2000s History

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2000

Events:

STATCOM was formed by Statistics graduate student, Nels Grevstad.
Jing Shyr (Ph.D. 1984) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Bradley Efron, Stanford University, was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on April 16, 2000. The title of his talk was "Bootstrap Biostat."
The Department of Statistics hosted the 3rd Stat Day on April 16, 2000.
Gary McDonald (Purdue Statistics M.S. 1966, Purdue Statistics Ph.D. 1969) received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Purdue University.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Arup Bose (2000 - 2000)
Joan Brenneman (2000 - 2008)
John J. Deely (2000 - present) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Adele Galasso (2000 - 2000)
Eitan Greenshtein (2000 - 2000)
R. V. Ramamoorthi (2000 - 2000)
Mei Wang (2000 - 2001)
Michael Zhu (2000 - present) Currently Professor of Statistics

Arup Bose Joan Brenneman John J. Deely Adele Galasso Eitan Greenshtein R. V. Ramamoorthi Mei Wang Michael Zhu

Arup Bose, Joan Brenneman, John J. Deely, Adele Galasso, Eitan Greenshtein, R.V. Ramamoorthi, Mei Wang and Michael Zhu

New/Promoted Staff:

Tom Jagatic (2000 - 2001)
Carmen Turner (2000 - 2005)

Tom Jagatic Carmen Turner

Tom Jagatic and Carmen Turner

Graduates:

Mr. Christopher D. Canfield, BS
Mr. Patrick Shiu-Fai So, BS
Mr. Jawad Yousuf, BS
Mr. M. Shafie Abdul Rahim, BS, BS
Mr. Damon P. Andres, BS, BS
Mr. Brian K. Carteaux, BS, BS
Mrs. Corinne A. Connan, BS, BS
Mr. Joshua A. Connan, BS, BS
Mr. James P. Eubank, BS, BS
Mr. Yu Hin E. Ho, BS, BS
Ms. Evi Horia, BS, BS
Mrs. Jacqueline M. Jarboe, BS, BS
Mr. John W. Koelling, BS, BS
Ms. R. Mior Ahmad Darwish, BS, BS
Mr. Matthew J. Pilkey, BS, BS
Mr. David Todd Sherman, BS, BS
Mr. Anthony W. Stevens, BS, BS
Ms. Pavlina Theocharous, BS, BS
Mr. James C. West, BS, BS
Mr. Kenneth W. Yuhasz, BS, BS
Mr. Gregory K. Ball, MS
Mr. Dwight J. Beaudry, MS
Mr. Chonghak Park, MS
Mr. Nels Tomlinson, MS
Mr. Hui Xie, MS
Ms. Rui Wang, MS
Dr. Michael Alan Black, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Eric K. Chicken, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Tianwen Tony Cai and Dr. William J. Studden
Dr. Xiaodong Lin, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Leming Qu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Mary E. Bock
Dr. Jingyuan Wang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Jayson Dwight Wilbur, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Liqing Yan, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Philip Protter
Dr. Nitai Das Mukhopadhyay, PHD, Advisor: Dr. James O. Berger and Dr. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Jason H. Stover, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Steven P. Lalley
Dr. Wen-Chi Tsai, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Anirban Dasgupta

2001

Events:

Sidney Resnick, Cornell University, was the invited lecturer for the Prem S. Puri Memorial Lecture held on March 22, 2001. The title of his talk was "Infinite Source Poisson Models with Heavy Tailed Transmission Times: Probabilistic Modeling and Data Networks."
Alan Lopez (M.S. 1974) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni
The 4th Stat Day, held on March 23, 2001, was hosted by the Division of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
Charles E. McCulloch, University of California, was the invited speaker for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on April 12, 2001. The title of his talk was "(Re)Modeling Biometrics."
The Department of Statistics established the Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics. This four-course program provides and documents formal expertise in statistics at the graduate level beyond introductory regression courses. The four courses can be used as part of an MS program in Statistics.
Professor Richard Penney became the third director of the Actuarial Science program. He replaced Professor Steve Samuels who served as Director from 1997 - 2000.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan (2001 - 2001)
Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan (2001 - 2001)
Friedrich Liese (2001 - 2001)
Robert Lund (2001 - 2001)
Wolfgang Polasek (2001 - 2001)
Jaya Satagopan (2001 - 2001)
Seongjoo Song (2001 - 2006)
Srdjan Stojanovic (2001 - 2002)
Samy Tindel (2001 - 2001)
Jun Xie (2001 - 2014) Currently Professor of Statistics; Graduate Chair

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan Friedrich Liese Robert Lund Wolfgang Polasek Seongjoo Song Srdjan Stojanovic Samy Tindel Jun Xie

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan, Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan, Friedrich Liese, Robert Lund, Wolfgang Polasek, Jaya Satagopan, Seongjoo Song, Srdjan Stojanovic, Samy Tindel and Jun Xie

New/Promoted Staff:

Leslie Arvin (2001 - 2003)
Kristy Brewer (2001 - 2004)

Leslie Arvin Kristy Brewer

Leslie Arvin and Kristy Brewer

Graduates:

Mr. Bryan M. Brzycki, BS
Mr. Arkendra K. De, BS
Ms. Amrita K. Bagga, BS, BS
Mr. Paresh R. Gopaldas, BS, BS
Mr. Dwane A. Johnson, BS, BS
Mr. Mathieu A. Kouame, BS, BS
Mrs. Jaclynn Marie Martin, BS, BS
Mr. Steven R. Scheibelhut, BS, BS
Mr. Thomas M. Aliff, BS, MS
Ms. Izabela E. Annis, MS
Mr. Ziyi Jiao, MS
Ms. Chunsu Li, MS
Mr. Lixiang Liu, MS
Ms. Bonnie Adair Morse, MS
Ms. Jing Su, MS
Ms. Yaohua Zhang, MS
Ms. Pritha Ghosh, MS
Dr. David Hill Annis, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Dachuang Cao, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Eric K. Chicken, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Tianwen Tony Cai and Dr. William J. Studden
Dr. Ionut Florescu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Frederi G. Viens
Dr. Nels Grevstad, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Hongmei Jiang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Kyunga Kim, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Nak-Kyeong Kim, MS, PHD, Advisor: Ms. Jun Xie
Dr. Jianjun Li, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Shanti S. Gupta
Dr. Ping Ma, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. William John Studden
Mr. Jeonggang Seo, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Dejun Tang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Bock and Dr. James O. Berger
Dr. Olga Vitek, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig and Dr. Chris Bailey-Kellogg
Dr. Young-Ju Kim, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Brian M. Munneke, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge

