The First Wu Xi International Statistics Forum : w+ v, V2 x! E6 v9 VJuly 17-19, 2011 1 P1 v+ M* p( |' gHubin Hotel, Wu Xi, China' \( ?* ?+ D' h% L; i! Y! a7 P
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Conference Program 2 i$ o* E2 u+ n7 G" OSunday, July 17th2 e9 q+ W# q; n6 f5 H4 ~1 I
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10:00 – 10:10 Opening remark (Jun Liu)1 s7 d* t% v, J+ m' }% X- [8 |% A9 j
10:10 – 10:20 Official remark/ N8 s% K0 a$ D
10:20 – 10:30 Introduction to plenary speaker (Jun Liu) " k" c0 ^' C u7 Y- L$ r, M10:30 – 11:30 Plenary Speech (Don Rubin) 5 T# ?2 ^2 K- `7 F6 b% C) w! b8 P7 [. E, P/ C- M
11:30 Lunch 2 N' Y6 Q, O9 b, G0 }* Z- f6 `7 V# N$ {& }" G- V
1:00 – 3:00 Parallel session I ( _4 Y8 G1 `( c; X( ~2 _( O3 v5 T: T2 K4 y
A (Chair: Min Tang): ( o( f% B7 r3 j7 K; O- g& w+ D1:00 – 1:30 Adaptive Score Test for the Effects of Genetic Marker Sets 3 T _, q& R+ [$ m; F5 H
Xihong Lin 9 S7 L& K3 A& l1 f/ R0 L* ?) u
1:30 – 2:00 On computation with the accelerated failure time model @. c) Y6 [7 Q$ k ]& K3 P: K
Yijian Huang 5 h# U; g% p! F: {2:00 – 2:30 A Rank-Based Test for the Comparison of Multidimensional Outcomes; z+ t2 N4 Q* r/ k2 A8 n6 h
Kai Fun Yu ! _5 ~" ?& M& T3 k2:30 – 3:00 Extending the Scope of Partial F-Test to High Dimensional Data 1 D5 n& t$ p# J* j: W% [5 ]Hansheng Wang ( L4 D8 d- F7 e: t
% H1 B2 Q: e6 n; W9 e0 H* W* `B (Chair: Jin Yong):2 [2 J Y) G c5 d: V$ t
1:00 – 1:30 TBA; Q7 z e7 X& ]+ B1 M
Ying Yang& {) h9 u9 U' ?' i
1:30 – 2:00 Bayesian analysis of generalized semiparametric linear mixed models using the Dirichlet process prior and P-spline. w. L& ~; C( w" x
Niansheng Tang; S m+ i1 x m+ n0 [
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 # r9 H/ c/ R; V, w4 m5 WYihui Luan9 ?+ X# |% o( X% d1 x1 b
2:30 – 3:00 Structural dimensional reduction for high-dimensional data analysis- L' w; x- K5 `5 M& d% I
Jianhua Guo0 X8 L$ o3 j. X- ]
3:00 – 3:15 Tea break: `; R5 e1 g$ J' b* P: D
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Sunday, July 17th ; Y% Q+ c( E; E 7 Z; ]' Q, }3 C1 T. X7 ?" t" `3: 15 – 5:15 Parallel session II& O7 s3 H( v- C+ g8 N$ Q
+ S0 K' k1 z$ H' o, z5 E( mA (Chair: Fangzhou Yao): 2 j8 ]6 c1 z! |7 w, |+ b* i3 N3:15 – 3:45 Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling to Understand Disease Risks 9 d0 ^0 j$ ]2 O3 h: t/ WXiaole Liu / U* [* {0 Z8 i+ `' r3:45 – 4:15 TBA 8 \5 j$ x$ u) o/ ]; _, |) r0 tXuegong Zhang : z5 J6 [) t. o* {8 U* K5 y$ g! P4:15 – 4:45 Combining Exploration and Exploitation Strategies in Adaptive MCMC for Bayesian Inference ; c, L+ Q, x/ s6 F& d8 wScott Schmidler ) S$ |1 `2 n4 ]. ]4:45 – 5:15 A Bayesian clustering approach for partitioning the conformational space of biomolecules& S* W' P% G `% Q1 b
Xiaodan Fan G0 z+ ]( F$ S) h5 \$ R0 |7 P; q
B (Chair: Wei Lan): 5 G, y/ ~# f$ y7 u3:15 – 3:45 TBA * v$ {. Z. h+ g; @" s+ ULijian Yang- ]4 K* t) V- K4 u! C$ @
3:45 – 4:15 Instability of Predictability of Asset Returns ' }" T g d' }2 c7 ~Zongwu Cai ( u8 N; h- B# N9 ?7 d; i# d4:15 – 4:45 Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Method for Copulas % T" U( x& T9 {" L2 T1 kYongcheng Qi; U0 `* o% E! Y7 C6 v
