M.Sc. and Ph.D. Thesis Defences
This is the schedule for upcoming and recent thesis defences from graduate students in the SFU Statistics and Actuarial Science department.
Spring 2014 Defences
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 03 |
1:00 |
ASB 10908 - IRMACS |
MSc |
Rachel Lipson |
Predicting Ovarian Cancer Survival Times: Performance of Parametric Methods and Random Survival Forests |
| Jan. 23 | 10:00 | ASB 10940 - IRMACS | MSc | Qian Wang | Variations of the linear logarithm hazard transform for modeling cohort mortality rates |
| Jan. 23 | 12:00 | ASB 10900 - IRMACS Theatre | PhD | Zeng (Sean) Sun | Model assessment: Bayes assisted tests and tests for discrete data |
| Mar. 03 | 2:00 | K9509 | MSc | Tingting Wen | Understanding risks in a hybrid pension plan with stochastic rates of return |
FAll 2013 Defences
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 9 |
10:30 | ASB 10900 - IRMACS Theatre |
PhD |
Oksana Chrebtii |
Probabilistic solution of differential equations for Bayesian uncertainty quantification and inference |