The First Wu Xi International Statistics Forum* e3 Y# N7 z+ ] R( u. [$ |: O
July 17-19, 2011 ; m! p, F+ v; C% j/ DHubin Hotel, Wu Xi, China & w, }/ x* S7 \ K) s m 2 h/ R' V7 N# O4 bConference Program + S5 U: s! \; @0 W2 T) GSunday, July 17th ' j8 h1 m# L P! L7 d x+ m' k+ a9 Y' z+ h+ z: }; j# t( |. F9 R1 p% A/ b
10:00 – 10:10 Opening remark (Jun Liu) ' \2 d: j; j- s6 L" }, ]9 |10:10 – 10:20 Official remark6 i1 B( u% i- i0 @! v) W
10:20 – 10:30 Introduction to plenary speaker (Jun Liu) * ~# I+ q0 X: ]& x1 h10:30 – 11:30 Plenary Speech (Don Rubin) 2 n0 X% |, G$ T3 H1 N1 q* z0 S* i j4 X3 S" l6 _3 m5 V) P, Q
11:30 Lunch 7 E7 y: g) N% F% i1 l8 o+ w7 h! |1 Q+ u5 ?# b
1:00 – 3:00 Parallel session I # p8 `4 ?/ s% v1 F 7 F5 v. ~' U$ g$ j) g oA (Chair: Min Tang): 0 v$ P8 g/ Q7 s5 q' A7 n+ z4 I1:00 – 1:30 Adaptive Score Test for the Effects of Genetic Marker Sets p8 q! I8 p+ dXihong Lin ( q! Q X: |& c& T1 z1 X1:30 – 2:00 On computation with the accelerated failure time model/ T8 M' l- ?% I8 C* Y
Yijian Huang1 S: ~; D4 Q, h
2:00 – 2:30 A Rank-Based Test for the Comparison of Multidimensional Outcomes 7 T3 \0 ]2 C5 ^Kai Fun Yu 4 U& I; ]9 S- h% s8 T2:30 – 3:00 Extending the Scope of Partial F-Test to High Dimensional Data * N0 o, U" i- h0 t4 ~/ Q) oHansheng Wang 7 Z* S; Z. h* ~4 z 0 L w0 [: |5 I4 j/ AB (Chair: Jin Yong): / |9 R) ~/ \7 V, n! d1:00 – 1:30 TBA 5 i" J9 E3 T: d* W" b7 C6 SYing Yang - ^ U; q) K8 u5 G1 s1:30 – 2:00 Bayesian analysis of generalized semiparametric linear mixed models using the Dirichlet process prior and P-spline; m2 j( n3 n& E5 D: J9 T
Niansheng Tang# D" @, y; Z# [! E: ?$ {
2:00 – 2:30 Normal and Compound Poisson Approximations for the Number of PatternApproximations for the Number of Pattern Occurrences in High-throughput Sequence Reads * J" i& Y7 h4 ~% A* E0 O1 ^: L9 TYihui Luan ( R/ a1 P8 L) V* M2:30 – 3:00 Structural dimensional reduction for high-dimensional data analysis( m- h/ R2 y* u! V2 ]% [
Jianhua Guo 3 h/ l" @6 r1 ?4 ?6 m O( P9 s3:00 – 3:15 Tea break 8 q0 ^' w" l- K9 A0 `+ u" y( ~( g7 Y& N, ], q* X3 V
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Sunday, July 17th ! |7 X( m/ }9 B A _# J' R " k- U! k# Z& Y3: 15 – 5:15 Parallel session II& D! b( R* B# q8 v3 g5 G- u0 R
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A (Chair: Fangzhou Yao): ' X' O$ r' r. i0 X" R# I# ~3:15 – 3:45 Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling to Understand Disease Risks( R7 n" Y" j5 t- |% z
Xiaole Liu6 x5 N0 ?! j( k2 t
3:45 – 4:15 TBA 5 t* E# D) @5 Z; _3 T/ _Xuegong Zhang9 C0 ^& i$ o7 Z0 e% _1 ]
4:15 – 4:45 Combining Exploration and Exploitation Strategies in Adaptive MCMC for Bayesian Inference; G, Q0 Z: s& ?5 e; m3 K2 ?8 `9 {
Scott Schmidler8 Y8 P# W% b9 [- `
4:45 – 5:15 A Bayesian clustering approach for partitioning the conformational space of biomolecules3 g# C$ y, n+ q- M
Xiaodan Fan& P- _0 p$ s* y6 q- V4 _+ Y
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B (Chair: Wei Lan): + A# Y8 D. F/ U" |' V; G* f# f- P3:15 – 3:45 TBA 1 j+ N; E8 @- o. s+ a7 v7 ULijian Yang5 B* @# t w* d4 g$ ?* P1 X: `
3:45 – 4:15 Instability of Predictability of Asset Returns7 x2 K( N7 O/ F5 v8 q( v' M4 S
