Postdoctoral Fellows
1.
Selvakkadunko Selvaratnam,
2018 – 2019; Assistant Professor (Teaching), U. Toronto.
2.
Yassir Rabhi, 2011 - 2013;
Lecturer, U. Essex.
3.
Yongge
Tian, 2004 - 2005; Professor,
China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and
Economics, Beijing, China.
4.
Sanjoy Sinha, 2000 - 2001;
Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University.
Graduate Students
PhD graduates
1. Rui Hu, 2016; thesis entitled Robust
Designs for Model Discrimination and Prediction of a Threshold Probability. Associate Professor,
MacEwan University.
2. Adeniyi Adewale, 2006; thesis
entitled Robust Integer-Valued
Designs for Generalized Linear Models. Therapeutic Area Lead
Statistician with Alcon, formerly Biometrician
with Merck & Co. Inc.
3. Xiaojian
Xu, 2006; thesis entitled Robust
Prediction and Extrapolation Designs, with Applications to Accelerated Life
Testing. Professor, Department of Mathematics, Brock University.
4. Zhide Fang, 1999; thesis entitled Robust Extrapolation Designs. Professor
and Chair, Biostatistics, School of Public Health; Professor, Genetics, School of Medicine; Louisiana State University-Health Sciences
Center, New Orleans.
5. Giseon Heo, 1998; thesis
entitled Optimal Designs for
Approximately Polynomial Regression Models. Associate Professor,
Department of Dentistry, University of Alberta.
6. Alwell Oyet,
1997; thesis entitled Robust Designs
for Wavelet Approximations of Nonlinear Models. Associate Professor,
Memorial University of Newfoundland (was Visiting Professor, University of
Toronto, 1997/98).
7. Julie
Zhou, 1995; thesis entitled Robust
Experimental Designs for Linear Models. Professor, Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria (was Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Lakehead University, 1995-1998).
8. Eden Wu, 1990; thesis
entitled Asymptotic Minimax Properties of
M-estimators of Scale. Retired Professor, Department of Statistics,
Chinese University of Hong Kong).
MSc graduates
9. Jiang Yin; 2017 (co-supervised, with
N.G.N. Prasad); project entitled Analysis of a Bladder
Cancer Clinical Trial Using a Shared Frailty Model. Research Associate,
Biochemistry, U. Alberta.
10. Nadezda Frolova; 2016
(co-supervised, with Ivor Cribben); thesis entitled
Estimation of
Extreme Value Dependence: Application to Australian Spot Electricity Prices. Risk analyst, ATB.
11. Rui
Nie; 2015; thesis entitled Robust Active Learning. Statistical Analyst, Medical Council of
Canada, Ottawa.
12. Fiaz
Amber; 2015; project entitled A Statistical
Analysis for Genes and Environmental Factors Involved in Blood Pressure
Variation. Research and Data
Analyst, City of Edmonton.
13. Rui Gao; 2015;
project entitled A Study of Factors Which
Affect Migration. Analyst,
Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services.
14. Zhichun
Zhai; 2014; thesis entitled Robust
Sampling Designs for Model-Based Stratification. Mathematical
modeller/Statistician, Fitmylife Health Analytics,
Edmonton.
15. Xiaozhou
Wang; 2014; thesis entitled V-Robust
Designs for AR(1) Processes. Co-founder and Chief Data Scientist, Quartic.ai.
16. Dengdeng Yu, 2013; thesis entitled Comparison of Three
Methods of Generating Robust Statistical Designs. Postdoc, U. Alberta.
17. Maryam Daemi, 2012; thesis entitled Minimax Design for
Approximate Straight Line Regression. Data Analyst, Alberta
Health.
18. Jamil Karami, 2011; thesis entitled Designs for
Nonlinear Regression With a Prior on the Parameters. Associate
Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka.
19. Kate Yaraee, 2011; thesis entitled Functional Data Analysis
With Application to MS and Cervical Vertebrae Data. Business Analytics Analyst, City
of Edmonton.
20. Xiao Guo, 2011; project entitled Longitudinal Data
Analysis in Social Science Data. Senior Research Analyst, Management
Insight Technologies, Massachusetts.
21. Ya
Meng, 2011; thesis entitled An Application of
Gene Set Analysis for a Comparison of Two Groups. Statistician (vaccine clinical trials), Sanofi
Pasteur.
22. Mengzhe
Wang, 2006; project entitled A Comparative
Study of Robust Regression Designs. Manager, Analytic Team, Cancer Surveillance,
Alberta Health Services.
23. Fred Ackah, 2004; project entitled Robust Assignment
Probabilities for Clinical Trials. Health data analyst, Alberta Health
and Wellness.
24. John Baser, 2003;
project entitled A Kalman Filter Analysis of Particulate Matter Using an AR(1)
Model. Data analyst, Government of Alberta.
25. Adeniyi Adewale, 2002; thesis
entitled Robust
Designs for Approximate Regression Models with Two Interacting Regressors.
See "PhD graduates".
26. Md.
Shakhawat Hossain, 2002; project entitled Implementation of
Robust Designs for Straight Line Regression. Ph.D. (U. Windsor); Professor,
University of Winnipeg.
27. Xia Wu, 2000; project entitled A Comparative Study of
Various Allocation Schemes in a Clinical Trial. Analyst with Statistics
Canada.
28. Quanli Wang, 1999; thesis
entitled Approximations
to the Distributions of Some Robust Test Statistics. Bioinformatician,
Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, North
Carolina.
29. John
O'Connor, 1998; project entitled An Analysis of Hearing Loss in
Goldminers. Instructor of Mathematics, Grant McEwan College, Edmonton AB.
30. Zhiyi Du, 1995; thesis entitled Jackknife Methods in Robust
Regression. Software engineer with Nokia, Ottawa.
31. Julie Zhou, 1992; thesis entitled Bounded Influence
R-estimators in the Linear Model. See "PhD graduates".
32. Feng Tao, 1992;
project entitled An Analysis of Geographical Data. In private business.
33. Tony Leung,
1992; project entitled Using Measurement Error Models to Study the Shelter
Effect. Biostatistician, Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical School.
34. Hai
Nguyen, 1992; project entitled Application of Some Multivariate
Techniques in Analysing Biological Data. Biometrician, Department of
Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo BC.
35. Yu Wang, 1992; thesis entitled Optimal Robust
Rank-Based Estimators in the Linear Model. Assistant Professor, Finance
and Economics, Boston University.
Others
36. Leshy Paynter, PhD (incomplete)
1985-87, Dalhousie University; now a clergyman.
PhD
theses for which I was the external examiner
1. M. Xie, 1998, Hong Kong Baptist University;
thesis entitled Some Optimalities of Uniform Designs and Projection Uniform
Designs Under Multi-Factor Models.
2. M. Salibian-Barrera, 2000; University of British
Columbia; thesis entitled Contributions to the Theory of Robust Inference.
3. Peilin Shi, 2002; University of Victoria; thesis
entitled Minimax Robust Designs for Misspecified Regression Models.