4:45 – 5:15 Interval estimation for the tail index of a GARCH(1,1) model ! K! x; O: N' C) ^Liang Peng 6 u8 q4 _) F8 \6 ^+ U: @8 x, _ S4 B0 I/ b+ ^2 \. s' \$ v& i
5:30 – 8:00 Poster session and light refreshment, M ]" n& ]- w( T F
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Monday, July 18th . I9 A5 `( g2 p1 D+ v* x& y& P, Y+ h0 D
8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Sam Kou) * G+ v9 i7 C$ F# f! S% H9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Brad Efron) ( w: s( p. m/ ~: }) C5 x( Y$ V: q : ? y2 D$ p' X5 @- P. T9 Q10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break & ^/ z. r. K8 B6 C/ e% m# K3 z5 I
10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session III ( P' Q/ \8 L5 F2 f: u9 ]! |. e / ?6 E Z. `. }/ M: A1 y! O5 hA (Chair: Mengyang Gu):2 q1 m' V0 b( K8 W
10:15 – 10:45 Optimal Shrinkage Estimation in Heteroscedastic Hierarchical Models: t( Q, g0 @. H
Samuel Kou , u; G- z. k/ F5 D! [10:45 – 11:15 Subsampling for Feature Selection7 m7 c$ c5 m6 a' I# g/ [! k
Jiayang Sun 8 G: n# v% m# ]4 _* @11:15 – 11:45 On Hierarchical Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Social Network Analysis% W3 O, T- p9 z+ u
Chunlin Ji , x% `6 \) v$ w- M$ h: A11:45 – 12:15 Penalized Least Squares Estimation with Weakly Dependent Data 7 I9 b6 Z% l$ u6 e( ~+ ~/ h
Xin Tong ) A/ U2 I7 o2 u" g: a, e) B- d12:15 – 12:45 TBA 1 ]0 H; c I+ @% h. V1 vMin Chen3 ~& ]0 M. }& {. Y
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10:15 – 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 ' X8 t8 P! I4 r7 S0 O9 M- fHao Li. Q0 \$ k- G9 ~% T5 E7 D9 x
10:45 – 11:15 TBA # a# o' {9 m! t5 I( FEdoardo Airioli . l1 X: P; X+ Y# C11:15 – 11:45 TBA6 d" X8 M7 U' S' u
Yixue Li+ j$ J* `& q) O8 n- U1 _% _: q% J
11:45 – 12:15 Statistical modeling of RNA-Seq data 4 Q6 N5 u# l5 n- I( nWenxuan Zhong% J" Y e: \# `4 s
12:15 – 12:45 Generalized Semiparametric Regression Models with Smooth Variance Function, with Application to Medical Cost Data 1 f* g) b2 K( g0 }Jinsong Chen I8 ]: R- `3 e& A) O , t; @ k* o6 I u, w8 q0 y. F: \, k7 l12:45 Lunch - c& n2 A/ J6 f , p! J4 V t4 @6 R: B, W2:00 Excursion . k( ~! N; I) f! h3 Y c* T7 t: c 3 s( V6 n p; `* }1 Z ! Y) N% ~! X* a- V$ J/ l" ]Tuesday July 19th 8 N- J) K$ B7 q* S! v; B" b" ?1 r/ `; ~; ?# e+ }& _; K
8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Steve Qin) + R3 J: { }+ e* b/ l* g8 K# I9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Jianqing Fan) ( e2 b9 W( d7 K/ A- P, j; j7 D 1 [$ \4 u8 }% ? e10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break+ T& Y3 j5 m6 A0 b5 G* F C0 ]& s
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10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session IV 6 m, O2 D4 b. s; R2 q; s6 X ^3 h+ a1 a) ?5 N i2 a
A (Chair: Rui Pan):' N0 A1 o# x5 b( D3 P5 A' l9 ~; @
10:15 – 10:45 TBA; _* R. Y' M3 J, [0 v( d
Jun Shao 7 n4 t) P0 w- K, E% P9 G" N
