2009 Graduates

Ph.D.

• May 2009
  • Mr. Zhongyin (John) Daye (Michael Zhu) "Some New Approaches in High-Dimensional Variable Selection and Regression"
  • Ms. Xinge (Jessie) Jeng (Jayanta K. Ghosh, Jiashun Jin) "Covariance Adaptation and Regularization in Large-Scale Hypothesis Testing and High-Dimensional Regression"
  • Mr. Nikita Tuzov (Frederi Viens) "Mutual Fund Performance and Evaluation Methodology and Local False Discovery Rate Approach"
  • Ms. Lingmin Zeng (Jun Xie) "Group Variable Selection Methods and Their Applications in Analyses and Genomic Data"
• August 2009
  • Mr. Yunxiao He - (Chuanhai Liu) "Improving the EM Algorithm for Maximum Likelihood Inference"
  • Ms. Lanqing Hua - (Bruce A. Craig) "Statistical Inference of Protein Structure Using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Data"
  • Mr. Paul Kidwell - (William S. Cleveland, Guy Lebanon) "Methods for Analyzing Rankings and Network Intrusion Detection"
  • Mr. Ryan Martin - (Jayanta K. Ghosh, Chuanhai Liu) "Fast Nonparametric Estimation of a Mixing Distribution with Application to High-Dimensional Inference"
  • Ms. Cherie Ochsenfeld - (Rebecca W. Doerge, Kristofer Jennings) "Mixed Models in Quantitative Trait Loci and Association Mapping with Bootstrap Threshold"
  • Mr. Yang Zhao - (Guy Lebanon) "Local Likelihood Modeling of the Concept Drift Phenomenon"
• December 2009
  • Ms. Alexandra Chronopoulou (Frederi Viens) "Variations and Hurst Index Estimation for Self-Similar Processes"
  • Ms. Joanne Daggy (Bruce A. Craig) "Joint Modeling of Highly Skewed Data with Excess Zeros Using Copulas"
  • Mr. Alexander Lipka (Rebecca W. Doerge, George P. McCabe) "Associating Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) with Binary Traits"
  • Ms. Sudeshna Paul (Bruce A. Craig) "Estimation of Interatomic Distance Distribution of Protein Molecules from Small Angle Scattering (SAS) Images"

M.S.

• May 2009
  • Mr. Brian Denton
  • Mr. Glen DePalma
  • Ms. Dina El Souda
  • Ms. Yen-Ning Huang
  • Mr. Michael Lawlor
  • Mr. Yongjin Ma
  • Mr. Yanhui Mi
  • Ms. Megan Reineke
  • Mr. Gang Shen
  • Ms. Yan Sun
  • Ms. Yuan Yang
  • Mr. Zuoyi Zhang
  • Mr. Shaohua Zhou
• August 2009
  • Mr. Douglas Baumann
  • Ms. Hongmei Ding
  • Ms. Fang Liu
  • Ms. Jiao Song
  • Mr. Yifeng Yang
  • Mr. Wei Zhang
• December 2009
  • Ms. Ting Bai
  • Ms. Allison Cummins
  • Ms. Meghan Honerlaw

Graduate Certificate

• May 2009
  • Mr. Abhiskek Bhargava
  • Ms. Huijie Wang
  • Mr. Shih-Ching Wu
  • Mr. Chao-Lung Yang
• August 2009
  • Mr. Melvin Lamboy-Ruiz
• December 2009
  • No Certificate students graduated this semester

Undergraduates in Statistics

• May 2009
  • Ms. Noor M. Al Sayed
  • Mr. Craig A. Allen
  • Mr. Steven M. Balog
  • Mr. Andrew Chung
  • Mr. Samuel T. Crawford
  • Mr. Adam R. Crone
  • Ms. Kristen E. Dyson
  • Ms. Emily A. Haas
  • Mr. Myles A. Handley
  • Ms. Sarah M. Haynes
  • Ms. Gita A. Himawan
  • Mr. Daniel P. Holder
  • Mr. Michael D. Hoyer
  • Mr. Dhaval M. Jadhav
  • Ms. Petrina Kusliawan
  • Ms. Lisa McGuire
  • Mr. Brett R. Newman
  • Ms. Joy A. Nyenhuis-Rouch
  • Mr. Samuel V. Oglesby
  • Mr. Nathan N. Orlow
  • Ms. Kathryn R. Patterson
  • Ms. Katherine V. Quinn
  • Mr. Arman Sabbaghi
  • Mr. Jonathan M. Schaab
  • Mr. Brian T. Schwartz
  • Ms. Rachel C. Smith
  • Mr. Sebastian S. Smith
  • Ms. Stephanie L. Spencer
  • Mr. Kenneth Wakeland
• August 2009
  • Mr. Jacob T. Dummitt
  • Mr. Scott M. Moeller
• December 2009
  • Ms. Divvya Aggarwal
  • Ms. Molly M. Amstutz
  • Mr. Chi-Yun Cheng
  • Ms. Jung Won Choi
  • Mr. Ozgur Delemen
  • Mr. Wee Poh Ee
  • Mr. Kevin Libby
  • Mr. Thomas Mack
  • Ms. Yeni Nieves
  • Mr. Kean Ming Tan
  • Mr. Kurt Wiggins
  • Mr. Kuan Yang

Undergraduates in Actuarial Science (* indicates Actuarial Science Honors)

• May 2009
  • Ms. Noor M. Al Sayed *
  • Mr. Craig A. Allen *
  • Mr. Steven M. Balog *
  • Mr. Li Chen
  • Mr. Andrew Chung
  • Mr. Adam R. Crone *
  • Ms. Kristen E. Dyson *
  • Ms. Sarah M. Haynes
  • Ms. Gita A. Himawan
  • Mr. Michael D. Hoyer
  • Mr. Dhaval M. Jadhav *
  • Ms. Petrina Kusliawan *
  • Ms. Lisa McGuire *
  • Mr. Brett R. Newman
  • Mr. Samuel V. Oglesby
  • Ms. Kathryn R. Patterson
  • Ms. Katherine V. Quinn
  • Mr. Jonathan M. Schaab
  • Mr. Brian T. Schwartz
  • Ms. Rachel C. Smith *
  • Mr. Sebastian S. Smith
  • Ms. Stephanie L. Spencer
• August 2009
  • Ms. Melanee N. Dallas
  • Mr. Jacob T. Dummitt
• December 2009
  • Ms. Divvya Aggarwal *
  • Ms. Molly M. Amstutz
  • Mr. Wee Poh Ee *
  • Mr. Kevin Libby *
  • Mr. Kean Ming Tan *
  • Mr. Kurt Wiggins
  • Mr. Kuan Yang