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Author:

Osotsi, Ame J

Title:

Extracting information in text and time series datasets

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

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

File:

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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:

Siapoutis, Nikolas

Title:

Shrinkage Estimation for the Diagonal Multivariate Natural Exponential Families

Graduate Program:

Statistics

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:

Ghosh, Trinetri

Title:

Semiparametric Approaches for Average Causal Effect and Precision Medicine

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Causal effect
dimension reduction
precision medicine
robustness
semiparametric
value function

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenny Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Kari Morgan, Major Field Member
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Special Member

Author:

Seo, Beomseok

Title:

Interpretable Statistical Learning: From Hidden Markov Models to Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

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

File:

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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:

Dang, Huy

Title:

Modeling data in time and space - studies of irregularities, dependence structure and applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

functional data analysis
time series
spatio-temporal dependence
irregularities detection
EM algorithm
wavelet transform
cs-fMRI

File:

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Major Field Member
Marzia Cremona, Special Member
Nicole Lazar, Major Field Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Muzi

Title:

Study of Interval Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

interval data
symbolic data
segment plot
dandelion plot
response surface methodology
visualization
correlation measure

File:

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Committee Members:

Hui Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Lingzhou Xue, Chair of Committee
Dennis Lin, Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Phadke, Sayali

Title:

Measurement, Assessment, and Improvement of Statistical Literacy in Relevant Contexts

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Statistics Education
Statistical Literacy
Cognitive Diagnostic Modeling
Context
Isomorphic Assessment

File:

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
David Hunter, Co-Chair, Dissertation Advisor and Minor Member
Dennis Pearl, Major Field Member
Matthew Beckman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kari Morgan, Special Member
Jonna Kulikowich, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Seeman, Jeremy

Title:

Theoretical and Applied Problems in Partially Private Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

statistical data privacy
missing data
bayesian computation
computational social science
science and technology studies

File:

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Committee Members:

Murali Haran, Program Head/Chair
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Kifer, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zeng, Mudong

Title:

Statistical Inference for High Dimensional Mediation Model

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Mediation Analysis
Penalized Least Squares
Sparsity

File:

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Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Eisenhauer, Elizabeth

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Statistics

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:

Rao, Aniruddha Rajendra

Title:

Statistical Methods for Non-Linear Modeling in Functional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Functional Data
Neural Network
Deep Learning
Non-Linear Modeling
Imputation

File:

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Committee Members:

Lin Lin, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jia Li, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Laga, Ian

Title:

Everyone Counts: Advanced Methods for Estimating Marginalized Populations

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

HIV
Key Population
Bayesian Modeling
Small Area Estimation
Prevalence Mapping
Size Estimation
Aggregated Relational Data

File:

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Committee Members:

Ashton Verdery, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiaoyue Niu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Le Bao, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hyungsuk Tak, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hehir, Jonathan

Title:

Problems of Discrete Inference with Noisy or Incomplete Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

differential privacy
community detection
spectral clustering
distinct counting
data sketching

File:

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
David Hunter, Major Field Member
Xiaoyue Niu, Dissertation Advisor
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Kifer, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Cai, Zhanrui

Title:

New Statistical Tools for Independence and Conditional Independence

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Online leaerning
dimension reduction
test of independence
test of conditional independence
causal discovery

File:

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Committee Members:

Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Major Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Ming Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walder, Adam

Title:

Advances in Spatial Statistics and Inference Methods for Markov Population Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

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

File:

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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:

Zhang, Amy

Title:

Novel methods and application of Bayesian hierarchical regression models

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Bayesian models
Bayesian hierarchical regression
Approximate cross-validation
Information pooling
Statistics

File:

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Committee Members:

David Hunter, Major Field Member
Xiaoyue Niu, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Michael J. Daniels, Special Member

Author:

Liao, Yujie

Title:

Varying Coefficient Mediation Model

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Mediation analysis
Varying coefficient model
Indirect effect
Generalized linear model

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Helen Kamens, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Quach, Harris

Title:

Advances in Forward Sufficient Dimension Reduction Methods for Statistical Learning

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

ordinal data
functional data
classification
outer product of canonical gradients
tensor product of gradients
local linear function on function regression
k-means tuning

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Major Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Bing Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexei Novikov, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Li, Xiaoxiao

Title:

Space-time Models for Inferring Infectious Disease Risk and Burden

Graduate Program:

Statistics

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:

Cui, Shijie

Title:

Statistical Inference for High Dimensional Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

statistics
statistical inference
high dimension
partially linear single index
matrix
rank
double robust
measurement error
misspecified
sparse SVD

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Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Major Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies