Mihye Ahn
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Post Doctoral Research Associate
Biostatistics Email: ahnm at bios dot unc dot edu |
Education
2005-2010 PhD in Statistics, North Carolina State University
2004-2005 Graduate study, Statistics, Inha University, South Korea
2002-2004 MSc in Statistics, Inha University, South Korea
1998-2002 BSc in Statistics, Inha University, South Korea
BBA in Administration
BSF in Financial Analytics
Research Interests
Variable Selection
Time Series
Linear Mixed Model
Experience
Jul 2011 – Present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2011 – Jun 2011 Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Statistics, NCSU
Fall 2005 – Spring 2010 Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, NCSU
May 2008 – Jun 2008 Research Assistant, Department of Statistics, NCSU
May 2005 – Jul 2005 Analyst, SK corporation, Seoul, South Korea
Mar 2002 – Feb 2005 Consultant, Statistical Consulting Center, Inha University, South Korea
Honors and Awards
Mar 2007 Elected to Mu Sigma Rho, a national statistics honor society
Fall 2005 – Spring 2007 Received a Graduate Study Abroad Scholarship, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
Spring 2004 – Spring 2005 Received a Inha Vision Fellowship, Inha University
Spring 2002 – Fall 2003 Received a Graduate Fellowship, Inha University
Feb 2002 Received the Presidential Award for Honor Students, South Korea
Feb 2002 Graduated with Honors (ranked first in class)
Spring 2000 – Fall 2001 Received a Fellowship, Jeongsu Scholarship Foundation
Spring 1998 – Fall 2001 Dean’s List (8 out of 8 semesters)
Fall 1998 – Fall 1999 Received a Scholarship for Honor Students
Publications
1. Mihye Ahn, Hao Helen Zhang, and Wenbin Lu. (2011), “Efficient Estimation of Standard Errors for Lasso Estimates in Linear Models” (In preparation)
2. Mihye Ahn, Hao Helen Zhang, and Wenbin Lu. (2011), “A Computationally Efficient Algorithm for Random Effects Selection in Linear Mixed Models” (In preparation)
3. Mihye Ahn, Hao Helen Zhang, and Wenbin Lu. (2011), “Moment-based Method for Random Effects Selection in Linear Mixed Models” (Submitted)
4. Jae June Lee and Mihye Ahn (2004), “Influence of Special Causes on Stochastic Process Adjustment”, Journal of the Korean Statistical Society, 33, 219-231.