2002

Events:

January 11, 2002 Professor Shanti S. Gupta passes away after a brief illness.
John Marden, University of Illinois, Urbana, Chicago, was the invited lecturer for the K.C.S. Pillai Memorial Lecture held on March 21, 2002. The title of his talk was "Iterated Multivariate Ranks - Truly Nonparametric Procedures?"
Deng-Yuan Huang (Ph.D. 1974) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
John Quackenbush, The Institute for Genomic Research, was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on March 28, 2002. The title of his talk was "Back to the Future: Integrating Expression with Genomic, Genetic, and Metabolic Data."
The Department of Statistics hosted the 5th Stat Day held on March 28, 2002.
Professor Seongjoo Song became Assistant Director for the Actuarial Science Program. She served as Assistant Director until 2006.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Messan (Charles) Amewou-Atisso (2002 - 2003)
Kalyan Das (2002 - 2002)
Ellen Gundlach (2002 - 2013) Currently Education Specialist, Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Paul-Andre Monney (2002 - 2004)
Anastasia Ruzmaikina (2002 - 2009)
Sarah Sellke (2002 - 2002) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Jyothi Subramanian (2002 - 2003)
Tonglin Zhang (2002 - present) Currently Associate Professor of Statistics

Messan (Charles) Amewou-Atisso Kalyan Das Ellen Gundlach Paul-Andre Monney Anastasia Ruzmaikina Sarah Sellke Jyothi Subramanian

Messan (Charles) Amewou-Atisso, Kalyan Das, Ellen Gundlach, Paul-Andre Monney, Anastasia Ruzmaikina, Sara Sellke and Jyothi Subramanian

New/Promoted Staff:

Rebekah Reysen (2002 - 2004)

Rebekah Reysen

Graduates:

Mr. Jeffrey Alan Johanningsmeier, BS
Ms. Valerie A. Long, BS
Ms. La Roux M. Wallace, BS
Mr. Kristoffer M. Ericson, BS, BS
Mr. Marcus T. Ewe, BS, BS
Mr. Carl R. Ghiselli, BS, BS
Mr. Andy Steven Howard, BS, BS
Mrs. Lauren M. Klemme, BS, BS
Mr. Michael J. Knowles, BS, BS
Mr. Mark R. Mishler, BS, BS
Mr. Christopher N. Otterman, BS, BS
Mr. Vivian Horatio Poon, BS, BS
Mr. James Dustin Ryan, BS, BS
Mr. James Gabriel Shaheen, BS, BS
Mr. Robert J. Stegner, BS, BS
Ms. Tae-Eun Kim, BS, MS
Mrs. Rebecca K. Maloney, BS, MS
Ms. Kuo-Mei Chen, MS
Mr. Kyle R. Hinsz, MS
Mr. Yi-Ru Huang, MS
Mrs. Aarti Ivanic, MS
Dr. Chenghong Li, MS
Dr. Yunqing Li, MS
Dr. Yong Qiu, MS
Mr. Balkrishna Singhania, MS
Dr. Christopher H. Tong, MS
Ms. Aneta V. Valova, MS
Ms. Christina L. Wassel, MS
Mr. Ryan E. Wiegand, MS
Dr. Michael Alan Black, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Arijit Chakrabarti, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Zhen Jiang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Dr. Bradford C. Johnson, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Thomas M. Sellke
Dr. Olga Korosteleva, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Thomas M. Sellke
Dr. Kiseop Lee, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Philip Protter
Dr. Lei Liu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Yali Liu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Joseph R. Nolan, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Dr. Leming Qu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Mary E. Bock
Dr. John Robert Stevens, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Chuancai Wang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig and Dr. Jun Xie
Dr. Jayson Dwight Wilbur, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Suk-Young Yoo, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Lianbo Yu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Wenxuan Zhong, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Messan G. Amewou-Atisso, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh

2003

Events:

The Seventh Purdue International Symposium on Statistics was held June 19-24, 2003.
Rob Tibshirani was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on June 20, 2003. His talk was part of the Seventh International Symposium on Statistics. The title of his talk was "Least Angle Regression, Forward Stagewise and the Lasso."
The number of graduate students grew to about 100 in the fall. A great deal of reshuffling had to occur in the MATH building to house the new faculty and graduate students. Members of the Department were housed on the ground, second, fourth, fifth and tenth floors of the MATH building.
Roger L. Berger (M.S. 1975) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Professor Stephen M. Samuels retired from the Department of Statistics and the Department of Mathematics.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Jiashun Jin (2003 - 2008)
Michael Levine (2003 - present) Currently Associate Professor of Statistics
Tapas Samanta (2003 - 2003)
Jongwoo Song (2003 - 2006)
Jiyeon Suh (2003 - 2005)
Jing Wu (2003 - 2008)

Jiashun Jin Michael Levine Tapas Samanta Jongwoo Song Jiyeon Suh Jing Wu

Jiashun Jin, Michael Levine, Tapas Samanta, Jongwoo Song, Jiyeon Suh and Jing Wu

Graduates:

