The Ninth ICSA International Conference:
Challenges of Statistical Methods for Interdisciplinary Research and Big Data

20-23 December, 2013
Hong Kong Baptist University

Invited Sessions

(SIS01) RSS Special Invited Session: New Challenges in Statistics
  Chair: Valerie Isham, University College London
  Organizer: Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics
  Speakers:
 
Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University
Statistical Inference for Diagnostic Classification Models [abs]

Zhi-Ming Ma, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Some Progress in DNA Sequence Analysis [abs]

Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology
A Statistical View of Uncertainty Quantification: A Promising Opportunity at the Interface Between Statistics and Applied Mathematics [abs]

   
(SIS02) IMS Special Invited Session: New Methods for High-dimensional Data
  Chair: Wei Pan, University of Minnesota
  Organizer: Adam Rothman, University of Minnesota
  Speakers:
 
Pradeep Ravikumar, University of Texas, Austin
Poisson Graphical Models [abs]

Tao Shi, The Ohio State University
Scalable Spectral Algorithms for Community Detection in Directed Networks [abs]

Wei Pan, University of Minnesota
Cluster Analysis: Unsupervised Learning via Supervised Learning with a Non-convex Penalty [abs]
   

   
(SIS03) CAAS Special Invited Session
  Chair: Huazhen Lin, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
  Organizer: Zhi Geng, Peking University
  Sponsor: Chinese Association for Applied Statistics
  Speakers:
 
Jianhua Guo, Northeast Normal University
Accounting for Model Uncertainty in Text Classification Improves Predictive Performance [abs]

Liuquan Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences
A Flexible Semiparametric Transformation Model for Recurrent Event Data [abs]

Huazhen Lin, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Selection of Latent Variables for Multiple Mixed-outcome Models [abs]
   

   
(SIS04) ISBA Special Invited Session: Bayesian Model Validation
  Organizer: David A. van Dyk, Imperial College London
  Sponsor: International Society for Bayesian Analysis
  Speakers:
 
Shane Jensen, University of Pennsylvania
Adapting Bayesian Additive Regression Trees for Variable Selection [abs]

Christopher Hans, The Ohio State University
From a Conditional Lindley's Paradox to Poly-hyper-g Priors [abs]

Matt Taddy, University of Chicago
Inverse Regression Analysis of Really Big Tables [abs]
   

   
(SIS05) Industry Track Invited Session: Bayesian Analysis in Clinical Trials
  Organizer: Dejun Tang, Novartis
  Speakers:
 
Haoda Fu, Eli Lilly and Company
Joint Modeling of Progression-free Survival and Overall Survival by a Bayesian NICE Model [abs]

Guosheng Yin, University of Hong Kong
Bayesian Two-stage Single-to-Double Arm Design in Phase II Clinical Trials [abs]

Heinz Schmidli, Novartis Pharma AG
Robust Meta-analytic-predictive Priors in Clinical Trials with Historical Control Information [abs]

Satoshi Morita, Kyoto University
Incorporating Historical Data in Bayesian Phase I Trial Design: The Caucasian-to-Asian Toxicity Tolerability Problem [abs]
   

   
(SIS06) Industry Track Invited Session: Innovative Methods for Dose-response
  Organizer: Naitee Ting, Boehringer-Ingelheim
  Speakers:
 
Bo Hu, Cleveland Clinic
Adaptive Dose Insertion for Early Phase Clinical Trials [abs]

Toshifumi Sugitani, Osaka University Graduete School of Medicine
A Graphical Approach to Adaptive Group-sequential Designs with Dose Selection at Interim [abs]

Guojun Yuan, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc
First Dose Ranging Clinical Trial Design – More Doses? Or a Wider Range? [abs]
   

   
(SIS07) Industry Track Invited Session: Patient Heterogeneity and Subgroup Identification
  Organizer: Zhen Luo, Pfizer
  Speakers:
 
Frank Bretz, Novartis
Case Studies of Confirmatory Subgroup Analyses [abs]
   

   
(SIS08) Industry Track Invited Session: Data Monitoring Committee
  Organizer: Jacqueline Law, Roche
  Speakers:
 
Irving Hwang, Irving Consulting Group
Overview of a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) [abs]

Meng Chen, Roche
Data Monitoring Committee -- Running DMCs in China, Opportunities and Challenges [abs]

Qi Jiang, Amgen
Remaining Issues with Data Monitoring Committees [abs]
   

   
(SIS10) Industry Track Invited Session: Personalized Healthcare: Pharmacogenomics, Biomarkers
  Organizer: Jin Zhou, University of Arizona
  Speakers:
 
Cheng Li, Peking University
Data Modelling in Personalized Cancer Medicine [abs]

Amir A. Handzel, OSI Pharmaceuticals
Rational Design of Personalised Drug Development Programmes [abs]

Li Chen, Amgen
Role of Biomarkers in Personalized Medicine [abs]
   

   
(SIS11) Industry Track Invited Session: Globalization and its Impact on Drug Development in the Different Regions – Issues in Multinational Clinical Trials
  Organizer: Yang Song, MSD R&D (China) Co. Ltd.
  Speakers:
 
Gang Chen, Johnson & Johnson
Adaptive Strategies in the Design of Simultaneous Global Drug Development [abs]

