Vita
Department of Statistics
860‑486‑2951
860‑486‑4113 (Fax)
lynn@stat.uconn.edu
Ph.D. (1980), M.A. (1972), B.A. (1971), Cum Laude and Departmental Scholar (1970), all from the Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Computational Statistics, Nonparametric Bayesian Statistics, Survival Analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Decision Theory, Empirical Bayes Estimation, Bioinformatics, Software Reliability, Survey Sampling
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant
Professor (1986‑1990), Associate Professor (1990 ‑ 1996), and Professor (1996 ‑
present), Department of Statistics,
Visiting
Research Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Statistician,
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care,
Visiting
Scholar, Department of Statistics,
Adjunct Professor, Department of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1990‑1991
Visiting
Assistant Professor, Division of Statistics,
Research Fellow ‑ ASA/USDA, Statistical Survey Institute, Statistical Reporting Service, Research Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, 1984‑1985
Assistant
Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of
Visiting
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics,
System
Analyst, Deep Space Network Operation, Jet Propulsion Lab.,
PUBLICATIONS
1. "A Reexamination of the Subcarrier Demodulator Assembly Data Limiter Suppression Factor" (with L. Webster), Deep Space Network Progress Report, 42‑28: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, May and June, 1975, 109‑121.
2. "Bayesian Bioassay Design", Annals of Statistics, V. 11, 1983, 886‑895.
3. "The Admissibility of the Empirical Distribution Function" (with M.P. Cohen), Annals of Statistics, V. 13, 1985, 262‑271.
4. "Minimax Sampling Strategies for Estimating a Finite Population Distribution Function" (with M.P. Cohen), Statistics and Decisions, V. 3, 1985, 205‑224.
5.
Computations of Mixtures of Dirichlet Processes",
6. " A Note on Bayes Empirical Bayes Estimation by Means of Dirichlet Processes", Statistics and Probability Letters, V. 4, 1986, 145‑150.
7. "Combining Preliminary Estimators of Totals for Livestock Surveys by Convex Programming", Proceedings, Section on Survey Research Methods, 1986, American Statistical Association, 460‑465.
8. "Linear Bayes Estimators of the Potency Curve in Bioassay", Biometrika, V. 75, 1988, 91‑96.
9.
"Fixed‑Width Interval Estimation of the Largest Location of k Negative
Exponential Populations" (with
10. "Classical and Prediction Approaches to Estimating Distribution Functions from Survey Data", Proceedings, Section on Survey Research Methods, 1988, American Statistical Association, 280‑285.
11. "Composite Estimation of Totals for Livestock Surveys", Journal of American Statistical Association, V. 84, 1989, 421‑429.
12. "A Class of Minimax Estimators of the Scale Parameter of the Uniform Distribution" (with A. Rukhin and D.K. Dey), Statistics and Probability Letters, V. 9, 1990, 317‑321.
13. "On the Admissibility of the Linear Estimators of the Poisson Mean Using Linex Loss Functions" (with D.K. Dey), Statistics and Decisions, V. 8, 1990, 201‑210.
14.
"Multi‑stage Point and Interval Estimation of the
Largest Mean of K
(with
15. "Point
Estimation of the Largest Location of k Negative Exponential Populations" (with
16. "Empirical Bayes Estimation for the Quarterly Hog Series" (with P.W. Cook), in Proceedings, Section on Survey Research Methods, 1990, American Statistical Association, 314‑319.
17. "A New Empirical Bayes Estimator with Type II Censored Data" (with D.K. Dey), Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 1991, V. 12, 271‑279.
18. "Nonparametric Bayesian Bioassay Including Ordered Polytomous Response" (with A. E. Gelfand), Biometrika, 1991, V. 78, 657‑666.
19. "Sampling Based Approach to Computing Nonparametric Bayesian Estimators With Doubly Censored Data", Proceedings 23rd Symposium on the Interface between Computer Science and Statistics, 1991, 612‑615.
20.
"Improved Sequential and Accelerated Sequential
Procedures for Estimating the ScaleParameter in a
Uniform Distribution" (with
21. "Inference for the Maximum Cell Probability Under Multinomial Sampling" (with A.E. Gelfand, J. Glaz, and T.M. Lee), Naval Research Logistics, 1992, V. 39, 97‑114.
22.
"Bayes Computations in
Survival Models via the Gibbs Samplers" (with A.F.M. Smith), (1992), in
Survival Analysis: State of the Art, eds. J.P. Klein and P.K. Goel,
23. "A Sampling Based Approach to Software Reliability" (with T. Yang), 1993 Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section, American Statistical Association, 165‑170.
