Ph.D. Dissertations: 1998 - 1999 Academic Year to Present

Title Ph.D. Student Advisor Academic Year
Voice Over the Internet: Statistical Properties and Quality of Service Ms. Hui Chen William S. Cleveland, Bowei Xi 2007-2008
Algorithm-based Statistical Modeling with Application to Multi-Sensor Tracking Data with Missing Values Ms. Jianying Zhang William S. Cleveland 2007-2008
Statistical Methods for Mapping Multiple Complex Traits Mr. Riyan Cheng Rebecca W. Doerge, Jun Xie 2007-2008
Incorporating Uncertainty into Non-Invasive DNA-based Mark-recapture Population Estimates Ms. Shannon Knapp Bruce A. Craig 2007-2008
Stenosis Surveillance for Hemodialysis Patients Mr. Zhenqiang (James) Lu William S. Cleveland 2007-2008
Some Applications of the Prior Bayes Approach Mr. Hui Xu Herman Rubin 2007-2008
Estimation of a General Correlation Structure for Latent Class and Latent Variable Models of Multivariate Binary Data Ms. Huiping Xu Bruce A. Craig 2007-2008
Evaluating the Nutritional Impact of Maize Varieties Genetically Improved for Protein Quality Ms. Nilupa Gunaratna George P. McCabe 2006-2007
Statistical Issues in Mapping of Genetic Determinants for Expression Level Polymorphisms Ms. Kyunga Kim Rebecca W. Doerge 2006-2007
Experimental Methods for Model Selection Mr. Benjamin Tyner William S. Cleveland 2006-2007
Identifying Regulated Genes through the Correlation Structure of Time Dependent Microarray Ms. Martina Bremer Rebecca W. Doerge 2006-2007
Some Problems in Hazard Estimation with Smoothing Splines Mr. Pang Du Chong Gu 2006-2007
Statistical Methods for Using 41Ca to Assess Treatment Effects on Bone Turnover Mr. Joseph Nolan George P. McCabe 2006-2007
Classification and Variable Selection for High Dimensional Multivariate Binary Data: Adaboost Based New Methods and A Theory for the Plug-in Rule Mr. Junyong Park Jayanta K. Ghosh 2006-2007
Exploring Dirichlet Mixture and Logistic Gaussian Process Priors in Density Estimation, Regression and Sufficient Dimension Reduction Mr. Surya Tokdar Jayanta K. Ghosh 2006-2007
Statistical issues in protein microarray analysis Mr. Lianbo Yu Rebecca W. Doerge 2005-2006
On the Estimation of Mixing Distributions: NPMLE and NPMPLE Mr. Lei Liu Michael Zhu 2005-2006
Non and Semi-Parametric Regression with Correlated Data Mr. Chun Han Chong Gu 2005-2006
Some Topics in Probability and Statistics Mr. Bradford Johnson Thomas M. Sellke 2005-2006
Bayesian Models and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Protein Motifs Using Secondary Characteristics Mr. Nak-Kyeong Kim Jun Xie 2005-2006
Methods for Missing Values in Dichotomous Response Variables Ms. Yun Wang George P. McCabe 2005-2006
Fourier Methods for Sufficient Dimension Reduction in Regression Mr. Peng Zeng Michael Zhu 2005-2006
Nonparametric Clustering and Model Selection with Application in Bioinformatics Ms. Wenxuan Zhong Michael Zhu 2005-2006
Incorporating Time-Dependent Covariate in the Cox Proportional Hazards Models: the LVAR Approach Ms. Yali Liu Bruce A. Craig 2004-2005
Meta-Analytic Approaches for Microarray Data Mr. John StevensRebecca W. Doerge 2004-2005
An Inferential Approach to Protein Backbone Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Assignment Ms. Olga Vitek Bruce A. Craig, Chris Bailey-Kellogg 2004-2005
Stochastic Volatility Stock Price - Coefficient Estimation and Option Pricing Using a Recombining Tree and Sharp Estimation of the Almost-Sure Lyapunov Exponent for the Anderson Model in Continuous Space Mr. Ionut Florescu Frederi G. Viens 2004-2005
A Two-Step Procedure for Multiple Pairwise Comparisons in Microarray Experiments Ms. Hongmei Jiang Rebecca W. Doerge 2004-2005
Motif Discovery via Context Dependent Models Mr. Chuancai Wang Bruce A. Craig, Jun Xie 2004-2005
Estimation of the Distribution of Protein Requirements in a Population Mr. Craig Johnson George McCabe 2004-2005
A Study of Random Field Models in Fitting Unspecified Data Generating Processes: Theory and Applications Mr. Yu Qin Seongjoo Song 2004-2005
