University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Mathematical Sciences
Professor Hokwon Cho, Ph.D.
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I. Academic Background
I earned my doctoral degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara under the supervision of Professor Milton Sobel and Professor S. Rao Jammalamadaka. The topic of my dissertation is about decision-theoretic approach and related problems on the number of categories in multinomial distributions using Ranking and Selection Methodologies (RSM). è Curriculum Vitae Education § Ph.D. (1997) Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. § M.A. (1991) Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. § B.A. (1980) Statistics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. Academic Appointment § Associate Professor (2005- ), Department of Mathematical Sciences, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV. § Assistant Professor (1999- 2005), Department of Mathematical Sciences, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV. § Assistant Professor (1997-1999), Department of Statistics, University of Akron, Akron, OH.
II. Research Activities & Writings
Research Interests: My main areas are in statistical decision theory, sequential methods, sampling theory, nonparametric statistical methods and clinical trials. In particular, my interests involve in the development of those methodologies on applications. I am also interested in the areas of numerical methods, radial basis functions (RBF), method of fundamental solutions (MFS), and the application of partial differential equations (PDF). è Research & Publications Monographs: I coauthored a book on Regression Analysis in 2004. è Book webpage
III. My Pedagogy and Teaching
Teaching is always fun and excited because it is an art. I have been teaching a wide range of courses in Statistics, Probability and Mathematics in both undergraduate and graduate levels. I am actively involving the development of the Curriculum and Academic Program and course proposals to strengthen the graduate program. è Teaching & Class Materials
IV. Honors and Awards
· Fellow, Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, United Kingdom.
V. Other Professional Activities
I participate in regional statistical meetings or international conferences three to four times per year. The Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM) is one of them. Once in a while, I bring my family to JSM together. While I attend the sessions and events or give a presentation in a conference, my wife and my daughter usually enjoy city tour, visiting museum or shopping. 1. Conference Presentation · Joint Statistical Meeting, (ASA, IMS, Biometric Society) - JSM2007 (Salt Lake City, UT), JSM2006 (Seattle, WA), JSM2005 (Minneapolis, MN). · KSS Conference, (The Korean Statistical Society) - Spring 2007 (Pusan, Korea), Spring 2006 (Taegu, Korea). 2. Invited Lecture/Colloquium · IISA Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, May 22-25, 2008. · Lecturing Tour Spring 2007 (May 22- May 26). - Korea University, Sungshin Womens University, Dongguk University, Sungkyunkwan University. · Lecturing Tour Spring 2006 (May 18- May 24). - Chonnam National University, Chosun University, Seoul National University. · SCMA 2005 & FIM XII, Bechhofer-Gupta-Sobel Memorial Symposium, Auburn University, Alabama, Dec. 4, 2005. 3. Other Activities · Director & Co-Director (2006-2008), Center for Applied Math and Statistics (CAMS), UNLV. · Chapter Representative (2002-2007), Nevada Chapter of American Statistical Association. · Co-Editor and Typesetter (2004-), Silver State-istics, NV-ASA Newsletter. - Recent issues (in pdf): Vol. 3(1), Vol. 3(2), Vol. 3(3).
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