Former and current Ph.D. students and their research while at MSU

Lan Xue (Ph.D. 2005), Assistant Professor (2005-), Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-4606, Elected Member (2007-), International Statistical Institute

(Research supported in part by NSF awards DMS 0405330 and BCS 0308420)

Yang, L., Park, B. U., Xue, L. and Härdle, W. (2006) Estimation and testing for varying coefficients in additive models with marginal integration. Journal of the American Statistical Association 101 (475), 1212-1227 or (pdf-file).

Xue, L. and Yang, L. (2006) Additive coefficient modeling via polynomial spline. Statistica Sinica 16 (4), 1423-1446 or (pdf-file). Laha Award at JSM 2005.

Xue, L. and Yang, L. (2006) Estimation of semiparametric additive coefficient model. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 136 (8), 2506-2534 or (pdf-file). Student Paper Award, ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium 2004.

 

Jing Wang (Ph.D. 2006), Assistant Professor (2006-), Department of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science (M/C 249), University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7045

(Research supported in part by NSF awards DMS 0405330 and BCS 0308420)

Wang, J. and Yang, L. (2009) Polynomial spline confidence bands for regression curves. Statistica Sinica 19 (1), 325-342 or (pdf-file) + 11 pages of supplement.  Laha Award at JSM 2005.

Wang, J. and Yang, L. (2009) Efficient and fast spline-backfitted kernel smoothing of additive regression model. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 61 (3), 663-690 or (pdf file).

Olson, J. M., et al. (2008) Integrating diverse methods to understand climate–land interactions in East Africa. Geoforum 39 (2), 898-911, or (pdf-file).

 

Li Wang (Ph.D. 2007), Assistant Professor (2007-), Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-1952, Elected Member (2008-), International Statistical Institute

(Research supported in part by NSF award DMS 0405330 and an MSU Dissertation Completion Fellowship)

Wang, L. and Yang, L. (2007) Spline-backfitted kernel smoothing of nonlinear additive autoregression model. Annals of Statistics 35 (6), 2474-2503 or (pdf-file).

Huang, X., Wang, L., Yang, L. and Kravchenko, A. N. (2008) Management practice effects on relationships of grain yields with topography and precipitation. Agronomy Journal 100 (5), 1463-1471 or (pdf file).

Wang, L. and Yang, L. (2009) Spline estimation of single index model. Statistica Sinica 19 (2), 765-783 or (pdf file) + 15 pages of supplement. Laha Award at IMS Annual Meeting 2006.

Wang, L. and Yang, L. (2009+) Simultaneous confidence bands for time series prediction function.

 

Rong Liu, (Ph.D. 2009), Assistant Professor (2009-), Department of Mathematics, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43601

(Research supported in part by NSF awards DMS 0405330, DMS 0706518, an MSU Summer Support Fellowship and an MSU Dissertation Completion Fellowship)

Liu, R. and Yang, L. (2008) Kernel estimation of multivariate cumulative distribution function. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics 20 (8), 661-677 or (pdf-file). Laha Award at JSM 2007.

Liu, R. and Yang, L. (2009+) Spline-backfitted kernel smoothing of additive coefficient model. Econometric Theory, in press 30 pages or (pdf file).

Liu, R. and Yang, L. (2009) Oracally efficient inference of a semiparametric GARCH model via cubic spline.

 

Qiongxia Song, current

(Research supported in part by NSF award DMS 0706518, an MSU Summer Support Fellowship and an MSU Dissertation Completion Fellowship)

Song, Q. and Yang, L. (2009) Spline confidence bands for variance function. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics 21 (5), 589-609 or (pdf file).

Song, Q. and Yang, L. (2009) Simultaneous confidence band for nonlinear additive autoregression model via spline-backfitted spline smoothing. Laha Award at JSM 2009.

 

Shujie Ma, current

(Research supported in part by NSF award DMS 0706518)

Ma, S. and Yang, L. (2009) Spline-backfitted kernel smoothing of partially linear additive model.

Ma, S. and Yang, L. (2009) A jump-detecting procedure based on spline estimation. Laha Award at JSM 2009.

 

Guanqun Cao, current, (co-advisor, David Todem, Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University)

 

Shuzhuan Zheng, current, (co-advisor, Xiaohong Chen, Department of Economics, Yale University)