The First Wu Xi International Statistics Forum, o0 `2 F0 g3 B5 t6 `: \# z4 W& G( j
July 17-19, 2011$ B! K: Q6 |2 u7 e2 Z' M& a% J
Hubin Hotel, Wu Xi, China8 H) c6 a5 X2 a7 @/ ^( C
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Conference Program ( a0 F5 c: P' OSunday, July 17th7 C( V. e' e. M9 X) W! s
. c6 U% C# m, s, `: Y6 \; Z10:00 – 10:10 Opening remark (Jun Liu) # ]" n2 \8 T3 E1 ]; u10:10 – 10:20 Official remark - m) n' T( M+ Z! K1 k10:20 – 10:30 Introduction to plenary speaker (Jun Liu) & [% A" ^+ w$ w9 l. O0 J10:30 – 11:30 Plenary Speech (Don Rubin), C) ]9 i& s5 b+ ~# S! h; D, x) @
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11:30 Lunch 6 ]3 h1 D' J, F5 u _) `) g( z; _' ]1 J2 o9 ^& h
1:00 – 3:00 Parallel session I 1 M9 h& S' v6 s' |3 G8 ^' u1 J
7 k) D# e! ?8 E) e% Z C6 B2 `5 yA (Chair: Min Tang): ; A* z* F0 G! i# {1:00 – 1:30 Adaptive Score Test for the Effects of Genetic Marker Sets : w$ ^4 ^- H& ~8 M0 U
Xihong Lin ' J/ q# t+ {; C b, E
1:30 – 2:00 On computation with the accelerated failure time model - z: V3 ]1 z9 i- AYijian Huang * X3 R Z# \# p2:00 – 2:30 A Rank-Based Test for the Comparison of Multidimensional Outcomes 1 k: a: W6 C5 }9 `. D* _Kai Fun Yu5 f3 `& Q/ }' [- t% ?
2:30 – 3:00 Extending the Scope of Partial F-Test to High Dimensional Data( V# t8 h! f4 A5 k/ P( B! L
Hansheng Wang 5 ~# ~* P# M6 E( j, q6 O
5 Q! F) C8 L0 q2 sB (Chair: Jin Yong):2 a" |4 S' v1 E; d. ^
1:00 – 1:30 TBA 6 m3 E& q/ f7 U( zYing Yang ' ]% M6 A2 a3 V. ]6 ^1:30 – 2:00 Bayesian analysis of generalized semiparametric linear mixed models using the Dirichlet process prior and P-spline! y5 n& ~1 }# F m
Niansheng Tang ; t* m+ z6 x$ r; H2:00 – 2:30 Normal and Compound Poisson Approximations for the Number of PatternApproximations for the Number of Pattern Occurrences in High-throughput Sequence Reads 4 M9 J6 k- v* X* y+ xYihui Luan) t L8 _2 P5 B6 e i7 V; R
2:30 – 3:00 Structural dimensional reduction for high-dimensional data analysis* ~% h; W- s& z2 m5 l- |9 X0 y
Jianhua Guo8 P) I# {% i! R
3:00 – 3:15 Tea break/ o4 N0 U6 y( L* s5 n
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$ g% x6 l1 {! K7 O+ d) g7 y; b 5 V9 t4 ^2 F3 y- k6 v- kSunday, July 17th s9 L: K5 _. \6 J0 u h2 x9 x/ N: Z! G! ]. ?$ U
3: 15 – 5:15 Parallel session II 0 N6 v* _* {7 f) Q" N% B7 m ; _5 o7 s8 W' V* ?A (Chair: Fangzhou Yao):; ^! ^. Q \7 c) d# ?& e
3:15 – 3:45 Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling to Understand Disease Risks % t2 W4 L& Q) m1 |+ EXiaole Liu 6 i9 E/ h4 T# R1 R3:45 – 4:15 TBA/ S2 h# f E# o- z
Xuegong Zhang3 Z: ]" h+ v1 h# q. n! r( b
4:15 – 4:45 Combining Exploration and Exploitation Strategies in Adaptive MCMC for Bayesian Inference ; p4 |# {. D( E& ^5 D, \2 e) v! CScott Schmidler' t) C" u f3 G- [2 ?( l
4:45 – 5:15 A Bayesian clustering approach for partitioning the conformational space of biomolecules" Q( G1 ^1 d$ `7 Z$ k; n
Xiaodan Fan+ c+ Y4 b( p$ H+ ?
