{"id":31,"date":"2025-01-21T23:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:23:45","slug":"graduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-expandable-block accordion expandable-group expandable-group-faq\" id=\"newExpandable\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-expandable-item accordion-item expandable-heading expandable-heading-faq\"><h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"headingpublications-with-graduate-students\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapsenewExpandablepublications-with-graduate-students\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsenewExpandablepublications-with-graduate-students\">Publications with Graduate Students<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"collapsenewExpandablepublications-with-graduate-students\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse expandable-content expandable-content-faq\" aria-labelledby=\"headingpublications-with-graduate-students\" data-bs-parent=\"#newExpandable\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p>To view postscript files or PDF files, you can download a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghostscript.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pages.cs.wisc.edu\/~ghost\/\">Ghostviwer\u00a0<\/a>at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.wisc.edu\/\">Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Brad Dyer&nbsp;<\/strong>and Don Hong,&nbsp;Optimal triangulation algorithm and MatLab implementation&nbsp;<em>J. of Computational Analysis and Applications, 5(2003), 25-43.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>H. Gu<\/strong>, D. Hong, and M. Barrett&nbsp;MinImage: a Wavelet Image Compressor,&nbsp;<em>J. of Computational Analysis and Applications, 5(2003), 45-75.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. Hong and&nbsp;<strong>Anna Mu,&nbsp;<\/strong>Construction of Prewavelets with Minimum Support over Triangulations, In:&#8220;<em>&nbsp;Wavelets and Multiresolution Methods&nbsp;<\/em>&#8221;, (T.X. He ed.), pp. 181-201, Marcel Decker Pub., New York, 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jiansheng Cao&nbsp;<\/strong>and Don Hong , Best approximation for symmetric semi-definite positive solutions of the left and right inverse problems on a subspace, Journal of Concret and Applicable Mathematics , 1:3 (2003) 217-227.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don Hong, Martin Barrett, and&nbsp;<strong>Panrong Xiao<\/strong>, Biorthogonal Spline Wavelets and EZW Coding for Image Compression, In: \u201cRobotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation\u201d (Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Shan-Ben Chen, and Changjiu Zhou Eds.),&nbsp;<em>Series Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences<\/em>, Vol 299, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2004, 281\u2013303.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don Hong and&nbsp;<strong>Qingbo Xue<\/strong>, Construction of Piecewise Linear Prewavelets over Regular Triangulations,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Concrete and Applicable Math<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>4<\/strong>&nbsp;(2006), 451-471.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jiansheng Cao<\/strong>, Don Hong, and Wenjun Huang, Construction of Small Support Piecewise Linear Prewavelets over Type-2 Triangulations, In&nbsp;<em>Splines and Wavelets: Athens 2005<\/em>&nbsp;(G.R. Chen and M.J. Lai Eds.), pp. 105-122, Nashboro Press, Brentwood, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Renee Ferguson<\/strong>&nbsp;and Don Hong , On airline revenue optimization problems,&nbsp;<em>Concrete and Applicable Math<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>5&nbsp;<\/strong>(2007), 153-167.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xingchen Yuan<\/strong>, Don Hong, and Yu Shyr, Survival Model and Estimation for Lung Cancer Patients, In&nbsp;<em>Quantitative Medical Data Analysis Using Math Tools and Statistical Techniques<\/em>, pp. 201-222, World Scientific Publications, LLC., New Jersey, 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jiansheng Cao<\/strong>&nbsp;and Don Hong, Parameterized Piecewise Linear Prewavelets over Type-2 Triangulations,&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Applicable Analysis<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>86<\/strong>&nbsp;(2007) 83-98.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wavelet-Based Procedures for Proteomic MS Data Processing, (with&nbsp;<strong>Shuo Chen<\/strong>&nbsp;and Yu Shyr),&nbsp;<em>Computational Statistics and Data Analysis<\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>52<\/strong>&nbsp;(2007), 211-220.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Novel Comprehensive Wave-form MS Data Processing Method, (with&nbsp;<strong>Shuo Chen<\/strong>, Ming Li, Dean Billheimer, Huiming Li, Baogang J. Xu, and Yu Shyr),&nbsp;<em>Bioinformatics<\/em>, 25 (2009), 808 &#8211; 814.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weighted Elastic Net Model for Mass Spectrometry Imaging Processing, (with&nbsp;<strong>Fengqing \u201cZoe\u201d Zhang<\/strong>),&nbsp;<em>Model. Nat. Phenom<\/em>., Vol. 5, No. 3, 2010, pp. 115-133.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elastic Net Based Framework for Imaging Mass Spectrometry Data Biomarkers Selection and Classification, (with<strong>&nbsp;Fengqing Zhang<\/strong>),&nbsp;<em>Statistics in Medicine<\/em>, 30 (2011), 753768. DOI: 10.1002\/sim.4147.