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Author:

Moysidis, Ilias

Title:

Joint Estimation of Multiple Graphical Models From Heterogeneous Subpopulations

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Graphical Models
Joint estimation
heterogeneous subpopulations
neighborhood selection
variable selection
nonsmooth optimization
functional graphical models

File:

Download Ilias_Moysidis_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Alexei Novikov, Outside Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Bingyuan

Title:

Topics on Nonconvex Learning

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Nonconvex optimization
machine learning
statistical learning
deep learning

File:

Download Thesis_BingyuanLiu.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
Yanyuan Ma, Committee Member
Zihan Zhou, Outside Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Murphy, Asia

Title:

Examining how spatial-temporal interactions between predators influence the distribution, vigilance, and survival of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

predator-prey interactions
interspecific interactions
odocoileus virgnianus
ursus americanus
lynx rufus
canis latrans
camera trap
co-occurrence
temporal overlap
survival

File:

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Committee Members:

David Andrew Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member
Tracy Langkilde, Committee Member
Duane R Diefenbach, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Schmid, Christian

Title:

Theory and Applications of Estimation Methods for Exponential-family Random Graph Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

network
ERGM
MLE
pseudolikelihood
likelihood principle
simulated annealing
Godambe information
SCOTUS
citations
majority opinions
parametric bootstrap

File:

Download Dissertation_Christian_Schmid_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Hunter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaoyue Niu, Major Field Member
Murali Haran, Major Field Member
Bruce Desmarais, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Osotsi, Ame J

Title:

Extracting information in text and time series datasets

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Natural language processing
Information extraction
Change point
Wearable data
Machine learning
Deep learning
Topic model

File:

Download PhD_Thesis___Ame_8_.pdf

Committee Members:

David Hunter, Major Field Member
Qunhua Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Guido Cervone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Seo, Beomseok

Title:

Interpretable Statistical Learning: From Hidden Markov Models to Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Interpretable Machine Learning
Nonlinear Regression and Classification
Unsupervised Variable Selection
Clustering Stability
Interpretable Neural Networks

File:

Download BeomseokSeo-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ephraim Hanks, Major Field Member
Lin Lin, Co-Chair of Committee
Jia Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Yen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walder, Adam

Title:

Advances in Spatial Statistics and Inference Methods for Markov Population Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Spatial Generalized Mixed Models
Bayesian Privacy
Markov Population Models
Laplace Approximations
Laplace Moving Average Models

File:

Download AdamWalder-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Ferrari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Major Field Member
Murali Haran, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Imirzian, Natalie Simone

Title:

Fungal Solutions to Parasitizing Ant Societies

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

social insects
parasite manipulation
entomopathogens
fungi
ophiocordyceps
ants

File:

Download Imirzian_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Peter Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Etya Amsalem, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member
Corrie Moreau, Special Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bartley, Meridith

Title:

Advances in Ecological Statistics

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

statistics
environmental statistics
animal movement
multivariate statistics
bayesian
bird migration
ant trophallaxis
water quality
Hidden Markov model
data fusion
extrapolation
joint model

File:

Download Advances_in_Ecological_Statistics__Penalized_Stochastic_Processes_and_Optimal_Spatial_Design-5.pdf

Committee Members:

Ephraim Mont Hanks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Murali Haran, Committee Member
David Hunter, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Outside Member
Benjamin Shaby, Special Member
Murali Haran, 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