Xian Zhou, Roche Asia-Pacific
Enrollment and Randomization Considerations on Improving the Feasibility of a Global Trial Strategy for China Registration [abs]

Gang Li, Animas Corporation / LifeScan, Inc. / Johnson & Johnson
Consistency Assessment with Global and Bridging Development Strategies in Emerging Markets [abs]
   

   
(SIS12) Industry Track Invited Session: Meta Analysis and Its Application
  Chair: Wei Zhang, Boehringer Ingelheim Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd
  Organizers: Wei Zhang, Boehringer Ingelheim Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd and Minzhi Liu, MacroStat (China) Clinical Research Co., Ltd
  Speakers:
 
Shanshan Wu, Peking University Health Science Center
The Cardiovascular Effects of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: A Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [abs]
   

   
(SIS13) Industry Track Invited Session: Discussion on New Regulatory Guidance: Non-Inferiority, Subgroup Analyses, Model-Based Drug
  Organizer: Bob Yan, PAREXEL China Co. Ltd.
  Speakers:
 
Ying Lu, Stanford University
Subgroup Analysis in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinical Trials [abs]

Xueren Wang, Yunnan University
Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Heroin Users in Kunming of China [abs]

Jiang Du, Beijing University of Technology
FIC and Robust Model Average [abs]
   

   
(SIS14) Special Invited Session: Lifetime Data Analysis
  Chair: Chen-Hsin Chen, Academia Sinica
  Organizer: Mei-Ling Ting Lee, University of Maryland
  Speakers:
 

Ronghui Xu, University of California, San Diego
Explained Variation in Correlated Survival Data [abs]

Zhisheng Ye, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Inverse Gaussian Process as a Degradation Model [abs]

Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong
On Some Extended Weibull Models for Reliability Data Analysis [abs]

Chen-Hsin Chen, Academia Sinica
Determining the Information Fraction in a Group Sequential Clinical Trial with Censored Survival Data [abs]

   

   
(SS001) Session Title: New Methods in Machine Learning
  Organizer: Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Speakers:
 

Xiaotong Shen, University of Minnesota
On Personalized Information Filtering [abs]

Ji Zhu, University of Michigan
On Consistency of Community Detection in Networks [abs]

Junhui Wang, City University of Hong Kong
Margin-based Learning of Minimum Clinically Important Difference [abs]

Yang Feng, Columbia University
Model Selection in High-dimensional Misspecified Models [abs]

   

   
(SS002) Session Title: Statistical Challenges in Functional Data and Nonparametric Methods
  Chair: Shujie Ma, University of California at Riverside
  Organizer: Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Speakers:
 

Naisyin Wang, University of Michigan
Unobserved or Over/Under Detection Limits [abs]

Yingying Fan, University of Southern California
Functional Additive Models [abs]

Lijian Yang, Soochow University
Statistical Inference for Functional Data via Simultaneous Confidence Regions [abs]

Qihua Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Model Detection for Functional Polynomial Regression [abs]

   

   
(SS003) Session Title: Asymptotic Theory I
  Organizer: Qi-Man Shao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Speakers:
 

Weidong Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Phase Transition and Bootstrap Correction in Large Scale t-tests with False Discovery Rate Control [abs]

Zengjing Chen, Shandong University
Limit Theorems for Non-additive Probabilities [abs]

Zhonggen Su, Zhejiang University
On Fluctuations of Deformed Wigner Random Matrices [abs]

Bernard Bercu, Bordeaux University
Sharp Large Deviations for Non Stationary Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes [abs]

   

   
(SS004) Session Title: Asymptotic Theory II
  Organizer: Qi-Man Shao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Speakers:
 

Xiao Fang, Stanford University and National University of Singapore
Rates of Convergence for Poisson Approximation for Scan Statistics [abs]

Wenxin Zhou, University of Melbourne
Asymptotics of Coherence of Random Matrices in Ultra-high Dimensions [abs]

Aihua Xia, University of Melbourne
On Asymptotics of Locally Dependent Point Processes [abs]

Jianfeng Yao, The University of Hong Kong
A Note on the CLT for Eigenvalue Statistics of a Large-dimensional Spiked Sample Covariance Matrix [abs]

   

   
(SS005) Session Title: High-dimensional Data Analysis: Theory and Application
  Chair: Yuan Xue, University of International Business and Economics
  Organizer: Xiangrong Yin, University of Georgia
  Speakers:
 

Somnath Datta, University of Louisville
A Multi-loss Super Regression Learner via Resampling and Rank Aggregation [abs]

Susmita Datta, University of Louisville
Nonparametric Regression and Partial Least Squares Dimension Reduction in Multistate Models [abs]

Yuexiao Dong, Temple University
Trace Pursuit: A General Framework for Model-free Variable Selection [abs]

Kofi P. Adragni, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Variable Selection in High Dimensional Low Sample Size Regressions [abs]

   

   
(SS006) Session Title: Statistics and Finance
  Organizer: Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics
  Speakers:
 

Wai Keung Li, The University of Hong Kong
On Buffered GARCH Models [abs]

Hansheng Wang, Peking University
Network Regression for Covariance Estimation [abs]

Yong Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Tests and Estimation in Weighted Composite Quantile Regression of DTARCH Models [abs]

