I am a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Statistics and Actuarial Science Department at Simon Fraser University (SFU) under the supervision of Thomas Loughin and Rachel Altman, working on problems at the crossroads of machine learning and survival analysis (random survival forests).
Matt Berkowitz
Ph.D. in Statistics, Simon Fraser University, 2025 (expected)
M.Sc. in Statistics, Simon Fraser University, 2020
BCom in Real Estate, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, 2009
Education
McMullen, E., Berkowitz, J., Berkowitz, M., & Donovan, J. (2025). “Seasonal trends of hair loss in the southern hemisphere: An analysis of Google search patterns.” International Journal of Dermatology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijd.17744
In-progress
Berkowitz, M., Altman, R., & Loughin. T. “Targeted Tuning for Quantile Estimation using Random Forests.” In Progress.
Berkowitz, M., Altman, R., & Loughin. T. “Bias correction for Random Forest Quantile Estimation.” In Progress.
Chhabra, A., Berkowitz M., Batthish, M., et al. “JIA Improvement Charts: Novel Communication Tools to Illustrate Expected Treatment Response in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.” Submitted.
Guzman, J., Berkowitz, M., Loughin, T., et al. “Trajectories of Physical Function in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results from the CAPRI Registry.” In Progress.
Laronde, D., Berkowitz, M., Kerr, A., et al. (2025). “Clinical features associated with malignant transformation of low grade dysplasia.” Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. Submitted.