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List of Publications:
Refereed Journal Publications
1. Vishesh Karwa, Debdeep Pati, Sonja Petrovi´c, Liam Solus, Nikita Alexeev, Mateja Raiˇc, Dane Wilburne, Robert Williams and Bowei Yan, (2024) “Monte-Carlo goodness-of-fit tests for stochastic block models,”, The Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series B, Volume 86(1), pages 90–121. ArxivId: 1612.06040.
2. Vishesh Karwa, Sonja Petrovi´c, Denis Bajic, (2022) “Degeneracy Restricted Exponential Random graph models,” Network Science, Vol 10(1), pages 82-110.
3. Bai Li, Vishesh Karwa, Rebecca Steorts and Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, (2018) “A privacy preserving algorithm to release sparse high-dimensional histograms,” Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality, Vol 8(1).
4. Yue Wang, Daniel Kifer, Jaewoo Lee, Vishesh Karwa, (2018) “Statistical approximating distributions under differential privacy,” Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality, Vol 8(1).
5. Vishesh Karwa, (2018), “Minimax Optimal Procedures for Locally Private Estimation : A comment,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol 113(521), pages 204-207.
6. Vishesh Karwa and Salil Vadhan, (2018), “Finite Sample Optimal Differentially Private confidence intervals,” Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 94, pages 44:1-44:9.
7. Vishesh Karwa, Michael J. Pelsmajer, Sonja Petrovi´c, Despina Stasi, Dane Wilburne, (2017), “Statistical models for cores decomposition of an undirected random graph,” Electronic Journal of Statistics, Vol 11, Issue 1, 1949-1982. ArxivId: 1410.7357.
8. Vishesh Karwa, Pavel Krivitsky, Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, (2017), “Sharing social network data - Differentially private estimation of exponential random graph models,” The Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series C, Vol 66, Issue 3, 481-500. ArxivId: 1511.02930.2
9. Vishesh Karwa and Sonja Petrovi´c, (2016), “Discussion of co-authorship and citation networks for statisticians,” The Annals of Applied Statistics, Vol 10, Number 4, 1827-1834. ArxivId: 1608.06667.
10. Vishesh Karwa, Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, (2016), “Inference using noisy degrees - Differentially private synthetic graphs and β models,” The Annals of Statistics, Vol 44, Number 1, 87-112.
11. Vishesh Karwa, Sofya Raskhodnikova, Adam Smith, Grigory Yaroslavtsev, (2014), “Private Analysis of Graph Structure,” ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS), Vol 39(3), 22.
12. Vishesh Karwa, Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, Pavel Krivitsky, (2014), “Differentially private Exponential Random graph models,” Privacy in Statistical Databases, (J. Domingo-Ferrer, ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8744, 143-155.
13. Vishesh Karwa and Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, (2013), “Conditional inference given partial information in contingency tables using Markov Bases,” Wiley Series on Computational Statistics, Vol 5(3), 207-218 (Invited).
14. Minal Lalpuria, Vishesh Karwa, RC Anantheswaran, JD Floros, (2013), “Modified agar diffusion bioassay for better quantification of Nisaplin,” Journal of applied Microbiology, Vol 114(3), 663-671.
15. Vishesh Karwa and Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, (2012), “Differentially private graphical degree sequences and synthetic graphs,” Privacy in Statistical Databases, (J. Domingo-Ferrer and I. Tinnirello, eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7556,273-285.
16. Vishesh Karwa, Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, and Eric T. Donnell, (2011), “Causal Inference in Transportation Safety Studies: Comparison of Potential Outcomes and Causal Bayesian Networks,” The Annals of Applied Statistics, Vol 5, Number 2B, 1428-1455.
17. Vishesh Karwa, Sofya Raskhodnikova, Adam Smith, Grigory Yaroslavtsev, (2011), “Private Analysis of Graph Structure,” Proceedings of Very Large DataBases, Vol 4, Issue 11, 1146-1157.
18. Naomi Altman, Qing Wang, Vishesh Karwa, Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, (2010), “Resolving Isoform Expression using Digital gene Expression Data,” Journal of Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, Special Issue on Statistical Genomics, Vol 64, Issue 1, pages 19-31.
19. Vishesh Karwa, and Eric T. Donnell, (2010), “Predicting Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity using Artificial Neural Networks,” The ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 137(2), 91-103.
20. Lekshmi Sasidharan, Vishesh Karwa, Eric T. Donnell, (2009), “Use of Pavement Marking Degradation Models to Develop a Pavement Marking Management System,” Public Works Management and Policy, 14(2):148-173.
21. Eric T. Donnell, Vishesh Karwa, Sudhakar Sathyanarayanan, (2009), “Analysis of Effects of Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity on Traffic Crash Frequency on Highways in North Carolina,” Transportation Research Record, 2103:50-60.
Refereed Workshop Papers
1. Vishesh Karwa, Dan Kifer, Aleksandra Slavkovi´c, (2015), “Private posterior distributions from Variational approximations,” NIPS 2015 Workshop on Learning and Privacy with Incomplete Data and Weak Supervision.
Refereed Book Chapters
1. Elizabeth Gross, Vishesh Karwa, Sonja Petrovi´c, (2022), “Algebraic statistics, tables, and networks: The Fienberg advantage,” In: Carriquiry, A.L., Tanur, J.M., Eddy, W.F. (eds) Statistics in the Public Interest. Springer Series in the Data Sciences, Springer, Cham.
Technical Reports
1. Aref N Dajani, Amy D Lauger, Phyllis E Singer, Daniel Kifer, Jerome P Reiter, Ashwin Machanavajjhala, Simson L Garfinkel, SA Dahl, M Graham, V Karwa, H Kim, P Leclerc, IM Schmutte, WN Sexton, L Vilhuber, JM Abowd, (2017), “The modernization of statistical disclosure limitation at the US Census Bureau,” Census Scientific Advisory Committee Meetings.