Mr. Eugene R. Lee, BS
Ms. Diana Ho Maling, BS
Ms. Rachel J. Mize, BS
Ms. Cortney B. Romeril, BS
Mr. Karl D. Streiff, BS
Mr. Nigel G. Thavasi, BS
Ms. Jennifer B. Thomas, BS
Mr. Kevin John Thompson, BS
Mr. Jawdat M. Bilbeisi, BS, BS
Mr. Cody W. Cook, BS, BS
Mrs. Kelly M. Ewing, BS, BS
Mr. John P. Galvin, BS, BS
Mr. Aaron R. Kock, BS, BS
Mr. Christopher M. Manhart, BS, BS
Ms. Kyla M. O'Rourke, BS, BS
Mr. Jeffrey A. Radabaugh, BS, BS
Mrs. Jennifer Lee Saalfrank, BS, BS
Mr. Justin K. Welliver, BS, BS
Ms. Elsie L. Grace, BS, MS
Ms. Tae-Eun Kim, BS, MS
Mr. Thomas M. Aliff, BS, MS
Dr. Yourong Fu, CERT
Dr. Jian Li, CERT
Dr. Zhengping Ma, CERT
Dr. Vandana Patidar, CERT
Dr. Hakan Tarakci, CERT
Dr. Ling Wang, CERT
Dr. Natalia Vladimirovna Batalova, MS
Mr. Tadd N. Colver, MS
Dr. Bo A. Hu, MS
Ms. Wen-Ching Tsai, MS
Mr. Yongtao Wang, MS
Dr. Wen Yin, MS
Ms. Jin Eun Yoo, MS
Mrs. Lingling An, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. David Hill Annis, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Lin Chen, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Thomas M. Sellke
Dr. Riyan Cheng, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Jun Xie
Dr. Pang Du, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Nels Grevstad, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Nilupa S. Gunaratna, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Dr. Craig A. Johnson, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Dr. Xiaodong Lin, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Zhenqiang Lu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. William S. Cleveland
Dr. Ping Ma, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Junyong Park, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Yu Qin, MS, PHD, Advisor: Ms. Seongjoo Song
Dr. Jingyuan Wang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Peng Zeng, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Young-Ju Kim, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu

2004

Events:

The Statistical Bioinformatics Center was created; Rebecca W. Doerge serves as Director.
George McCabe stepped down as the Director of the Statistical Consulting Service. Bruce A. Craig became the Director of the Statistical Consulting Service.
STATCOM added a P-12 Outreach component to STATCOM.
Jozef Teugels (M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1967) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Nan Laird, Harvard School of Public Health, was the invited speaker for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on April 15, 2004. The title of the talk was "Family Based Association Tests with Haplotypes."
The Department of Statistics hosted Stat Day on April 15, 2004.
James O. Berger, Duke University, was the invited lecturer for the K.C.S. Pillai Memorial Lecture held on May 14, 2004. The title of his talk was "Objective Prior Distributions in Multivariate Normal Settings"
James O. Berger received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Purdue University.
Professor David S. Moore retired from the Department of Statistics.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan (2004 - 2004)
Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan (2004 - 2004)
Sylvie Brouder (2004 - 2005)
William S. Cleveland (2004 - present) Currently Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Professor of Computer Science (Courtesy)
Eitan Greenshtein (2004 - 2006)
Thomas (Tom) Howell (2004 - 2017)
Bhramar Mukherjee (2004 - 2005)
Rochelle Remke (2004 - 2006)
Bowei Xi (2004 - present) Currently Associate Professor of Statistics

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan Sylvie Brouder William S. Cleveland Eitan Greenshtein Thomas (Tom) Howell Bhramar Mukherjee Rochelle Remke Bowei Xi

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan, Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan, Sylvie Brouder, William S. Cleveland, Eitan Greenshtein, Thomas (Tom) Howell, Bhramar Mukherjee, Rochelle Remke, Bowei Xi

New/Promoted Staff:

Cheryl L. Crabill (2004 - 2010)
Bente Fein (2004 - 2007)
Bonita R. Marcussen (2004 - 2006)
Nichole S. Miller (2004 - 2008)
Cameron Smith (2004 - 2005)
My Truong (2004 - 2008)

Cheryl L. Crabill Bente Fein Bonita R. Marcussen Cameron Smith My Truong

Cheryl L. Crabill, Bente Fein, Bonita R. Marcussen, Nichole S. Miller, Cameron Smith and My Truong

Graduates:

Mr. Nicolas W. Baumann, BS
Mr. James Francis Gould, BS
Ms. Tonia Johnson, BS
Ms. Jennifer S. Kowall, BS
Ms. Sara C. Lufkin, BS
Mr. Carl Eric Svendsen, BS
Ms. Shuhui Wang, BS
Ms. Diana Megawati Winarto, BS
Mr. Sheng-Kung Michael Yi, BS
Ms. Jacqueline Esther Allen, BS, BS
Mr. Juan Ricardo Arroyo Yap, BS, BS
Mr. Neal Ray Drasga, BS, BS
Ms. Darci L. Eby, BS, BS
Ms. Jacqueline R. King, BS, BS
Mr. Sebastian J. Kleber, BS, BS
Mr. Brian David Kowalski, BS, BS
Ms. Evi Kusumadewi Laksana, BS, BS
Ms. Bo Li, BS, BS
Mrs. Jeanette Roell Manning, BS, BS
Ms. Jenni Elizabeth Prior, BS, BS
Mrs. Andrea Nicole Rouleau, BS, BS
Mr. Vikas P. Shah, BS, BS
Ms. Ashlee Renae Shellenbarger, BS, BS
Ms. Wendy Lee Thompson, BS, BS
Ms. Kathleen M. Ward, BS, BS
Ms. Mary Katherine Weise, BS, BS
Mr. Zachary J. White, BS, BS
Ms. Shir Ying Yew, BS, BS
Dr. Arthur Blanc, CERT
Ms. Jia Liu, CERT
Ms. Yalan Tang, CERT
Ms. Tina A. Alexander, MS
Mr. Peter F. Castelluccio, MS
Mr. Scott M. Diehl, MS
Ms. Jing Feng, MS
Mrs. Betsy Hughes, MS
Ms. Yang Jiang, MS
Mr. Prasanth V. Karumanchi, MS
Mr. Alexander Edward Lipka, MS
Ms. Dan Ma, MS
Mr. Deming Mi, MS
Dr. Sylvie Mrug, MS
Mrs. Gayla Renee Olbricht, MS
Mr. Keith R. Portman, MS
Ms. Rochelle L. Remke, MS
Dr. Kun Ren, MS
Dr. Hua Shen, MS
Ms. Yong Wang, MS
Mr. Jeffrey D. Wilde, MS
Mr. Kyle C. Harrison, MS
Ms. Eunjung Lim, MS
Dr. Dachuang Cao, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Arijit Chakrabarti, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Ionut Florescu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Frederi G. Viens
Ms. Lanqing Hua, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Hongmei Jiang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Zhen Jiang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Dr. Craig A. Johnson, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Ms. Shannon M. Knapp, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Prof. Meike Niederhausen, MS
Dr. Yu Qin, MS, PHD, Advisor: Ms. Seongjoo Song
Mr. Jeonggang Seo, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Chuancai Wang, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig and Dr. Jun Xie
Dr. Huiping Xu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Andrea Collevecchio, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Burgess J. Davis

