Faculty & Staff – Department of Statistics

Regular Appointments

Haim Bar

Associate professor

High dimensional data, Bioinformatics, Statistical Modeling, Model Selection

Kun Chen

Associate professor

Dimension Reduction, Variable Selection, Multivariate Analysis, Statistical Computing, Statistical Ecology,
Environmental Statistics, Bioinformatics, Public Health Applications

Ming-Hui Chen

Professor

Bayesian Statistical Methodology, Bayesian Computation, Categorical Data Analysis, DNA Microarray Data Analysis, Missing Data Analysis (EM, MCEM, and Bayesian), Monte Carlo Methodology, Prior Elicitation, Statistical Methodology for Prostate Cancer Data, Statistical Modeling, Survival data analysis, and Variable Selection

Zhiyi Chi

Professor

Applied Probability, Stochastic Processes, Large Deviations

Dipak Dey

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor

Bayesian Analysis, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computational Statistics, Decision Theory, Environmental Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Optics, Reliability and Survival Analysis, Statistical Shape Analysis, Statistical Genetics

Joseph Glaz

Professor

Applied Probability, Geometrical Probability, Probability Approximations, Probability Inequalities, Parametric
Bootstrap, Sequential Analysis, Simultaneous Inference

Yuwen Gu

Assistant professor

High-dimensional statistics, variable selection, model combination, nonparametric statistics, causal inference and optimization

Ofer Harel

Professor

Methods for Handling Incomplete Data, Causal Inference, Verification Bias, Longitudinal Studies, Bayesian Methods,
Sampling Techniques, Mixture Models, Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis, and Statistical Consulting

Tania B. Huedo-Medina

Associate Professor

Meta-analysis, biostatistics, multilevel analysis, structural equation modeling, and mediation analysis

Emmy Karim

Assistant Professor-in-Residence

Applied Statistics, Demography, Fiducial Inferences, Sampling

Lynn Kuo

Professor

Bayesian Computation, Survival Analysis, Nonparametric Bayesian Statistics, Software Reliability, Longitudinal Data
Analysis, Survey Sampling, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Victor Hugo Lachos

Professor

Linear/Non Linear Mixed-Effects Models, Generalized Linear Mixed Models, Skew-elliptical/Elliptical distributions, Time Series, Measurement error models, Semiparametric Models, Censored Regression Models, Spatial Models, Augmented Models

Suman Majumdar

Associate professor

Metrization of Weak Convergence, posterior asymptotics, psychometry, inference in SDEs

Nitis Mukhopadhyay

Professor

Survey sampling, Environmental Sampling, Clinical Trails, and Multivariate Data Analysis

Vladimir Pozdnyakov

Professor

Applied Probability and Statistics

Nalini Ravishanker

Professor

Time Series modeling, Times-to-events Analysis, Inference for Stable Processes, Signal Processing, Simultaneous Inference Procedures, Statistical Methods in Actuarial Science, Marketing, Environmental Engineering and Transportation Engineering

Elizabeth Schifano

Assistant professor

Biostatistics, Statistical Genomics, High-dimensional Data Analysis, Variable Selection

Min Shu

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Stamford Campus

Statistical Modeling, Time Series Analysis, Quantitative Finance, Financial Market Crash, Machine Learning

Rick Vitale

Professor

Convex-geometric Methods in Probability and Statistics, Stochastic Geometry, Inequalities

Haiying Wang

Assistant professor

Incomplete data analysis, Model selection and model averaging, Nonparametric and semi-parametric regression, Optimum experimental design, Sub-sample methods for big data

Xiaojing Wang

Associate professor

Bayesian Modeling, Latent Variable Models and Item Response Models, State Space Models and Time Series Data Analysis, Gaussian Processes, Subgroup Analysis and Model Selection

Jun Yan

Professor

Dynamic Survival Models, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Spatial Statistics, Estimating Functions, Statistical Computing, Biostatistics, Public Health Applications, Econometrics