Zongwu Cai ) R; t2 a% w4 s1 L/ {4:15 – 4:45 Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Method for Copulas; c+ ~6 e/ X' [. [9 g
Yongcheng Qi: W. t9 X$ G7 ?: P0 v! s
4:45 – 5:15 Interval estimation for the tail index of a GARCH(1,1) model1 n! {+ c# Q' t* y. L$ n
Liang Peng : S8 P, V3 G0 k( s2 L% G! o8 h8 z# l# o, p# r3 \
5:30 – 8:00 Poster session and light refreshment . S7 O H4 r- V n0 h2 L% o* v0 H0 u4 h: z) O; U# `6 D
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8 U5 C' d7 ], D) pMonday, July 18th 5 `/ o& ?; r- N% M9 x- e6 m; @2 e5 X+ n' [. f5 S. y R
8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Sam Kou) ( v$ ]+ R3 `: @. ~, r# p& P9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Brad Efron) 1 g# D' _" @7 I y+ @% A; t8 `. u' m' _
10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break . P" F/ `9 ]0 I( z) J) j# R# C4 Z- {9 i0 r1 \
10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session III ' s Y5 y$ M' L. q' A: d
: V7 Z" j* p5 [& d1 OA (Chair: Mengyang Gu):- C" q0 Y( K- m$ n, @1 P: A1 k
10:15 – 10:45 Optimal Shrinkage Estimation in Heteroscedastic Hierarchical Models% z+ Z! N( B0 b" h/ @* ^
Samuel Kou. {9 W, x4 x6 x' J, }! b( n8 w
10:45 – 11:15 Subsampling for Feature Selection! d/ g' J4 }: q$ o3 _
Jiayang Sun3 v8 B& r* x" h, L5 w. @
11:15 – 11:45 On Hierarchical Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Social Network Analysis % B/ Z# U* U" m6 o kChunlin Ji5 w/ ?8 x( Y% A$ k6 ^) U
11:45 – 12:15 Penalized Least Squares Estimation with Weakly Dependent Data E5 }7 q. @. b: C0 b5 d
Xin Tong/ @5 v* H4 \2 y+ Z+ k, k8 H/ ?- p
12:15 – 12:45 TBA ; H5 R$ z, ?0 f5 @) t6 [Min Chen4 i- g3 Q4 L! o% h' c; a
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B (Chair: Hirose Yoshihiro): 3 X+ W3 Y* l, h& M+ h10:15 – 10:45 Identification of candidate causal genes in complex diseases through an integrated analysis of genome-wide association study and expression quantitative trait locus mapping. o* e3 u( A) f- x7 V
Hao Li 2 X& ^# I8 g3 L7 r1 e9 J10:45 – 11:15 TBA + X( T. g% e. R* ?Edoardo Airioli 9 f- ? R& U" i- u' Q11:15 – 11:45 TBA" Z$ [; i2 ~! H1 n* L. T5 |$ N+ ]
Yixue Li6 O: c7 r# s' E0 u! i: C* z& L
11:45 – 12:15 Statistical modeling of RNA-Seq data ! v: V( i6 \( u( u4 O) j* L$ p0 jWenxuan Zhong3 b1 ?/ o* p `$ r
12:15 – 12:45 Generalized Semiparametric Regression Models with Smooth Variance Function, with Application to Medical Cost Data # O2 f+ p7 D% X8 tJinsong Chen2 h7 k. e# G S9 }
' G2 B* k0 ~3 S c( h( M12:45 Lunch - [ h- n7 m% v, I" | 8 \3 ?1 ?* N. T$ r4 t6 E' @3 m6 [2:00 Excursion 4 |- h: m* \+ T; _; }! ]2 w f$ o% i/ o6 j, M 9 @! p0 C x! e( ~, L8 ~. M$ s
Tuesday July 19th7 j, x% ?) @, G% V% ?+ b+ ~- c2 o
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8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Steve Qin) 9 b5 b6 {. _; i8 x
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Jianqing Fan) - @/ w+ N- I% ]& C! p$ P5 x4 p) U. T) K7 ?4 y l+ L/ J
10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break0 O" k1 z3 P1 [; m# }! M$ Z
9 t. y V, ~! d6 ]* s% E10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session IV . s+ }" _. j% k' F1 H 8 C8 p; x; o! X" T% u. F9 ]A (Chair: Rui Pan):9 c1 B8 q4 o: ~9 |0 a% u
10:15 – 10:45 TBA+ y) t- H" C/ n Z5 N
