. Rohana Karunamuni Professor Ph.D. (Michigan State) Office: CAB 443 Phone: (780) 492-5812 Fax: (780) 492-6826 Email: karunamuni@ualberta.ca Research Interests My current research interests include efficient robust inference for parametric and semiparametric models, variable selection and high-dimensional data problems. Selected Publications 1. Q. Tang, P. Li and R.J. Karunamuni (2015). Fast and accurate computation of kernel estimators. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. In press. 2. R.J. Karunamuni, Q. Tang and B. Zhao (2015). Robust and efficient estimation of effective does. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. In press. 3. J. Wu and R.J. Karunamuni (2014). Profile Hellinger distance estimation. Statistics. In press. 4. Q. Tang and R.J. Karunamuni (2013). Minimum Hellinger distance estimation in a finite mixture regression model. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 120, 185-204. 5. S. Zhao, P. Li and R. Karunamuni (2012). Blocked two-level regular factorial designs with weak minimum aberration. Biometrika, 100, 249-253. 6. S. Zhao, P. Li, R. Zhang and R. Karunamuni (2012). Construction of blocked two-level regular designs with general minimum lower order confounding. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 143, 1082-1090. 7. J. Wu and R.J. Karunamuni (2012). Efficient Hellinger distance estimates for semiparametric models. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 107, 1-23. 8. R.J. Karunamuni and J. Wu (2011). One-step minimum Hellinger distance estimation. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 55, 3148-3164. 9. J. Kolacek and R.J. Karunamuni (2011). A generalized reflection method for kernel distribution and hazard function estimation. Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 6, 73-85. 10. J. Wu, R.J. Karunamuni and B. Zhang (2010). On minimum Hellinger distance estimation. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 101, 1102-1122. 11. R.J. Karunamuni, J. Li and J. Wu (2010). Robust empirical Bayes tests for continuous distributions. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 140, 268-282. 12. S. Zhang and R.J. Karunamuni (2010). Boundary Performance of the beta-kernel estimator. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 22, 81-104. 13. J. Wu and R.J. Karunamuni (2009). On minimum Hellinger distance estimation. The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 37, 514-533. 14. R.J. Karunamuni and J. Wu (2009). Minimum Hellinger distance estimation in a nonparametric mixture model. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 139, 11181133. 15. S. Zhang and R.J. Karunamuni (2009). Deconvolution boundary kernel method in nonparametric density estimation. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 139, 2269-2283. For rest of the articles, see:https://www.dropbox.com/s/txa59j43k42umr0/Research%20Papers%20of%20R.J.%2 0Karunamuni.pdf Department of Mathematical and Phone: Statistical Sciences University of Alberta 632 Central Academic Building Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1 780.492.3396 Fax: 780.492.6826 Last modified 06.17.15