Tobias Hepp, Dr. rer. biol. hum.

Dr. Tobias Hepp

Research and teaching associate
Raum: Raum 3.012
Universitätsstr. 22
91054 Erlangen

Research Interests

  • Statistical learning:
    • Model-based gradient boosting
    • Interpretable neural networks
  • (Robust) distributional regression
  • Modelling latent structures (e.g. mixtures of regression models)
  • Advanced biostatistical applications

Publications

Talks and Presentations

12/2023 Organized Session: Regression models for latent structures
CMStatistics 2023, Berlin, Germany
07/2023 Component-wise boosting for mixture distributional regression models IWSM 2023, Dortmund, Germany
03/2022 Distributional latent class modelling for the indirect estimation of reference distributions using mixture density networks DAGStat 2022, Hamburg, Germany
07/2019 Adaptive step-lengths in model-based gradient boosting algorithms for distributional regression Statistical Computing 2019, Günzburg, Germany
03/2019 Proper imputation for GAMLSS inference DAGStat 2019, München, Germany
09/2018 Estimation of smooth reference limits from contaminated data sources Statistische Woche 2018, Linz, Austria
07/2018 Estimating dynamic reference intervals from contaminated data sources Statistical Computing 2018, Günzburg, Germany
12/2017 Tuning model-based gradient boosting algorithms with focus on variable selection CMStatistics 2017, London, UK
07/2017 Variable selection for model-based gradient boosting using random probes Statistical Computing 2017, Günzburg, Germany
12/2016 Assessing the significance of effects in boosted location and scale models CMStatistics 2016, Sevilla, Spain
07/2016 Assessing the significance of effects in boosted location and scale models Statistical Computing 2016, Günzburg, Germany
03/2016 Regularization methods in statistical modelling – A comparison between gradient boosting and the lasso DAGStat 2016, Göttingen, Germany
07/2015 Regularization methods in statistical modelling – A comparison between gradient boosting and the lasso Statistical Computing 2015, Günzburg, Germany