24. "Empirical Bayes Risk Evaluation with type II Censored Data" (with C. Yiannoutsos), Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 1993, V. 48, 195‑206.
25. "Minimax Estimation of a Variance" (with T.S. Ferguson), Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 1994, V. 46, 295‑308.
26. "A Unified Approach to the Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process in Reliability Modeling" (with T. Yang), 1994 Proceedings of the Physical & Engineering Sciences Section, American Statistical Association, 169‑174.
27. "Nonparametric Bayesian Inference for Accelerated Failure Time Model" (with B. Mallick), 1994 Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, American Statistical Association, 90‑95.
28. "Bayesian Computation for Software Reliability" (with T. Yang), Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 1995, V. 4, 65‑82.
29. "An Analogy Between the Nonparametric Problems of Estimating a Distribution Function and the Parametric Problems" (with Q. Yu), Sankhya, A., 1995, V. 57, 472‑485.
30.
"A Bayesian Predictive Approach to Determining the
Number of Components in a Mixture Distribution" (with D. Dey and
31. "Bayesian Inference for Superposition of Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes" (with T. Yang), 1995 Proceedings of the 50th Session, The International Statistical Institute, 647‑648.
32. "An Interval Estimate for the Intraclass Correlation in Beta‑Binomial Sampling" (with K. J. Lui and W.G. Cumberland), Biometrics, 1996, V. 52, 412‑425.
33. "Confidence Limits for the Intraclass Correlation in Compound‑Poisson Sampling" (with K.J. Lui), Biometrical Journal, 1996, V. 38, 231‑239.
34.
"Bayesian Computation for Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes in Software Reliability"
(with T. Yang), Journal of the American Statistical
Association, 1996, V. 91, 763‑773.
35. "Bayesian Variable Selection for Regression Models" (with B. Mallick), 1996 Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, American Statistical Association, 170‑175.
36. "Bayesian Computation for NHPP‑Gamma‑K Software Reliability Growth Models" (with J. Lee, K. Choi, and T. Yang), 1996 Proceedings of the Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, American Statistical Association, 117‑122.
37. "Bayes Inference for Technological Substitution Data with Data‑Based Transformation" (with J. Lee, P. Chang and J. Pai), Journal of Forecasting, 1997, V. 16, 65‑82.
38. "Bayesian Inference for S‑shaped Software Reliability Growth Models" (with J. Lee, K. Choi and T. Yang), IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 1997, V. 46, 76‑80.
39. "Bayesian Semiparametric Inference for the Accelerated Failure Time Model" (with B. Mallick), Canadian Journal of Statistics, 1997, V. 25, 457‑472.
40. "Sampling Based Approach to One‑Hit and Multi‑Hit Models in Quantal Bioassay" (with H.M. Chu), Statistics and Computing, 1997, V. 7, 183‑192.
41. "Variable Selection for Regression Models" (with B. Mallick), 1998, Sankhya B, V. 60, 65‑ 81.
42. "Bayesian Analysis for Multi‑Stage Linearized Models in Quantal Bioassay" (with M.P. Cohen), 1999, Biometrical Journal, V. 41, 53‑69.
43. "Software Reliability (Update)", in Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Update, V. 3, 1999, editors: S. Kotz, C.B. Read, and D. Banks, 671‑680.
44. "Optimal Design for Quantal Bioassay via Monte Carlo Methods" (with R. Soyer and F. Wang), 1999 in Bayesian Statistics 6, editors: J.M. Bernardo, J.O. Berger, A.P. Dawid, and A.F.M. Smith, 795‑802.
45. "Bayesian Computation for the Superposition of Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes" (with T. Yang), Canadian Journal of Statistics, 1999, V. 27, 547-556.
46. "A Mixture‑Model Approach to the Analysis of Survival Data" (with F. Peng), 2000, in Generalized Linear Models: A Bayesian Perspective, editors: D.K. Dey, S.K. Ghosh, and B.K. Mallick, Marcel Dekker, 255-270.
47. "Bayesian Reliability Modeling for Masked System Lifetime Data" (with T. Yang), Statistics and Probability Letters, 2000, V. 47, 229-241.
48. "Book
Review: Markov Chain
49. “Parametric Discrete Choice Models Based on Scale Mixtures of Multivariate Normal Distributions” (with Z. Chen), Proceedings of the ASA section on Bayesian Statistical Science, 2000, American Statistical Association, 50 - 55.
