John A. Ramey

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Education

• Ph.D. Statistics, Baylor University, 2012 (Anticipated).
  • Advisor: Dean M. Young.
• M.S. Statistics, Baylor University, 2009.
• B.S. Mathematics, Baylor University, 2008.

Research

Working Papers

• Ramey, J. A., Young, P. D., and Young D. M. (2010). A Comparison of Shrinkage-based Estimators for Regularized Linear Discriminant Analysis in High-Dimensional Classification.
• Ramey, J. A., Young, P. D., and Young D. M. (2010). Regularized Diagonal Discriminant Analysis with Simultaneous Diagonalization of Covariance Matrices.
• Ramey, J. A., Young, P. D., and Young D. M. (2010). A More Computationally Efficient Model Selection Method for Regularized Discriminant Analysis.
• Young, P. D., Ramey, J. A., and Young D. M. (2010). A Matrix Skew Normal Distribution.
• Ramey, J. A. (2010). Bayesian Regularized Logistic Regression in High-Dimensional Classification.

Other Publications

• Ramey, John A. and Young, Dean M. (2010). A More Computationally Efficient Model Selection Method for Regularized Discriminant Analysis. Joint Statistical Meetings Proceedings Papers ???

Research Groups

• Statistical and Machine Learning Research Group, Department of Statistical Science, Baylor University, 2009 - Present.

Teaching Experience

Courses at Baylor University

• Instructor, Elementary Statistics, Fall 2009 - Present.
• Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Psychology Majors, Fall 2008 - Summer 2009.

Conference and Seminar Presentations

• Efficient Model Selection for Regularized Discriminant Analysis
  • Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 4, 2010.
• Bayesian Regularized Logistic Regression in High-Dimensional Classification
  • Joint Statistical Meetings, Instituto Panamericano de Estudios Avanzados en Probabilidad y Estadística: Semana en Métodos de Reducción de Dimensión. Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, A.C. Guanajuato, Mexico, April 2010.

Professional Activities

• Founder, R Users Group, Baylor University, 2009-Present.
• Member, American Statistical Association, 2008-Present.

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships

• Stat Bowl Champion, Joint Statistical Meetings, 2010.
• Dean's Scholarship, Baylor University, 2008-2012.
• Vertical Integration of Research and Education in Computational Mathematics, The Ohio State University, 2004.