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mathematical Tools and Statistical Techniques for Proteomic Data Mining, (with Shiyin Qin and&nbsp;<strong>Fengqing Zhang<\/strong>),&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science<\/em>, 5 (2010), no. 2, 123-140.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multi-Resolution Analysis Method for IMS Proteomic Data Biomarker Selection and Classification, (with&nbsp;<strong>Lu Xiong<\/strong>),&nbsp;<em>British Journal of Mathematics &amp; Computer Science<\/em>, 5(1): 64-80, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IMSmining: A Tool for Imaging Mass Spectrometry Data Biomarker Selection and Classification, (with&nbsp;<strong>J Liang<\/strong>, FZ Zhang, and J Zou), Springer Proceedings in Mathematics &amp; Statistics, Volume 139:&nbsp;<em>Mathematics and Computing<\/em>, pp.155-162, 2015. DOI 10.1007\/978-81-322-2452-5_11.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tail Conditional Expectations for Extended Exponential Dispersion Models,&nbsp;(with&nbsp;<strong>Y. (Zoe) Ye<\/strong>&nbsp;and Q. Wu),&nbsp;<em>American Research Journal of Mathematics<\/em>, 1:4 (2015), 28-33.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statistical Methods for Medical Trend Analysis in Health Rate Review Process,&nbsp;(with&nbsp;<strong>Le Yin<\/strong>&nbsp;and Qiang Wu),&nbsp;<em>Journal of Health &amp; Medical Informatics<\/em>, 7:219 (2016). doi:10.4172\/2157-7420.1000219.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spatial Regularization for Multitask Learning and Application in fMRI Data Analysis,&nbsp;(with&nbsp;<strong>X. Yang<\/strong>, Q. Wu, and J.C. Zou),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.indexcopernicus.com\/search\/details?id=1896\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/journals.indexcopernicus.com\/search\/details?id=1896\"><em>British Journal of Mathematics &amp; Computer Science<\/em><\/a>, 14:4 (2016), 1-13.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spatial Regularization for Neural Network and Application in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Classification, (with&nbsp;<strong>Xin Yang<\/strong>, Qiang Wu, and Jiancheng Zou), Proceedings of FTC 2016 &#8211; Future Technologies Conference 2016, 6-7 December 2016, San Francisco, United States, IEEE, pp.831-837, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An MCMC-MRF Algorithm for Incorporating Spatial Information in IMS Proteomic Data Processing, (with&nbsp;<strong>Lu Xiong<\/strong>), In &#8220;Statistical Analysis of Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Data Using Mass Spectrometry,&#8221; Datta, Susmita, Mertens, Bart J. A. (Eds.),Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp.81-99, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-Gaussian Penalized PARAFAC Analysis for fMRI Data, (with&nbsp;<strong>Jingsai Liang<\/strong>&nbsp;and Jiancheng Zou), Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, (2019), DOI: 10.3389\/fams.2019.00040.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BERT Feature Based Model for Predicting the Helpfulness Scores of Online Customers Reviews, (with Shuzhe Xu and Sal Barbosa), The Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2020 Proceedings, &#8220;Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing,&#8221; Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020, pp.270-281.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-39442-4\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-39442-4\">org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-39442-4<\/a>,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-expandable-item accordion-item expandable-heading expandable-heading-faq\"><h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"headingmaster-degree-students\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapsenewExpandablemaster-degree-students\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsenewExpandablemaster-degree-students\">Master Degree Students<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"collapsenewExpandablemaster-degree-students\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse expandable-content expandable-content-faq\" aria-labelledby=\"headingmaster-degree-students\" data-bs-parent=\"#newExpandable\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bradley Dyer&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Optimal Triangulation Algorithm and MatLab Implementation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduation Date: May 1999.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong>Bradley Dyer and Don Hong, An algorithm for optimal triangulations on $C^1$ quartic spline approximation and MatLab implementation, J. of Computational Analysis and Applications 5(2003), 25&#8211;43.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job:&nbsp;<\/strong>Instructor, Department of Math and Computer Sciences, Hazard Community College, Hazard, KY.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position<\/strong>: Associate Professor, Department of Math and Computer Sciences, Hazard Community College, Hazard, KY.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/BradDyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Yuchun (Anna) Mu<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Wavelets Construction over Triangulations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: August 1999.