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Author:

Zhao, Yu

Title:

The performance of model fit measures by robust weighted least squares estimators in Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

model fit
fit indices
model misspecification
model size
CFA
cut-off
small sample
WLSMV
DWLS
ordinal variables

File:

Download Dissertation-Yu_Zhao.pdf

Committee Members:

Pui Wa Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Yuan

Title:

Projection Test for High-dimensional Mean Vectors with Optimal Direction

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

High-dimensional data
Hotelling's T2 test
Projection test
One-sample problem
Two-sample problem

File:

Download YuanHuang_FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member
Lan Kong, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

Author:

Christou, Eliana

Title:

A Non-iterative Method for Fitting the Single Index Quantile Regression Model with Uncensored and Censored Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Censored Data
Dimension reduction
Index model
Nadaraya-Watson estimator
Quantile regression.

File:

Download Christou_Eliana_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael G Akritas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Special Member

Author:

Samizo, Yuji

Title:

Secure Statistical Analysis on Vertically Distributed Databases

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistical disclosure limitaion
distributed databases
Secure multiparty computation
Lasso regression
LARS algorithm

File:

Download YujiSamizo-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
TBA1, Committee Member
TBA3, Committee Member

Author:

Snoke, Joshua Valor

Title:

STATISTICAL DATA PRIVACY METHODS FOR INCREASING RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistical Data Privacy
Disclosure Control
Multiparty Computation
Differential Privacy
Partitioned Data
Synthetic Data

File:

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Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Naomi S Altman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Outside Member

Author:

Umbricht, Mark Richard

Title:

Identifying Gaps in the First-Generation Pipeline: A Study of Gaps in College Expectations, Access and Completion by First-Generation Status

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

First-generation
Higher Education
Access
Completion

File:

Download Identifying_Gaps_in_the_First-Generation_Pipline__Umbricht_-_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Member
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Yue

Title:

ON IMPROVING THE UTILITY FOR DATA ANALYSES UNDER DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Differential privacy
statistical data analyses

File:

Download YueWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Kifer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Kifer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clyde Lee Giles, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Zechmann, Edward Louis

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF NOISE WITH FRACTIONAL-OCTAVE-BAND FILTERS AND THE VARIANCE AND KURTOSIS OF THE SOUND PRESSURE

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

highest density interval
fractional octave band
impulsive noise
moment
region of practical equivalence
kurtosis
kurtosis
highest density interval
fractional octave band
impulsive noise
moment
region of practical equivalence

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Allen Russell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member
William Murphy, Special Member
Ingrid Blood, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Haining

Title:

DESIGNING SELF-CARE TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE PATIENTS’ PREHABILITATION ENGAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Healthcare
Prehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Social Support
HCI
Collaboration
Workflow
Facial Paralysis
Surgical Care
User-centered Design
Chronic Condition

File:

Download Zhu_19_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John M Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Wright, William C

Title:

An Algebraic Perspective on Computing with Data

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Mathematics
Statistics
Sheaf Theory
Category Theory
Giry Monad
Algebraic Statistics
Topos Theory

File:

Download Wright-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Ryder Morton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Ryder Morton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir Itskov, Committee Member
Alexei Novikov, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Awan, Jordan

Title:

Optimizing Finite Sample Performance of Differential Privacy

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistical Disclosure Control
Statistical Disclosure Limitation
Empirical Risk Minimization
Regression

File:

Download ThesisMerge.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Committee Member
Daniel Kifer, Outside Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Agarwal, Amal

Title:

Statistical Network Modeling and its Applications in Complex Large-Scale Systems

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Clustering
Environmental studies
Exponential-family random graphical model
Variational Inference
Dynamic Network
Weighted Network
Pollution Detection

File:

Download Amal-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Committee Member
Xiang Zhan, Outside Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Johnston, Ann

Title:

Register based human population size estimation: a geometric perspective toward assessing sensitivity to unverifiable independence assumptions

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Log-linear models
Capture-recapture
Sensitivity analysis
Data integration
Official statistics

File:

Download AnnJohnston-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nixon, Michelle Anne

Title:

Privacy Preserving Methods in the Era of Big Data: New Methods and Connections

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistical Data Privacy
Synthetic Data
Statistical Disclosure Control
Differential Privacy
Knockoffs

File:

Download Nixon_dissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Outside Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sheng, Ben

Title:

The Integration of Multiple Data Sources for HIV/AIDS Incidence and Prevalence Estimation

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

antenatal clinic surveillance
HIV prevalence
statistical models
antenatal clinic surveillance
HIV prevalence
statistical models
routine HIV testing among pregnant women
Antenatal clinic
Unlinked anonymous HIV testing
Routine HIV testing
Calibration parameter
Linear mixed-effects model
weakly supervised learning
semi-supervised learning
logistic regression
contingency table
HIV recency
HIV incidence

File:

Download BenSheng-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Le Bao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Le Bao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member
Xun Cao, Outside Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair