Statistics

TIAN LAN

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Austin TX 78752 USA

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EDUCATION

University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX

Master in Statistics May 2013

Related Course work: Data Mining; Monte Carlo Methods; Mathematical Statistics I & II; Bayesian

Statistics; Time Series and Dynamic Models; Statistical Modeling;

Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Statistical Methods II; Design and Analysis of

Experiments; Regression Analysis; Calculus III; Linear Algebra.

Master Thesis: Bayesian Inference for Circular Data in Dynamic Models and Mixture of Distributions.

Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.86/4.00

Denison University Granville, OH

Bachelor of Science, Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry May 2011

Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.54/4.00

STATISTICAL PROJECTS

Analysis of Ensemble Learning on Decision Tree and Support Vector Machine Methods

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2013

Analysis of Circular Data in the Autoregressive Model through the Particle Filtering

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2012

Stochastic Search Variable Selection

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2011

Estimate Temperature Mean of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Model

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2011

SKILLS/ QUALIFICATIONS

Personality: Hard working, mature, enthusiastic, eager to learn

Programming Languages and Software: R, WinBugs, SAS, Matlab, HLM, Microsoft Office programs,

and Adobe Photoshop

Statistical Computing: EM Algorithm, Kalman Filter Algor ithm, Forward-Filtering Backward-Sampling,

Gibbs Sampling, Metropolis Hasting Algorithm, Sequential Monte Carlo, Auxiliary Particle Filter,

Stochastic Volatility, Monte Carlo Integration, Decision Tree, Naïve Bayes Classifier, Support Vector

Machine, Logistic Regression

Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills

Considerable amount of programming skills

Fluent in both Chinese & English

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