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong>Don Hong and Yuchun Anna Mu, On construction of minimum supported piecewise linear prewavelets over triangulations, In: &#8221; Wavelets and Multiresolution Methods,&#8221; (T.X. He ed.), pp. 181&#8211;201, Marcel Decker Pub., New York, 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job:&nbsp;<\/strong>Actuary, The St Paul Companies, Inc. 385 Washington Street St. Paul, MN 55102-9947.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position<\/strong>: Actuary,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationwide.com\/\">Nationwide companies<\/a>, property and casualty, Columbus, OH. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20muy@nationwide.com\">muy@nationwide.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong>FCAS, 2007<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hao Gu<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Wavelet Applications in Image Compression (MS in Computer Sciences, co-supervised with Martin Barrett)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May, 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong>Hao Gu, Don Hong , and M. Barrett, On still image compression, J. of Computational Analysis and Applications 5(2003), 45&#8211;75.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job:&nbsp;<\/strong>Software Engineer,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstlogic.com\/\">Firstlogic, Inc.<\/a>, Raleigh, NC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position<\/strong>: Lead Engineer &#8211; Software, PQSO Software Group, Eaton Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:HaoGu@eaton.com\">HaoGu@eaton.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Renee Ferguson<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: On Airline Revenue Optimization Problems (MS in Math)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: December 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:\u00a0<\/strong>Renee Ferguson and Don Hong, On airline revenue optimization problems, J. Concrete and Applicable Math, 5 (2007), 153-167.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job and Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Actuary,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/OACT\/index.html\">Office of the Chief Actuary<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/\">Social Security Administration<\/a>, Baltimore, MD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:B.Renee.Ferguson@ssa.gov\">B.Renee.Ferguson@ssa.gov<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position<\/strong>: Statistician, Office of Program Development and Research, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, SSA, Baltimore, MD.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/renee1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" style=\"width:304px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/renee1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/renee1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Andrew Sell<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: A Punt Returner Location Problem in a Directionalizing Strategy (MS in Math, co-chaired with James Boland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: December 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job:&nbsp;<\/strong>Actuary, Merastar Insurance Company, PO Box 181101, Chattanooga, TN 37414-5336.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current Position: Product Manager, Northeast Region Kemper Auto and Home, Jacksonville Beach, FL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:wsell@kahg.com\">wsell@kahg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lesley B. Reece<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: On Random Rates of Interest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job and Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Actuary, Social Security Administration, Room 700 Altmeyer, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20Lesley.B.Reece@ssa.gov\">Lesley Reece<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&nbsp;Rusell Mawk<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: On Spline Applications to Statistics (MS in Math, co-chaired with Robert Price)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job and Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Actuary, Merastar Insurance Company, PO Box 181101, Chattanooga, TN 37414-5336.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position<\/strong>: Actuary, First Acceptance Insurance Co Inc., Nashville, TN. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20mawk2@hotmail.com\">Rusty Mawk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Panrong Xiao<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Image compression using (bi-)orthogonal (spline) wavelets (MS in CS, co-chaired with Martin Barrett)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong>Don Hong, Martin Barrett, and Panrong Xiao, Biorthogonal Spline Wavelets and EZW Coding for Image Compression, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Vol. 299 (Tarn, Tzyh-Jong; Chen, Shan-Ben; Zhou, Changjiu (Eds.)) , Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004, pp.281&#8211;303.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job:&nbsp;<\/strong>Actuarial Analyst\/DB Administrator, Lorraine Dorsa &amp; Associates, Jacksonville Beach, FL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20xiaopr@yahoo.com\">Panrong Xiao<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jiansheng Cao<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Construction of smooth wavelets over triangulations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: August 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong>Jiansheng Cao, Don Hong, and Wenjun Huang, Construction of Small Support Piecewise Linear Prewavelets over Type-2 Triangulations, In: Splines and Wavelets: Athens 2005 (G.R. Chen and M.J. Lai Eds.), pp. 105-122, Nashboro Press, Brentwood, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job:<\/strong>&nbsp;actuarial analyst\/DB-Administrator,&nbsp;Lorraine Dorsa &amp; Associates,&nbsp;Jacksonville Beach, FL.