2005

Events:

William S. Cleveland was named Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics.
Woo Chul Kim (Ph.D. 1979) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Wen-Hsiung Li, was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on April 21, 2005. The title of the talk was "Evolutionary and Statistical Analyses of Gene Expression Data."
David Siegmund, Stanford University, was the invited lecturer for the Prem S. Puri Memorial Lecture held on May 13, 2005. The title of his talk was "Genetic Mapping in Experimental and Human Genetics."
David Siegmund was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Purdue University on May 14, 2005.
Professor William J. Studden retired from the Department of Statistics and the Department of Mathematics.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Jeffrey Beckley (2005 - present) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics, Continuing Lecturer in Mathematics, Professional Actuary in Residence, Co-Director of Actuarial Science
Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan (2005 - 2005)
Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan (2005 - 2005)
Tadd Colver (2005 - present) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Hongmei Jiang (2005 - 2005)
Guy Lebanon (2005 - 2009)
Chuanhai Liu (2005 - present) Currently Professor of Statistics
Michael G Roeckner (2005 - 2007)
Dabao Zhang (2005 - present) Currently Associate Professor of Statistics
Min Zhang (2005 - present) Currently Professor of Statistics

Jeffrey Beckley Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan Tadd Colver Hongmei Jiang Guy Lebanon Chuanhai Liu Michael G Roeckner Dabao Zhang
Min Zhang

Jeffrey Beckley, Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan, Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan, Tadd Colver, Hongmei Jiang, Guy Lebanon, Chuanhai Liu, Michael G. Roeckner, Dabao Zhang and Min Zhang

New/Promoted Staff:

Darlene Craft (2005 - 2009)
Susan McCarty (2005 - 2008)
Matthew Phelps (2005 - 2005)
Mary Roe (2005 - 2015)
Asad Saeed (2005 - 2007)
Triva Woodley (2005 - 2010)

Darlene Craft Susan McCarty Matthew Phelps Mary Roe Asad Saeed Triva Woodley

Darlene Craft, Susan McCarty, Matthew Phelps, Mary Roe, Asad Saeed, Triva Woodley

Graduates:

Mr. Ekarin Boonurai, BS
Mr. Chee Chun Kong, BS
Mr. Bradley S. Tank, BS
Ms. Elissa M. Ackley, BS, BS
Mrs. Emily L. Adamson, BS, BS
Mrs. Carla Sue Bowerman, BS, BS
Mr. Clayton D. Cutler, BS, BS
Ms. Heather E. Diehl, BS, BS
Mr. Devin A. Gardner, BS, BS
Mr. Malik Ghassan Haddadin, BS, BS
Ms. Laura C. Hodge, BS, BS
Ms. Ismadalila Ismail, BS, BS
Ms. Jennifer L. Miller, BS, BS
Mr. Gregory R. Moyer, BS, BS
Mr. Uzair Muhammad, BS, BS
Ms. Ching Fong Sin, BS, BS
Mr. Kyle J. Surface, BS, BS
Ms. Sudeshna Thomas, BS, BS
Mr. David Weissenborn, BS, BS
Mr. Adam L. Whitehead, BS, BS
Ms. Zheng Ming Xu, BS, BS
Mr. David Lee Young, BS, BS
Ms. Hsiao-Fan Tang, BS, BS, MS
Mr. Xiaolu Zhang, BS, BS, MS
Ms. Elsie L. Grace, BS, MS
Mrs. Erin K. Conder, CERT
Dr. Pinar Gurkas, CERT
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, CERT
Dr. Yan Liu, CERT
Dr. Xiaoli Wen, CERT
Mrs. Johnna D. Anderson, MS
Ms. Jing Cheng, MS
Mr. Shane D. Cline, MS
Dr. Martin Gonzalo, MS
Mrs. Melissa C. Key, MS
Dr. Min-Ah Lee, MS
Ms. Sudeshna Paul, MS
Ms. Andreana L. Robertson, MS
Ms. Lei Shu, MS
Mr. Vladimiro Alexis Tobar Solano, MS
Dr. Shih-Yi Wang, MS
Mr. Yong Wang, MS
Ms. Xian Xiao, MS
Ms. Hong Zhang, MS, CERT
Dr. Yu Zhu, MS, CERT
Mr. Kai Chen, MS
Mr. Liang Shi, MS
Ms. Mei Wang, MS
Dr. Xiaohong Wang, MS
Dr. Bradford C. Johnson, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Thomas M. Sellke
Dr. Nak-Kyeong Kim, MS, PHD, Advisor: Ms. Jun Xie
Dr. Lei Liu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Yali Liu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Yuping Liu, MS
Dr. John Robert Stevens, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Mr. Nikita V. Tuzov, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Frederi G. Viens
Dr. Benjamin Nguyen Tyner, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. William S. Cleveland
Dr. Olga Vitek, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig and Dr. Chris Bailey-Kellogg
Dr. Peng Zeng, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Wenxuan Zhong, MS, PHD, Advisor: Michael Zhu
Dr. Chun Han, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Yun Wang, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe

2006

Events:

The Department of Statistics main office and many faculty members move into HAAS Hall after the Department of Computer Science moved into the new Richard & Patricia Lawson Computer Science Building in August. Many graduate students and faculty still occupied offices on the fifth, second, and ground floors of the MATH building.
The first David S. Moore Undergraduate Scholarship is awarded to Catherine Withey. The award is in honor of Professor David S. Moore who retired from the Department of Statistics in 2004.
The first William J. Studden Publication Award was given to Surya Tokdar. The award is in honor of Professor William J. Studden who retired from the Department of Statistics in 2005.
Michaels S. Waterman, University of Southern California, was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on April 13, 2006. The title of his talk was "Whole Genome Optical Mapping."
Michael Stein, University of Chicago, was the invited lecturer for the K.C.S. Pillai Memorial Lecture held on September 21, 2006. The title of his talk was "Statistical models for spatial processes on a global scale."
Diane K. Fasel (M.S. 1972) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Professor Frederi Viens became Associate Director of the Actuarial Science program.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan (2006 - 2006)
Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan (2006 - 2006)
Cindelyn G. Eberts (2006 - 2006)
Jennifer Neville (2006 - 2013) Currently Associate Professor of Statistics, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Joseph Nolan (2006 - 2008)
Man-Suk Oh (2006 - 2007)
Changsoon Park (2006 - 2006)
Luo Si (2006 - 2017)
Christa Sorola (2006 - present) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Olga Vitek (2006 - 2014) Currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics
Jian Zhang (2006 - 2010)

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan Cindelyn G. Eberts Jennifer Neville Joseph Nolan Man-Suk Oh Changsoon Park Luo Si Christa Sorola Olga Vitek Jian Zhang

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan, Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan, Cindelyn G. Eberts, Jennifer Neville, Joseph Nolan, Man-Suk Oh, Changsoon Park, Luo Si, Christa Sorola, Olga Vitek and Jian Zhang

New/Promoted Staff:

Tina Linder (2006 - 2007)
Becca Miller (2006 - 2009)
Siara Saliu (2006 - 2008)

Becca Miller

Graduates:

Mr. Mohd Hafiz Ab Hamid, BS
Ms. Hsihsuan Bau, BS
Mr. Gregory Franklin Baum, BS
Ms. Tasha Le Ann Beauchamp, BS
Ms. Briana J. Bethel, BS
Mr. Li Chen, BS
Mr. TJ Clinch, BS
Ms. Kari L. Cripe, BS
Ms. Laura Helen Delaney, BS
Ms. Melanie Joy Driemeier, BS
Mr. Michael David Feikes, BS
Mr. Sean C. Ganser, BS
Ms. Karyn Sophia Gerber, BS
Mr. Brian R. Goedde, BS
Ms. Heather Renee Hutton, BS
Mr. Ran Jia, BS
Mr. Bredly Kambuno, BS
Ms. Maria Andreevna Kirilenko, BS
Ms. Meng-Ju Lee, BS
Mr. Zulfiqar J. Maslan, BS
Mr. Michael H. Mendel, BS
Mr. Adam E. Michalek, BS
Ms. Sahara Mohamad, BS
Mr. Ryan Michael Moody, BS
Mr. Erik Andrew Mosley, BS
Ms. Lingling Mu, BS
Mr. Kevin M. Napadow, BS
Ms. Krista Elizabeth Noel, BS
2nd Lt. Allin Neil Oberlin, BS
Mr. Matthew Lawrence Pasyk, BS
Mr. Christopher Jay Porter, BS
Ms. Courtney Lynne Reifeis, BS
Mr. Pratik Chandrakant Shah, BS
Mr. Robert James Smock, BS
Ms. Lanaya Sheri Stackhouse, BS
Ms. Megan Anne Thomson, BS
Mr. Noel A. Valle, BS
Mr. Clinton G. Walden, BS
Mr. Christopher H. Webb, BS
Ms. Erin Elizabeth Wilson, BS
Ms. Nur Bazlin Yusof, BS
Mrs. Rebecca K. Maloney, BS, MS
Ms. Xiaoli Zhang, BS, MS
Mr. George M. Kikuchi, CERT
Mrs. Fei Li, CERT
Ms. Duan Liu, CERT
Ms. Jennifer K. Savaiano, CERT
Dr. Dazhi Yang, CERT
Ms. Qianwei Zhang, CERT
Mr. Tilman Ripp Achberger, MS
Dr. Ramakrishnaiah Bezawada, MS
Mr. Salman Sohail Chand, MS
Mr. Timothy Joseph Clough, MS
Dr. Craig W. Codrington, MS
Ms. Joanne Kathleen Daggy, MS
Mr. Jason Andrew Hatfield, MS
Ms. Laura Marcela Ramos, MS
Mr. Adam John Reeger, MS
Mr. Sharath Tadepalli, MS
Mr. Dimitar Veselinov Vangelov, MS
Mr. Hailong Wang, MS
Dr. Long Wang, MS
Ms. Shang Xue, MS
Ms. Patricia Yuri Yoshida, MS
Mr. Cheng Zheng, MS
Ms. Fei Zhou, MS
Ms. Hong Zhang, MS, CERT
Dr. Yu Zhu, MS, CERT
Ms. Sehee Kim, MS
Dr. Pang Du, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Chong Gu
Dr. Joseph R. Nolan, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Ms. Cherie Ann Ochsenfeld, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Kristofer Jennings
Dr. Junyong Park, MS, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Lianbo Yu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Dr. Tao Zhang, MS
Dr. Surya Tapas Tokdar, PHD, Advisor: Prof. Jayanta K. Ghosh
Dr. Martina Bremer, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge

2007

Events:

