Michael Woodroofe
Address
Statistics Department
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Phone: (313) 763-3495
E-mail: michaelw@stat.lsa.umich.edu
Education
Ph.D, Mathematics, University of Oregon, 1965
M.S., Mathematics, University of Oregon, 1964
B.S., Mathematics, Stanford University, 1962.
Permanent Employment
- L.J. Savage Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan, 1994-
- Chairman of Statistics, University of Michigan, 1977-1983
- Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Michigan, 1973-
- Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Michigan, 1969-1973
- Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1968
- Assistant Professor of Statistics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1966-67
Temporary Employment
- Professor II of Statistics, Rutgers University, 1983-84
- Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Massachusettes Institute of Technology, 1976-77
- Visiting Associate Professor of Statistics, Columbia University, 1970-71
- Research Associate, Stanford University, 1965-66
Memberships
Phi Beta Kappa; Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Fellow); International Statistical Institute.
Editorial Service
- Editor, Annals of Statistics, 1992-1994
- Associate Editor, Annals of Statistics, 1983-1991; 1998-2001
- Associate Editor, Annals of Probability, 1982-1990
- Associate Editor, J. Statist. Plan. Inf., 1985-
- Associate Editor, Sequential Analysis, 1982-
Selected Profession Activities
- External Review Committee for Statistics at Purdue University, 1994.
- National Academy of Scienes Workshop on Statistical Issues in Defense Analysis, September 1992.
- Advisory Member, National Institute of the Statistical Sciences, 1990-92
- Cosmology Panel (a subcommittee of the Avisory Committees for Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics at N.S.F.), Feb.-Mar. 1988.
Program Chair, Tenth Midwest Probability Colloquium, 1987-88.
- Council, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1982-1985.
- Principle Lecturer, NSF-CBMS Regional Conference in Statistics, Stillwater Oklahoma, June 1980.
Selected Publications
- A central limit theorem for doubly adaptive biased coin designs. Ann. Statist, 23 (1995), 234-254. (With Jeff Eisele)
- A penalized maximum likelihood estimate of $f(0+)$ when $f$ is non-increasing, Statistica Sinica, 3 (1993), 505-515. (With Jiayang Sun)
- Expansions for the moments of randomly stopped averages. Ann. Statist., 21 (1993), 503-519. (With G. Aras)
- A central limit theorem for functions of a Markov chain with application to shifts. Stoch. Proc. Appl., 41 (1992), 33-44.
- Integrable expansions for posterior distributions for one parameter exponential families, Statistica Sinica, 2 (1991), 91-112.
- Minimax estimation in non-parametric regression, Ann. Statist., 19 (1991), 2003-2014. (With Nancy Heckman)
- On the non-linear renewal theorem, Ann. Prob., 18 (1990), 1790-1805.
- Very weak expansions for sequentially designed experiments: linear models, Ann. Statist., 17 (1989), 1087-1102.
- Asymptotic expansions in boundary crossing problems. Ann. Prob., 15 (1987), 102-114. (With Bob Keener)
- Estimating a distribution function with truncated data, Ann. Statist., 13 (1985), 163-177. Correction: Ann. Statist., 15, 883.
- On model selection and the generalized arc sine laws, Ann. Statist., 10 (1982), 1182-1194.
- Nonlinear Renewal Theory in Sequential Analysis. S.I.A.M. (1982)
- A renewal theorem for curved boundaries and moments of first passage times, Ann. Prob., 4 (1976), 67-80.
- Maximum likelihood estimation of a translation parameter for a truncated distribution. Ann. Math. Statist.,, 43 (1972), 113-122.
- On choosing a delta sequence, Ann. Math. Statist., 41 (1970), 1165-1671.
Former Doctoral Students
Xiao Wang, 2005; Dong Yun Kim, 2003; Tonglin Zhang, 2002; Mark Stuff, 2002; Wei Biao Wu, 2001;
Rong Zhang, 2000; Chiu-Hsing Weng, 1999; Michael Maxwell, 1997;
Mary Meyer, 1996; Gouxing Soon, 1995; Mauro Gasparini, 1992; Kaithong Jiang, 1992 (Biostatistics); Chim Tantiyaswasdikul, 1992; Jeffrey Eisele, 1992; Vince Melfi, 1991; Mei Wang, 1990 (Mathematics); Jyoti Sarkar, 1990; Ki-Heon Choi, 1988; Taoufik Zoubedi, 1988 (With Bob Keener); Kamel Rekab, 1988 (With Bob Keener); Mohomed Tahir, 1987; Abdelhakim Meslem, 1987; Djamel Bellout, 1987; Martha Aliaga, 1986; Mohammed Daghel, 1984; David Bednarz, 1984 (With Bob Keener); Mohmammed Rehalia, 1983; Vincent Tsang, 1983; Nancy Heckman, 1982 (Mathematics); Charles Hagwood, 1979 (Mathematics); Shelly Bartold, 1976; Lih Wen Huang, 1976; Mark Finster, 1975 (Mathematics); Ray Faith, 1975 (With Richard Olshen); Robert Fortus, 1975; Howard Fetell, 1973; Connie Page, 1972; Meyer Alvo, 1972 (Columbia); Allen Foy, 1971 (Mathematics).
Current Doctoral Students
Michael Woodroofe/michaelw@stat.lsa.umich.edu
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