<br><strong>Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Pension Actuary, Pension Services, Inc., Miami, FL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position:<\/strong>&nbsp;Actuary at Pension Services, Inc., Miami\/Fort Lauderdale Area Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20caojiansheng@yahoo.com\">Jiansheng Cao<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Qingbo Xue<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: On bivariate piecewise linear wavelets over arbitrary triangulations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: August 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:<\/strong>&nbsp;Don Hong and Qingbo Xue, Construction of Piecewise Linear Prewavelets over Regular Triangulations, Journal of Concrete and Applicable Mathematics, 4 (2006), 451-471.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Ph.D. Student,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/\">Department of Mathematics<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/\">University of Central Florida<\/a>, Orlando, FL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Pension Actuary, The Nolan Company, Kansas City, KS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20xueqingbo@yahoo.com\">Qingbo Xue<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xiaoyu Mu&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Ruin probabilities with dependent force of interest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: August 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Teaching Assistant (Ph.D. Student),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/math.utk.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/math.utk.edu\/\">Department of Mathematics<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utk.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.utk.edu\/\">University of Tennessee<\/a>, Knoxville, TN.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20xiaoyum@hotmail.com\">Xiaoyu Mu&nbsp;<\/a>or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:xmu@utk.edu\">xmu@utk.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/mu6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" style=\"width:253px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/mu6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/mu6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Yong Chen<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Logspline Density Estimation with an Application to Survival Data of Lung Cancer Patients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: August 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Teaching Assistant,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/programs\/statistics-ms\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/programs\/statistics-ms\">Department of Statistics<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/case.edu\/\">Case Western Reserve University<\/a>, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Graduate Assistant,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/qcf.gatech.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qcf.gatech.edu\/\">Quantitative and Computational Finance Program<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\">Georgia Institute of Technology,&nbsp;<\/a>Atlanta, Georgia 30332.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20yongc_us@yahoo.com\">Yong Chen&nbsp;<\/a>or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:yong.chen@gatech.edu\">yong.chen@gatech.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shuo Chen<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Clustering Analysis of MALDI-TOF MS Data from Lung Cancer Patients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: December 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:<\/strong>&nbsp;Shuo Chen, Don Hong, and Yu Shyr, Wavelet-Based Procedures for Proteomic MS Data Processing, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 52 (2007), 211-220.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Bioinformatics Systems Engineer,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/biostatistics-graduate\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/biostatistics-graduate\/\">Department of Biostatistics<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/\">Vanderbilt University<\/a>, Nashville, TN.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medschool.umaryland.edu\/profiles\/Chen-Shuo\/\">Professor of&nbsp;Epidemiology &amp; Public Health<\/a>, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20shuo.chen.71@facebook.com\">Shuo Chen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xingchen Yuan<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Survival Model and Estimation for Lung Cancer Patients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong>Xingchen Yuan, Don Hong, and Yu Shyr, Survival Model and Estimation for Lung Cancer Patients, In: Quantitative Medical Data Analysis Using Math Tools and Statistical Techniques, pp. 201-222, World Scientific Publications, LLC., Singapore, 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Engineer II,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnal.gov\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fnal.gov\/\">Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)<\/a>, Chicago, IL. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20xingchenyuan@yahoo.com\">Xingchen Yuan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kazem Karimi<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graduate Date: December 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Actuary,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcbst.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bcbst.com\/\">Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee<\/a>, Chattanooga, TN.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20Kazem_Karimi@bcbst.com\">Kazem Karimi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Linda Chang&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Associate at Bank of China, New York Branch. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20xiaozheng.chang@facebook.com\">Linda Chang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/LindaChangNov07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147\" style=\"width:278px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/LindaChangNov07.jpg 640w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/LindaChangNov07-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Adam Niblett&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graduate Date: December 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Math Instructor, Northeast Alabama Community College, Rainsville, Alabama. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20nibletta@nacc.edu\">Adam Niblett<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/AdamNov07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148\" style=\"width:278px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/AdamNov07.jpg 640w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/AdamNov07-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fengqing Zhang&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Multivariate Analysis Methods for IMS Data Biomarker Selection and Classification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2010 .<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publication:&nbsp;<\/strong>D. Hong and F.Q. Zhang, Weighted Elastic-Net Model and Applications, Journal of Mathematical Modeling of Natural Phenomena, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2010, pp. 115-133.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: PhD Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwestern.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.northwestern.edu\/\">Northwestern University<\/a>, Evanston, IL. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20fengqingbuaa@gmail.com\">Zoe Zhang<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csgs.org\/awards\/index.html\">2011 CSGS Master&#8217;s Thesis Award Recipient&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current Position:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drexel.edu\/coas\/faculty-research\/faculty-directory\/psychology\/Zoe-Zhang\/\">Associate Professor<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drexel.edu\/coas\/academics\/departments-centers\/psychology\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drexel.edu\/coas\/academics\/departments-centers\/psychology\/faculty\/\">the Department of Psychology<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/drexel.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drexel.edu\/\">Drexel University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/ZoeAward4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\" style=\"width:278px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/ZoeAward4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/ZoeAward4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/ZoeAward4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/ZoeAward4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/ZoeAward4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rong Lu&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis Title: Optimal Weighted FBAT-Wilcoxon Test for Time-to-onset Analysis of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2011 .<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: PhD Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biostatistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ronglu@stanford.edu\">Rong Lu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Past Job: Biostatistical Consultant III at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsouthwestern.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.utsouthwestern.edu\/\">University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center<\/a>, Dallas, Texas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current Job: Senior Biostatistician (Bioinformatician\/Computational Biologist)University &#8211; Academic staff <a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/qsu\/current-members\/RongLu.html\">Med\/Quantitative Sciences Unit at Stanford School of Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/RongLu-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" style=\"width:278px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/RongLu-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/RongLu-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/RongLu-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/RongLu-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/RongLu-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>John Ihrie<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Project Title: USING WEB-BASED DATA MINING TOOLS TO EXPLORE SIMILARITIES AMONG DIFFERENT GENETIC PROGNOSIS PREDICTORS OF COLON CANCER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Date: May 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20johnihrie@yahoo.com\">John Ihrie<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current Position: Fellowship at the FDA, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MSPS 2011 Actuarial Graduate:<\/strong>&nbsp;Kyle W. Crump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MS\/MSPS 2012 Actuarial Graduates:<\/strong>&nbsp;Yingwei Li, Brent Osantowski, Bruce Williams, Harold D. Tuthill<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/msps2012-1024x765.