Rebecca C. Steorts Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Statistics Carnegie Mellon University

Office: Baker Hall 132K
E-mail: beka at cmu dot edu

Research Interests: Bayesian methods, small area estimation, survey sampling,
decision theory, multiple record linkage, capture recapture methods, and sports statistics.

Other Interests: Running (and all sports), film and theatre, water and snow skiing,
cooking, watching college football and hoops, and hanging out with my dog Noah!

Education:
Ph.D., Statistics, University of Florida, 2012.
M.S., Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 2007.
B.S., Mathematics, Davidson College, 2005.

Curriculum Vitae:

• CV

• Datta, Ghosh, Steorts, and Maples (2011). "Bayesian benchmarking with applications to small area estimation," TEST, 20(3), 574-588. pdf

• Hall, Steorts, and Fienberg (2012). "Bayesian parametric and nonparametric inference for multiple record linkage," Modern Nonparametric Methods in Machine Learning Workshop , NIPS. pdf

• Steorts and Ghosh (2013). "On estimation of mean squared errors of benchmarked empirical Bayes estimators," Statistica Sinica, (to appear). pdf

• Ghosh and Steorts (2013). "Two-stage Bayesian benchmarking as applied to small area estimation," In Revision.

• Hall, Steorts, and Fienberg (2013). "Bayesian parametric and nonparametric inference for multiple record linkage," Working paper.

• Bayesian Theory, 2013

Other Interests:

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