Following is a list of students who received their Ph.D. degree from the department between 1991 and 2002, and where they are currently employed.

2002

Exploring Racial and Geographical Effects in the Decision to Seek the Federal Death Penalty, 1995-2000, David J. Algranati; Simmons Market Research Bureau.

Grade of Membership and Latent Structure Models with Application to Disability Survey Data, Elena A. Erosheva; University of Washington.

Bayesian Semiparametric Inference for Statistical Models Using Mixtures, Roberto Carta; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Information Accumulation, Model Selection and Rater Behavior in Constructed Response Student Assessments, Louis T. Mariano; Rand Corporation.

Statistical Methods for Discovering Disease Susceptibility Genes in Human Populations, Xiaohua Zhang; Merck Research Laboratories.

Pricing of Generalized American Options with Applications to Energy Derivatives, Cristian S. Ghiuvea; Zurich Capital Markets.

2001

Statistical Models for Classification and Discrimination, with Application to Classifying Web Documents, Stella M. Salvatierra; University of Navarra.

Statistical Tools for Disclosure Limitation in Multi-Way Contingency Tables, Adrian Dobra; National Institute of Statistical Sciences.

Approximate Robust Bayesian Inference with Applications to Sample Size Calculation, Iuliana Ianus; Merck Research Laboratories.

Bayesian Inference for Discretely Sampled Diffusion Processes with Financial Applications, Michele DiPietro; Carnegie Mellon University.

Modeling and Performance Analysis of Real-Time Queueing Networks, Shu-Ngai Yeung; AT&T Laboratories.

A Model-based Bayesian Fault Diagnostic System With Applications to Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes, Feng Tang; Cendant.

Spatiotemporal Modeling of Positron Emission Tomography, Thomas Nichols; University of Michigan.

Bayesian Curve Fitting Using Free-Knot Splines, Ilaria DiMatteo; United Nations.

Parametric and Non-parametric Extensions to Unfolding Response Models, Matt Johnson; Educational Testing Service.

Estimating Joint Distributions of Contaminants in U.S. Community Water System Sources, J.R. Lockwood; Rand Corporation.

Convergence Rates for Posterior Distributions, Tzee-Ming Huang; Iowa State University.

Analyzing Longitudinal Data with Mixture Models: A Trajectory Approach, Bob Jones; University of Pittsburgh.

2000

The Juvenile Homicide Epidemic: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Homicide in American Cities, Dan Cork; Committee on National Statistics.

Treatment Integrity Concerns in Comparative Education Studies, Alix I. Gitleman; Oregon State University.

Hidden Stochastic Models for Biological Rhythm Data, Howard Seltman; Carnegie Mellon University.

1999

Estimating a Shape-restricted Function via Continuous Stochastic Process Model, Xu Fan; AlphaMetrics.

Model Selection and Model Averaging for Neural Networks, Herbie Lee III; Duke University.

Model Sensitivity in Research on Welfare and Fertility, Terra McKinnish; University of Colorado, Boulder.

1998

An Approach for Selection of Nonparametric Regression Methods, Ashish Sanil; National Institute of Statistical Sciences.

1997

Bayesian Design of Experiments for the Linear Model, Isabella Verdinelli; Carnegie Mellon University.

Nonparametric Bayesian Methods for Evaluating Fit in Hierarchical Models, Kert Viele; University of Kentucky.

Statistical Top-Down Strategies in Genomics, Christopher Alve Andrews; University of California, Berkeley.

Fitting the Heat Transfer Equation to Temperature Data, Kensuke Shirakawa; Battelle Memorial Institute.

1996

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Item Response Theory Models With Applications for NAEP, Richard John Patz; CTB/McGraw-Hill.

The Schwarz Criterion For Mixed Effects Models, Donna Kay Pauler; University College London.

1995

An Examination of Belief Functions and Other Monotone Capacities, Paul Black; Neptune and Company.

Registration and Estimation of Functional Magnetic Resonance Images, Mark Fitzgerald; Los Alamos National Laboratories.

Probabilistic Analysis of Association Reversal Phenomena, Petros I. Hadjicostas; University of Cyprus.

On Order Selections of Continuous Autoregressive Processes, Tao Jiang.

State Space Modeling of Long-Memory Processes, Wilfredo Palma; Twin Capital Management, Inc.

Elicitation of Priors and Utilities for Bayesian Analysis, Lara J. Wolfson; University of Waterloo.

1994

Discrete Search and Rescue for an Intelligent Object, Scott Berry; Texas A&M University.

Bayesian Tests of Extra-Binomial Variability With Emphasis on the Boundary Case, Chushing Kate Hsiao; National Taiwan University.

Predicting a Space-Time Process From Aggregate Data Exemplified by the Animation of Mumps Disease, Audris Mockus; Bell Laboratories.

Bayesian Analysis of Finite Mixture Distibutions, Agostino Nobile; University of Bristol, Briston, U.K.

Interactive Navigation for Local Viewing in Multivariate Datasets, Shingo Oue; Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.

Issues in Combining Information: Hierarchical Models, Selection Models, and Unobserved Data, Nancy Paul Silliman; U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Monitoring a Multi-Stage Sequential Manufacturing Process: A Bayesian Approach, Suraj Rao; Texas Instruments Inc.

1993

A Bayesian Approach to Measuring the Size of HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Yu-Chiao Chang; Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Experimental Studies by Distinct Designer and Estimators, Madhumita Lodh; Milliman and Robertson.

Covariance Structures of Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials, Matthew R. Marlar; Fison Corporation.

An Asymptotic Analysis of the Number of Comparisons in Multipartition Quicksort, Kok-Hooi Tan; Intel Corporation.

Incorporating Retrials into Models of Circuit Switched Networks, Glen Takahara; Queens University.

Local Sensitivity of Posterior Expectations, Paul Gustafson; University of British Columbia.

1992

Laplace Approximations for Posterior Expectations and Marginal Densities when the Mode is on the Boundary of the Parameter Space, Alaattin Erkanli; Duke University.

Two Algorithms for Simultaneous Image Restoration and Segmentation, Thomas H. Short; Villanova University.

Reparameterization of Statistical Models, Elizabeth H. Slate; Cornell University.

Modeling Hetrogeneity in Multi-Center Clinical Trials Using Bayesian Hierarchical Survival Models, Dalene Stangl; Duke University.

Stochastic Control of Sequential Manufacturing Processes, Suresh K. Vaidyanathan; City Bank, Madras, India.

1991

Two Classes of Non-Linear Time Series Models, Rong Chen; Texas A&M University.

Capture-Recapture Census with Uncertain Matching, Ye Ding; Wadsworth Centers for Laboratories & Research.

Bayesian Group-Sequential Sampling with Application to Tax Auditing, Ruth Douglas Etzioni; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Optimal Scheduling of Inspections with an Application to Medical Screening Tests, Giovanni Parmigiani; Duke University.

Iterated Function Systems and the Propagation of Rounding Errors, Mario Peruggia; Ohio State University.

Topics in Team Decision Theory, Lian Wang; Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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