Dr. Laura Cowen Associate Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Victoria P.O. Box 3060 STN CSC Victoria, B.C. V8W 3R4 EMAIL: lcowen (a t) uvic.ca PHONE: (250) 721-6152 OFFICE: David Turpin Building A446 FAX: (250) 721-8962 |
Name |
Degree |
Thesis/Project |
Status/ Year Graduated |
Yuan Xu |
MSc- Statistics |
Rock lobseter abundance
estimation using the Jolly-Seber-Tag-Loss model with
group heterogeneity |
2011 |
Ryan Stone |
MSc- Statistics |
Modeling Victoria's
injection drug users. |
2013 |
Emily Malcolm | MSc- Statistics | The effect of recycled individuals in the Jolly-Seber model with tag loss. | 2014 |
Paul van dam Bates |
MSc- Statistics |
Movement and containment
of the California sea cucumber (Parastichopus
californicus) in relation to organically-enrished areas
beneath aquaculture sites |
2014 |
Lu Wang |
MSc- Statistics |
Minimum chi-square method
for estimating population size with Capture-Recapture
data. |
2015 |
Yu Wang |
MSc- Statistics |
The Jolly-Seber-tag-loss
model: a state-space formulation. |
2015 |
Ahmed Hoque | PhD- Economics and Statistics | On estimating variances for Gini coefficients with complex surveys: Theory and applications. | 2016 |
Yongfei Mao |
MSc- Statistics |
Exploring the minimum
chi-square method for multiple-occasion
Capture-Recapture data. |
2016 |
Yuyan Yang |
MSc- Statistics | Is ocean colour spectra acquired by ferry
passengers robust for science applications? |
2017 |
Yan Xu |
MSc- Statistics | A state-space formulation of the
Jolly-Seber model with dependent tag loss. |
2017 |
Yuyan Zheng | MSc- Statistics | Minimum chi-square estimation of a white stork population. | 2018 |
Mathew Parker |
MSc- Statistics | An R package for extended batch marking
data. |
Current |
Sofia Romanovska | MSc- Statistics | Evaluating citizen science golden eagle
migration data collected by the Rocky Mountain Eagle
Research Foundation, Mount Lorette, Alberta 1993-2016 |
Current |
Ben Liu | MSc- Statistics | Analysis of golden eagle migration counts, Mount Lorette, Alberta 1993-2016 | Current |
Rhonda Reidy | PhD- Biology | The role of humpback whale predation on commercial fish population dynamics in British Columbia. | Current |
Year |
Name |
Degree |
Project |
2009 |
Selina Gonzalez |
BSc- Economics and Statistics |
The Jolly-Seber-Tag-Loss
model with group heterogeneity. |
2012 |
Dean Koch |
BSc- Math/Stat and Biology |
Comparing growth rates of
Cassin's Auklet chicks on Frederick and Triangle Island, BC. |
2012 |
Dean Koch |
BSc- Math/Stat and Biology |
Comparing the wiggliness of
two spline models. |
2013 |
Stephanie Yurchak |
BSc- Math/Stat |
Parameter redundancy in
tag-loss models. |
2014 |
Robin Spillette |
BSc- Math/Stat |
Capture-Recapture analysis of
invasive Canadian goose population. |
2016 |
Jovan Allen |
BSc- Economics and Statistics |
Simulation studies in mark-recapture models. |
2017 |
Jo Cai |
BSc- Financial Mathematics and Economics |
Parameter redundancy in tag-loss models II. |
2017 |
Jo Cai |
BSc- Financial Mathematics and Economics | Evaluating drivers of harmful algae. |
Cowen, L.L.E., P.T. Besbeas, B.J.T. Morgan,
C.J. Schwarz. 2017. Hidden Markov Models for Extended Batch
Data. Biometrics, 73, 1321-1331.
Bertram D.F., A. Harfenist, L.L.E. Cowen, D. Koch,
M.C. Drever, J.M. Hipfner, and M.J.F. Lemon. 2017.
Latitudinal temperature-dependent variation in timing of
prey availability can impact Pacific seabird populations in
Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 95:
161-167.
van Dam-Bates, P., D.L. Curtis, L.L.E. Cowen, S.F.
Cross, and C.M. Pearce. 2016. Assessing movement of the
California sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) in
response to organically-enriched areas typical of
aquaculture sites. Aquaculture Environment
Interactions, 8, 67-76.
van Dam-Bates, P., M. Fyfe, and L.L.E. Cowen.
2015. Applying open population capture-recapture models
to estimate the abundance of injection drug users in
Victoria, Canada. Journal of Substance Use, early online,
1-6.
