The First Wu Xi International Statistics Forum " u7 @0 b/ C3 @( Y; wJuly 17-19, 2011 8 @' [4 |: u2 V( M+ E( o8 f1 IHubin Hotel, Wu Xi, China 4 T3 [- U" G1 q+ o' ] 3 ? j9 [* K; hConference Program 8 j0 d4 [; T. n- N5 X) h) \- ?# _Sunday, July 17th 5 _$ |6 F: _3 u6 A ^+ ? 9 M1 |6 z6 e- }4 c9 r9 G9 Y10:00 – 10:10 Opening remark (Jun Liu) 5 Z2 l# c+ p1 ~ r( K1 R4 G10:10 – 10:20 Official remark4 g, l3 u/ _# C
10:20 – 10:30 Introduction to plenary speaker (Jun Liu) ' G& A, f- P( A$ H& W& w
10:30 – 11:30 Plenary Speech (Don Rubin) ( O* x0 C5 V5 u) f2 u( S* j6 S4 _3 U+ ]# }+ r. N- }6 m6 G# t! h5 m
11:30 Lunch9 ~; B5 \# b" \9 n4 B9 ]6 P8 t; B" u
( B/ \, e9 M$ ?3 {$ j, q/ r1:00 – 3:00 Parallel session I 1 k& j( ?8 y) Z$ ~( O: g0 v ) d3 m6 |: C8 F: o' [6 M/ Z( a7 HA (Chair: Min Tang):# z4 O+ o' c7 Q+ f
1:00 – 1:30 Adaptive Score Test for the Effects of Genetic Marker Sets 0 B/ Q3 L4 S0 B' C" a* ^: OXihong Lin ( q1 C0 [5 O/ T
1:30 – 2:00 On computation with the accelerated failure time model 1 p, ?. s/ z" q/ N# [/ u7 C, mYijian Huang+ O) t% P) v% F: e! l# d% T8 J
2:00 – 2:30 A Rank-Based Test for the Comparison of Multidimensional Outcomes! N* n8 F8 X. L9 k
Kai Fun Yu4 A: f' Y0 c8 j8 @
2:30 – 3:00 Extending the Scope of Partial F-Test to High Dimensional Data Y5 `! t% L I' m: i% u9 V4 I$ H+ uHansheng Wang + q+ R8 N2 n- y1 P0 t) h K7 f + Z# e/ a+ h( XB (Chair: Jin Yong):) B. l3 M7 \+ J4 c: {' e, ~
1:00 – 1:30 TBA 4 U6 c" s% ]" bYing Yang) S: K. S7 T4 x9 [1 n6 p3 G( I
1:30 – 2:00 Bayesian analysis of generalized semiparametric linear mixed models using the Dirichlet process prior and P-spline 8 X6 j- z. D7 \8 C) ~. qNiansheng Tang$ y6 f* T# q) g
2:00 – 2:30 Normal and Compound Poisson Approximations for the Number of PatternApproximations for the Number of Pattern Occurrences in High-throughput Sequence Reads2 I/ l" s F& ]0 y) D& `# Y) o! B
Yihui Luan: D* A. G' l* \' O0 v' e/ R. Q% ]
2:30 – 3:00 Structural dimensional reduction for high-dimensional data analysis ; P# T" ^/ O& Q1 U6 hJianhua Guo 2 ~1 y6 q3 F5 J7 x3:00 – 3:15 Tea break $ G) ]( @: v( e6 M$ l9 j+ O7 k+ X% I( O5 {* ^7 U
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Sunday, July 17th " k3 a* e, x7 b0 }' D( _ 6 B& m- {+ U$ T! [+ g' V3: 15 – 5:15 Parallel session II 8 [8 ?. F5 G* |/ c3 I4 q z0 I5 @: ]1 t
A (Chair: Fangzhou Yao):8 d; [8 p/ e. F7 D8 l
3:15 – 3:45 Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling to Understand Disease Risks9 O+ ~1 t: x2 v1 G$ ^* d
Xiaole Liu . g9 B4 C V: ]+ j# C$ ^3:45 – 4:15 TBA , X, A7 {, l8 l: E" G% a8 Q! U& y( GXuegong Zhang 0 n. q1 Y' ], i4:15 – 4:45 Combining Exploration and Exploitation Strategies in Adaptive MCMC for Bayesian Inference0 d% e- O& R5 P( v5 X, f% I- E
Scott Schmidler 8 N; g/ m% \; h1 H6 N, u4:45 – 5:15 A Bayesian clustering approach for partitioning the conformational space of biomolecules ; M2 ]9 H" g& e8 u4 yXiaodan Fan, O9 z! X& N* y1 O2 ]
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B (Chair: Wei Lan): 3 J, ~' z$ W/ X2 s: u; t3:15 – 3:45 TBA / M9 \: ^1 H8 |% yLijian Yang* {# W# R% j0 l0 b% j9 ]0 n7 [
3:45 – 4:15 Instability of Predictability of Asset Returns 8 Q% c/ E" ~6 M- \* K$ J3 |7 SZongwu Cai ( z4 Q: y$ B5 D, |0 V/ k |. [; w4:15 – 4:45 Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Method for Copulas" u; ~( x9 _; }
Yongcheng Qi. u; W) ]! q, }' T
4:45 – 5:15 Interval estimation for the tail index of a GARCH(1,1) model* c3 @" x" j9 o+ g- d- e: L
Liang Peng2 H! T2 c( V" s
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5:30 – 8:00 Poster session and light refreshment; s/ c- H2 S8 w- O( [+ {) Q" M
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