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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.

Summer 2017

Date Time Location Degree Speaker Title / Abstract Link
May 16
 10:30 K9509 MSc Derek Qiu An Applied Analysis of High Dimensional Logistic Regression
May 26
 11:00 K9509 MSc
 Steven Wu Using AI and Statistical Techniques to Correct Play-by-play Substitution Errors
June 1 9:00 K9509 MSc Matthew van Bommel Adjusting for Scorekeeper Bias in NBA Box Scores
June 8 1:30 SSB 7172 MSc Ying Zhang A Multi-Dimensional Bühlmann Credibility Approach to Modeling Multi-Population Mortality Rates
July 13 10:00 SSB 7172 MSc Joanna Zhao Differences in prescription drug use between survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer and the general population in B.C.
Aug 10 11:00 SSB 7172 MSc Dilishani Induruwage Mendelian randomization for causal inference of the relationship between obesity and 28-day survival following septic shock.
Aug 14 10:30 SSB 7172 MSc Alex Wang Estimating conditional intensity function of a neural spike train by particle Markov Chain Monte Carlo and smoothing
Aug 15 1:30 SC K9509 MSc Trevor Thompson Exploring Distributions of Time to the First Spot Fire

Spring 2017

Date Time Location Degree Speaker Title / Abstract Link
Mar. 24 10:30 K9509 MSc Michael Johnson Analysis of the Bitcoin Exchange using Particle MCMC Methods
Mar. 31 10:30 K9509 MSc Dejie (Katherine) Kong Delta Hedging for Single Premium Segregated Fund
Apr. 06 11:15 K9509 MSc Botao (Bobby) Han Analysis of Target Benefit Plan with Aggregate Cost Method
Apr. 13 10:00 K9509 MSc Tian Li Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis for Non-ignorable Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies
Apr. 18 10:00 K9509 PhD Biljana Jonoska Stojkova Bayesian methods for multi-modal posterior topologies
Apr. 19 10:00 K9509 MSc Zetong (Cecilia) Li Stochastic Modeling and Comparison of Two Pension Plans
Apr. 20 10:30 AQ4150 MSc Terry Tang Predictive Estimation in Canadian Federal Elections

Fall 2016

Date Time Location Degree Speaker Title / Abstract Link
Dec. 02 2:00 K9509 MSc Lidan (Lucy) Zhang A multi-state model for a life insurance product with integrated health rewards program
Dec 08 1:00 K9509 PhD Rajitha Silva Sports Analytics
Dec. 09 1:30 ASB 10900 MSc Thilini Surendra Marginal Loglinear Models for Three Multiple-Response Categorical Variables
Dec 14 1:30 ASB 10900 MSc Khalif Halani Sparse Multivariate Reduced Rank Regression with Covariance Estimation
Dec. 15 1:00 K9509 MSc Yang Bai IBNR claims reserving using INAR processes
Dec. 15 2:00 K9509 MSc Jenny Chen Defaultable Catastrophe Bonds with Doubly Stochastic Poisson Losses and Liquidity Risk
Dec 16 1:30 K9509 MSc Jiying Wen Penalized Logistic Regression in Case-Control Studies
Dec 19 11:00 K9509 MSc Gerald Smith A Shot Quality Adjusted Plus-Minus for the NHL