GRADUATE THESES 2010-2014
| Semester | Student | Degree | Thesis | Supervisor |
| 2014-3 | Sherry Chen | MSc | Natural Hedging Using Multi-population Mortality Models | C.Tsai |
| 2014-3 | Elena Szefer | MSc | Joint analysis of imaging and genomic data to identify associations related to cognitive impairment | J.Graham |
| 2014-2 | Nathaniel Payne | MSc | Evaluating the Impact of Heteroscedasticity on The Predictive Ability Of Modern Regression Techniques | T.Loughin |
| 2014-2 | Fei Wang | MSc | Exploring Mental Health Related ED Visits Project: Frequency of Recurrence and Risk Factors | J.Hu |
| 2014-2 | Joslin Goh | PhD | Prediction and Calibration Using Outputs from Multiple Computer Simulators |
D.Bingham |
| 2014-2 | Kunasekaran Nirmalkanna | MSc | Optimal Designs of Two-Level Factorials when N ≡ 1 and 2 (mod 4) under a Baseline Parameterization | B.Tang |
| 2014-2 | Jiaying (Vicky) Weng | MSc | Maximin Strong Orthogonal Arrays |
B.Tang |
| 2014-2 | Tianyu Guan | MSc | Multiple-Decrement Compositional Forecasting with the Lee-Carter Model |
G.Parker |
| 2014-2 | Pulindu Ratnasekera | MSc | Irregularly Spaced Time Series Data with Time Scale Measurement Error | D.Campbell |
| 2014-1 | Shirin Golchi | PhD | Bayesian Computational Methods and Applications | Lockhart,Bingham,Campbell,Chipman |
| 2014-1 | Tingting Wen | MSc | Understanding risks in a hybrid pension plan with stochastic rates of return | Y.Lu |
| 2014-1 | Zheng Sun | PhD | Model assessment: Bayes assisted tests and tests for discrete data | R.Lockhart,M.Stephens |
| 2014-1 | Qian Wang | MSc | Variations of the linear logarithm hazard transform for modeling cohort mortality rates | C.Tsai |
| 2014-1 | Rachel Lipson | MSc | Predicting Ovarian Cancer Survival Times: Performance of Parametric Methods and Random Survival Forests | R.Altman |
| 2013-3 | Oksana Chkrebtii | PhD | Probabilistic solution of differential equations for Bayesian uncertainty quantification and inference | D.Campbell |
| 2013-2 | Ruth Joy | PhD | Methodology for analyzing at-sea dive behaviour of a marine mammal | R. Routledge |
| 2013-2 | Lu Wang | MSc | Analysis of Clustered Event Times With Right-Censoring | J. Hu |
| 2013-2 | Yuanyu Yang | MSc | Classification based on supervised clustering with application to Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis | T. Loughin |
| 2013-2 | Maria Santiago | MSc | Gene-environment interactions in non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a statistical analysis | J.Graham, J.Spinelli |
| 2013-2 | Dilinuer Kuerban | MSc | A Tutorial on the Inheritance Procedure for Multiple Testing of Tree-structured Hypothese | B.McNeney, J.Graham |
| 2013-2 | Zhenua Lin | MSc | Some Perspectives of Smooth and Locally Sparse Estimators | J. Cao |
| 2013-2 | Meng(Rose) Yu | MSc | Modeling mortality rates with approaches of the linear logarithm hazard transform |
C. Tsai |
| 2013-1 |
Jimmy Poon |
MSc |
Spatial Cross-Sectional Credibility Models With General Dependence Structure Among Risks | Y. Lu |
| 2013-1 |
Rodriguez, Jorge |
MSc |
THE HOT HAND IN GOLF | T. Swartz |
| 2013-1 |
Zhang, Madeliene |
MSc |
USE OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS FOR OPTIMAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES |
G.Parker, D.Campbell |
| 2013-1 |
Yousefi, Kasra |
MSc |
A BAYESIAN SPATIAL HIERARCHICAL MODEL FOR PUTTING IN GOLF |
T. Swartz |
| 2012-2 | Lim, Jinhee |
MSc | Forecasting Movie Attendance of Individual Movie Showings: A Hierarchical Bayes Approach | D. Campbell |
| 2012-2 | Zheng, Hua |
MSc | Statistical Modelling of Temporary Stream Flow in Canadian Prairie Provinces | C. Dean |
| 2012-2 | Valero, Juan |
MSc | The Importance of Partnerships in Cricket | T. Swartz |
| 2012-2 | Moya, Fabian |
MSc | Statistical Methodology for Profitable Sports Gambling | T. Swartz |
| 2012-2 | Wang, Huijing |
MSc | ANALYSIS OF COUNTS WITH TWO LATENT CLASSES, WITH APPLICATION TO RISK ASSESSMENT USING PHYSICIAN VISIT RECORDS | J. Hu |
| 2012-2 | Henrey, Andrew |
MSc | Adjustment Uncertainty and Variable Selection in a Bayesian Context | L. McCandless |
| 2012-2 | Liu, Junjie |
MSc |
Modeling dependence induced by a common random effect and risk measures with insurance applications | Yi lu |
| 2012-2 | Liu, Jie |
MSc | A global test of association between non-Hodgkin lymphoma and SNPs in histone-pathway genes | J.Graham, J.Spinelli |