Xihong Lin, Harvard School of Public Health, was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on February 1, 2007. The title of her talk was "Statistical Challenges in Analyzing Mass Spectrometry Proteomic Data."
Wen-Jang Huang (Ph.D. 1983) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Dipak Dey (M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1980) was named a Statistics Outstanding Alumni for 2006-2007 in March 2007.
Charles Bryan (M.S. Mathematics 1969), Shun-Zer "Bill" Chen (M.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1970), and Dan Wolak (B.S. 1975, M.S. 1977) were named Actuarial Science Outstanding Alumni for 2006-2007 in March 2007.
Cun-Hui Zhang, Rutgers University, was the invited lecturer for the Prem S. Puri Memorial Lecture held on April 5, 2007. The title of his talk was "Penalized Linear Unbiased Selection Via Non-Convex Minimization."
Domenic Reda (M.S. 1976), Mrudulla Gnanadesikan (Ph.D. 1966), John J. Deely (Ph.D. 1965) were named Statistics Outstanding Alumni for 2007-2008 in September 2007.
Donald B. Rubin, Harvard University, was the invited lecturer for the K.C.S. Pillai Memorial Lecture held on October 22, 2007. The title of his talk was "Principal Stratification for Causal Inference with Extended Partial Compliance"
Theresa (Tracy) Choka was named Actuarial Science Outstanding Alumni for 2007-2008 in September 2007.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan (2007 - 2007)
Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan (2007 - 2007)
Jerone Deverman (2007 - 2007)
Jose Figueroa-Lopez (2007 - 2015) Currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics
Florian Frommlet (2007 - 2007)
Ce-Ce Furtner (2007 - present) Currently Manager of Statistical Consulting, Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Yuan (Alan) Qi (2007 - 2013) Currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistics
Tiantian Qin (2007 - 2009) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Mark Daniel Ward (2007 - 2013) Currently Associate Professor of Statistics, Associate Director of Actuarial Science, Undergraduate Chair
Huiping Xu (2007 - 2009)
Hao Zhang (2007 - present) Currently Department Head, Professor of Statistics, Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan Jerone Deverman Jose Figueroa-Lopez Florian Frommlet Ce-Ce Furtner Yuan (Alan) Qi Tiantian Qin Mark Daniel Ward Huiping Xu Hao Zhang

Malgorzata (Gosia) Bogdan, Krzysztof (Chris) Bogdan, Jerone Deverman, Jose Figueroa-Lopez, Florian Frommlet, Ce-Ce Furtner, Yuan (Alan) Qi, Tiantian Qi, Mark Daniel Ward, Huiping Xu and Hao Zhang

New/Promoted Staff:

Marissa Bankston (2007 - 2008)
Shaina Chalos (2007 - 2007)
Jeremiah Grawcock (2007 - 2008)
Brittany Urban (2007 - 2007)

Marissa Bankston Shaina Chalos Jeremiah Grawcock Brittany Urban

Marissa Bankston, Shaina Chalos, Jeremiah Grawcock and Brittany Urban

Graduates:

Mr. Dustin Kyle Adams, BS
Mr. Kyle A. Bauer, BS
Mr. Ryan Matthew Bedel, BS
Ms. Lisa Marie Bramer, BS
Mr. Tung-Chieh Chuang, BS
Mrs. Maureen Jeannette Clark, BS
Mr. Suraj Mohan Datta, BS
Mr. Eric L. Day, BS
Ms. Katherine Elizabeth Duket, BS
Mr. Joseph Michael Gartenhaus, BS
Ms. Katherine Lowery Graves, BS
Mr. Thomas E. Grawey, BS
Mr. Neil Gupta, BS
Mr. Isaac Cezar Hall, BS
Ms. Erin Marie Hervey, BS
Ms. Jennifer Vera Hicks, BS
Mr. Yancy L. Hollonquest, BS
Ms. Lily Hudiara, BS
Ms. Noor Diyana Jasme, BS
Mr. Rahul Jyoti, BS
Ms. Meepa Kim, BS
Mr. Matthew J. Lange, BS
Mr. James D. Martindale, BS
Ms. Jessica Marie Maves, BS
Mr. Brian D. McCormick, BS
Mr. Anthony Alfonso Notardonato, BS
Ms. Kara Renee O'Shaughnessey, BS
Mr. Daniel Richard Poore, BS
Mr. Kevin Charles Query, BS
Mr. Craig E. Renn, BS
Ms. Carmen Nicole Rhodes, BS
Mr. Peter F. Rokosz, BS
Mr. Adam Kenneth Rutan, BS
Mr. Neil W. Schneider, BS
Mr. Jason Henry Scott, BS
Ms. Rachel Anne Smith, BS
Mrs. Jessica Jean Snavely, BS
Mr. Andres Orlando Soria Zapata, BS
Mr. Matthew James Spangle, BS
Mr. Andrew G. Steenman, BS
Mr. Daniel K. Thompson, BS
Ms. Pei See Audrey Tung, BS
Ms. Ruijuan Wang, BS
Mr. Brandon J. Wilson, BS
Ms. Pei Shan Wong, BS
Mr. Brandon Michael Bowman, BS
Ms. Xiaoli Zhang, BS
Ms. Sisi Guo, CERT
Mr. Liang Liu, CERT
Mr. Ronald Gregory Carl, MS
Dr. Baris Cetin, MS
Ms. Ching-Yun Chang, MS
Ms. Mahua Dasgupta, MS
Mr. Benjamin Gordon Fanson, MS
Mr. Michael James Gorman, MS
Dr. Li Jin, MS
Mr. Duncan E. Leaf, MS
Mr. Meng Li, MS
Mr. Zhenyin Li, MS
Mr. Kelvin Kwai Yan Ma, MS
Mr. Thomas L. McLean, MS
Ms. Shraddha Suresh Mehta, MS
Dr. Yanfang Pang, MS
Mr. Balagopal Saseendra Panicker, MS
Ms. Kyung-Mi Park, MS
Ms. Andrea Melissa Rau, MS
Mr. Ivan Vassilev, MS
Mr. Shuangcai Wang, MS
Mrs. Xiaomei Wang, MS
Mrs. Amy Wozniak, MS
Ms. Jingyi Wu, MS
Ms. Claire Engelbrecht, MS
Ms. Alla Merkulyeva, MS
Dr. Riyan Cheng, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Jun Xie
Dr. Nilupa S. Gunaratna, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. George P. McCabe
Mr. Paul B. Kidwell, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. William S. Cleveland and Dr. Guy Lebanon
Dr. Kyunga Kim, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Ms. Shannon M. Knapp, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Mr. Jinguang Li, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Mihails Levins
Dr. Zhenqiang Lu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. William S. Cleveland
Dr. Benjamin Nguyen Tyner, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. William S. Cleveland
Dr. Andrew B. Vizcarra, MS
Dr. Huiping Xu, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Hui Xu, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Herman Rubin

