Xiaohui (Sophie) Wang, Ph.D.


Xiaohui (Sophie) Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: 
 • Ph.D. in Statistics, Texas A&M University, 2006.
 • M.S. in Statistics, Texas A&M University, 2002.
 • M.S. in Material Circulation and Management Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 1998.
 • B.E. in Mechnical Engineering, University of Science and Technology at Beijing, 1994. 
Research Interest:
Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling, Functional Data Analysis, Multivariate Ananlysis, Mixed Model, Semiparametric/Nonparametric Methods, MCMC Algorithms, Statistical Computation, Mathematical Biology, High-dimensional Problems and Large Data Sets Problems arising in the areas of Public Health, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Business.
Recent Selected Publications:
 •  "Bayesian Curve Classification Using Wavelets," Journal of the American Statistics Association ,2007,102, no. 479, 962-973, with S. Ray and B.K. Mallick.
 •  Classification of Airborne Hyperspectral Data Based on the Average Learning Subspace Method, IEEE-Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2008, 5, 368-373, with H. Bagan, Y. Yasouka, T. Endo, and Z. Feng.
 •  A Preliminary Assessment of an In-House PCR for Chlamydia Trachomatis in Response to the Inaccessibility of Commercial Tests in Trinidad, Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2007, 22, 317-322, with J. Rampersad, H. Gayadeen, S. Ramsewak, and D. Ammons.
E-mail: xhwang@utpa.edu
Phone: (956) 381-3454
Office: MAGC 3.434
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