Dr. Eric B. Laber
Principal Investigator
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Statistical Science and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Duke University 2021 – Present
Current Students
Peter Norwood
PhD Student
He/Him
Research interests:
Adaptive Clinical trials, Non-regular Inference for Adaptively-collected Data
Current projects:
Adaptive Randomization in SMARTs, Non-Dominated Adaptive Randomization, Working on the ISPY Breast Cancer Trial
Alex Cloud
Post-Doc
He/Him
Research interests:
Reinforcement learning, statistics
Current projects:
Secret corporate projects
Yen-Chun Liu
PhD Student
Research interests:
Sequential design, Bayesian optimization, and causal inference
Current projects:
Optimal experimental designs for the average treatment effect under incentives
Yinyihong Liu
Master Student
Research interests:
Bandit algorithms
Current projects:
Bandit algorithms under partially ordered surrogates
Caitrin Murphy
PhD Student
Research interests:
Functional data analysis and dynamic treatment regimes
Current projects:
Functional regression problems for physiological data
Shuo Wang
PhD Student
Research interests:
Not specific
Current projects:
Sample Splitting
Piotr Suder
PhD Student
He/Him
Research interests:
Scalable reinforcement learning and optimization in high dimensions, deep neural networks, transfer learning
Current projects:
Nonparametric information methods for reinforcement learning algorithms, Bayesian transfer learning
Derek Dongkyu Cho
PhD Student
He/Him
Research interests:
Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, Distribution Robust Optimization
Current projects:
Spatial Reinforcement Learning
Jackson Chen
Master Student
He/Him
Research interests:
Q Learning, Experiment design, Dynamic Treatment Regime
Current projects:
Experimental Design for Q Learning
Hunyong Cho
Post-Doc
He/Him
Research interests:
Reinforcement learning methods and theory
Current projects:
Asymptotics of Bayesian MDPs, Asymptotics of Outcome Weighted Learning, Combinatorial bandits in industrial settings
Young Jun
Undergrad Student
He/Him
Research interests:
Machine learning and functional data analysis
Current projects:
Functional Data Analysis in Healthcare
Devin Johnson
PhD Student
He/Him
Research interests:
Reinforcement Learning
Current projects:
Reinforcement Learning
Andrei Staicu
Undergrad Student
Research interests:
Theoretical computer science and machine learning
Current projects:
Computer vision applications in kitchens
Siyeon Kim
Post-Doc
She/Her
Research interests:
Precision medicine, reinforcement learning
Current projects:
Identifying preferences of patients through treatment assignments by experts
Designers
Danny Schmidt
Art + Design
He/Him
Current projects:
Zombies on Treadmills, Statistics Boardwalk: Vincent Price Presents..., Flying Squirrel
Sasha Chirova
Art + Design
She/Her
Current projects:
Zombies on Treadmills, Flying Squirrel, 2 Minute Stats