Adam Kashlak, PhD
Faculty of Science - Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
Personal Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~kashlak/
Contact
Associate Professor
Faculty of Science - Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
- kashlak@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Functional Data Stochastic Processes Mathematical Statistics Randomization Testing
About
PhD, Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge (2017)
MSc, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University (2011)
BSc, Honours Pure Mathematics, McGill University (2008)
Research
Nonasymptotic Statistics, High Dimensional & Functional Data, Concentration Inequalities, Stochastic processes, Nonparametric Statistics, Mathematical Statistics
Teaching
Courses I have taught: STAT 378, 413, 479, 568, 571
Courses
MATH 497 - Reading in Mathematics
This course is designed to give credit to mature and able students for reading in areas not covered by courses, under the supervision of a staff member. A student, or group of students, wishing to use this course should find a staff member willing to supervise the proposed reading program. A detailed description of the material to be covered should be submitted to the Chair of the Department Honors Committee. (This should include a description of testing methods to be used.) The program will require the approval of both the Honors Committee, and the Chair of the Department. The students' mastery of the material of the course will be tested by a written or oral examination. This course may be taken in Fall or Winter and may be taken any number of times, subject always to the approval mentioned above. Prerequisite: Any 300-level MATH course.
STAT 378 - Applied Regression Analysis
Simple linear regression analysis, inference on regression parameters, residual analysis, prediction intervals, weighted least squares. Multiple regression analysis, inference about regression parameters, multicollinearity and its effects, indicator variables, selection of independent variables. Non-linear regression. Prerequisite: One of STAT 266 or STAT 276, or STAT 235 with consent of the Department.
STAT 413 - Computing for Data Science
Survey of contemporary languages/environments suitable for algorithms of Statistics and Data Science. Introduction to Monte Carlo methods, random number generation and numerical integration in statistical context and optimization for both smooth and constrained alternatives, tailored to specific applications in statistics and machine learning. Prerequisites: One of STAT 265 or STAT 281 and one of STAT 266 or STAT 276, or consent of the Department.
STAT 432 - Survival Analysis
Survival models, model estimation from complete and incomplete data samples, parametric survival models with concomitant variables, estimation of life tables from general population data. Prerequisites: STAT 372 and 378.
STAT 497 - Reading in Statistics
This course is designed to give credit to mature and able students for reading in areas not covered by courses, under the supervision of a staff member. A student, or group of students, wishing to use this course should find a staff member willing to supervise the proposed reading program. A detailed description of the material to be covered should be submitted to the Chair of the Department Honors Committee. (This should include a description of testing methods to be used.) The program will require the approval of both the Honors Committee, and the Chair of the Department. The students' mastery of the material of the course will be tested by a written or oral examination. This course may be taken in Fall or Winter and may be taken any number of times, subject always to the approval mentioned above. Prerequisite: Any 300-level STAT course.
STAT 532 - Survival Analysis
Survival and hazard functions, censoring, truncation. Non-parametric, parametric and semi-parametric approaches to survival analysis including Kaplan-Meier estimation and Cox's proportional hazards model. Prerequisite: STAT 372 or consent of Department.
STAT 600 - Reading in Statistics
Students will be supervised by an individual staff member to participate in areas of research interest of that staff member. Students can register only with the permission of the Chair of the Department in special circumstances. Will not be counted toward the minimum course requirement for graduate credits.
Featured Publications
Adam B Kashlak, Prachi Loliencar, Giseon Heo
Journal of Machine Learning Research. 2023 January;
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Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.