Professor Emeritus of Statistics

Ph.D. in Statistics, Stanford University, 1969

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Research Interests

• Asymptotic theory

• Quantile processes

• Robust regression methods

Honors and Appointments

• Franqui Visiting Professorship, Université Libre de Bruxelles (January-July 2005)
• Co-Editor, J. American Statistical Association (2005-2008)
• Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association (1991-2004)
• Fellow, American Statistical Association (1994)
• Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, UIUC (1993)
• Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1984)

Selected Publications

• (with Debruyne, M., Hubert, M. and Vanden Branden, K.) Censored Depth Quantiles, 2006; under review
• (with Neocleous, Tereza) On Monotonicity of regression quantile functions, 2006; under review.
• (with Neocleous, Tereza) A partly linear model for censored regression quantiles, 2006, under review.
• Discussion on M. Fygenson: Modeling and Predicting and Predicting Probabilities with Outlooks, to appear: Statistica Sinica, 2007.
• (with Russo, Sabrian and Augspurger, Carol). Incorporating animal behavior into seed dispersal models: implications for seed shadows, Ecology, 87, 3160-3174, 2006.
• Censored Regression Quantiles, J. Amer. Stat. Assoc., 98, p. 1001-1012, 2003.
• Did Sir Francis Galton Have a Sense of Humor, letter: Science, 296, p. 196, 14 June, 2002.
• (with X. He) Some Asymptotic Results on Bivariate Quantile Spines , J. Stat. Plan. Infer., 91 (special volume for Prague Workshop), 341-350, 2000.