Rigby, P.C., D.M. German, L. Cowen, and M.-A. Storey.
2014. Peer review on open source software projects:
parameters and statistical models. ACM Transactions on
Embedded Computing Systems. 23(4), 35:1-33.
Xu, Y., M. Fyfe, L. Walker, and L.L.E.
Cowen. 2014. Estimating the number of injection drug
users in greater Victoria, Canada using capture-recapture
methods. Harm Reduction J. 11:9.
Cowen, L.L.E., P. Besbeas, B.J.T. Morgan, C.J. Schwarz.
2014. A comparison of abundance estimates from extended
batch-marking and Jolly-Seber type experiments. Ecology and
Evoluation. 4, 210-218.
Cowen, L.L.E., W.O. Challenger, and C.J. Schwarz. 2014. What
do salmon and injection drug users have in common?
Statistical Society of Canada's special issue in Statistics
in Action: A Canadian Outlook. J.F. Lawless editor. Chapman
and Hall/CRC Press. 269-288.
Xu, Y., L.L.E. Cowen, and C. Gardner. 2014. Group
Heterogeneity in the Jolly-Seber-Tag-Loss Model. Statistical
Methodology. 17, 3-16.
Smith, B.C., Simpson, Y., Morshed, M., Cowen,
L.L.E., Hof, R., Wetherell, C. Boulanger, M.J., Cameron,
C.E. Syphilis diagnosis – new proteins for a new
perspective. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51, 105-111.
Gonzalez, S. and L. Cowen. 2010. The
Jolly-Seber-Tag-Loss Model with group heterogeneity. The
Arbutus Review, 1, 30-42.
Exner, H., E.K. Gibson, R. Stone, J. Lindquist, L.
Cowen and E.A. Roth, 2010. A mixed methods approach to
delineating and understanding injection practices among
clientele of a Victoria, British Columbia needle exchange
program. Drug Alcohol Rev., 30, 360-365. DOI:
10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00219.x
Blight, L.K, T. D. Williams, D. F. Bertram, and L. Cowen.
Interannual variation in egg neglect and incubation
routine of the Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca Monocerata)
during the 1998-1999 El Nino/ La Nina events. Marine
Ornithology. 38, 11-15.
Eshghi, A., P. A. Cullen, L. Cowen, and C. E.
Cameron. 2009. Global proteome analysis of Leptospira
interrogans cultured in vivo-like media. J Proteome
Research. Published online August 10.
Exner, H., E.K. Gibson, R. Stone, J. Lindquist, L.
Cowen and E.A. Roth. 2009. Worry as a window into the
lives of people who use injection drugs: A factor analysis
approach. Harm Reduction J. 6-20.
Cowen, L., S. J. Walsh, C. J. Schwarz, N. Cadigan and J.
Morgan. 2009. Estimating exploitation rates of a
migrating population of yellowtail flounders using
multi-state mark-recapture methods incorporating tag-loss
and variable reporting rates. Can. J. Fish. Aquatic
Sc. 66, 1245-1273.
Cowen, L., N. Trouton, and R. E. Bailey. 2007. Effects
of angling on Chinook salmon for the Nicola River, British
Columbia, 1996-2002. N. Am. J. Fish Manage. 27,
256-267.
Cowen, L. and C. J. Schwarz. 2006. The Jolly-Seber
model with tag loss. Biometric. 62, 699-705.
Cowen, L. and C. J. Schwarz. 2005. Capture-recapture studies
using radio telemetry with premature radio-tag failure.
Biometrics. 61, 657-664.
Fraser, G. S., I. L. Jones, F. M. Hunter, and L. Cowen.
2004. Mate switching patterns in Crested Auklets (Aethia
Cristatella): The role of breeding success and ornametation.
Bird Behavior. 16, 1-6.
Cowen, L. and W. F. Bobier. 2003. Defining the
astigmatism in a pre-school population using the Retinomx
Plus autorefractor. Invest. Ophth. Vis Sci. 44, 4593-4600.
Hedd, A., J. L. Ryder, L. Cowen, and D. F. Bertram. 2002.
Inter-annual variation in the diet, provisioning, and growth
of Cassin's Auklet at Triangle Island, British Coumbia:
Resonses to variation in ocean climate? Mar. Ecol-Prog. Ser.
229, 221-232.
Bertram, D. F., L. Cowen, and A. Burger. 1999. Use of radar
for monitoring colonial burrow nesting seabirds. J. Field
Ornithol. 70, 145-157.