The First Wu Xi International Statistics Forum {% E/ |- |/ g
July 17-19, 20115 @4 a$ d. f" v# F8 j. r. T
Hubin Hotel, Wu Xi, China, g6 S V# r. t. u
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Conference Program: R# E" ~4 E" n( ^
Sunday, July 17th1 E! Z9 `: I: }. F
! m J3 A1 I7 F0 Y ~$ D9 E% P& k10:00 – 10:10 Opening remark (Jun Liu) ' O7 ^$ B8 G% K; L& F( e10:10 – 10:20 Official remark# S o. V& r. u4 U" q( I! I
10:20 – 10:30 Introduction to plenary speaker (Jun Liu) 2 u+ t/ K- v6 ~/ z/ I1 G9 u10:30 – 11:30 Plenary Speech (Don Rubin)* Z# S7 d' D& A& }" }, ~8 t
2 z |, Z5 B [0 E& o& U1 ]) \A (Chair: Min Tang): 5 L# Z. E& `8 l7 Q- e' b- j1:00 – 1:30 Adaptive Score Test for the Effects of Genetic Marker Sets , A' X$ B, c2 `4 ~0 t2 E' r
Xihong Lin 5 A* C# A; [' }. f1:30 – 2:00 On computation with the accelerated failure time model9 @# E5 U8 a# ^' |; o1 F3 ^2 ~
Yijian Huang ' L9 ]( J( v2 s6 d2:00 – 2:30 A Rank-Based Test for the Comparison of Multidimensional Outcomes 4 A- Q- t+ E: @+ t1 M' t6 MKai Fun Yu 9 i% }% o! o. ]) W. b# ]. S2:30 – 3:00 Extending the Scope of Partial F-Test to High Dimensional Data ! Y4 a. u4 E0 b) N) pHansheng Wang ( q' e. S, }# O+ x5 o, K ! S6 Y" P* ~+ y$ D& e5 b; qB (Chair: Jin Yong): 2 u9 O2 |; g/ N+ V' v- f' t8 ~1:00 – 1:30 TBA$ q$ Y3 P7 L P, r2 w4 f
Ying Yang- g# q/ P3 J$ I5 I, N* g
1:30 – 2:00 Bayesian analysis of generalized semiparametric linear mixed models using the Dirichlet process prior and P-spline- [ z3 I1 P5 T0 r8 q
Niansheng Tang+ \- s$ h$ C( U
2:00 – 2:30 Normal and Compound Poisson Approximations for the Number of PatternApproximations for the Number of Pattern Occurrences in High-throughput Sequence Reads9 V9 a2 _+ H2 }7 j0 p! y- A% H
Yihui Luan7 |8 C$ ]3 t4 V9 V9 }, p/ @+ k2 |; r
2:30 – 3:00 Structural dimensional reduction for high-dimensional data analysis* {6 V. ]) l) i! b) r8 y) P; k
Jianhua Guo * v1 }# w* `1 T2 V4 O3:00 – 3:15 Tea break ( R2 f2 t+ J+ X9 K1 }5 U2 E 5 M4 {2 g. M, _2 \# F5 S9 q2 I$ {8 H, Q: H4 r7 @& d
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Sunday, July 17th 3 \) {2 r: k+ ~9 m$ m: m4 z; @) ?2 U3 B5 ~
3: 15 – 5:15 Parallel session II $ z: G- ?% s2 ]. l: \! T0 k7 T J: }' A% Q9 L* U4 r
A (Chair: Fangzhou Yao): % H& q7 a& @8 c3 G1 x' v3 U* F' u3:15 – 3:45 Genomic and Epigenomic Profiling to Understand Disease Risks 2 g- o( Y* u* b9 w/ MXiaole Liu# w8 w9 @ C% q% X) O; p
3:45 – 4:15 TBA & g3 o, s1 h3 R7 V. ~5 G' fXuegong Zhang 8 o* K$ }6 x% K: ]9 ~5 T4:15 – 4:45 Combining Exploration and Exploitation Strategies in Adaptive MCMC for Bayesian Inference+ ?+ O4 E# U3 \6 ?1 Z
Scott Schmidler # B7 | K* Q7 T" Z5 z/ ~3 X4:45 – 5:15 A Bayesian clustering approach for partitioning the conformational space of biomolecules2 c' a6 G0 V1 h: \/ {3 C; R
Xiaodan Fan , J- x# `: N; {. r; O% E; f: d! ?& R) Y* ]9 i
B (Chair: Wei Lan): - h, i# s3 I& W8 ]6 ~* w3:15 – 3:45 TBA + i8 j6 m @) {/ gLijian Yang * A' b( w, Q! w/ y3:45 – 4:15 Instability of Predictability of Asset Returns ( Q( S S, U4 N* \* DZongwu Cai + G |+ a2 L: Z4:15 – 4:45 Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Method for Copulas / d* `2 e: o; [Yongcheng Qi( E4 G- Q+ R4 e$ j$ `