2008

Events:

The Department of Statistics celebrated 40 years!
David S. Chen (M.S. Statistics 1983) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Shun-Zer "Bill" Chen (M.S. Statistics 1967, Ph.D. Statistics 1970) was named a Science Distinguished Alumni.
Dr. Olga Troyanskaya, Princeton University, was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on April 3, 2008. The title of her talk was "From search and data integration to discovering novel biology or integrated analysis of diverse genomic data in yeast and beyond."
Mark Daniel Ward becomes the Associate Director of the Actuarial Science Program replacing Frederi Viens.
Professor Rebecca W. Doerge is appointed Interim Head by Dean Vitter during Professor Mary Ellen Bock's sabbatical.
H. Paul Root is named a Statistics Outstanding Alumni for 2008-2009 in September 2008.
Daniel Rubin is named an Actuarial Science Outstanding Alumni for 2008-2009 in September 2008.
Professor Chuanhai Liu establishes the Center for Research on Foundations of Statistical Inference, a departmental center.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Guang Cheng (2008 - 2013) Currently Professor of Statistics
Sergey Kirshner (2008 - 2013)
Bo Li (2008 - 2013)
Stephen J. Ruberg (2008 - present) Currently Adjunct Professor of Statistics
Walid K. Sharabati (2008 - 2012) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics

Guang Cheng Sergey Kirshner Bo Li Stephen J. Ruberg Walid K. Sharabati

Guang Cheng, Sergey Kirshner, Bo Li, Stephen J. Ruberg and Walid K. Sharabati

New/Promoted Staff:

Colin Beckley (2008 - 2012)
Amanda Chastain (2008 - 2008)
Sara Glasgow (2008 - 2008)
Nicolette Howard (2008 - 2009)
Sandy Howarth (2008 - 2011)
Robynne McCormick (2008 - 2008)
Ashir Shah (2008 - 2008)
My Truong (2008 - 2012)

Colin Beckley Amanda Chastain Sara Glasgow Nicolette Howard Sandy Howarth Ashir Shah My Truong

Colin Beckley, Amanda Chastain, Sara Glasgow, Nicolette Howard, Sandy Howarth, Ashir Shah and My Truong

Graduates:

Mr. Faiz Zaidan Ali, BS
Ms. Jamie Lynn Anderson, BS
Ms. Sarah M. Bank, BS
Ms. Trisha Bhagat, BS
Ms. Denise Renee Bradford, BS
Ms. Amanda Christine Brown, BS
Mr. Jason Allen Clarkson, BS
Mr. Zachary James Fohl, BS
Mr. Brandon Scott Funk, BS
Mr. Evan Lie Hadiwidjaja, BS
Ms. Allison Jeanine Horst, BS
Mr. Markus Philip Horstmeyer, BS
Mr. Mathew Ryan Huhn, BS
Mr. Miljan Jankovic, BS
Ms. Julie M. Kiekenapp, BS
Mr. Ryan Justin Kilgore, BS
Ms. Shannon Masumi Kiyonaga, BS
Mr. Patrick Christopher Ledbetter, BS
Mr. Zhiwei Li, BS
Ms. Heather Lynn Mc Lean, BS
Mr. Zachary Dean McClish, BS
Mr. Kenji Nonaka, BS
Ms. Raja Noor Zehan Raja Mohd Azmi, BS
Ms. Lauren Elizabeth Raper, BS
Mr. Joshua Troy Schmidt, BS
Mr. Matthew David Sell, BS
Ms. Sarah Lyn Shoemaker, BS
Mr. John Joseph Steenbergen, BS
Mr. Kuok Shin Teo, BS
Mr. Bryan Joseph White, BS
Mr. Kyle D. Allen, BS, BS
Mr. Anoumou Amewou-Atisso, BS
Ms. Irene Brian, BS, BS
Ms. Brittany A. Hanners, BS, BS
Ms. Nora Zhao Ying Li, BS, BS
Mr. Zachary Trent Murphy, BS, BS
Mr. James Arthur Humphrey, BS, BS, BS, BS
Mr. Robert E. Harmon, CERT
Ms. Zhuowei Huang, CERT
Dr. Larry S. Miller, CERT
Dr. Svetlana Olegovna Stepchenkova, CERT
Dr. Su Jin Yang, CERT
Mr. Sang-Bok Lee, CGRAD
Ms. Alexandra Chronopoulou, MS
Mr. Hao Jiang, MS
Mr. Sehan Kim, MS
Mr. Eduard Kolberg, MS
Mr. Wei Li, MS
Ms. Yanzhu Lin, MS
Ms. Dan Mu, MS
Mr. Kamesh Puthur Loganathan, MS
Ms. Ningying Wu, MS
Ms. Yuhong Wu, MS
Ms. Danni Yu, MS
Mr. Jianchun Zhang, MS
Mr. Alan T. Saunders, MS
Ms. Yuan Yang, MS, CERT
Mrs. Lingling An, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Mr. Yunxiao He, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Chuanhai Liu
Mr. Jinguang Li, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Mihails Levins
Dr. Xiaoli Qi, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Dr. Suk-Young Yoo, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge
Mr. Yang Zhao, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Guy Lebanon
Dr. David Edward Anderson, PHD, Advisor: Mr. William S. Cleveland
Dr. Hui Chen, PHD, Advisor: Dr. William S. Cleveland and Dr. Bowei Xi
Dr. Jianying Zhang, PHD, Advisor: Mr. William S. Cleveland

