University of Pittsburgh

Faculty

Robert Krafty

Robert Krafty
Assistant Professor

2702 Cathedral of Learning
412-624-8729

http://www.stat.pitt.edu/krafty/

Education:

  • PhD, Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
  • MA, Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
  • BS, Mathematics, SUNY Stony Brook, 2000

Research Interests:

  • Non-stationary time series
  • Longitudinal and functional data analysis
  • Biostatistics
  • Applications to genetics, imaging, and EEG data

Courses:

  • STAT 2132, Applied Statistical Methods 2, Spring 2009
  • STAT 2321, Applied Advanced Time Series, Fall 2008
  • STAT 2132, Applied Statistical Methods 2, Spring 2008
  • STAT 2131, Applied Statistical Methods 1, Fall 2007

Selected Publications:

  • Orsini, J. A., Parsons, C. S., Krafty, R. T., Capewell, L., and Boston, R. (2007) “Risk Factors for Acute Laminitis in Horses during Hospitalization: 73 cases (1997-2004).” Journal of the American Veterinary Association. 6, 885-889.
  • Krafty, R. T., Gimotty, P. A., Cookous, G., Holtz, D., Guo, W, “Varying-Coefficient Model with Unknown Within-Subject Covariance for the Analysis of Tumor Growth Curves.” Biometrics. Under Revision.
  • Krafty, R. T. and Guo, W. “Penalized Functional Principal Components Analysis Using a Kullback-Leibler Criterion.”  Journal of the American Statistical Association..  Submitted.
  • Holtz, D. O., Krafty, R. T., Zhang, L., Alagkiozidis, I., Courrèges, M. C., Chu, C. S., Leiby, B., Benencia, F., Guo, W., Gimotty, P. A., Coukos, G.  “Impact of Tumor VEGF on the Efficacy of Combinatorial Chemo-Antiangiogenesis Therapy:  Preclinical Modeling in Ovarian Cancer.” Clinical Cancer Research.  Submitted.
  • Krafty, R. T., Litt, B., and Guo, W. “Time Dependant Spectral Process for Non-Stationary Time Series Classification.”  In Preparation.
  • Wiebe, D. J., Krafty, R. T., Kopper, C. S., Nance, M. L., Elliott, M. R., Branas, C. C. “Homicide and Geographic Access to Gun Dealers in the United States.”  In Preparation.