The PhD defence will be in Auditorium 2 - Vilhelm Bjerknes' hus. The host of the session will moderate the technicalities while the chair of the defence will moderate the disputation.
Ex auditorio questions: the chair of the defence will invite the audience to ask questions ex auditorio at the end of the defence.
Trial lecture
Friday 31st og January, time: 10:15 am, room Auditorium 2 (Vilhelm Bjerknes' hus).
Dependent censoring in survival analysis
Main research findings
A model is a mathematical description of some phenomenon. Models can help us predict, understand and shape the world around us. That being said, the world is complex, and the language of mathematics is rigid. This gives models a major flaw. They are almost always wrong. But models work well in practice and are crucial for humans to make sense of the world. This thesis attempts to guide scientists in the search for good models, by deriving ways of evaluating, fitting and ranking candidates without trusting them blindly. This is achieved by formulating precise approximations to the "error" of models, and by studying methods for fitting wrong models in the best possible way.
Adjudication committee
- Professor Ingrid van Keilegom, University of Leuven
- Associate Professor Kristoffer Herland Hellton, OsloMet
- Associate Professor David Ruiz Banos, University of Oslo
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Ingrid Hobæk Haff, Universitetet i Oslo
- Professor Nils Lid Hjort, Universitetet i Oslo
Chair of defence
Head of Department Erlend Fornæss Wold.
Host of the session
Associate Professor David Ruiz Banos, University of Oslo