50. "A Note on the Estimation of the Multinomial Logit Model with Random Effects " (with Z. Chen), The American Statistician, 2001, V. 55, 89-95.
51. "Bayesian Binary Segmentation Procedure for a Poisson Process" (with T. Yang), Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 2001, V. 10, 772-785.
52. "Estimation of Bivariate Measurements Having Different Change Points, with Application to Cognitive Ageing " (with C. Hall, J. Ying, M. Sliwinski, H. Buschke, M. Katz and R. B. Lipton), Statistics in Medicine, 2001, V. 20, 3695-3714.
53. "Discrete Choice Models Based on the Scale Mixtures of Multivariate Normal Distributions" (with Z. Chen), Sankhya B, 2002, V. 64, 192-213.
54. “Bayesian and Profile Likelihood Change Point Methods for Modeling Cognitive Function Over Time” (with C. Hall, J. Ying, and R. Lipton), Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 2003, V. 42, 91-109.
55. “A Bayesian Portfolio Allocation Model on Asset Return” (with Jun Ying), Proceedings of the ASA section on Bayesian Statistical Science, 2003, American Statistical Association, 4664-4671.
56. "A State Duration Model for Brand Choice and Inter-purchase Time" (with Z. Chen), Journal of Data Sciences, 2004, V.2, 125-147.
57. “Managing
Software Development Process” (with I.R. Chiang), 2004, in Mathematical Reliability:
an Expository Perspective, eds: R. Soyer, T.A. Mazzuchi, and N. Singpurwalla, Kluwer,
58. “Forecasting Stock Prices Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Approach” (with J. Ying, G. Seow), Journal of Forecasting, 2005, V. 24, 39-59.
59. “Expression Profile of Osteoblast Lineage at Defined Stages of Differentiation” (with I. Kalajzic, A. Staal, W-P Yang, Y. Wu, S. E. Johnson, J. H. M. Feyen,
W. Krueger, P. Maye, F. Yu, Y. Zhao, R. Gupta, L.E.K. Achenie, H-W Wang, D-G Shin, and D. W. Rowe), Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005, July,
V. 280, 24618-24626.
60. “Software Reliability”, 2005, in Bayesian Thinking: Modeling and Computation, Handbook of Statistics Vol. 25, eds: D.K. Dey and C. R. Rao, Chapter
33, 929-963.
61. “An Improved Collapsed Gibbs Sampler for Dirichlet Process Mixing Models” (with T.Y. Yang), Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 2006, V.50,
659-674.
62. “Targeted vs. Daily Naltrexone: Secondary analysis of Effects on Average Daily Drinking” (with C. A. Hernandez-Avila, C. Song, H. Tennen, S. Armeli, H. R.
Kranzler), Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research , in press.
63.
“Calibration Methods for Selecting Differentially Expressed Genes” (with
F. Yu and M. H. Chen) Proceedings of the ASA
section on Bayesian Statistical
Science, 2005, American Statistical Association,
64. “A New Time
Varying Frailty Model for Recurrent Events” (with C. Song). Proceedings of
the ASA section on Bayesian Statistical Science, 2005,
American Statistical Association,
PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
1.
“Bayesian Nonparametric Inference for Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes” (with
2. “Screening for Differentially Expressed Genes Using Bayes Factors” (with F. Yu, and M. H. Chen)
3. “On Statistical Methods for Identifying Differentially Expressed Genes in Replicated Microarray Experiments” (with Fang Yu, and Yifang Zhao).
MANUSCRIPTS AVAILABLE IN DRAFT FORM
1. "A Simple Asymptotically Distribution‑Free Interval Estimate of the Intraclass Correlation under Balanced Sampling" (with K.J. Liu and W.G. Cumberland).
2. "Sampling Based Approach to Inference for Multi‑State Models with Survival/Sacrifice Data" (with H.M. Chu).
GRANTS
Expression Profiling the Osteoprogenitor Lineage (Workshop Support), 2004-2005 (David Rowe-Principal Investigator) R13 DK070516-01, supported by NIH/NIDDK.
Integrated
Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS), 2002-2003, DMS-0214643, supported by National Science Foundation.
Study on Functional Data, 2001-2002, (joint with Hung Chen) supported by the National Science Council, Republic of China.
Statistical Methods in Aging Research, 2001, supported by the
Vital Signs
Core Budget-Storrs Component, 1999 - 2001, supported by the
Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS) DMS‑9872013, 1998 - 2000, supported by the National Science Foundation.
