Ph.D. student in Statistics at Simon Fraser University

Vancouver, BC, Canada

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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

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.

Publications