Yingying Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Estimation of Integrated Volatility When there is Dependency in Microstructure Noise [abs]

   

   
(SS007) Session Title: Statistical Methods for Massive Datasets
  Organizer: Chunming Zhang, University of Wisconsin at Madison
  Speakers:
 

Ming-Yen Cheng, National Taiwan University
Statistical Modeling and Inference for Manifold Data [abs]

Li-Shan Huang, National Tsing Hua University
Classical and Smooth Backfitting [abs]

Zhengjun Zhang, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Multivariate Frechet Tilted Max-stable Processes for High Frequency Data [abs]

   

   
(SS008) Session Title: High-dimensional Data Analysis
  Chair: Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota
  Organizer: Lan Wang, University of Minnesota
  Speakers:
 

Shuangge Ma, Yale University
Network Based Integrative Analysis [abs]

Xiangrong Yin, University of Georgia
Solution Paths for Large p Small n Problems [abs]

Chunming Zhang, University of Wisconsin at Madison
High-dimensional Structured Feature Screening [abs]

Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota
Confidence Sets for Variable Selection [abs]

   

   
(SS009) Session Title: Advances in Statistical Genomics
  Chair: Weichuan Yu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Organizer: Hongyu Zhao, Yale University
  Speakers:
 

George Tseng, University of Pittsburgh
Statistical Methods for Disease Subtype Discovery by Multi-study and Mutli-omics Data Integration [abs]

Minghua Deng, Peking University
Detecting Epistasis from eQTL Data [abs]

Herbert Pang, Duke University
Pathway Analysis and Improved Discriminant Analysis of Microarray Data [abs]

Weichuan Yu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
A Combinatorial Perspective of the Protein Inference Problem [abs]

   

   
(SS010) Session Title: Novel Statistical and Computational Methods for Analysis of Sequencing-based Genomics Data
  Chair: Steve Qin, Emory University
  Organizer: Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
  Speakers:
 

Xihong Lin, Harvard University
Joint Analysis of SNP and Gene Expression Data in Genetic Association Studies of Complex Diseases Using Mediation Models [abs]

Xuegong Zhang, Tsinghua University
An Exon-centric Approach for Detecting Differentially Spliced Genes from RNA-Seq Data [abs]

Steve Qin, Emory University
An Alternative to the Bayesian Hierarchical Model and its Application to Microarray Gene Expression Data [abs]

   

   
(SS011) Session Title: Stochastic Analysis and Applications
  Organizer: Zenghu Li, Beijing Normal University
  Speakers:
 

Jinghai Shao, Beijing Normal University
Ergodic Properties of Diffusion Processes in Random Environments [abs]

Xicheng Zhang, Wuhan University
Nonlocal Hormander's Theorem [abs]

Zenghu Li, Beijing Normal University
Parameter Estimation of a Stable Cox-Ingersoll-Ross Model [abs]

   

   
(SS012) Session Title: Branching Processes and Applications
  Organizer: Zenghu Li, Beijing Normal University
  Speakers:
 

Yanxia Ren, Peking University
Central Limit Theorems for Supercritical Branching Markov Processes [abs]

Kai-Nan Xiang, Nankai University
Aldous-Lyons Problem on Unimodular Random Networks [abs]

Jie Xiong, University of Macau and University of Tennessee
Application of Branching Particle System to Nonlinear Filtering [abs]

Xinghua Zheng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Phase Transitions for SIR Epidemic Processes and Related Models [abs]

   

   
(SS013) Session Title: Bioinformatics
  Organizer: Ping Ma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Speakers:
 

Rebecca Doerge, Purdue University
Robust Adjustment of Sequence Tag Abundance in Next-generation Sequencing Data [abs]

Qing Zhou, UCLA
A Penalized Bayesian Approach to Predicting Sparse Protein-DNA Binding Landscapes [abs]

Ker-Chau Li, UCLA
Liquid Association with Background Adjustment [abs]

George Michailidis, University of Michigan
Inferring Regulatory Networks by Combining Perturbation Screens and Steady State Gene Expression Profiles [abs]

   

   
(SS014) Session Title: Recent Developments in Semiparametric Methods
  Organizer: Yingying Fan, University of Southern California
  Speakers:
 

Richard Samworth, University of Cambridge
Independent Component Analysis via Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood [abs]

Aurore Delaigle, University of Melbourne
Non and Semiparametric Methods for Group Testing Regression [abs]

Heng Peng, Hong Kong Baptist University
Smoothed Rank Correlation Estimates for Semiparametric Transformation Model with NP-dimensionality [abs]

Pengsheng Ji, University of Georgia
Optimality in High Dimensional Variable Selection and Multiple Testing [abs]

   

   
(SS015) Session Title: Recent Advance of Statistical Inference Tools for Mixture Models
  Chair: Jiahan Li, Notre Dame University
  Organizer: Runze Li, Penn State University
  Speakers:
 

Mian Huang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Maximum Smoothed Likelihood Estimation for a Class of Semiparametric Pareto Mixture Densities [abs]

Xianming Tan, McGill University
A Review of Mixture Varying Coefficient Models for Longitudinal Data [abs]

Weixin Yao, Kansas State University
Semiparametric Mixture Models [abs]