| 2012-1 | Vincent, Kyle | Strategies for Estimating the Size and Distribution of Hard-to-Reach Populations with Adaptive Sampling | S.Thompson | |
| 2012-1 | Shin, Ji-Hyung (Jean) | PhD | Inferring gene-environment interaction from case-parent trio data: Evaluation of and adjustment for spurious GxE and development of a data-smoothing method to uncover true GxE |
J.Graham/B.McNeney |
| 2012-1 | Antonitsin,Alexey | MSc | Statistical Methods in Reliability Testing | S.Thompson |
| 2012-1 |
Xia, Yu (Lillian) |
MSc |
Analysis of Long-term Disability Insurance Portfolios with Stochastic Interest Rates and Multi-state Transition Models | Y. Lu |
| 2011-3 | Strizhkova, Olga | MSc | Impact of Abolishment of Mandatory Retirement on BC Employment Income | G.Parker |
| 2011-3 | Yuen, Henry | MSc | STOCHASTIC MODELING OF ECONOMIC VARIABLES FOR PENSION PLAN PROJECTIONS | G.Parker |
| 2011-3 | Tang, Ricky | MSc | SOME ISSUES ON DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS IN PRACTICAL STUDIES | J.Hu |
| 2011-3 | Burkett, Kelly | Ph.D. | MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SAMPLING OF GENE GENEALOGIES CONDITIONAL ON OBSERVED GENETIC DATA | J.Graham/B.McNeney |
| 2011-3 | Huston, Carolyn | Ph.D. | COMPLEX BAYESIAN MODELS: CONSTRUCTION, AND SAMPLING STRATEGIES |
S.Thompson |
| 2011-3 | Campbell, Harlan | MSc | Comparing Treatments when Survival Curves Cross Unexpectedly | C. Dean |
| 2011-2 | Perera, Harsha | M.Sc. | A Second Look at Duckworth-Lewis in Twenty20 Cricket | T. Swartz |
| 2011-2 | Tennakoon, Aruni | M.Sc. | Desperation in Sport | T. Swartz |
| 2011-2 | Thompson, Darby | Ph.D. | Survival Models for Data Arising from Multiphase Hazards, Latent Subgroups, or Subject to Time-Dependent Treatment Effects | C. Dean |
| 2011-2 | Lee, Myoung Ho | M.Sc. | Statistical Methods for Reducing Bias in Web Surveys | T. Loughlin |
| 2011-2 | Lekivetz, Ryan | Ph.D. | Optimal Factorial Designs with Robust Properties | B. Tang |
| 2011-2 | Cai, Jing | M.Sc. | Nonparametric Method and Hierarchical Bayesian Approach for Parameter Estimation and Prediction | J. Cao |
| 2011-2 | Juarez, Elizabeth | Ph.D. | Recurrent Event Studies: Efficient Panel Designs and Join Modeling of Events and Severities | C. Dean |
| 2011-2 | Feng, Cindy | Ph.D. | Models and Methods for Spatial Data: Applications in Epidemiological, Environmental, and Ecological Studies | C. Dean |
| 2011-2 | Alber-Green, Alisha | M.Sc. | A Non-Parametric Framework for Quantifying Temporal Trends in the Seasonality of Forest Fire Risk | C. Dean |
| 2011-2 | Li, Pei (Crystal) | M.Sc. | Algorithmic Search of Baseline Minimum Aberration Designs | B. Tang |
| 2010-3 | Qian, Xiofeng | M.Sc. | Analyzing Investment Return of Asset Portfolios with Multivariate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes | G. Parker |
| 2010-3 | Chen, Li | M.Sc. | Analysis of Joint Life Insurance with Stochastic Interest Rates | Y. Lu |
| 2010-3 | Co, Caroll | M.Sc. | Investigating the Use of the Accelerated Hazards Model for Survival Analysis | C. Dean |
| 2010-3 | Zhang, Yan | M.Sc. | A Comparison of Location Effect Identification Methods for Unreplicated Fractional Factorials in the Presence of Dispersion Effects | T. Loughin |
| 2010-3 | He, Qipin | M.Sc. | Pricing and Dynamic Hedging of Segregated Fund Guarantees | C. Tsai |
| 2010-3 | Ang, Jervyn | M.Sc. | A Bayesian Approach to Spatial Correlations in the Multivariate Probit Model | D. Bingham |
| 2010-3 | Challenger, Wendell | Ph.D. | Modeling Uncertainty and Heterogeneity in Mark-Recapture and Occupancy Experiments | C. Schwarz |
| 2010-2 | Xu, Jia | M.Sc. | Robust Estimation for Differential Equation Models | J. Cao |
| 2010-2 | Pratola, Matthew | Ph.D. | Development in Computer Model Calibration | D. Bingham |
| 2010-2 | Sanders, Barbara | M. Sc. | Analysis of Variable Benefit Plans | G. Parker |
| 2010-2 | Muthukumarana, Saman | Ph. D. | Bayesian Methods and Applications using WinBUGS | T. Swartz |
| 2010-1 | Bhattacharya, Rianka | M.Sc. | The Duckworth-Lewis Method and Twenty20 Cricket | T. Swartz |
| 2010-1 | Jiang, Lingzhi (Chris) | M.Sc. | Actuarial Applications of the Linear Hazard Transform | C. Tsai |
| 2010-1 | Wan, Zhong (Joan) | M.Sc. | Modeling investment returns with a multivariate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process | G. Parker |