Research Interests

Causal Inference, Semiparametric Efficiency Theory, Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis, Bayesian Analysis, ML/AI

Selected Publications

Journal Articles in Statistical Methodology and ML/AI Conference Papers 

[1] Se Yoon Lee and Jae Kwang Kim (2026) “MEC: Machine-Learning-Assisted Generalized Entropy Calibration for Semi-Supervised Mean Estimation”, Forty-third International Conference on Machine Learning (Just Accepted) ICML 2026 Link Arkiv (6,352 accepted among 23,918 reviewed submissions; acceptance rate: 26.6%)

[2] Se Yoon Lee. (2026) “Asymptotic validity of Schoenfeld’s sample size formula for the Cox proportional hazards model via the Wald test approach”, Statistical Methods in Medical Research Journal 

[3] Se Yoon Lee. (2025) “Power Priors and Type I Error Control: Constrained Borrowing of External Control Data”, Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics Journal 

[4] Se Yoon Lee. (2025) “A note on the sample size formula for a win ratio endpoint”, Statistics in Medicine Journal Github

[5] Se Yoon Lee, Peng Zhao, Debdeep Pati, Bani K.Mallick. (2024) “Tail-adaptive Bayesian Shrinkage”, Electronic Journal of Statistics Journal Github Arkiv

[6] Se Yoon Lee (2024) “Eliciting the discount parameter in a power prior method on the basis of the type I error consideration,” Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research Journal

[7] Se Yoon Lee (2024) “Using Bayesian Statistics in Confirmatory Clinical Trials in the Regulatory Setting: A Tutorial Review,” BMC Medical Research Methodology Journal

[8] Se Yoon Lee (2023) “A flexible dose-response modeling framework based on continuous toxicity outcomes in phase I cancer clinical trials,” BMC Trials Journal

[9] Abhinav Prakash, Se Yoon Lee, Xin Liu, Lei Liu, Bani Mallick, Yu Ding (2023) “A Bayesian hierarchical model to understand the effect of terrain on wind turbine power curves,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy Journal

[10] Se Yoon Lee. (2022) “The Use of a Log-Normal Prior for the Student t-Distribution,” Axioms Journal R Package

[11] Se Yoon Lee. (2022) “Bayesian Nonlinear Models for Repeated Measurement Data: An Overview, Implementation, and Applications,” Mathematics Journal  arXiv 

[12] Se Yoon Lee, Alain Munafo, Pascal Girard, and Kosalaram Goteti. (2022) “Optimization of dose selection using multiple surrogates of toxicity as a continuous variable in Phase I cancer trial,” Contemporary Clinical Trials Journal Github Slides

[13] Se Yoon Lee. (2021) “Gibbs sampler and coordinate ascent variational inference: a set-theoretical review,” Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods Journal arXiv

[14] Se Yoon Lee and Bani K. Mallick. (2021) “Bayesian Hierarchical modeling: application towards production results in the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas,” Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B Journal SharedIt Github 

[15] Kahkashan Afrin*, Ashif Iquebal*, Mostafa Karimi*, Allyson Larsen*, Se Yoon Lee*, and Bani K Mallick*. (2020) “Directionally Dependent Multi­View Clustering Using Copula Model,” PLOS ONE (*: Equal contribution, authors are alphabetically ordered in the last name) Journal

[16] Se Yoon Lee, Bowen Lei, and Bani K. Mallick. (2020) “Estimation of COVID­19 spread curves integrating global data and borrowing information,” PLOS ONE Journal Github

[17] Seyoon Lee and Joseph H.T. Kim. (2018) “Exponentiated generalized Pareto distribution: Properties and applications towards extreme value theory,” Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods  Journal  arXiv 

Under Review 

[1] Se Yoon Lee. (2026+) “Reliable Causal Inference for Externally Controlled Single-Arm Trials under Transportability Violations.”

Medical Research and Collaboration

[1] Hyung-Kyu Chae, Hyun Jeong Hong, Se Yoon Lee, Jung-Hoon Park, Woo Joo Choi, Seungkuk Oh, Seoyeoun Ji, Yeon-Jung Hong (2022) “Factors Affecting the Outcome of Medical Treatment in Cats with Obstructive Ureteral Stones Treated with Tamsulosin: 70 Cases (2018–2022),” Veterinary Sciences Journal

[2] Hyung-Kyu Chae, Ju-Yeon Jeong, Se Yoon Lee, Hyun-Min Hwang, Kyoung-In Shin, Jung-Hoon Park, Seo-Hoon Park, Yeon-Jung Hong (2023) “Clinical Outcomes in Dogs Undergoing Cholecystectomy via a Transverse Incision: A Meta-Analysis of 121 Animals Treated between 2011 and 2021,” Veterinary Sciences Journal