Graduate students I'm currently supervising:
Meng Du, PhD, Statistics
Alex Shestopaloff, Statistics
Chunyi Wang, PhD, Statistics
Graduate students who have finished degrees:
Madeleine Thompson, PhD, Statistics, 2011.
Thesis" Slice Sampling with Multivariate Steps: PDF.Longhai Li, PhD, Statistics, 2007.
Thesis: Bayesian Classification and Regression with High-Dimensional Features: Postscript (1-sided), PDF (1-sided), Postscript (2-sided), PDF (2-sided) (also here).Peter Liu, MSc, Computer Science, 2007 (co-supervisor with Brendan Frey).
Thesis: Using Gaussian Process Regression to Denoise Images and Remove Artefacts from Microarray Data: Postscript (30 MBytes), PDF (4 MBytes).Babak Shahbaba, PhD, Biostatistics, 2007.
Thesis: Improving Classification Models When a Class Hierarchy is Available: pdf.Jennifer Listgarten, PhD, Computer Science, 2006 (co-supervisor with Sam Roweis).
Thesis: Analysis of Sibling Time Series Data: Alignment and Difference Detection: pdf (60 MBytes).Shuying Sun, PhD, Statistics, 2006 (co-supervisor with Celia Greenwood).
Thesis: Haplotype Inference Using a Hidden Markov Model with Efficient Markov Chain Sampling: pdf.Krunoslav Kovac, MSc, Computer Science, 2005.
Thesis: Multitask Learning for Bayesian Neural Networks: Postscript, pdf.Ruxandra Pinto, PhD, Statistics, 2002.
Thesis: Improving Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimators Using Overrelaxation and Coupling Techniques: Postscript, pdf.
Related technical report: Improving Markov chain Monte Carlo estimators by coupling to an approximating chain.Sonia Jain, PhD, Statistics, 2002.
Thesis: Split-Merge Techniques for Bayesian Mixture Models.
Related technical reports: A Split-Merge Markov Chain Monte Carlo Procedure for the Dirichlet Process Mixture Model, Splitting and Merging Components of a Nonconjugate Dirichlet Process Mixture Model.Kiam Choo, MSc, Computer Science, 2000.
Thesis: Learning Hyperparameters for Neural Network Models Using Hamiltonian Dynamics: Postscript, pdf.Michael Harvey, MSc, Computer Science, 1999.
Thesis: Monte Carlo Inference for Belief Networks Using Coupling From the Past: Postscript, pdf.
Related conference paper: Inference for Belief Networks Using Coupling From the Past.I also worked closely with Carl Rasmussen (PhD, CS, 1996) and Brendan Frey (PhD, ECE, 1997).