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Author:

Tabacu, Lucia Maria

Title:

Logarithmic Quantile Estimation and Its Applications to Nonparametric Factorial Designs

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

logarithmic quantile
almost sure weak convergence
linear rank statistics
nonparametric factorial designs
Kruskal-Wallis test

File:

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Committee Members:

Manfred Heinz Denker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael G Akritas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Fricks, Committee Member
Guodong Pang, Special Member

Author:

Bomiriya, Rashmi Pankajai

Title:

Topics in Exponential Random Graph Modeling

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

ERGMs
networks
bipartite
homophily
semi-parametric Bayesian
infectious disease
SEIR

File:

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Committee Members:

David Russell Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Hunter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Le Bao, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Cai, Xizhen

Title:

model selection and survival analysis with application to large time-varying networks

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

penalized likelihood
proportional odds models
profile likelihood
partial likelihood
case control.

File:

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Committee Members:

David Russell Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member
Marcel Salathe, Committee Member

Author:

Luo, Wei

Title:

Efficient estimation and order determination for sufficient dimension reduction

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

dimension reduction
order-determination
bootstrap
augmentation
semi-parametric
efficient estimation.

File:

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member
Jesse Louis Barlow, Committee Member

Author:

Karwa, Vishesh

Title:

Likelihood based inference in data privacy and other discrete missing data problems.

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Missing Data
Likelihood
Privacy
networks
discrete data

File:

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Committee Members:

Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Adam Smith, Special Member

Author:

Chang, Won

Title:

Climate Model Calibration Using High-Dimensional and Non-Gaussian Spatial Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Climate Model Calibration
Gaussian Process
High-dimensional Spatial Data
Non-Gaussian Spatial Data

File:

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Committee Members:

Murali Haran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Murali Haran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
Donald Richards, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Xiaoyu

Title:

Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data: New Models, Computing Techniques and Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Joint modeling
Longitudinal Study
Survival Analysis
EM-algorithm
Nonparametric

File:

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Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member

Author:

Philtron, Daisy Lahaina

Title:

Three novel procedures to control the false discovery rate

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Multiple testing
Reproducibility
Voronoi Diagram
Disjunction hypothesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Debashis Ghosh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qunhua Li, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member

Author:

ZHU, XIAOTIAN

Title:

Non-Parametric Finite Multivariate Mixture Models with Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

mixture model
conditional independence
nonparametric estimation
penalized smoothed likelihood
independent component analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

David Russell Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Hunter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce G Lindsay, Committee Member
Le Bao, Committee Member
John C Liechty, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member

Author:

YANG , HANYU

Title:

Statistical Models for Scalar Response with Longitudinal Covariates

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

longitudinal study
functional data
nonparametric regression
measurement error
generalized linear model
zero-inflated count

File:

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Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Naomi S Altman, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member

Author:

Trail, Jessica Brooke

Title:

Dynamic Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data: New Models, Statistical Procedures, and Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

intensive longitudinal data
dynamic systems
time-varying effects

File:

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Committee Members:

Linda Marie Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Fricks, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member

Author:

Kankam, Kwame Adu

Title:

Robust Parameter Design: A Penalized Likelihood Approach

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Penalized Likelihood
Design of Experiments
Coordinate Descent

File:

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Committee Members:

James Landis Rosenberger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
Enrique Del Castillo, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Wei

Title:

Feature Screening in Ultra-high Dimensional Survival Data Analysis

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Cox’s model
feature screening
LASSO
SCAD
ultra-high dimensional survival data analysis
Gail-Simon test

File:

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Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yu Zhang, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Committee Member
Arthur Steven Berg, Special Member

Author:

Yu, Ye

Title:

New Procedures for Cox's Model with High Dimensional Predicotrs

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Cox's model
Partial Likelihood
ultrahigh dimensional survival data
model selection consistency
Penalized Likelihood

File:

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Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
Lan Kong, Committee Member

Author:

Zhan, Xiang

Title:

Kernel Machine Methods With Applications to High-throughout Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Kernel machines
Reproducing kernel Hilbert space
Genome-wide association study
Metabolite differential analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Debashis Ghosh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qunhua Li, Committee Member
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Member
Yu Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Youngjoo

Title:

Semiparametric Analysis of Failure Time Data in the Presence of Dependent Censoring

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Bivariate Data
Failure Times
Perturbation Method
Resampling
U-statistics
Causal Inference
Observational Study

File:

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Committee Members:

Debashis Ghosh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Christopher Jon Zorn, 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:

Park, Sae Na

Title:

Classification of Transients by Distance Measures

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Classification
Kullback-Leibler divergence
Kernel density estimation
Transients
Variable stars

File:

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Committee Members:

G Jogesh Babu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
G Jogesh Babu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Fricks, Committee Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member
Eric B Ford, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yaqun

Title:

Inference of Gene Regulatory Network Based on Gene Expression Dynamics in Response to Environmental Signals

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Gene Regulatory Network
Gene Expression
Gene Cluster
DBN
Ordinary Differential Equation
Gene-Environment Interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Rongling Wu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rongling Wu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Ningtao

Title:

A Block Mixture Model To Map Eqtls For Gene Clustering

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

block mixture model
eQTL
gene cluster

File:

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Committee Members:

Rongling Wu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member