   

   
(SS016) Session Title: Nonparametric and Semiparametric Statistical Inference for High-dimensional Data
  Chair: Weixin Yao, Kansas State University
  Organizer: Runze Li, Penn State University
  Speakers:
 

Jiahan Li, Notre Dame University
Bayesian Group LASSO for Nonparametric Varying-coefficient Models with Application to Functional Genome-wide Association [abs]

Xin Tong, University of Southern California
A Plug-in Approach to Neyman-Pearson Classification [abs]

Wei Zhong, Xiamen University
Robust Screening and Penalized Quantile Regression for Ultrahigh Dimensional Heteroscedastic Data [abs]

Xiaobo Ding, Chinese Academy of Sciences
On a Partially Linear Single-index Transformation Model and its Nonparametric Estimation [abs]

   

   
(SS017) Session Title: Multiple Comparisons
  Organizer: Siu Hung Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Speakers:
 

Anthony Hayter, University of Denver
Recursive Integration Methodologies with Applications to Multiple Comparisons [abs]

Wei Liu, University of Southampton
Simultaneous Confidence Bands for a Percentile Line in Linear Regression with Application to Drug Stability Studies [abs]

Koon Shing Kwong, Singapore Management University
Two Step-up Procedures for Non-inferiority Tests [abs]

Miin-Jye Wen, National Cheng Kung University
Non-inferiority Studies with Multiple New Treatments under Heteroscedasticity [abs]

   

   
(SS018) Session Title: Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials
  Organizer: Feifang Hu, University of Virginia
  Speakers:
 

Li-Xin Zhang, Zhejiang University
Theory of Covariate and Response Adaptive Designs [abs]

Jianxin Yin, Renmin University of China
Covariate-adaptive Randomization with Variable Selection in High Dimensional Data [abs]

Hongjian Zhu, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Interim Analysis of Covariate Adaptive Designs [abs]

   

   
(SS019) Session Title: Methodologies for High-dimensional Data Analysis
  Organizer: Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
  Speakers:
 

Minh Ngoc Tran, University of New South Wales
Variable Selection in High-dimensional Heteroscedastic Linear Regression [abs]

Shan Luo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Variable Selection in High-dimensional Sparse Multiresponse Linear Regression Models [abs]

Heng Lian, Nanyang Technological University
Kernel Additive Sliced Inverse Regression [abs]

Shurong Zheng, Northeast Normal University
Testing Proportionality of Two Large-dimensional Covariance Matrices [abs]

   

   
(SS020) Session Title: Recent Developments in Time Series and Finance
  Organizer: Ngai Hang Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Speakers:
 

Shiqing Ling, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Inference for ARMA Models with Unknown-form and Heavy-tailed ARCH-type Noises [abs]

Chun-Yip Yau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Composite Likelihood-based Approach for Multiple Change-point Detection in Multivariate Time Series [abs]

Rongmao Zhang, Zhejiang University
Efficient Estimation for Threshold Autoregressive Models with Multiple-regime [abs]

Tzee-Ming Huang, National Chengchi University
An Approach for Adaptive Estimation in Regression with Dependent Errors [abs]

   

   
(SS021) Session Title: Big Data in Biostatistics
  Organizer: Yanyuan Ma, Texas A&M University
  Speakers:
 

Tanya Garcia, Texas A & M University
Maximum Binomial Likelihood Estimation in Censored Mixture Models with Application to Estimating Parkinson's Disease Risk in Parkin Mutation Carriers [abs]

Ying Wei, Columbia University
A Method for Controlling Complex Confounding Effects in Detection of Adverse Drug Reaction using Electronic Health Records [abs]

   

   
(SS022) Session Title: Complex Data Analysis
  Organizer: Cheng Yong Tang, University of Colorado Denver
  Speakers:
 

Hung Hung, National Taiwan University
Detection of Gene-gene Interactions Using Multistage Sparse and Low-Rank Regression [abs]

Liping Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Efficient Estimation in Sufficient Dimension Reduction [abs]

Tao Yu, National University of Singapore
Joint Asymptotic Studies on the Semiparametric Quasi-likelihood Models [abs]

Peng Zhang, Zhejiang University
Inference on ROC and Average Precision Based on Methods of Quantile [abs]

   

   
(SS023) Session Title: New Development in Survival Data Analysis
  Organizer: Peter Song, University of Michigan
  Speakers:
 

Yun Li, University of Michigan
Matching Methods for Obtaining Survival Functions to Estimate the Effect of a Time-dependent Treatment [abs]

Steven Chiou, University of Minnesota Duluth
Rank-based Estimating Equations with General Weight for Accelerated Failure Time Models: An Induced Smoothing Approach [abs]

Bin Nan, University of Michigan
Non-asymptotic Oracle Inequalities for the High-Dimensional Cox Regression via Lasso [abs]

   

   
(SS024) Session Title: Statistical Methods for Dependent Data Analysis
  Organizer: Peter Song, University of Michigan
  Speakers:
 

Claudia Czado, Technical University of Munich
Dependence Modeling Using Pair Copula Constructions [abs]

Jianxin Pan, University of Manchester
Covariance Structure Regularization via Entropy Loss Function [abs]

Shujie Ma, University of California at Riverside
Estimation and Inference in Varying Index Coefficient Models [abs]

   

   
(SS025) Session Title: Astro-statistics
  Chair: Jan Hannig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Organizer: Thomas C. M. Lee, University of California at Davis
  Speakers:
 

David van Dyk, Imperial College
The Assessment of Evidence in the Discovery of a Higgs Boson [abs]

Ethan Anderes, University of California at Davis
Decomposing CMB Lensing Power with Simulation [abs]

Jessi Cisewski, Carnegie Mellon University
Mapping the Intergalactic Medium Using Lyman-alpha Forest Data [abs]

   

   
(SS026) Session Title: Distributional Inferences in Statistics
  Organizer: David van Dyk, Imperial College
  Speakers:
 

Chuanhai Liu, Purdue University
Exact Prior-free Probabilistic Inference: The Inferential Model Approach [abs]

Dongchu Sun, University of Missouri-Columbia
Formal Reference Priors for a General Class of Divergence [abs]

Jan Hannig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Generalized Fiducial Inference and Confidence Distributions [abs]

   

   
(SS027) Session Title: Dimension Reduction for Semiparametric Regressions in High Dimension
  Organizer: Liping Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
  Speakers:
 

Yichao Wu, North Carolina State University
Automatic Structure Recovery for Additive Models [abs]

Xin Chen, National University of Singapore
Efficient Principal Component Regression [abs]

Jingyuan Liu, Xiamen University
Feature Selection for Varying Coefficient Models with Ultrahigh Dimensional Covariates [abs]

   

   
(SS028) Session Title: Non-parametric and Semi-parametric Regression
  Organizer: Yuedong Wang, University of California at Santa Barbara
  Speakers:
 

Ping Ma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Leveraging in Big Data Regression [abs]

Tiejun Tong, Hong Kong Baptist University
Difference-based Variance Estimation in Nonparametric Regression with Repeated Measurements [abs]

Yanyuan Ma, Texas A&M University
Doubly Robust And Efficient Estimators for Heteroscedastic Partially Linear Single-index Models Allowing High Dimensional Covariates [abs]

Yuqi Chen, University of California at Santa Barbara
Joint Modeling of Survival Times and Responses from Exponential Family [abs]

   

   
(SS029) Session Title: Advances in Biostatistical Methods
  Chair: Cheng Yong Tang, University of Colorado Denver
  Organizer: Tong Tong Wu, University of Rochester
  Speakers:
 

Gang Li, University of California at Los Angeles
Explained Variation in Nonlinear Models with Applications to Survival Analysis [abs]

Jianguo Sun, University of Missouri
Statistical Analysis of Mixed Panel Count Data [abs]

Cheng Yong Tang, University of Colorado Denver
A Joint Modeling Approach for Longitudinal Studies [abs]

   

   
(SS030) Session Title: Covariance Modeling for Dependent Data
  Organizer: Jianxin Pan, University of Manchester
  Speakers:
 

Huajun Ye, BNU-HKBU United International College
Nonparametric Regression of Covariance Structures in Longitudinal Studies [abs]

Yu Fei, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
Case-deletion Diagnostics for Linear Mixed Models [abs]

Peter Song, University of Michigan
Sparse Multivariate Factor Analysis Regression Models and its Applications to Integrative Genomics Analysis [abs]

Clifford Lam, London School of Economics
Nonparametric Eigenvalues-regularized Covariance Matrix Estimator for Time Series [abs]

   

   
(SS031) Session Title: Quantile Regression and Survival Analysis
  Organizer: Jianxin Pan, University of Manchester
  Speakers:
 

Keming Yu, Brunel University
Quantile Regression Inference: Practical Challenges and Some Solutions [abs]

Maozai Tian, Renmin University
Adaptive Quantile Regression with Precise Risk Bounds [abs]

Christiana Charalambous, University of Manchester
Variable Selection in Joint Modelling of the Mean and Variance [abs]

Dankmar Boehning, University of Southampton
Smooth Nonparametric Heterogeneity Estimation with an Application to Meta-analysis [abs]

   

   
(SS032) Session Title: Statistics and Its Interface
  Organizer: Heping Zhang, Yale School of Public Health
  Speakers:
 

Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
Edge Detection in Sparse Gaussian Graphical Models [abs]

Kai Wang Ng, The University of Hong Kong
Sample Size Against Spurious Correlations in Predictor Selection [abs]

Liang Peng, Georgia Institute of Technology
Interval Estimation for Random Coefficient AR Model and Predictive Regressions [abs]

Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics
Estimation of Extreme Quantiles for Functions of Dependent Random Variables [abs]

   

   
(SS033) Session Title: Recent Advances in High-dimensional Inference
  Chair: Liping Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
  Organizer: Hui Zou, University of Minnesota
  Speakers:
 

Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania
Recovery of High-dimensional Low-rank Matrices [abs]

Song-Xi Chen, Iowa State University
Two-Sample Thresholding Tests for High Dimensional Means [abs]

Cun-Hui Zhang, Rutgers University
Analysis of Some Nonparametric Estimators of Large Covariance Matrices [abs]

Harrison Zhou, Yale University
Asymptotic Normality and Optimalities in Estimation of Large Gaussian Graphical Model [abs]

   

   
(SS034) Session Title: Recent Advances in Machine Learning
  Chair: Ruoqing Zhu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Organizer: Michael Kosorok, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Speakers:
 

Gerard Biau, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Cellular Tree Classifiers [abs]

Yair Goldberg, University of Haifa
Support Vector Regression for Right Censored Data [abs]

Eric Xing, Carnegie Melon University
Big Data, Big Model, Big Learning [abs]

Ruoqing Zhu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reinforcement Learning Trees [abs]

   

   
(SS035) Session Title: Nonparametric Time Series Analysis
  Chair: Hernando Ombao, University of California at Irvine
  Organizer: Wensheng Guo, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  Speakers:
 

Yuedong Wang, University of California at Santa Barbara
Stochastic Dynamic Models and Chebyshev Splines [abs]

Robert Krafty, University of Pittsburgh
Penalized Multivariate Whittle Likelihood for Power Spectrum Estimation [abs]

Hernando Ombao, University of California at Irvine
Modeling Complex Oscillatory Cross-dependence in Multivariate Time Series [abs]

   

   
(SS036) Session Title: Recent Advances in Statistical Genetics
  Organizer: Taesung Park, Seoul National University
  Speakers:
 

Wing Kam Fung, The University of Hong Kong
A Powerful Parent-of-origin Effects Test for Qualitative Traits Incorporating Unaffected Children in Nuclear Families [abs]

Florian Frommlet, Medical University Vienna
Using Memetic Algorithms for Bayesian Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies [abs]

Seungyeoun Lee, Sejong University
A Robust Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction Method Using Residuals of the Survival Phenotype for Detecting Gene-fene Interactions [abs]

   

   
(SS037) Session Title: Recent Development in Bayesian Inference for Censored Data
  Organizer: Mário de Castro, Universidade de São Paulo
  Speakers:
 

Víctor Hugo Lachos Davila, Universidade de Campinas
Bayesian Inference in Mixed Effects Models for Censored Data with Applications to HIV Studies [abs]

Mário de Castro, Universidade de São Paulo
A Bayesian Gap Time Model with Path Specific Frailties and an Application to Multi-state Bone Marrow Transplant Data [abs]

Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut
Bayesian Models for Survival Data with a Cure Fraction and Semi-competing Risks [abs]

   

   
(SS038) Session Title: Statistical Learning and High Dimensional Problems
  Chair: Sijian Wang, University of Wisconsin at Madison
  Organizer: Ming Yuan, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Speakers:
 

Ding-Xuan Zhou, City University of Hong Kong
Learning with Minimum Error Entropy Criteria [abs]

Yiyuan She, Florida State University
On the Cross-validation for Sparse Reduced Rank Model Selection [abs]

Gilad Lerman, University of Minnesota
Robust Subspace Modeling [abs]

Yuan Yao, Beijing University
On Early Stopping and the Oracle Property of Linearized Bregman Algorithms [abs]

   

   
(SS039) Session Title: Statistical Methods for Detecting Sparse and Weak Signals in Biological Data
  Organizer: I-Ping Tu, Academia Sinica
  Speakers:
 

I-Ping Tu, Academia Sinica
Estimate the Occurrence Rate of the DNA Palindromes [abs]

Hua Tang, Stanford University
Genome-wide Characterization of Shared and Distinct Genetic Components that Influence Blood Lipid Levels in Ethnically Diverse Human Populations [abs]

Marc Coram, Stanford University
Non-parametric Empirical Bayes with Covariates and Differential Expression [abs]

   

   
(SS040) Session Title: Recent Advances in the Design of Experiments
  Chair: Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin at Madison
  Organizer: Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Academia Sinica
  Speakers:
 

Ray-Bing Chen, National Cheng Kung University
Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for Constructing Uniform Design on Irregular Regions [abs]

Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Academia Sinica
A Systematic Approach for the Construction of Definitive Screening Designs [abs]

Dennis Lin, Pennsylvania State University
Dimensional Analysis based Factor Space and Its Applications in Computer Experiment [abs]

Yuan-Lung Lin, Academia Sinica
Constructing Hadamard and Near-Hadamard Matrices via Graphs [abs]

   

   
(SS041) Session Title: Classification Method and Its Applications (Applied Statistics/Biostatistics Related)
  Chair: Kuang-Fu Cheng, Taipei Medical University
  Organizer: Yuan-Chin Ivan Chang, Academia Sinica
  Speakers:
 

Huey-Minn Hsueh, National Chengchi University
Biomarker Selections Using the pAUC [abs]

Yi-Hau Chen, Academia Sinica
Survival Prediction under Dependent Censoring: A Copula-based Approach [abs]

Chia-Hui Huang, National Taipei University
Stochastic Modeling for Epidemic Data [abs]

Kuang-Fu Cheng, Taipei Medical University
A Powerful and Robust Genetic Association Test in Case-control Studies [abs]

   

   
(SS042) Session Title: Nonparametric Methods for Longitudinal and Functional Data Analysis
  Chair: Jyh-Jen Horng Shiau, National Chiao Tung University
  Organizer: Jeng-Min Chiou, Academia Sinica
  Speakers:
 

Ya-Fang Yang, Academia Sinica
A Joint Frailty Model for Longitudinal and Multiple Survival Data [abs]

