natural exponential families
unbiased estimate of risk
semi-parametrics
sampling methods

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Richards, Dissertation Advisor
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexei Novikov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhao, Ye Alex

Title:

Tests of Hypotheses on Regression Coefficients in High-Dimensional Regression Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

high-dimensional inference
regression coefficient testing
hypothesis testing

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member