The First Wu Xi International Statistics Forum2 [8 X$ D( G) P& R
July 17-19, 2011& \. C7 B2 I% e& X
Hubin Hotel, Wu Xi, China . f# F; R0 r N$ X, K' H7 \ ) e" o" K0 H/ q2 i7 XConference Program( Z. d# x2 ?0 A8 W& W
Sunday, July 17th/ O s* P+ C5 ~3 }' o4 D0 c$ ~6 x
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10:00 – 10:10 Opening remark (Jun Liu) # c# T. w3 O( B" g" M10:10 – 10:20 Official remark1 l' H @$ @ i# G/ U6 n
10:20 – 10:30 Introduction to plenary speaker (Jun Liu) 6 M4 w& E2 Z4 x& [5 m8 m
10:30 – 11:30 Plenary Speech (Don Rubin)4 D; x9 m- @9 G+ ~" [- {( U7 y4 |# z
7 g6 n1 I/ P' |8 u( \ Z! f11:30 Lunch " y5 \) S" c& O! X4 `; d9 T! c' \2 g0 @4 J3 r- }7 I
1:00 – 3:00 Parallel session I ) F2 L/ L$ e2 T( K. ~' L
, _9 I6 c. n% w) ]( } K: p8 u) bA (Chair: Min Tang): 8 @" B; R+ S$ z1:00 – 1:30 Adaptive Score Test for the Effects of Genetic Marker Sets 0 ~6 M+ `$ F2 W# c2 c- \( ]7 }8 eXihong Lin 7 b& \& [3 \" t; V0 U$ }
1:30 – 2:00 On computation with the accelerated failure time model 4 l+ |, h+ T s, [3 t1 jYijian Huang! i9 Y, D Q; S) o( p
2:00 – 2:30 A Rank-Based Test for the Comparison of Multidimensional Outcomes 7 Y! s0 ^3 H* ~: w2 y0 pKai Fun Yu & o" j Z" i' s4 \2:30 – 3:00 Extending the Scope of Partial F-Test to High Dimensional Data ' w! R+ e1 k/ hHansheng Wang 4 w& Z0 X# y& r
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B (Chair: Jin Yong): & V. B* |- q& X" i0 R& U1:00 – 1:30 TBA : F2 m8 O2 h# L KYing Yang% q7 {. o' a9 u* o
1:30 – 2:00 Bayesian analysis of generalized semiparametric linear mixed models using the Dirichlet process prior and P-spline ) l" o. Q% ]4 z8 ?# RNiansheng Tang' m, `' v" s# r/ x9 B4 @
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& `; [3 e9 x* `6 x& x2 S8 q* I5 C
Yihui Luan 7 k- p" q& [: f! n, F: _; \* H) p+ q2:30 – 3:00 Structural dimensional reduction for high-dimensional data analysis + y- d+ \3 m& r5 T/ nJianhua Guo 4 g# S& ?7 S1 @- w( {3 _3:00 – 3:15 Tea break( @) g9 F( b( ?+ g* P0 ^* ^2 x5 U
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Sunday, July 17th+ u8 g( o0 ` j" ]7 P! n. R( K" E4 y
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3: 15 – 5:15 Parallel session II% C2 Y7 A) k& a! Z" v3 r
- Y2 d! A' d' q2 w: ]. q6 Y9 uA (Chair: Fangzhou Yao): ( {% |5 s& i9 `4 R0 Q N3:15 – 3:45 Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling to Understand Disease Risks J9 v# i& w4 _' ?3 h' O" q
Xiaole Liu1 D2 e( D* M8 Y" E X3 ^
3:45 – 4:15 TBA4 `; z* i9 T% i% d6 G
Xuegong Zhang$ m1 k5 z( q1 c9 }* I
4:15 – 4:45 Combining Exploration and Exploitation Strategies in Adaptive MCMC for Bayesian Inference+ S! ~/ ]" I0 d. q6 Y, N0 K9 a5 V
Scott Schmidler% x) V! Z& m3 l& G3 ^1 | y
4:45 – 5:15 A Bayesian clustering approach for partitioning the conformational space of biomolecules ! Q; q t2 e( p) uXiaodan Fan , @, F+ |4 Z- @4 `& X# [3 |* U( O, r
B (Chair: Wei Lan):& }) c6 e: O. u" k
3:15 – 3:45 TBA : v9 U0 R; r3 V) j3 d' v# b# \Lijian Yang+ [8 ]- V2 t8 x) t6 K1 `
3:45 – 4:15 Instability of Predictability of Asset Returns 8 m; S# ?* _" w; Z& @: yZongwu Cai$ l$ |4 g' _8 M9 Q0 P
4:15 – 4:45 Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Method for Copulas8 W$ n! {! E% ~8 e# j; u- E
Yongcheng Qi * J, Y4 z, v! Z4:45 – 5:15 Interval estimation for the tail index of a GARCH(1,1) model9 j/ k, Y2 G% F9 n
Liang Peng ! j4 j! ^+ V1 W% Z1 r6 x' u- t0 R% |3 f' {7 ?+ Y
5:30 – 8:00 Poster session and light refreshment ! w; ^; E! A8 C* C+ S5 v2 T/ [' {3 d& z
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Monday, July 18th & ~$ x. }6 v; a3 n5 }0 u \ : s. P% ^7 H& o' F$ X8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Sam Kou) 3 P1 ]9 L) V+ R7 C; o& W; c
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Brad Efron)4 C/ s' s, X! v. U, w0 T% Y- E
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10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break a& x# X8 }8 Z1 X {7 ]
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10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session III . {1 K: Y- v% E9 e0 J$ }& @. s - q9 R. E4 D% ]* @& {' wA (Chair: Mengyang Gu): s2 z: L: E2 ^
10:15 – 10:45 Optimal Shrinkage Estimation in Heteroscedastic Hierarchical Models 6 x. a- X. g1 n/ `3 [Samuel Kou 8 o( C! {# p. g) ~9 w7 |: V10:45 – 11:15 Subsampling for Feature Selection" P( N; k- Z) |: p% p+ w
Jiayang Sun 3 w8 [( D0 k$ C/ z11:15 – 11:45 On Hierarchical Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Social Network Analysis ( P: L" ]9 c" N1 S- I2 UChunlin Ji 0 X3 F+ |8 Z4 _6 c3 N! N% @11:45 – 12:15 Penalized Least Squares Estimation with Weakly Dependent Data 1 e" }3 w+ I8 Y
Xin Tong6 s) m7 |: i! ^/ Y o6 A
12:15 – 12:45 TBA, F9 l( k/ a/ s
Min Chen1 B9 V$ s# L2 ]7 ]% `) {
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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 mapping0 {9 ~2 x- {, v0 B/ E4 l
Hao Li ! `9 G# E% Z0 p3 f" v5 L10:45 – 11:15 TBA$ \; y9 u8 h7 B. N. c' T! E k( Q
Edoardo Airioli2 Y i. s' E W, w' e- W- q, M- h4 n
11:15 – 11:45 TBA" [9 P* h8 ? N1 n I! ?
Yixue Li ( V2 _7 D6 v5 o( f3 q5 Y11:45 – 12:15 Statistical modeling of RNA-Seq data ! M$ g3 B n, hWenxuan Zhong ' d# r# c. b$ s12:15 – 12:45 Generalized Semiparametric Regression Models with Smooth Variance Function, with Application to Medical Cost Data 2 l$ e7 x& c- }% oJinsong Chen. T) l- c" D; ?
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12:45 Lunch4 }' Q, l9 G* H3 n$ M8 Q% j