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155\" style=\"width:278px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/msps2012-1024x765.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/msps2012-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/msps2012-768x574.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/msps2012-1536x1147.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/msps2012-2048x1530.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>MS\/MSPS 2013 Actuarial Graduates:<\/strong>&nbsp;Brandon T. Samson, Wilhelmina Dabrah, Min Li, Yu-Cheng Lin, Ying Peng, Caleb Shimberg Lianlian Zhou, Mengjia Zhou, Taotao Ding, Safder Khan, Jianxin Yang, Houston Higgs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MS\/MSPS 2014 Actuarial Graduates:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cliff W. Bowman, Lauren Chrisman, Ryan Farar, Dimple Mirpuri, Wuyan Li, Ningyuan Liang, Chuanlun Liu, Gabriel Owiredu-Boateng, James F. Walls, Alemayehu Z. Wolde, Yini Yu, Lucy Zhang, Tian Zhang, Menghan (Sarah) Lin, and\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Le Yin,&nbsp;<strong>MS Thesis<\/strong>\/Project: Trend Analysis Methods and Algorithms, May 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ye Ye,&nbsp;<strong>MS Thesis<\/strong>\/Project: Tail Conditional Expectations for Extended Exponential Dispersion Models, August 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MS\/MSPS 2015 Actuarial Graduates:<\/strong>&nbsp;Adam French, Kimberly N. Page, Zixun Qin, Jennifer M. Seat, Sirr Tiekeu, Shuzhe Xu, Haoxuan Zhang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MS\/MSPS 2016 Actuarial Graduates:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sule Dauda, Shelly Williams, Lan Wang, Tianyi Wei, Yunzhu Yang, Lianlian Zhou, Rachel Perri, Qin Zhou, Qing Zhuang, Guirong Fan, Andrew Santi, Kelab Short, and\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Matthews,&nbsp;<strong>MS Thesis:<\/strong>&nbsp;DATA MINING AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR WORKERS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 COMPENSATION EARLY SEVERITY PREDICTION, May 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MS\/MSPS 2017 Actuarial Graduates:<\/strong>&nbsp;Stephen Henderson, Donaldson Peay, Jessica Small, Mengyu Chen, Brent Carpenetti, Bowen Hou, Joseph Thomas, Xinwei Zhang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MS\/MSPS 2018 Actuarial Graduates:<\/strong>&nbsp;Holden French, Alex Boehm, Shannon Ghee, Kristin Wood, Zhixin Zhang, Mengxuan Wang, Shang Wang, Ning Tu, Li Kang, Hongli Li, William Puckett, Hanyuan Zhu, and\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ye Fang,&nbsp;<strong>MS Thesis:<\/strong>&nbsp;PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR AIR SHOW TICKET SALES, May 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chuanlong Zhang, MS Thesis:&nbsp;AGGREGATE LOSS PREDICTION USING MULTIPLE-CLASS CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES, August 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mtsu-blocks-expandable-item accordion-item expandable-heading expandable-heading-faq\"><h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"headingph-d-degree-students\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapsenewExpandableph-d-degree-students\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapsenewExpandableph-d-degree-students\">Ph.D. Degree Students<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"collapsenewExpandableph-d-degree-students\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse expandable-content expandable-content-faq\" aria-labelledby=\"headingph-d-degree-students\" data-bs-parent=\"#newExpandable\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lu (Gary) Xiong<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Dissertation: Statistical Computing Schemes for Proteomics Data Processing and Insurance Solvency Modeling, Graduate Date: December 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Past Jobs:<\/strong>\u00a0Research Associate,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/med.emory.edu\/research\/index.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/med.emory.edu\/research\/index.html\">Emory School of Medicine<\/a>, Atlanta, GA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position: Assistant Professor in Actuarial Science, MTSU.&nbsp;<\/strong>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:xionglubupt@gmail.com\">Lu Xiong<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Xin Yang (Co-supervisors: Don Hong and Qiang Wu)<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Dissertation: Machine Learning Techniques for High-dimensional Neuroimaging Data Analysis, Graduate Date: August 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Assistant Professor of Computer Science,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/\">Southern Arkansas University<\/a>, Magnolia, AR 71753.