Underwood International College

Professor of Quantitative Risk Management, UIC
Professor of Statistics, College of Commerce and Economics

• Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
• M.A. in Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, 1991
• B.A. in Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, 1989
• Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, 2001-2003

Profile

• Associate Professor of Statistics
• Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, 2001-2003
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester
• Polytechnic Institute, 1998-2001

Education

Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
M.A. in Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, 1991
B.A. in Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, 1989

Courses and Current Research Areas

Courses: Multivariate Statistics, Data Mining, Mathematical Statitics, Experimental Design
Current Research Areas: Data Mining, Financial Risk Management

Selected Publications

• “An Extension of Regression Trees to Generate Better Predictive Models”(with Guess & Young). IIE Transactions, accepted.
• “Introduction to Multivariate Analysis” (with Lee & Kim), KNOU PRESS, Korea, 2008
• “Application of Judgment Post-Stratification to Extended Producer Responsibility System”(with Choi, Lim, Lim), The Korean Communications in Statistics, Vol 15, pp 105-115, 2008.
• “A Visualizable and Interpretable Regression Model With Good Prediction Power”(with Loh & Shih). IIE Transactions, Vol 39, pp 565-579, 2007.
• “Bayesian Modeling of Mortality Rates for Colon Cancer.” The Korean Communications in Statistics, Vol 13, pp 177-190, 2006.
• “Ordinal Variable Selection in Decision Trees.” The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol 19, pp 149-161, 2006.
• “Use of Modern Statistical Methods in Developing Ecotoxicity QSARs” (with Ren, S.) in F. Columbus (eds), New Topics in Environmental Research, Nova Science Publishers, ISBN: 1-60021-172-0, 2006.
• “Marginal Likelihoods for Bayesian Poisson Regression Models,” The Korean Communications in Statistics, Vol 11, pp 381-397, 2004
• “On Tree-based Classifications with Multiresponse Variables” (with Kim, S.-J. and Lee, K.), International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol 10 pp 427-434, 2003
• “Comparative Assessment of Regression Methods for Predicting the Mechanisms of Toxic Action of Phenols” (with Ren, S. and Kim, H.), Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, Vol 43, pp 2106-2110, 2003
• “Missing Value Algorithms in Decision Trees” (with S. Yates), in H. Bozdogan (eds), Statistical Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Chapman&Hall/CRC, pp 157-175, 2003
• “Classification Trees with Bivariate Linear Discriminant Node Models” (with W.-Y. Loh), Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Vol 12, pp=512-530, 2003
• “Combining Decision Trees using Systematic Patterns,” Computing Science and Statistics, V33, pp 608-617, 2002
• “Marginal likelihood for a class of Bayesian generalized linear models” (with B. Nandram), Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, V73, pp 319-340, 2002
• “Classification Trees with Unbiased Multiway Splits” (with W.-Y. Loh), Journal of the American Statistical Association, V96, pp 589-604, 2001
• “2D Classification Trees” (with W.-Y. Loh), Computing Science and Statistics, V32, pp 294-300, 2001

More Information

• Associate Director, Yonsei Institute of Statistical Science, Yonsei University, 2005 - present.
• Associate Editor, The Korean Communication in Statistics, 2004- present.
• Listed to Who’s Who in the World, 24th Edition, Marquis Who’s Who LLC., 2007
• Listed to Who’s Who in America, 58th Edition, Marquis Who’s Who LLC., 2004
• Listed to Who’s Who in Business Higher Education (WWBHE), 2003