10:45 – 11:15 On choosing the size of data perturbation in adaptive model selection via penalization . n# y/ A% h# O+ M$ j2 D' mHung Chen5 F9 w3 h# w/ X0 b: F
11:15 – 11:45 Determining probability of germline mutations in family-based sequencing studies 3 _% w0 S! o. z7 w! eWenyi Wang . D/ U4 `+ E* Z2 J; V11:45 – 12:15 Nonparametric Inference of Hemodynamic Response for fMRI data with Inhomogeneous Variances through Kernel Smoothing ) p: {! |* p' l: T4 l2 o. m4 s$ l. n6 x OTingting Zhang8 ^6 c J+ J: j6 q- j4 y6 }
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B (Chair: Wenbao Yu): 9 I8 }% }( S, Q' z' z- A10:15 – 10:45 Generalized Measures of Correlation for Asymmetry, Nonlinearity in Economic Study and Beyond # v! e5 s/ U- J1 K' p0 Z, K$ [; jZhengjun Zhang! `+ S" V" i& Q: R( x5 x
10:45 – 11:15 Model Selection Principles in Misspecified Models: b$ a# J" q1 c
Jinchi Lv& {& m% P4 _7 a) `
11:15 – 11:45 Statistical Analysis and Inference for Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data 7 N; w9 N: C6 v+ C/ v- UChunming Zhang 4 `# b1 I5 Q; ?: r! w11:45 – 12:15 Analysis of Zero-Inflated Count Data from an In Vivo Genotoxicity Test / I2 o+ A, |% ^1 h2 x7 ^2 \Susan Portugal0 y/ u: _5 U3 o j9 b: o% W
# T, P6 ?( }. B M& w; d, {1 k12:15 Lunch , t U3 i, O7 v+ q6 u0 a# p2 v X( z4 o' d! T) N
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: f U% J0 }, n% b1 t B2:00 – 4:30 Parallel session V 3 E$ e0 a! j9 R0 q( V0 j( P, m$ E/ m
A (Chair: Mingche Su): 7 U/ W6 b% T, m* `4 P2:00 – 2:00 Quantile Regression for Analyzing Heterogeneity in Ultra-high Dimension" j4 o9 [5 H8 V) z1 a
Runze Li 0 E! G) s' b8 I6 C2:30 – 3:00 High Dimensional Multinomial Clustering " @' j6 d: c O: f1 iJin Cao / g0 \* k- T2 K; d' t2 c3:00 – 3:30 Detecting Subclusters in Outliers * W* H2 |1 Q/ E; H9 x
Dongseok Choi9 p" b0 H/ L: ]5 S S
3:30 – 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 $ B: \2 L, J! m% C, ?0 n& NChengwu Yang' A- H. D8 w1 i) |
4:00 – 4:30 Improve estimation efficiency of marginal proportional hazards model by a partitioning method # c7 A* Y" P2 \& k3 X. p: TWenjun Cui1 r& x( N- ]$ Z
4:30 – 5:00 Bayesian Multivariate Ordinal Probit Analysis of China's Consumer Confidence Index Data& |* r! N0 n7 i8 J- q) w3 u! f
Junni Zhang; C; h2 o' O6 j7 ~
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B (Chair: Yuxiang Liu): 5 l! q I- K9 @6 A: T9 j2:00 – 2:00 Functional Additive Regression p9 n& |- Q0 X% ?& [
Yingying Fan # q# X/ P9 U* c3 N+ T; u& V2:30 – 3:00 Robust empirical Bayes inference by conditioning on rank with application to microarray data 8 ^5 S5 O2 l& A. ?6 K0 DJason Liao8 I7 s5 V7 W4 ~& O8 u
3:00 – 3:30 Estimation for the Single-index Models with Random Effects 7 Q) J! E( G3 s* _Zhen Pang 5 p6 _- x3 p# p$ i9 u5 D! p5 J% m3:30 – 4:00 Nonlinear time series 4 L) S2 s6 q1 k3 J" ?4 i. Q+ M: UFuxia Cheng( }; [+ T. U$ U$ _7 X) w
4:00 – 4:30 Jackknife empirical likelihood methods for risk measures and related quantities ) L5 H( p4 X4 B- l ^" V; h8 vRuodu Wang 5 [9 n, q+ v1 @ + ?) }; C2 z$ c m; Z% Z5:00 Banquet 0 o5 r Q: Y, O& C2 L