Andrada E. Ivanescu Assistant Professor of Statistics, Montclair State University 242 Richardson Hall Department of Mathematical Sciences Montclair NJ 07043 email: ivanescua@mail.montclair.edu tel: (973) 655-7233 fax: (973) 655-7686 Webpage Education Ph.D. Statistics (2008), Department of Statistics, Florida State University Dissertation: Revealing Sparse Signals in Functional Data Advisers: Florentina Bunea, PhD and Marten Wegkamp, PhD M.S. Statistics (2005), Department of Statistics, Florida State University B.S. Economics (2003), Department of Economics, Universitatea de Vest Tallahassee, FL, USA Tallahassee, FL, USA Timisoara, Romania Appointments Montclair State University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Assistant Professor of Statistics (2014 Present) East Carolina University, Department of Biostatistics, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics (2008 2014) Florida State University, Department of Statistics, Research Assistant of Biostatistics (2005) Florida State University, Department of Statistics, Teaching Assistant (2003 2008) Research Interests Statistical Inference, Computational Statistics, Biostatistics, Functional Data Analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Prediction Teaching Experience Montclair State University, Department of Mathematical Sciences Advanced Statistical Methods, Spring 2016 Multivariate Analysis, (10 students) Fall 2015 Statistical Data Mining I, (45 students) Spring 2015 Applied Statistics for the Sciences, (38 students) Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014 East Carolina University, Department of Biostatistics Experimental Design, (10 students) 2013 Biostatistics for Health Professionals II, (20 students) 2011
Biostatistics for Health Professionals I, (30 students) 2009 2014 Introduction to Biostatistics, (30 students) 2008 2014 Florida State University, Department of Statistics Introduction to Statistics, 2003 2008 Fundamental Business Statistics, 2003 2008 Applied Nonparametric Statistics, 2006 (Teaching Assistant) Publications Biostatistics & Statistics Methodology Research 1. Ivanescu, A. E., Staicu, A.-M., Scheipl, F., and Greven, S. Penalized function-on-function regression. Computational Statistics 2015, 30(2), p. 539-568. 2. Ivanescu, A. E., Crainiceanu, C. M., Checkley, W. Dynamic child growth prediction: a comparative methods approach. 2015. Submitted. 3. Grajeda, L. M., Ivanescu, A. E., Saito, M., Crainiceanu, C. M., Jaganath, D., Gilman, R. H., Crabtree, J. E., Kelleher, D., Cabrere, L., Cama, V., and Checkley, W. Modeling childhood growth using linear mixed-effects models with cubic regression splines. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2015. Tentatively Accepted. equal first co-authors 4. Ivanescu, A. E., Li, P., George, B., Brown, A. W., Keith, S. W., Raju, D., and Allison, D. B. The importance of prediction model validation and assessment in obesity and nutrition research. International Journal of Obesity 2015, doi:10.1038/ijo.2015.214 5. Ivanescu, A. E. A note on bivariate smoothing for two-dimensional functional data. International Journal of Statistics and Probability 2013, 2(2), p. 102-111. 6. Bunea, F., Ivanescu, A. E., and Wegkamp, M. H. Adaptive inference for the mean of a Gaussian process in functional data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series B 2011, 73(4), p. 531-558. Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research 1. Thomas, D. M., Ivanescu, A. E., Martin, C. K., Heymsfield, S. B., Marshall, K., Bodrato, V. E., Williamson, D. A., Anton, S. D., Sacks, F. M., Ryan, D. and Bray, G. A. Predicting successful long-term weight loss from short-term weight-loss outcomes: new insights from a dynamic energy balance model (The POUNDS Lost study). The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2015, doi:10.3945/ajcn.114.091520 2. Sawrar, H., Chapman III, W. H., Pender, J. R., Ivanescu, A. E., Drake III, A. J., Pories, W. J., Dar, M. S. Hypoglycemia after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: The BOLD Experience. Obesity Surgery 2014, 24(7), p. 1120-1124. 3. Pratt, K. J., Lazorick, S., Lamson, A. L., Ivanescu, A. E., and Collier, D. N. Quality of life and BMI changes in youth participating in an integrated pediatric obesity treatment program. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2013, 11(116), p. 1-9. 4. Perryman, T., Carter, A., S. Messinger, D., S., Stone, W., L., Ivanescu, A. E., Yoder, P. Brief Report: Parental Child-Directed Speech as a Predictor of Receptive Language in Children with Autism Symptomatology. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2013, 43, p. 1983-1987. 5. Alexander, M., Pisut, G., and Ivanescu, A. E. Investigating women s plus-size body measurements and hip shape variation based on SizeUSA data. International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education 2012, 5(1), p. 3-12. 6. Elliott, S. J., Ivanescu, A. E., Leland, N., Fogo, J., Painter, J. A., and Trujillo, L. Feasibility of interdisciplinary community-based fall risk screening. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 2012, 66, 161-168.
Grants 2015, Principal Investigator: Johns Hopkins University, Child growth curve modeling, Subcontract. Percent support: 8.3% from annual salary (2015) 2013, Co-Investigator: National Institutes of Health (NIH), NADPH oxidase and microvascular dysfunction in obesity, R15. Percent support: 2.5% from annual salary (2013-2014) Talks Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2015): Inference for nonparametric function-on-function regression, Seattle, WA. Contributed Papers: Advances in High-Dimensional Data Nonparametrics: Part 1 Eastern North American Region (ENAR 2015): Estimation and confidence bands for nonparametric regression with functional responses and multiple scalar covariate, Miami, FL. Contributed Papers: Nonparametric Methods Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2013): Penalized function-on-function regression, Montreal, Canada. Contributed Papers: Functional Analysis and Mixed Models Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2012): Inference for the bivariate mean function for functional data with a two-dimensional domain, San Diego, CA. Contributed Papers: Methods for Multivariate Data Eastern North American Region (ENAR 2011): Bivariate surface estimation for functional data, Miami, FL. Contributed Papers: Functional Data Analysis Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2010): Thresholded projection estimator for the mean function in functional data, Vancouver, Canada. Topic Contributed Papers: New Directions in Functional Data Analysis New Researchers in Statistics and Probability Conference (2009): Adaptive inference for sparse signals in functional data, Baltimore, MD. (with Florentina Bunea and Marten Wegkamp) Western North American Region Meetings (WNAR 2009): Adaptive inference for sparse signals in functional data, Portland, Oregon. (with Florentina Bunea and Marten Wegkamp) Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Invited Session: Functional Data Analysis Posters 3 rd Annual ASA New Jersey Chapter / Bayer Statistics Workshop (2015): Simulation studies for functional dynamic curve prediction, Whippany, NJ. Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS 2015): Child growth prediction: a comparative methods approach, Carolina Beach, NC. ASA/Kutner faculty invited paper and poster session. The 70th Annual Deming Conference on Applied Statistics (2014): Analysis of regression with bivariate predictors and applications to an association between electricity demand and temperature, Atlantic City, NJ. Program on Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Systems (LDHD 2013): Examples of sparse structures in big data and statistical inference for images, Research Triangle Park, NC. Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) Neuroimaging Data Analysis (NDA 2013): Statistical methods for group effects in functional regression with applications to DTI brain tractography, Research Triangle Park, NC. Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) Statistical Methods for Very Large Datasets Conference (2011): Bivariate mean function estimation for functional data with a two-dimensional domain, Baltimore, MD. Analysis of Object Oriented Data (AOOD 2010): Estimating the mean function in functional data, Research Triangle Park, NC. Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI)
Statistics Organizations ASA: American Statistical Association (member since 2006) ENAR: Eastern North American Region Biometric Society (member since 2008) IMS: Institute of Mathematical Statistics (member since 2012) Refereeing Statistical Modelling Biometrics Computational Statistics and Data Analysis PLOS ONE Book Review Quantitative Data Analysis with IBM SPSS 17, 18, & 19: A Guide for Social Scientists by Bryman, A. and Cramer, D. (2011), Review published in The American Statistician (2012), 66(4), p. 241. Committees, Guiding Students in Research & Statistics Montclair State University (2014 Present) Mirna Halawani, independent study 2015 Robson Albuquerque (MSU Alumni), PhD Dissertation in Linguistics at University of Berlin 2015 Kaitlyn Scrudato, Master s Thesis in Environmental Studies 2015 Xi Kang, Master s Thesis in