2009

Events:

Dr. Hongzhe Li, Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was the invited lecturer for the Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture held on April 2, 2009. The title of his talk was "High Dimensional Statistics in Genomics: Some New Problems and Solutions."
The Department of Statistics hosted "Stat Day" on April 2, 2009. Stat Day is an informal gathering of faculty members and students from the Department of Statistics and colleagues from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University at Bloomington, and University of Notre Dame, with the focus on healthcare related research. Participants shared their healthcare related research through presentations and group discussions from 10:00am until 4:30pm in LWSN 1142.
William Stout is named a College of Science Distinguished Alumnus in April 2009.
Dr. Srinivasa Varadhan, Professor of Mathematics and the Frank Jay Gould Professor of Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University was the invited speaker for the Prem S. Puri Memorial Lecture which was held on Thursday, April 30, 2009. The title of the talk was "Some Unusual Large Deviation Results."
Norma Lucas retires after 39 years with the Department of Statistics. The Department established the Norma Lucas Administrative Professional Excellence Award in her honor.
Marcey L. Hoover is named a Statistics Outstanding Alumni for 2009-2010 in September 2009.
Kent Somers is named an Actuarial Science Outstanding Alumni for 2009-2010 in September 2009.

New Faculty/Visitors/Scholars:

Xuanyao He (2009 - 2012)
Tiantian Qin (2009 - present) Currently Continuing Lecturer in Statistics
Xiao Wang (2009 - present) Currently Professor of Statistics
Lingsong Zhang (2009 - 2015) Currently Associate Professor of Statistics

Xuanyao He Tiantian Qin Xiao Wang Lingsong Zhang

Xuanyao He, Tiantian Qin, Xiao Wang and Lingsong Zhang

New/Promoted Staff:

Holly Graef (2009 - 2012) Currently Secretarial Assistant Stat Consulting Service
Sharon Lee (2009 - 2009)
Barbara Martin (2009 - 2009)
Becca Miller (2009 - 2015)
Dharmil Shah (2009 - 2011)
Gregg Stephani (2009 - 2012)
Wrenna Walsh (2009 - 2009)
Rafael Wolf (2009 - 2010)

Holly Graef Sharon Lee Becca Miller Dharmil Shah Gregg Stephani Wrenna Walsh Rafael Wolf

Holly Graef, Sharon Lee, Becca Miller, Dharmil Shah, Gregg Stephani, Wrenna Walsh and Rafael Wolf

Graduates:

Mr. Samuel Thomas Crawford, BS
Ms. Melanee Nicole Dallas, BS
Mr. Myles Andrew Handley, BS
Mr. Daniel P Holder, BS
Mr. Scott Michael Moeller, BS
Ms. Noor Mustafa Al Sayed, BS, BS
Mr. Craig Andrew Allen, BS, BS
Mr. Steven M. Balog, BS, BS
Mr. Andrew Chung, BS, BS
Mr. Adam Ryan Crone, BS, BS
Mr. Jacob Thomas Dummitt, BS, BS
Ms. Kristen Elizabeth Dyson, BS, BS
Ms. Emily Ann Haas, BS
Ms. Sarah Marie Haynes, BS, BS
Ms. Gita Ambarwat Himawan, BS, BS
Mr. Michael D. Hoyer, BS, BS
Mr. Dhaval Milind Jadhav, BS, BS
Ms. Petrina Kusliawan, BS, BS
Ms. Lisa A. McGuire, BS, BS
Mr. Brett Robert Newman, BS, BS
Ms. Joy Amanda Nyenhuis-Rouch, BS
Mr. Samuel V. Oglesby, BS, BS
Mr. Nathan Nelson Orlow, BS
Ms. Kathryn Regina Patterson, BS, BS
Ms. Katherine Victoria Quinn, BS, BS
Mr. Arman Sabbaghi, BS
Mr. Jonathan Morris Schaab, BS, BS
Mr. Brian Timothy Schwartz, BS, BS
Ms. Rachel Catherine Smith, BS, BS
Mr. Sebastian Scott Smith, BS, BS
Ms. Stephanie Lauren Spencer, BS, BS
Mr. Abhishek Bhargava, CGRAD
Dr. Chao-Lung Yang, CGRAD
Ms. Huijie Wang, CGRAD
Mr. Douglas Dayton Baumann, MS
Mr. Brian David Denton, MS
Mr. Glen Richard Depalma, MS
Ms. Hongmei Ding, MS
Ms. Dina El Souda, MS
Ms. Yen-Ning E. Huang, MS
Mr. Michael Ryan Lawlor, MS
Ms. Fang Liu, MS
Mr. Yongjin Ma, MS
Mr. Yanhui Mi, MS
Ms. Megan Lyn Reineke, MS
Mr. Gang Shen, MS
Ms. Jiao Song, MS
Ms. Yan Sun, MS
Mr. Yifeng Yang, MS
Mr. Wei Zhang, MS
Mr. Zuoyi Zhang, MS
Mr. Shaohua Zhou, MS
Ms. Yuan Yang, MS, CERT
Mr. Yunxiao He, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Chuanhai Liu
Ms. Lanqing Hua, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Bruce A. Craig
Mr. Paul B. Kidwell, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. William S. Cleveland and Dr. Guy Lebanon
Ms. Cherie Ann Ochsenfeld, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Rebecca W. Doerge and Dr. Kristofer Jennings
Mr. Nikita V. Tuzov, MS, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Frederi G. Viens
Mr. Yang Zhao, MS, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Guy Lebanon
Mr. Zhongyin John Daye, PHD, Advisor: Mr. Yu Michael Zhu
Dr. Xinge Jessie Jeng, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Jayanta K. Ghosh and Dr. Jiashun Jin
Mr. Ryan G. Martin, PHD, Advisor: Dr. Jayanta K. Ghosh and Dr. Chuanhai Liu
Dr. Lingmin Zeng, PHD, Advisor: Ms. Jun Xie