Douglas Nielsen VanDerwerken, PhD
Associate ProfessorMathematics Department
United States Naval Academy
Education:
Duke University, Durham, NC
PhD in Statistical Science, 2015
Dissertation: "Monitoring and Improving Markov Chain Monte Carlo Convergence by Partitioning"
Advisor: Scott Schmidler
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
MS in Statistics, 2011
Master's Project: "Variable Selection and Parameter Estimation Using a Continuous and Differentiable
MS in Statistics, 2011
Master's Project: "Variable Selection and Parameter Estimation Using a Continuous and Differentiable
Approximation to the L0 Penalty Function"
Advisor: H. Dennis Tolley
BS in Statistics, 2011
Graduated summa cum laude
Contact information:
Email: vanderwe@usna.edu
Phone: (410) 293 - 6780