4:45 – 5:15 Interval estimation for the tail index of a GARCH(1,1) model 3 p) p3 ~0 w; b! aLiang Peng 5 V( ` Q* s% Z, X* {* l 3 t/ q# g- A4 w; S5 ]& G5:30 – 8:00 Poster session and light refreshment ) I# y+ w' U( a& H8 }5 Y4 ~- e1 d; s8 ^
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Monday, July 18th - `0 q, s8 ]! ?' w* E# q2 @+ ]+ v" F0 C
8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Sam Kou) 4 v7 b, z8 X2 K# a: G$ R' W
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Brad Efron) 1 \$ g! D' q4 C& d7 r& d- o- A5 o' O6 Y( |0 _) O
10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break$ Z, \ ?+ v) F
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10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session III : a, T( Y% u4 j* q1 A' y4 j x
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A (Chair: Mengyang Gu):: x# _3 X* M4 y/ r0 j3 [
10:15 – 10:45 Optimal Shrinkage Estimation in Heteroscedastic Hierarchical Models 9 S% m2 }, u! J6 A& k) |Samuel Kou( S3 `; ~. G0 W8 Q$ q6 Z' e) {3 G
10:45 – 11:15 Subsampling for Feature Selection $ n* ]) T, u; b' o6 o( ^Jiayang Sun% a8 i6 b1 f8 b. s) E
11:15 – 11:45 On Hierarchical Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Social Network Analysis: F2 _5 ]- P5 B. K! F6 n8 p' E
Chunlin Ji ; B+ R K! W4 q2 ^& S' x11:45 – 12:15 Penalized Least Squares Estimation with Weakly Dependent Data , l$ A2 X+ W. m1 KXin Tong 6 x( F3 @% K( W. X; u3 q12:15 – 12:45 TBA& o9 D& w* [0 v) K
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B (Chair: Hirose Yoshihiro): ; _3 r& j5 @5 L10:15 – 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) h* l- y% j. K( Z! V4 u
Hao Li 2 v) j% X) P' I, B4 V6 P- q% \10:45 – 11:15 TBA' `, m m; E, m% S5 z8 G+ ~" A
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11:15 – 11:45 TBA( ?) a# N2 m# Z6 X! ^
Yixue Li" O# v% z) u% G; x& [
11:45 – 12:15 Statistical modeling of RNA-Seq data ; w$ h! g$ x: U4 G mWenxuan Zhong( r% m/ G$ o3 X7 t. q m" S- k
12:15 – 12:45 Generalized Semiparametric Regression Models with Smooth Variance Function, with Application to Medical Cost Data/ W- d' }4 M9 y
Jinsong Chen 6 q8 T* z7 U) | 4 [3 _ G$ \6 b( i2 W& ?12:45 Lunch - r9 }9 D: i" z5 c* n0 ]5 m. r' T, ~6 R! ^
2:00 Excursion3 L1 ^. l/ \$ @! g3 d7 q
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. K) Z. j0 u, p! z& xTuesday July 19th4 q+ X5 Q. j/ U+ B
, b6 G. q6 ]# E) S8:50 – 9:00 Introduction to plenary speaker (Steve Qin) ; v5 M; M5 }2 U0 D
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Speech (Jianqing Fan)9 q0 p9 {2 E/ v" [6 H
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10:00 – 10:15 Tea Break 3 G* D: {% }$ b9 ~: `; C2 }2 O Y" r5 w* K1 T
10:15 – 12:15 Parallel session IV " i" F2 j) n+ s o4 U
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A (Chair: Rui Pan): ! r: Q' h$ B3 r10:15 – 10:45 TBA x$ K, P& |; K; S0 y, u" BJun Shao + q0 g, |3 G% x10:45 – 11:15 On choosing the size of data perturbation in adaptive model selection via penalization! I8 D. R, D k