Ci-Ren Jiang, Academia Sinica
Nonparametric Response Function Estimation via FPCA with an Application to Dynamic PET Data [abs]

Chung Chang, National Sun Yat-Sen University
Estimating Simultaneous Confidence Bands for Functional Data: A Wild Bootstrap Approach [abs]

Jyh-Jen Horng Shiau, National Chiao Tung University
Distribution-free Profile Monitoring Schemes [abs]

   

   
(SS043) Session Title: Bayesian Methods for Large Complex Data
  Organizer: Wenyi Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Speakers:
 

Samuel Kou, Harvard University
Fast Analysis of Dynamic Systems via Gaussian Emulator [abs]

Faming Liang, Texas A&M University
A Bootstrap Metropolis-hastings Algorithm for Bayesian Analysis of Big Data [abs]

Wenyi Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gene Expression Deconvolution in Heterogeneous Tumor Samples [abs]

   

   
(SS044) Session Title: Methods for Analyzing Event Time Data
  Organizer: Bin Nan, University of Michigan
  Speakers:
 

Mei-Cheng Wang, Johns Hopkins University
Recurrent Event Processes with Shape and Size Parameters [abs]

Wenqing He, University of Western Ontario
Local Linear Regression on Correlated Survival Data [abs]

Sijian Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Variable Selection in Joint Modeling Longitudinal and Survival Data [abs]

Menggang Yu, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Bayesian Approach for Flexible Modeling of Semicompeting Risks Data [abs]

   

   
(SS045) Session Title: Recent Development in Nonparametric Statistics
  Chair: Ping-Shou Zhong, Michigan State University
  Organizer: Jiashun Jin, Carnegie Mellon University
  Speakers:
 

Aiyou Chen, Google Inc.
Data Enrichment: Some Theory and Applications for Online Video Ads Incremental Reach Estimation [abs]

Tracy Ke, Princeton University
Covariance Assisted Screening and Estimation [abs]

Xibin Zhang, Monash University
Gaussian Kernel GARCH Models [abs]

Ping-Shou Zhong, Michigan State University
Empirical Likelihood for Testing Function Constraints with Functional Data [abs]

   

   
(SS046) Session Title: Information Geometry and Statistical Machine Learning
  Chair: Su-Yun Huang, Academia Sinica
  Organizer: Hung Chen, National Taiwan University
                Su-Yun Huang, Academia Sinica
  Speakers:
 

Shinto Eguchi, Institute of Statistical Mathematics and Graduate University of Advanced Studies
Pattern Recognition for Marine Ecological Assessments [abs]

Han-Ming Wu, Tamkang University
Nonlinear Dimension Reduction Through Cumulative Slicing Estimation for Nonlinear Manifolds Learning [abs]

Philip E. Cheng, Academia Sinica
Concise Learning in Large-dimensional Variables Using Information Ratios [abs]

   

   
(SS047) Session Title: Multivariate Survival Analysis
  Organizer: Winfried Stute, University of Giessen
  Speakers:
 

Gerhard Dikta, Fachhochschule Aachen
Asymptotically Efficient Estimation Under Semi-parametric Random Censorship Models [abs]

Arusharka Sen, Concordia University
Eigenfunction Approach to Multivariate Censoring and Truncation [abs]

Winfried Stute, University of Giessen
Statistical Analysis of Self-exciting Marked Point Processes [abs]

   

   
(SS048) Session Title: High-dimensional Statistical Inference and Its Applications in Imaging Sciences
  Chair: Guofen Yan, University of Virginia
  Organizer: Xiaofeng Wang, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
  Speakers:
 

Jiayang Sun, Case Western Reserve University
Compressive Inference - New Approach to Analyzing Images from Compressive Sensing [abs]

Long Feng, Nankai University
Composite T-square Test for High Dimensional Data [abs]

Zhenghui Feng, Xiamen University
Nonparametric Variable Selection and Its Application to Additive Models [abs]

   

   
(SS049) Session Title: Survival and Recurrent Event Data Analysis
  Organizer: Chin-Tsang Chiang, National Taiwan University
  Speakers:
 

Jin-Jian Hsieh, National Chung Cheng University
Quantile Regression Based on Counting Process Approach Under Semi-competing Risks Data [abs]

Yu-Ru Su, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Modeling Left-truncated and Right-censored Survival Data with Longitudinal Covariates [abs]

Ming-Yueh Huang, National Taiwan University
Single-index Hazards Regression [abs]

Chiung-Yu Huang, Johns Hopkins University
Recurrent Event Data Analysis with Intermittently Observed Time-varying Covariates [abs]

   

   
(SS050) Session Title: Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments
  Chair: Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Academia Sinica
  Organizer: Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin at Madison
  Speakers:
 

Weichung Wang, National Taiwan University
Photonic Crystals Structure Optimization via Nested Surrogate Approachs [abs]

Robert B. Gramacy, University of Chicago
Local Gaussian Process Approximation for Large Computer Experiments [abs]

Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin at Madison
OEM with Big Data [abs]

   

   
(SS051) Session Title: Semiparametric Inference and High Dimensional Data Analysis
  Organizer: Qihua Wang, Chinese Academy of Science
  Speakers:
 

