Yeojin Chung

 
 

M.A. in Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2005

B.A. in Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2003

 

Education

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Statistics

The Pennsylvania State University

email: ychung@psu.edu

office: 422 Thomas

phone: 814-865-8634

  1. -Advisors: Bruce G. Lindsay,  Jia Li

  2. -The Likelihood-tuned Density Estimation

  3. -Nonparametric Density Estimation

  4. -Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood

  5. -Model-based Clustering (working with): HMAC

Research

  1. -2009 Joint Statistical Meeting, Washington D.C., “Nonparametric Density Estimation via Penalized Likelihood Function", download the presentation slide

  2. -The 2009 Rao Prize Conference, University Park, Pennsylvania, “A Multivariate Likelihood-Tuned Density Estimator and Modal Inference", download the poster file

  3. - ENAR 2009, San Antonio, Texas, “Multivariate Likelihood-tuned Density Estimator and Mode Identification”, download the presentation slide

  4. -Workshop on Semiparametric Methodology, Jan 2009, Gainesville, Florida, “Multivariate Likelihood-tuned Density estimator”, download the poster file

  5. -JSM 2008, Denver, Colorado, “The Likelihood-tuned Density Estimator and its properties”, download the presentation slide

  6. -Nonparametric Statistics and Mixture Models Conference, University Park, Pennsylvania, May 2008, “The Likelihood-tuned Density Estimator”, download poster file

Academic Experience

  1. -STAT 200, Summer 2008, Summer 2009.

  2. -TA in STAT 506 (Sampling Theory), STAT 512 (Design and analysis of experiments), Spring 2008

  3. -TA in STAT 200 (Element statistics), Fall 2007

  4. -TA in STAT 250 (Biostatistics), STAT 401 (Intro. Stat. for Engineers), Spring 2007, Fall 2006

  5. -TA in STAT 240 (Intro. to biometry), Spring 2006, Fall 2005

Teaching Experience

Publication

Chung, Y. and Lindsay, B.G. A Likelihood-tuned Density Estimator via a Nonparametric Mixture Model, under revision. IMS-LNMS. Welcome_files/final_revised.pdf