Public Private Alliance for Prevention, (Joint with Charles Hall and Dipak Dey) supported by Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation, 1998 ‑ 1999.
Bayesian and Sequential Design for Sensitivity Tests, 1990 - 1991, supported by Research Administration of Naval Postgraduate School.
Mathematical Sciences: Nonparametric Bayesian Inference and Gibbs Sampling, 1990 - 1991, DMS-9008021, supported by National Science Foundation.
Mathematical Sciences Research Equipment, DMS-8905633 (Joint with Richard A. Vitale ‑ principal investigator and Dipak Dey), 1989, supported by National Science Foundation.
Study in System Reliability and Maintenance, AFOSR-A87-0072 (Joint with Michael Katehakis and Herbert Robbins ‑ principal investigator), supported by U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Maintenance Policies and Inference in Reliability, AFOSR‑84‑0136 (Joint with Michael Katehakis ‑ principal investigator and Herbert Robbins), supported by U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Research and Development of Empirical Bayes Estimation Methodology for NASS Surveys, supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (1988‑1990).
COURSES TAUGHT
1. Undergraduate
Elements of Probability
Introduction to Probability Theory
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Introduction to Biostatistics
Elementary Statistics
Statistical Methods
Elementary Stochastic Processes
Analysis of Variance
Regression
Statistical Computing
2. Graduate
Introduction to Biostatistics
Stein's Phenomenon and its Generalization
Estimation
Advanced Survey Sampling
Nonparametric Bayesian Statistics and Survival Analysis
Topics in Decision Theory
Mathematical Statistics, I, II
Applied Statistics
Advanced Mathematical Statistics
Statistics for Science and Engineering
Statistics for Management
Analysis of Experiments
Design of Experiments
Survival Analysis
Bioinformatics
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
"Bayes empirical Bayes estimations by means of mixtures of Dirichlet processes",
The
"Bayesian bioassay design",
"
"Minimax sampling strategies for estimating a finite population distribution function",
The
"Nonparametric Bayesian statistics",
"The admissibility of the empirical distribution function",
"Nonparametric Bayesian statistics",
Brookhaven National Laboratory ‑ 1984
"Composite estimation of totals for livestock surveys",
"Linear Bayes estimators for sensitivity experiments",
Reliability Workshop,
"The admissibility of the empirical distribution function",
The
The
"Estimation of distribution functions",
Academia Sinica, Republic of
National Tsing‑Hua University, Republic of
"Estimating a bivariate distribution function with partially missing data",
The
"Sequential estimation of the largest location of k negative exponential populations",
"Composite estimation of totals for livestock surveys",
"Multi‑stage point and interval estimation of the largest mean of k normal populations and the associated second order properties",
Mini‑Conference on Sequential Statistical
"Minimax estimation of a variance",
The
Naval
"Gibbs sampling for marginal posterior densities",
Naval
"Gibbs Sampling for quantal bioassay",
"Nonparametric Bayesian bioassay including ordered polytomous response",
"Gibbs sampling approach to quantal bioassay",
"Bayesian analysis for linearized multi‑stage models in quantal bioassay",
Joint Meeting
of ENAR, ASA and IMS,
Joint UConn‑UMass Colloquium ‑ 1993
"Nonparametric Bayesian inference for accelerated failure time modes",
Joint
Statistical Meetings,
"Variable selection for regression models",
International
Chinese Statistical Association Conference,
"Bayesian computation for nonhomogeneous Poisson processes in software reliability",
Sixteenth Minnowbrook Workshop on Software Engineering ‑ 1994
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Meetings,
Washington, D.C.‑ 1996
"Bayesian variable selection for regression models",
Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago ‑ 1996
"Bayesian nonparametric inference for nonhomogeneous Poisson processes",
Worcester Polytechnic Institute ‑ 1997
"Bayesian semiparametric inference for the accelerated failure time model",
The IMS Asian and Pacific Regional Meeting Joint with CIPS and CSA ‑ 1997
"Bayesian reliability modeling for masked system lifetime data"
The Joint
Statistical Meetings in
International
Chinese Statistical Association Applied Statistics Symposium,
"The Bayesian bootstrap and multiple imputation for item non‑response",
International
Conference on Current Topics in Survey Sampling,
"Sampling based approach to inference for multi‑state models with survival/sacrifice data",
Harvard Biostatistics Department ‑ 1998.