Some Classical and Bayesian NonParametric Regression Methods in a Longitudinal Marginal Model Mr. Jeonggang Seo Jayanta Ghosh 2004-2005
Model Selection for High Dimensional Problems with Application to Function Estimation Mr. Arijit Chakrabarti Jayanta Ghosh 2004-2005
Limit Theorems for Reinforced Random Walks on Trees Mr. Andrea Collevecchio Burgess Davis 2004-2005
Estimation of Parameters in Nonlinear Models with Dependent Data Ms. Zhen Jiang George McCabe 2004-2005
Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis in Polyploids Ms. Dachuang Cao Rebecca W. Doerge, Bruce A. Craig 2003-2004
Finite Mixture for Clustering, Dimension Reduction and Privacy Preserving Data Mining Mr. Xiaodong Lin Michael Zhu 2003-2004
Nonparametric Mixed-Effect Models Mr. Ping Ma Chong Gu 2003-2004
Statistical Analysis of Medical Images Mr. Nels Grevstad Chong Gu 2003-2004
A New Statistical Model Combining Strength and Binary Choice with Applications to Paired Comparison Problems Mr. David Annis Bruce A. Craig 2003-2004
Smoothing Spline Regression: Scalable Computation and Cross Validation Ms. Young-Ju Kim Chong Gu 2002-2003
On Some Empirical Bayes and Statistical Selection and Ranking Procedures Mr. Lin Chen Thomas M. Sellke 2002-2003
Penalized Likelihood Density Estimation: Cross Validation and Some Small Theories Mr. Jingyuan Wang Chong Gu 2002-2003
On Semiparametric Regression Via Wavelets Mr. Leming Qu Mary Ellen Bock 2002-2003
Bayesian Analysis of Nonparametric Regression Problems Mr. Messan Amewou Atisso Jayanta K. Ghosh 2002-2003
Statistical Issues in the Design and Analysis of Spotted Microarray Experiments Mr. Michael Alan Black Rebecca W. Doerge 2002-2003
Hedging of Options When the Price Process Has Jumps Whose Arrival Rate Depends on the Price History Mr. Kiseop Lee Philip Protter 2001-2002
Limit Theorem for the Spread of Branching Process with Stabilizing Drift Ms. Olga Korosteleva Thomas M. Sellke 2001-2002
Variable Selection Methodology for High-Dimensional Multivariate Binary Data with Application to Microbial Community DNA Fingerprint Analysis Mr. Jayson Wilbur Rebecca W. Doerge 2001-2002
Nonparametric Regression and Density Estimation in Besov Spaced via Wavelets Mr. Eric Chicken Tianwen Tony Cai, William J. Studden 2001-2002
Optimal Designs for Estimating the Path of a Stochastic Process Ms. Bhramar Mukherjee William J. Studden 2001-2002
Choice of Priors for Hierarchical Models: Admissibility and Computation Mr. Dejun Tang James O. Berger, Mary Ellen Bock 2001-2002
On Some Statistical Inference Problems Using Empirical Bayes Approach Mr. Jianjun Li Shanti S. Gupta 2001-2002
Null Model Methods for Cluster Analysis of Gene Expression Data Mr. Brian Munneke Rebecca W. Doerge 2001-2002
Some Contributions to Stochastic Geometry Ms. Wen-Chi Tsai Anirban DasGupta 2000-2001
Bayesian Model Selection for High Dimensional Models with Prediction Error Loss and 0-1 Loss. Mr. Nitai Mukhopadhyay James O. Berger, Jayanta K. Ghosh 2000-2001
Convergence of the Euler Scheme for Stochastic Differential Equations Mr. Liqing Yan Philip Protter 2000-2001
Filtering and Estimation of Noise Contaminated Chaotic Time Series Mr. Jason H. Stover Steven P. Lalley 1999-2000
Estimation, Testing, and Forecasting for Long Memory Processes Mr. Chuanbo Zang Anirban DasGupta 1999-2000
Multiple Decision Theory: Ranking and Selection Rules Mr. Xun Lin Shanti S. Gupta 1998-1999
Development of Expected Posterior Prior Distributions for Model Comparison Mr. Jose Miguel Perez James O. Berger, Shanti S. Gupta 1998-1999
Limit Theorems for the Minimal Position in a Branching Random Walk with Independent Logconcave Displacements Mr. Markus Bachmann Thomas M. Sellke 1998-1999
Subsampling methods for stochastic process based on Poisson samples Mr. Zusheng (Shawn) Jin George P. McCabe 1998-1999
Semiparametric Bayesian Analysis: Selection Models and Meteorological Applications Mr. Jaeyong Lee James O. Berger, Thomas M. Sellke 1998-1999
Unified Bayesian and Conditional Frequentist Testing Procedures Mr. Sarat C. Dass James O. Berger, Mary Ellen Bock 1998-1999