) ~$ V7 [, s9 k+ ^5 ZB (Chair: Wei Lan): & s0 o) g0 a/ y. R9 f* V8 V4 F3:15 – 3:45 TBA/ {- \! |5 g3 x9 o- }
Lijian Yang7 s8 M$ V5 D# X6 e r
3:45 – 4:15 Instability of Predictability of Asset Returns8 P9 _' [( w G. D' j: y5 ^' ~
Zongwu Cai( m" ], t4 z- h( k
4:15 – 4:45 Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Method for Copulas % }9 e! g5 J4 NYongcheng Qi/ n, l2 x7 N% q. o$ J9 B; ~
4:45 – 5:15 Interval estimation for the tail index of a GARCH(1,1) model3 d, e# {. {7 X1 A/ N
Liang Peng ( o) t4 j7 R: c4 o3 l, x' T ( h3 K8 u& y( D% x* y; x+ T# j5:30 – 8:00 Poster session and light refreshment( W; h# |, a# o; S6 c+ o+ Z
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Monday, July 18th # w5 J* j* Y( D# \0 c; m, Q : g( @) B/ i, G5 z5 i8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Sam Kou) + J5 X m: _- ]1 x
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Brad Efron) & T! s" l* I- ]+ Z; w) K: o0 @/ W& X7 v; y1 y9 ` j. k* }
10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break: H. `) H/ x% W% n
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A (Chair: Mengyang Gu):2 R% Q; Q4 N# W% E: L4 j) W
10:15 – 10:45 Optimal Shrinkage Estimation in Heteroscedastic Hierarchical Models + Y1 g$ i6 T* p' lSamuel Kou( R+ \) g4 M# X2 O7 i/ v
10:45 – 11:15 Subsampling for Feature Selection( R% A. e% q' z1 W2 V) V
Jiayang Sun$ p* N! \8 ~: Q9 F4 ^
11:15 – 11:45 On Hierarchical Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Social Network Analysis ) ]' X# T: L' _Chunlin Ji8 c+ G" r% P( i$ |; j* }; R+ K
11:45 – 12:15 Penalized Least Squares Estimation with Weakly Dependent Data ' b3 x8 }( p" M( _8 r. t+ H
Xin Tong 6 q+ \1 D8 T, ?; L12:15 – 12:45 TBA , h, b! V: C2 IMin Chen - o8 {6 e+ a) r1 g t5 z' p- t5 |1 F1 |# d
B (Chair: Hirose Yoshihiro): 9 c$ j9 X5 P2 @$ |- i10:15 – 10:45 Identification of candidate causal genes in complex diseases through an integrated analysis of genome-wide association study and expression quantitative trait locus mapping1 ]- }; j% o" ~) x% _
Hao Li 7 F+ A4 t6 _ w0 T% s: r10:45 – 11:15 TBA 4 Y6 \, G2 w; o* L" GEdoardo Airioli/ o0 R* m$ D E8 [& Z. {5 R1 C& J* @* Z
11:15 – 11:45 TBA7 m+ x8 |. l7 p6 q k
Yixue Li / ^( B5 O6 X# ^) a11:45 – 12:15 Statistical modeling of RNA-Seq data1 ?9 M! |% }& x% s8 K8 c# Z
Wenxuan Zhong; a2 R4 I2 s a, H6 J4 t+ D
12:15 – 12:45 Generalized Semiparametric Regression Models with Smooth Variance Function, with Application to Medical Cost Data ) T: Z1 K; J# O1 a9 _; i0 H$ BJinsong Chen 5 |: y: r- c6 m9 S& \5 K! n3 J- t4 x9 S9 @
12:45 Lunch " o# P, O% M* z" a$ G! W, W 0 ]4 Y8 a9 k( g8 {7 c1 b0 C# Y2:00 Excursion ' c# j( U: H, J+ P) E + ]! l. R7 X+ |# j h ( c2 Q( [% j" D# G* v+ GTuesday July 19th' W9 Q% s8 v/ b7 T# ^3 L% G2 W5 p' F3 m
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8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Steve Qin) $ O9 T+ r3 T$ i8 R! C
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Jianqing Fan) 0 m7 j$ h3 I9 U) k# y! \7 w4 S( O- X6 G+ W
10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break; i* J4 P" D+ z; c
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10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session IV . s9 X9 A* k, ~, w4 T3 G7 P, V
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A (Chair: Rui Pan): 7 k3 S) ?; c$ L+ a. \10:15 – 10:45 TBA + K9 f1 ^# ]+ {Jun Shao + d5 s4 X5 o K% W4 e# d6 L10:45 – 11:15 On choosing the size of data perturbation in adaptive model selection via penalization 0 |1 a7 Q- F6 _) e$ A$ H8 q3 JHung Chen $ S( |! ?4 {$ p" P11:15 – 11:45 Determining probability of germline mutations in family-based sequencing studies/ M/ q. q# \$ o6 P6 ^, g) t( A
Wenyi Wang : }* q- @, Y( J3 p11:45 – 12:15 Nonparametric Inference of Hemodynamic Response for fMRI data with Inhomogeneous Variances through Kernel Smoothing % A* d3 n1 @8 i" m7 N( GTingting Zhang k6 i5 {3 a& W/ I) D8 T2 W
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10:15 – 10:45 Generalized Measures of Correlation for Asymmetry, Nonlinearity in Economic Study and Beyond/ P, c5 ~- l3 o4 b# ~
Zhengjun Zhang 9 Y& K7 T* Y5 I7 K; ~. ?- d) S10:45 – 11:15 Model Selection Principles in Misspecified Models9 `6 s. W1 E- I9 T* Y' [5 e' j
Jinchi Lv 1 N/ D) g6 K: ] D11:15 – 11:45 Statistical Analysis and Inference for Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data 3 O6 I* z6 D, A* J P8 W2 s( L Y& b9 V8 zChunming Zhang - i! u+ A; k' [4 E- u( X11:45 – 12:15 Analysis of Zero-Inflated Count Data from an In Vivo Genotoxicity Test 8 }0 O) w7 N M+ xSusan Portugal ) K! `9 j8 V# d , z2 ?1 s' V' J" g# a$ Q12:15 Lunch( j- Q/ V/ {7 K# A' O, c' U
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