M.Sc. and Ph.D. Defences
This is the schedule for upcoming defences from graduate students in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science department.
Summer 2019
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
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May |
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| 22 | 9:30 | K9509 | MSc | Mengyang (Chris) Li | Statistical Evaluation of Data from the NHL Combine |
| 31 | 1:00 | K9509 | MSc | Haoyao Ruan | Covariance-adjusted, sparse, reduced-rank regression with application to imaging-genetics data |
June |
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| 14 | 10:30 | K9509 | MSc | Anqi (Angela) Chen | Selecting baseline two-level designs using optimality and aberration criteria when some two-factor interactions are important |
August |
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| 12 | 10:30 | SSB 7172 | MSc | Kevin Floyd | Ain't Played Nobody: Building an Optimal Schedule to Secure an NCAA Tournament Berth |
| 16 | 10:00 | K9509 | PhD | Shijia Wang | Advanced Monte Carlo methods and applications. |
| 23 | 10:00 | K9509 | PhD | Chenlu Shi | Supersaturated Designs for Screening Experiments and Strong Orthogonal Arrays for Computer Experiments |
Spring 2019
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
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February |
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| 07 | 10:30 | Library2020 | MSc | Cherlane Lin | Unsupervised Learning on Functional Data with an Application on the Analysis of U.S. Temperature Prediction Accuracy. |
March |
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| 29 | 10:30 | K9509 | MSc | Daniel Daly-Grafstein | Rao-Blackwellizing Field Goal Percentage |
April |
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| 09 | 10:00 | ASB 9896 | MSc | Grace Feng | An Efficient Statistical Method of Detecting Introgressive Events from Big Genomic Data |
| 11 | 10:30 | ASB 9896 | MSc | Erin Zhang | Multidimensional Scaling for Phylogenetics |
| 17 | 10:00 | K9509 | MSc | Grace Hsu | Super fast emulation and calibration of large computer experiments with high-dimensional output |
| 23 | 10:00 | K9509 | MSc | Vinnie Liu | Predicting Ovarian Cancer Survival Times: Feature Selection and Performance of Parametric Methods and Random Survival Forests |
Fall 2018
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
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September |
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| 21 | 10:30 | K9509 | MSc | Jinwan Kim | IBNR claims reserving using a compound Poisson INAR(1) model |
| 27 | 9:00 | K9509 | PhD | Ben Nie | Estimation of time-varying directed networks and Development of Functional Principal Components Analysis |
December |
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| 12 | 10:30 | K9509 | MSc | Jing Wang | Cooperation in Target Benefit Plans: A GameTheoretical Perspective |
| 13 | 10:30 | K9509 | PhD | James Dong | Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data with the Application to Kidney Transplant Data |
| 19 | 10:30 | K9509 | PhD | Lasantha Premarathna | Partial Stratification in Capture-Recapture Experiments and Integrated Population 7Modeling with Radio Telemetry |
| 20 | 10:00 | K9509 | PhD | Dongdong Li | Statistical Inference Using Large Administrative Data on Multiple Event Times, with Application to Cancer Survivorship Research |