PhD/MSc Alumni
1996
Thesis Title: Effect of Misspecified Response Correlation in Regression Analysis
Supervisor: Nhu Le, James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: Lecturer, Coquitlam College
Current Position: Associate Professor of Environmental Statistics | Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: The Not-So-Smoother: A Discontinuity Preserving Smoothing Method
Supervisor: Jean Meloche
First Position: Research Biometrician, Dept. of Fisheries, Nanaimo, B.C.
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Modeling Zero Inflated Count Data
Supervisor: Martin Puterman
First Position: Statistician, Canadian Pacific Railway, Calgary, Alberta
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Proficiency Testing in Clinical Chemistry
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: Senior Consultant, Arthur Andersen LLP, Vancouver, BC
Current Position: Director, Strategic Services, /InterVISTAS Consulting Inc, Vancouver
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Markov Generalized Linear Model and Modeling of Epileptic Seizure Data
Supervisor: Martin Puterman
First Position: Statistical and Programming Analyst, Glassco Park Inc. Surrey, B.C.
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: A Comparison Between Several One-Step M-Estimators of Location and Dispersion in the Presence of a Nuisance Parameter
Supervisor: Ruben H. Zamar
First Position: Cryptyologic Group, Communications Security Establishment, Ottawa
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Some Statistical Models for the Multivariate Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Supervisor: Bent Jorgensen
First Position: Assistant Professor, York University
Current Position: Professor, University of Michigan
Program: M.Sc.
1995
Thesis Title: An investigation into the Efficient Market Hypothesis a canonical correlation analysis approac
Supervisor: Juxin Liu
Program: M.Sc.
1994
Thesis Title: Bayesian Multivariate Interpolation with Missing Data and Its Applications
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Statistics (University of British Columbia)
Current Position: : VP, Institutional Equity Technology, Morgan Stanley (New York, USA)
Program: Ph.D.