Some Publications with Graduate Students

1. Bradley Dyer
Thesis Title: Optimal Triangulation Algorithm and MatLab Implementation
Graduation Date: May 1999.
First Job: Instructor, Department of Math and Computer Sciences, Hazard Community College, Hazard, KY.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Math and Computer Sciences, Hazard Community College, Hazard, KY.

2. Yuchun (Anna) Mu
Thesis Title: Wavelets Construction over Triangulations
Graduate Date: August 1999.
First Job: Actuary, The St Paul Companies, Inc. 385 Washington Street St. Paul, MN 55102-9947
Current Position: Actuary, Nationwide companies, property and casualty, Columbus, OH. Email: muy@nationwide.com

3. Hao Gu
Thesis Title: Wavelet Applications in Image Compression (MS in Computer Sciences, co-supervised with Martin Barrett)
Graduate Date: May, 2000.
Current Position: Software Engineer, Firstlogic, Inc. , Raleigh, NC.

4. Renee Guant
Thesis Title: On Airline Revenue Optimization Problems (MS in Math)
Graduate Date: December 2000.
First Job and Current Position: Actuary, Office of the Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, MD. Email: B.Renee.Ferguson@ssa.gov

5. Andrew Sell
Thesis Title: A Punt Returner Location Problem in a Directionalizing Strategy (MS in Math, co-chaired with James Boland)
Graduate Date: December 2000.
First Job: Actuary, Merastar Insurance Company, PO Box 181101, Chattanooga, TN 37414-5336.
Current Position: Actuary, UnumProvident Corporation, Chattanooga, TN. Email: WSell@unumprovident.com

6. Lesley Baker
Thesis Title: On Random Rates of Interest
Graduate Date: May 2001.
Current Position: Actuary, Social Security Administration, Room 700 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235. Email: Lesley Reece

7. Rusell Mawk
Thesis Title: On Spline Applications to Statistics (MS in Math, co-chaired with Robert Price)
Graduate Date: May 2001.
Current Position: Actuary, Merastar Insurance Company, PO Box 181101, Chattanooga, TN 37414-5336. Email: Rusty Mawk

8. Panrong Xiao
Thesis Title: Image compression using (bi-)orthogonal (spline) wavelets (MS in CS, co-chaired with Martin Barrett)
Graduate Date: May 2001.
First Job: Actuarial Analyst/DB Administrator, Lorraine Dorsa & Associates, Jacksonville Beach, FL. Email: Panrong Xiao

9. Jiansheng Cao
Thesis Title: Construction of smooth wavelets over triangulations.
Graduate Date: August 2002.
First Job: actuarial analyst/DB-Administrator, Lorraine Dorsa & Associates, Jacksonville Beach, FL. Email: Jiansheng Cao

10. Qingbo Xue
Thesis Title: On bivariate piecewise linear wavelets over arbitrary triangulations.
Graduate Date: August 2002.
First Job: Ph.D. Student, Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
Current Position: Actuarial Analyst/DB Administrator, Lorraine Dorsa & Associates, Jacksonville Beach, FL.
Email: Qingbo Xue

11. Xiaoyu Mu
Thesis Title: Ruin probabilities with dependent force of interest.
Graduate Date: August 2003.
First Job: Teaching Assistant (Ph.D. Student), Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Email: Xiaoyu Mu or xmu@utk.edu

12. Yong Chen
Thesis Title: Logspline Density Estimation with an Application to Survival Data of Lung Cancer Patients
Graduate Date: August 2004.

13. Shuo Chen
Thesis Title: Clustering Analysis of MALDI-TOF MS Data from Lung Cancer Patients
Graduate Date: December 2004 (expected).

14. Xingchen Yuan
Thesis Title: Survival Model and Estimation for Lung Cancer Patients
Graduate Date: December 2004 (expected).