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.
Spring 2018
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr.13 | 10:30 | K9509 | MSc | JinChoel Choi | Decomposing the RV coefficient to identify genetic markers associated with changes in brain structure |
| Apr.23 | 10:30 | K9509 | MSc | Ran Wang | Understanding Multicollineariy in Bayesian Model Averaging with BIC Approximation. |
Fall 2017
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 08 | 10:00 | SSB 7172 | PhD | Abdollah Safari | The use of submodels as a basis for ecient estimation of complex models |
| Nov. 14 | 10:00 | K9509 | MSc | Sarah Bailey | Forecasting Batting Averages in MLB |
| Nov. 24 | 1:00 | K9509 | MSc | Haoxuan (Charlie) Zhou | Bayesian Integration for Assessing the Quality of the Laplace Approximation |
| Dec. 14 | 10:30 | K9509 | MSc | Richard Hsia | Ranking and Prediction for Cycling Canada |
| Dec. 20 | 10:30 | K9509 | PhD | Michael Grosskopf | Bayesian methodology for latent variable modeling in applied physics and engineering |