Hung Chen 4 S _0 Z; k2 i/ S5 s; D* H11:15 – 11:45 Determining probability of germline mutations in family-based sequencing studies! @0 x- J- |5 e
Wenyi Wang 5 L# X5 e& V. ?- X. L) B: M& Z11:45 – 12:15 Nonparametric Inference of Hemodynamic Response for fMRI data with Inhomogeneous Variances through Kernel Smoothing; O; y( }, e, r- ~3 s
Tingting Zhang 8 O' [ C3 }* ]/ ?3 u4 W7 m1 d; t" p& ?* s. l" ]
B (Chair: Wenbao Yu): ! S0 _* I+ B4 j" G: G10:15 – 10:45 Generalized Measures of Correlation for Asymmetry, Nonlinearity in Economic Study and Beyond% f8 N% w( {9 U0 p$ d! T( }
Zhengjun Zhang , ~ r. U# v( _2 H10:45 – 11:15 Model Selection Principles in Misspecified Models5 o5 Y4 `: L. W7 _) K
Jinchi Lv 7 C& ^' ^6 `6 R) z1 B0 z11:15 – 11:45 Statistical Analysis and Inference for Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data6 [' C& D i! _' i
Chunming Zhang- P) M$ \ e1 |3 ~) Y/ Y
11:45 – 12:15 Analysis of Zero-Inflated Count Data from an In Vivo Genotoxicity Test 5 x5 g* u9 @& s/ Q$ l# c
Susan Portugal 5 p4 b% g2 x, J+ Y2 l& C- t) ]# Z$ @% D" g! Y! h
12:15 Lunch [$ q/ G) \0 D; z: |1 v- G5 G 3 W$ S9 K+ M: n2 ], W ( i5 O. g/ z# r- r3 c
Tuesday July 19th / V- a5 X2 _* @& o3 L$ k( }- n/ _# a; X P
2:00 – 4:30 Parallel session V - _/ G$ ?$ ?/ m. x0 n7 Z: C $ J5 d9 s& n' ]: FA (Chair: Mingche Su):# z' a6 j6 c0 u5 k( ]' p7 j! p
2:00 – 2:00 Quantile Regression for Analyzing Heterogeneity in Ultra-high Dimension1 J& W& R w) j9 F$ a: h+ n) t
Runze Li . H* G& L/ I5 r2:30 – 3:00 High Dimensional Multinomial Clustering2 ?4 L8 M% J4 _7 \1 ]7 o
Jin Cao& r( w8 I/ x1 f0 h/ P
3:00 – 3:30 Detecting Subclusters in Outliers 5 R# w: y l6 b0 u
Dongseok Choi ' k- m$ Y9 K6 v: A( Z% T! G! Q3:30 – 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. `5 G: @/ _- G: `2 y4 D
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4:00 – 4:30 Improve estimation efficiency of marginal proportional hazards model by a partitioning method ! F! }6 ]# U6 b" l* W- XWenjun Cui , ?$ |5 {; k) R0 O4:30 – 5:00 Bayesian Multivariate Ordinal Probit Analysis of China's Consumer Confidence Index Data 2 Y" z+ @5 H' kJunni Zhang- v3 I, ?6 Z a
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B (Chair: Yuxiang Liu): ' O) _) m) ]) ]9 U0 Q2 W: S2:00 – 2:00 Functional Additive Regression : E3 c* \9 q- j0 o- hYingying Fan / \% J* k7 x7 o3 Q% q4 @* c2:30 – 3:00 Robust empirical Bayes inference by conditioning on rank with application to microarray data6 a& u) ~8 o" x9 T
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3:00 – 3:30 Estimation for the Single-index Models with Random Effects # N8 f$ L, t; r8 lZhen Pang . L4 y" f, H+ i- m3:30 – 4:00 Nonlinear time series 3 e% L9 t- ]0 ~$ P; b" n3 j1 x3 D; {; n8 DFuxia Cheng 5 l2 s/ p" i1 q; b u! ^- V* O* h' ~4:00 – 4:30 Jackknife empirical likelihood methods for risk measures and related quantities $ o" L# M y! k# |0 G: L$ qRuodu Wang/ I8 p+ [, G& L
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5:00 Banquet 1 c+ \! A4 ?5 V A ) Z, w1 r b2 S3 L: p+ Q6 M/ I / S" m& Q( r& c" P2 V