Filia Vonta
Assistant Professor
National Technical
University of Athens, Greece
Short
Biography
Undergraduate studies at the University of Patras, Greece (B.Sc. 1984 in
Mathematics), graduate studies at the University of Maryland, USA (M.A.,
1988 and PhD., 1992). Worked previously at the University of Cyprus
(1993-2009), at the University of Athens (Visiting Assistant Professor,
Fall 2000), Athens University of Business and Economics (Visiting
Assistant Professor, Spring 2006), Université Renes Descartes - Paris V
(Spring 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008).
Honors
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Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI),
2006
-
Society Council,
Vice
President,
Eastern Mediterranean Region of the International Biometrics Society
(1/2001 -
5/2007).
Selected publications
BOOK EDITING
Vonta, F., Nikulin, M., Limnios, N. and Huber-Carol, C. (2008).
Statistical Models and Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems,
Springer (Birkhäuser), Boston, 550pages.
JOURNAL EDITING
Vonta, F.
and Frenkel, I. (2007). (guest editors). Communications in
Dependability and Quality Management, Vol. 10 (1), 121
pages.
ARTICLES
1.
Huber-Carol, C. and Vonta, F. (2009). A semiparametric model for
interval censored and truncated data, Asymptotic Statistics and Its
Application to Reliability and Survival Analysis, Zap. Nauch. Sem.
S-Petersburg. Otdel. Mat. Inst. Steklov (POMI)
363,
139-150.
2.
Huber-Carol, C., Solev, V., and Vonta, F. (2009). Interval censored and
truncated data: rate of convergence of NPMLE of the density, Journal
of Statistical Planning and Inference, 139, 1734-1749.
3.
Koukouvinos, C., Mylona, K. and Vonta, F. (2008). A Comparative Study of
Variable Selection Procedures Applied in High Dimensional Medical
Problems, Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 3,
No. 2, 195-209.
4.
Huber, C., Solev, V. N. and Vonta, F. (2007). Maximum likelihood
estimators: nonparametric approach, Journal of Mathematical Sciences,
Springer, US, 147, No. 4, 6975-6979.
5.
Vonta
F. and Karagrigoriou, A.
(2007).
Variable selection strategies in survival models with multiple
imputations, Lifetime Data Analysis, 13, Issue 3,
295-315.
6.
Slud, E. V. and Vonta, F. (2005). Efficient semiparametric estimators
via modified profile likelihood, J. Statist.
Plann. and
Infer.,
129, 339-367.
7.
Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta F. (2005). On efficient AR spectral
estimation for long-range predictions, Commun.
In Statist.,
34, Issue 7, 1587-1603.
8.
Vonta, F. (2004). Efficient estimation in regression frailty or
transformation models based on an algorithm, Austral. and New Zeal.
J. of Statist., 47 (4), 503-514.
9.
Huber-Carol, C. and Vonta, F. (2004). Frailty models for arbitrarily
censored and truncated data, Lifetime Data Analysis, 10,
Issue 4, 369-388.
10.
Slud, E. V. and Vonta, F. (2004). Consistency of the NPML Estimator in
the Right-Censored Transformation Model.
Scand. J.
Statist.,
31, 21-41.
11.
Karagrigoriou, A. and Vonta, F. (1999). Asymptotically efficient order
selection of a nonzero mean AR process for h-step prediction.
Sankhya A,
61, Pt. 3, 381-397.
12.
Vonta,
F. (1996). Efficient estimation in a nonproportional hazards model in
survival analysis, Scand.
J. Statist.,
23, 49-61.
Conference Organization
Scientific and Organizing Committee,
Chairperson,
International Conference
on Statistical Methods
for Biomedical and Technical Systems
in association with the
European Seminar “Mathematical Methods for Survival Analysis,
Reliability and Quality of Life”,
Limassol, Cyprus,
May 2006.
Address:
Department of Mathematics
School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences
National Technical University of Athens
Zografou Campus, Gr-15780, Athens, Greece
Phone:
0030-2107721699
Fax :
0030-2107721775
email:
vonta@math.ntua.gr
vonta@ucy.ac.cy