Statistics 2015 East Carolina University (2010 2014) Jonathan McRae, EdD Dissertation in Education 2013 2014 Elaine Campbell, EdD Dissertation in Education 2013 2014 Grace Wilson, PhD Dissertation in Medical Family Therapy 2012 2014 Meghan Hohn, Master s Thesis in Medical Family Therapy 2012 2013 Lisa Buchner, Master s Thesis in Medical Family Therapy 2012 2013 Amelia Muse, Master s Thesis in Medical Family Therapy 2012 2013 Melissa Lewis, PhD Thesis in Medical Family Therapy 2011 2013 Evan Twomey, PhD Thesis in Biology 2010 2014 Charles Williams, Master s Thesis in Biology 2010 2011 Skills, Service, & Certifications R, Matlab, JMP, SAS, Minitab, SPSS, Stata, S-plus Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Course 2012 Center for Quantitative Obesity Research, Montclair State University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State University Bulletin Boards Committee, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State University Social Media Committee, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State University
Presenter of Statistical Workshops Statistical analysis with R and RStudio Bivariate analysis using SPSS Bivariate statistical inference in SAS Introduction to statistical analysis using R Functional data analysis Bivariate and multivariate regression using SPSS Odds ratio and relative risk measures in dermatology research Service at Professional Conferences Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2015): JSM Docent, Seattle, WA. Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2012): Organizer for the invited session Recent Advances in the Analysis of Functional Data, San Diego, CA. Eastern North American Region (ENAR 2011): Chair for the ASA Biometrics Section session on Variable and Model Selection, Miami, FL. Professional Development: Short Courses Statistical analysis with missing data. Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2015), Seattle, WA. Data science and high-performance statistical computing. Eastern North American Meetings (ENAR 2015), Miami, FL. Graphics for clinical trials. Eastern North American Meetings (ENAR 2015), Miami, FL. Applied predictive modeling. The 70th Annual Deming Conference on Applied Statistics (2014), Atlantic City, NJ. Successful data mining in practice. Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2013), Montreal, Canada. Innovation in online instruction in Statistics: Engaging and challenging e-learners. United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS 2013), Cary, NC. Generalized additive mixed models. Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2012), San Diego, CA. Computationally intensive methods in teaching introductory Statistics.United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS 2011), Cary, NC. Statistical methods for new high throughput technological measurements. Eastern North American Meetings (ENAR 2011), Miami, FL. Junior Biostatisticians Workshop. Eastern North American Meetings (ENAR 2009), San Antonio, TX.
Honors and Awards NJ-NExT fellow (2014 2015) Among faculty at East Carolina University, selected by two students as The person at East Carolina University who made the most significant positive contribution to his/her education (Graduate Survey Spring 2013, 2014 ) Recipient of SAMSI travel awards to present research posters at professional conferences Program on Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Systems (LDHD 2013) Neuroscience Data Analysis (NDA 2013) Program Analysis of Object Oriented Data (AOOD 2010) Workshop Recipient of IMS travel award to present research talk at the New Researchers in Statistics and Probability Conference (2009) Recipient of ENAR travel award to the Workshop for Junior Biostatisticians at Eastern North American (ENAR 2009) Meetings Nominated for an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2006), Department of Statistics, Florida State University Merit Fellowship (2001 2003), Facultatea de Stiinte Economice, Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania Entrance Scholarship (1999 2000), Facultatea de Stiinte Economice, Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania