Xinlei (Sherry) Wang

Assistant Professor

Department of Statistical Science 

 

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Contact                                           Education

Dept. of Statistical Science                       B.S., Automatic Control, Univ. of Science & Technology of China, 1997
3225 Daniel Avenue                                 M.A., Statistics, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1998
P O Box 750332                                       Ph.D., Statistics, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 2002  
Dallas, Texas 75275-0332
Phone:    214-768-2459                                
Fax:        214-768-4035
email:      swang AT smu.edu      

      Research Interests                                                  Teaching

·  Bayesian methodologies and applications

·  Sampling techniques

·  Data confidentiality

·  Parameter estimation with order constraints

· Generalized linear models; Capture recapture models

·  STAT 1301-Introduction to Statistics

·  STAT 6327-Introduction to Mathematical Statistics

 

 

 

Refereed Publications

·   Wang, X., Lim, J. and Stokes, S. L. (2006), Forming Post-Strata via Bayesian Treed Capture-recapture Models. Biometrika, 93 (4), 861-876.

·  Wang, X., Stokes, S. L., Lim, J. and Chen, M. (2006), Concomitant of Multivariate Order Statistics with Application to Judgment Post-stratification.  Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101, 1693-1704.

·   Gao, Y., Lu, L. and Wang, X. (2006), Significance Calculation and New Analysis Method in Searching for New Physics at LHC. European Physical Journal C, 45, 659-667.   

·       Wang, X. and George, E. I. (2007), “Adaptive Bayesian Criteria in Variable Selection for Generalized Linear Models”. Statistica Sinica, 17 (2), 667-690.

·       Lim, J., Wang, X. and Sherman, M. (2007), “An Adjustment of Edge Effects Using an Augmented Neighborhood Model in Spatial Auto-Logistic Models”. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 51 (8), 3679-3688.

·       Abu-Nimeh, S., Nappa, D., Wang, X., and Nair, S. (2007), “A comparison of machine learning techniques for phishing detection”. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 269, 60-69.

·   Wang, X., Lim, J. and Stokes, S. L. (2007), "A Nonparametric Mean Estimator for Judgment Post-stratified Data". To appear Biometrics.

·   Stokes, S. L., Wang, X. and Chen, M., “Judgment Post-Stratification with Multiple Rankers”. To appear Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications.    

·   Lim, J., Wang, X., Lee, S. and Jung S., "A Distribution-Free Test of Constant Mean in Linear Mixed Effects Models". To appear Statistics in Medicine.