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Graduate Name |
Year |
Program |
Advisor |
Title of Dissertation/Thesis |
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Derick Bishop | 2022 | Ph.D. | Sunder Sethuraman | A Solution of the Infinite-Horizon d-String Optimal Stopping Problem |
Abdu Shair | 2022 | M.S. | Satheesh Aradyula | Volatilities and Correlations in Stock and Crude Oil Markets During COVID-19 Crisis |
Abolhassan Fathabad | 2021 | M.S. | Helen Zhang | Outlier Detection Based on Robust Regression via Chance-Constrained Programming |
Shannon Gutenkunst | 2021 | M.S. | Melanie Bell | Comparison of Missing Data Strategies for Managing Item Nonresponse on the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence: A Simulation Study |
Maria Sans-Fuentes | 2021 | M.S. | Walt Piegorsch | Mixed Two-Factor Benchmark-Dose Risk Assessment in Biomedicine |
Samir Rachid Zaim | 2021 | Ph.D. | Helen Zhang | Interpretable and Robust Machine Learning for Precision Medicine |
Meng Lu | 2021 | Ph.D. | Lingling An | Novel Mediation Method for Metagenomic Studies and Deep Learning Methods for Single Cell RNA-SEQ Studies |
Jian Dai | 2021 | M.S. | Haiquan Li | Analyses of lifestyle and Environmental Factors for Cancer Prevention using Deep Learning and Conventional Machine Learning from UK Biobank Data |
Anthony Vicenti | 2021 | M.S. | Melanie Bell | Comparison of Mixed Models and paired T-Test for Analyzing Crossover Clinical Trials in the Presence of Missing Data |
Drew Baldwin | 2021 | M.S. | Xueying Tang | Spatiotemporal Bayesian Model of PM Levels in South Korea |
Miranda Rintoul | 2021 | M.S. | Joe Watkins | The Price of Fertility |
Cameron LeBlanc | 2021 | M.S. | Joe Watkins |
The Impact of Pitch Level Tracking Data and Catcher Receiving Skills on Strike Calls |
Christopher Cole | 2020 | M.S. | Walter Piegorsch |
Contributions to Translational Mixed-Factor Benchmark Dose Risk Assessment |
Jason Spector | 2020 | M.S. | Joe Watkins | Optimizing NBA Lineups |
Kyle Carter | 2020 | Ph.D. | Lingling An | Novel Methods for Next-Generation Sequencing Data With Applications in Microbiome Studies |
Nicholas Lytal | 2020 | Ph.D. | Lingling An | Normalization Methods on Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data and Metagenomics Data |
Rhoda Muse | 2019 | Ph.D. | Kathie Barnes | Frequentist and Bayesian Methods for Mixed Discrete and Continuous Outcomes with Selection, Heteroscedasticity and Lagged Effects |
Brooke Rabe | 2019 | Ph.D. | Melanie Bell | Missing Data in Non-Inferiority Clinical Trials |
Sara Masoud | 2019 | M.S. | Neng Fan | A Hierarchical Framework to Mitigate the Risk of Hazardous Material Transportation |
Qianwen Luo | 2019 | M.S. | Lingling An | Accurate Trace Evidence Using Regression Approaches in Forensic Studies |
Miao Zhang | 2018 | Ph.D. | Joe Watkins | Statistical Methods for Next Generation Sequencing Data |
David Rockoff | 2018 | Ph.D. | Nicole Kersting | A Randomization Test for the Detection of Differential Item Functioning |
Brian Hallmark | 2018 | Ph.D. | Joe Watkins | Evidence of Adaptation to Climate and Diet in Siberians |
Wen Chi Lu | 2018 | M.S. | Haiquan Li | A Novel Approach on Differential Abundance Analysis for Matched Metagenomic Samples |
Jing Li | 2018 | M.S. | Joe Watkins | Evaluating Training Procedures in a Naive Bayes Approach to Pathogenicity Prediction: The Case of the Family of Sodium Channel Proteins |
Jingyu Liu | 2017 | Ph.D. | Walt Piegorsch | Autologistic Modeling in Benchmark Risk Analysis |
Li Qike | 2017 | Ph.D. | Helen Zhang | New Statistical Methods of Single-subject Transcriptome Analysis for Precision Medicine |
Colin Dawson | 2017 | Ph.D. | Jacobus Bernard | HaMMLeT: An Infinite Hidden Markov Model with Local Transitions |
Alfred Grant Schissler | 2017 | Ph.D. | Walter Piegorsch, Yves Lussier | Contributions to Gene Set Analysis of Correlated, Paired-Sample Transcriptome Data to Enable Precision Medicine |
Yue Zeng | 2017 | Ph.D. | Helen Zhang | Variable Screening Methods in Multi-Category Problems for Ultra-High Dimensional Data |
John Bear | 2016 | Ph.D. | Dean Billheimer | A Logistic Normal Mixture Model for Compositions with Essential Zeros |
Brent Marinan | 2016 | M.S. | Nicole Kersting | Understanding the Impact of Students' Psychological Dispositions and Behavior on Student Exam Performance in an Undergraduate Business Statistics Course |
John Wauters | 2016 | M.S. | Selena Niu | Independence Screening in High-Dimensional Data |
Fang Fang | 2016 | Ph.D. | Daoqin Tong | Modern Econometric Techniques Applied to Three Essays in Spatial Economics |
Kurt Michels | 2015 | Ph.D. | Helen Zhang | New Statistical Methods and Computational Tools for Mining Big Data, with Applications in Plant Sciences |
Julia Fisher | 2015 | M.S. | Walter Piegorsch | Classification Analytics in Functional Neuroimaging: Calibrating Signal Detection Parameters |
Sara Ziebell | 2015 | M.S. | Lingling An | A Powerful Correlation Method for Microbial Co-Occurrence Networks |
Ahmad Hakeem Abdul Wahab | 2015 | M.S. | Lingling An | Statistical Discovery of Biomarkers in Metagenomics |
Hyeonju Kim | 2015 | Ph.D. | Rabi Bhattacharya | Probabilities of Ruin in Economics and Insurance under Light-and Heavy-tailed Distributions |
Michael Sohn | 2015 | Ph.D. | Lingling An | Novel Computational and Statistical Approaches in Metagenomic Studies |
Benjamin Pope | 2015 | M.S. | Daoqin Tong | Investigating Potential Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Influencing Mosquito Net Ownership in Three Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Qijun Fang | 2014 | Ph.D. | Walter Piegorsch | Hierarchical Bayesian Benchmark Dose Analysis |