Jun Shao " M1 t$ @( I# W: q" |. s
10:45 – 11:15 On choosing the size of data perturbation in adaptive model selection via penalization6 C: Z8 v) c& h8 e. B6 v. U$ S; r
Hung Chen6 e# ?2 @: i* S+ l7 I& g; z
11:15 – 11:45 Determining probability of germline mutations in family-based sequencing studies4 m( O, g4 h7 I7 \0 V
Wenyi Wang : n$ J: P0 U9 S3 e9 O1 X
11:45 – 12:15 Nonparametric Inference of Hemodynamic Response for fMRI data with Inhomogeneous Variances through Kernel Smoothing' Z+ ~: M( k8 K! `6 W
Tingting Zhang9 x1 b% j* ~1 |1 |3 `& K$ j) L
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B (Chair: Wenbao Yu):# _: f% Q1 A. Z3 ^6 I
10:15 – 10:45 Generalized Measures of Correlation for Asymmetry, Nonlinearity in Economic Study and Beyond) k. W# m6 S- P# t1 I2 p M
Zhengjun Zhang ' X# S9 f, |" T- [2 d10:45 – 11:15 Model Selection Principles in Misspecified Models( [6 Q0 c0 P( w7 R6 i
Jinchi Lv9 y/ G: Q: s2 V5 ~9 J/ \" T
11:15 – 11:45 Statistical Analysis and Inference for Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data7 b7 S- d! Y3 ?1 N& M B
Chunming Zhang * j- D$ W0 q9 [0 x9 B11:45 – 12:15 Analysis of Zero-Inflated Count Data from an In Vivo Genotoxicity Test 4 @- h. _, a/ z/ s( vSusan Portugal( ^2 V- B; w8 j$ W% Q$ }2 p
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12:15 Lunch 4 w, d! b) ~; F3 W- k 3 [+ L- c1 u! I 4 ~( A5 m0 H% v2 c$ m
Tuesday July 19th % _7 F8 E n' u8 y) w - b# Y; a, T: h7 b F2:00 – 4:30 Parallel session V * X7 s, f6 M& c
) ^0 i; ]. E$ Q2 m8 LA (Chair: Mingche Su): 6 b( b% i; g( S* j1 Z& w2:00 – 2:00 Quantile Regression for Analyzing Heterogeneity in Ultra-high Dimension% S" O, Y* P! V$ ^
Runze Li ( O: o# N7 h4 v& n- B& A: C2:30 – 3:00 High Dimensional Multinomial Clustering 6 h; s5 V$ q: F- |: O9 P, |& cJin Cao ' T/ W" ]0 U3 i+ p7 M- z# L, H5 \3:00 – 3:30 Detecting Subclusters in Outliers / Q/ u" u/ k$ ]: O/ F& L! \Dongseok Choi $ A" s$ k/ b6 J) G5 J' G# D- U3:30 – 4:00 Application of multiple-indicator multiple-causes (MIMIC) models detected and adjusted for measurement bias in racial difference of religiosity between black and white older Americans 6 c9 F) Z! w& E% J4 y" K3 _Chengwu Yang5 l8 ^3 x8 ?$ R$ T( K, E. g
4:00 – 4:30 Improve estimation efficiency of marginal proportional hazards model by a partitioning method0 l& E4 s r$ t) V/ Y
Wenjun Cui $ {: o1 k P' A) L+ P- \/ _% k B4:30 – 5:00 Bayesian Multivariate Ordinal Probit Analysis of China's Consumer Confidence Index Data' Q" A$ B' `+ }8 D9 L
Junni Zhang7 z! \( i2 B/ m0 c" o
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2:00 – 2:00 Functional Additive Regression9 i6 I( u+ E6 ~( L( q5 p3 n
Yingying Fan( @: e/ K& ?9 C+ k2 H& K
2:30 – 3:00 Robust empirical Bayes inference by conditioning on rank with application to microarray data . P" R* K4 a6 M$ w9 JJason Liao . d7 O( j/ C" {3:00 – 3:30 Estimation for the Single-index Models with Random Effects6 V$ ^! M( ^# o0 x' d
Zhen Pang! K' I2 |. c) b
3:30 – 4:00 Nonlinear time series 7 ~1 w# P8 W/ p
Fuxia Cheng" \& ?5 n: u. P2 }
4:00 – 4:30 Jackknife empirical likelihood methods for risk measures and related quantities # r( `4 @8 J; ARuodu Wang6 W: n1 l' T7 \( W
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