Woncheol Jang, Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics & Decision Sciences

Contact Info:

223B Old Chemistry Bldg.

919 684-3437

wjang@stat.duke.edu

Personal Web Page:

http://www.stat.duke.edu/~wjang/

Education:

PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003

MS, Texas A & M University, 1998

MS, Seoul National University, 1993

BS, Seoul National University, 1991

Research Interests:

Nonparametric Curve Estimation, Statistical Learning Theory, Functional Data Analysis, Astrostatistics, Bioinformatics

Curriculum Vitae
Typical Courses Taught:

• STA 101, Data Analy/Stat Infer Synopsis

• STA 293, Special Topics Synopsis

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. W. Jang. "Density Estimation and Clustering in Astronomical Sky Surveys.." Computational Statiatics & Data Analysis  (Accepted, 2005).
2. W. Jang. "A Fast Clustering Algorithm with Application to Cosmology."   (Submitted, 2004).
3. W. Jang, C. Genovese, and L. Wasserman. "Nonparametric Confidence Sets for Densities.."   (Submitted, 2004).
4. W. Jang and J. Lim. "Estimation Biases in Generalized Linear Mixed Models."   (Submitted, 2004).
5. W. Jang et al. "Nonparametric Inference in Astrophysics." Statistical Challenges in Astronomy. Ed. E.D. Feigelson and G.J. Babu Springer, 2003: 221-235.

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