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Position: Assistant Professor in Computer Science, MTSU.&nbsp;<\/strong>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20yangxinncut@gmail.com\">Xin Yang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jingsai Liang<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Dissertation: Regularized Statistical Techniques for High Dimensional Medical Imaging Data Processing, Graduate Date: May 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Job<\/strong>: Assistant Professor of Data Science,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/westminsteru.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/westminsteru.edu\/\">Westminster College<\/a>, Salt Lake City, UT. Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:liangjingsai@gmail.com\">Jingsai Liang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Donglin Wang (Co-supervisors: Don Hong and Qiang Wu)<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applications of Deep Learning in Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Analysis, Graduate Date: May 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Job<\/strong>: Instructor of Mathematics, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Donglin.Wang@mtsu.edu\">Donglin.Wang@mtsu.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shuzhe Xu (Co-supervisors: Don Hong and Sal Barbosa)<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Dissertation: Applications of Modern NLP Techniques for Predictive Modeling in Actuarial Science, Graduation date: December 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First job: Assistant Professor in\u00a0 Computer Science,\u00a0Ningbo University of Technology. Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:syaka1989@gmail.com\">Shuzhe Xu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gabriel Toban<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Dissertation: : PAP Therapy and Sleep Stage Classification with Statistics, Signal Processing, and Deep Learning, Graduation date: May 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First job: Director of Business Intelligence for the United Urology Consultants, Baltimore, MD. Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gtobanit@gmail.com\">Gabriel Toban<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>John Ford,&nbsp;<\/strong>Ph.D. Dissertation: Algorithms on Convolutions of Splines and Applications (tentative), Graduation date: May 2025 (expected).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Filmon Gebreyesus<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Dissertation: Voice to Text Recognition For Tigrigna and other NLP Techniques and Applications (Tentative), Graduate Date: May 2026 (expected). Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:filmonhg@gmail.com\">Filmon Gebreyesus<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting Scholars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Professor Aidi Wu<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.upc.edu.cn\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/english.upc.edu.cn\/\">China Petroleum University<\/a>, August, 1998 &#8212; August, 1999.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Lutai Guan<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sysu.edu.cn\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sysu.edu.cn\/\">Zhongshan University<\/a>, August, 1999 &#8212; August, 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Wenjun Huang<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/english.gxmzu.edu.cn\/About_GXUN.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/english.gxmzu.edu.cn\/About_GXUN.htm\">Guangxi University of Nationality<\/a>, August, 2004 &#8212; December, 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Zhongqing Cheng<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_University_of_Mining_and_Technology\">China University of Mining and Technology<\/a>, May 5, 2010 &#8212; May 4, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Zhihui Yang<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncut.edu.cn\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncut.edu.cn\/\">North China University of Technology<\/a>, June 1, 2010 &#8212; August 29, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Xiaomin Zhang<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\">Ningbo University<\/a>, August. 25, 2010 &#8212; December 24, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Wei Wang<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\">Ningbo University<\/a>, August. 25, 2013 &#8212; December 24, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Jianfeng Li<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\">Ningbo University<\/a>, August. 25, 2013 &#8212; December 24, 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Huimin Zhao<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tju.edu.cn\/english\/index.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tju.edu.cn\/english\/index.htm\">Tianjin University<\/a>, March 20, 2015 &#8212; March 20, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Songjing Wang<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbu.edu.cn\/en\/\">Ningbo University<\/a>, September 25, 2017 &#8212; March 24, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Yuyang Sun, Beijing Normal University, August 15, 2018 &#8212; November 15, 2018.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/dhong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}