International
Conference in Reliability and Survival Analysis,
The 4th
International Chinese Statistical Association Conference,
"Bayesian binary segmentation procedure for a Poisson process",
Institute for
Operational Research and the Management Science Meetings,
"Bayesian nonparametric inference for nonhomogeneous Poisson processes",
Institute for
Operational Research and the Management Science Meetings,
"A composite transition model for brand choice and purchase timing data",
Hong Kong
Science and
International
Conference on Statistics in the 21st Century -
Academia
Sinica, Republic of
Fu Jen
University, Republic of
"A composite transition model for duration and state data",
International Chinese Statistical Association 1999 Applied Statistics Symposium,
UConn-UMass - 2000
“Optimal design for portfolio selection”,
International Society for Bayesian Analysis, Sixth World Meeting,
Hersonissos,
Academia
Sinica, Republic of
“Further Development on the Mixture of Dirichlet Processes”,
The Joint
Statistical Meetings in
“Bayesian Binary Segmentation Procedure for a Poisson Process”,
The Second
Workshop on Bayesian Inference in Stochastic Processes,
“An Improved Collapsed Gibbs Sampler for Dirichlet Process Mixing Models”,
The
International Chinese Statistical Association, the Applied Statistics Symposium,
Academia
Sinica, Republic of
National
Chiao Tung and
International
Bayesian Workshop/Conference,
“Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method Applied to cDNA Microarray Analysis”
“A Bayesian Nonparametric Approach to Analyzing Medical Binary Data with Misclassification Errors”
Fourth Biennial International Conference on Statistics, Probability and Related Areas
Northern
“Microarray Data Analysis” Bioinformatics Workshop
“Microarray Data Analysis and Bayesian Networks for Expression Data” Bioinformatics workshop
“Analyzing the Impact of the Development Activity Allocation on Software Team Productivity”
2003 Quality & Productivity Research Conference in
“Microarray Analysis of Subpopulations of Cells within Differentiating Murine Osteoblast Cultures”
Affymetrix Workshop in
“Statistical Methods for Discovering Differentially Expressed Genes in Replicated Microarray Experiments”
International Conference on Analysis of Genomic Data in Harvard-2004
“Zero-inflated Poisson Regression Models”
Fifth Biennial International Conference on Statistics, Probability and Related Areas
“On Statistical Methods for Identifying Differentially Expressed Genes in Replicated Microarray Experiments”
Northern Michigan University-2005
PRESENTATIONS
"Computation of empirical Bayes estimators via mixtures of Dirichlet processes",
The
Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Meeting,
"Bayesian bioassay design",
IMS
Meeting,
"The admissibility of the empirical distribution function",
The Joint
Statistical Meetings,
"Inference on distribution functions",
The
"Estimating a bivariate distribution function with partially missing data",
The Joint
Statistical Meetings,
"Combining the preliminary estimators by convex programming",
The Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, 1986
"Inference with missing data",
The First
"Linear Bayes estimator of the potency curve in bioassay",
The
American Statistical Association Winter Conference,
"Point estimation of the largest location of k negative exponential populations",
The Second
"Classical and prediction approaches to estimating distribution functions from survey data",
The Joint
Statistical Meetings,
"On the admissibility of the linear estimators of the Poisson mean using linex loss functions",
The Joint
Statistical Meetings,
"Empirical Bayes estimation for the quarterly hog series",
The Joint
Statistical Meetings,
"Sampling based approach to computing nonparametric Bayesian estimators with doubly
censored data",
23rd Symposium on the Interface between Computing Science and Statistics, 1991
"Nonparametric Bayesian bioassay including ordered polytomous response",
IMS meeting
#219,
"A sampling‑based approach to software reliability",
Joint Meetings, San Francisco, 1993
"Bayesian inference for superposition of nonhomogeneous Poisson processes",
The 50th
Session of the International Statistical Institute,
"Bayesian semiparametric inference for the accelerated failure time model",
"Bayesian nonparametric inference for nonhomogeneous Poisson processes",
The IMS Asian and Pacific Regional Meeting Joint with CIPS and CSA ‑ 1997
"Bayesian variable selection for regression model",
Workshop on
Stochastic
"Optimal design for
quantal bioassay via
Six
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2002-present.
2. Study Section Member; Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology and Methods 5 (SNEM-5) Integrated Review Group, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 2001-2003.
3. Study Section Member; Biostatistical Methods and Research Design, Health of the Population Integrated Review Group, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 2003-2004.