Chunling Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Longitudinal Data Analysis with Mixed Model Based on Nonparametric Random Effects [abs]

Guohua Zou, Chinese Academy of Science
Model Averaging Estimation for Sparse High-dimensional Data [abs]

Liugen Xue, Beijing University of Technology
Estimation and Empirical Likelihood for Single-index Models with Missing Covariates [abs]

   

   
(SS052) Session Title: Statistical Inference Under Nonstandard Settings
  Organizer: Stephen Lee, The University of Hong Kong
  Speakers:
 

Wenlong Cai, The University of Hong Kong
Bootstrap Methods for Lasso-type Estimators Under a Moving-parameter Framework [abs]

Mihai C. Giurcanu, University of Florida
Bootstrap Methods in Non-regular Problems [abs]

Zhuqing Yu, Purdue University
Uniformly Correct Bootstrap Confidence Intervals under M-estimation [abs]

   

   
(SS053) Session Title: Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials for Personalized Medicine
  Chair: Layla Parast, Rand Corporation
  Organizer: Tianxi Cai, Harvard University
  Speakers:
 

Heping Zhang, Yale University
Tree-based Methods for Personalized Medicine [abs]

Lu Tian, Stanford University
A General Framework of Stratifying Patient Population According to the Treatment Effect [abs]

Jay Bartroff, University of Southern California
Efficient Phase I-II Designs Using Sequential Generalized Likelihood Ratio Statistics [abs]

Lihui Zhao, Northwestern University
How to Effectively Select a Target Population Using Multiple Baseline Characteristics for a Future Comparative Study? [abs]

   

   
(SS054) Session Title: Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies for Risk Prediction
  Chair: Lu Tian, Stanford University
  Organizer: Tianxi Cai, Harvard University
  Speakers:
 

Yingye Zheng, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Efficient Evaluation of Risk Markers for Censored Failure Time Outcome: Analyses and Designs [abs]

Layla Parast, Rand Corporation
Landmark Estimation of Survival and Treatment Effect [abs]

Suchun Cheng, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Landmark Prediction of Long Term Survival Incorporating Short Term Event Time Information [abs]

Qian Zhou, Simon Fraser University
Incremental Value Assessment of New Markers Using Multi-phase Nested Case Control Studies [abs]

   

   
(SS055) Session Title: Recent Developments on High-dimensional Data Analysis
  Chair: Xingdong Feng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
  Organizer: Ji Zhu, University of Michigan
  Speakers:
 

Wei Jiang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
On Monitoring High-dimensional Data Streams [abs]

Shaoli Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Laplace Error Penalty Based Variable Selection in Ultra-high Dimension [abs]

Xueqin Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University
Robust Variable Selection with Exponential Squared Loss [abs]

   

   
(SS056) Session Title: Recent Developments in Biostatistics
  Chair: Shaoli Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
  Organizer: Ji Zhu, University of Michigan
  Speakers:
 

Ken Cheung, Columbia University
On the Efficiency of Nonparametric Variance Estimation in Sequential Dose Finding Studies [abs]

Xingdong Feng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Efficient Estimation of Treatment Effects in High-dimensional Quantile Regression [abs]

Feifang Hu, George Washington University
Statistical Inference of Covariate-adaptive Randomized Clinical Trials [abs]

Lei Shi, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
Meta Analysis of Mutiple Factors with Application in Legume-Rhizobia Mutualism System [abs]

   

   
(SS057) Session Title: Methodology Development for High Dimensional Data
  Chair: Hongjian Zhu, University of Texas at Houston
  Organizer: Jianhua Hu, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Speakers:
 

Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana at Champaign
Sufficient Dimension Reduction for Longitudinal Data [abs]

David Rossell, University of Warwick
Building Bayesian Models for High-dimensional Problems [abs]

Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
Low Rank Linear Discriminant Analysis for Matrix Data [abs]

   

   
(SS058) Session Title: Environmental Statistics
  Organizer: Liqun Wang, University of Manitoba
  Speakers:
 

Lianfen Qian, Florida Atlantic University
Efficient Empirical Likelihood Inference in Partial Linear Single-index Models for Longitudinal Data [abs]

Yuehua Wu, York University
Combining Multiple Satellite Precipitation Estimates with in Situ Precipitation Measurements [abs]

Liqun Wang, University of Manitoba
Adaptive Estimation of Forecast Error Covariance in Ensemble Kalman Filter for Data Assimilation [abs]

   

   
(SS059) Session Title: Optimalities in High Dimensional Statistics
  Organizer: Harrison Zhou, Yale University
  Speakers:
 

Sahand Negahban, Yale University
Iterative Ranking from Pair-wise Comparisons [abs]

Lie Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Multivariate Regression with Calibration [abs]

Yazhen Wang, University of Wisconsin
Large Volatility Matrix Estimation for High-frequency Financial Data [abs]

   

   
(SS060) Session Title: High-dimensional Semi-parametric Models
  Organizer: Hua Liang, George Washington University
  Speakers:
 

Fang Yao, University of Toronto
Effective Dimension Reduction for Sparse Functional Data [abs]

Hua Liang, George Washington University
High Dimensional ODEs Coupled with Mixed-effects Modeling Techniques for Gene Regulatory Network Identification [abs]

   

   

 

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