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

20-23 December, 2013
Hong Kong Baptist University

Program

Dec 20 (Fri)
08:00
Registration
AAB Level 2
09:00
Opening
AAB201
10:00 Break  
10:15 Pao-Lu Hsu Award Session AAB201
 
Chair: Xiaotong Shen
  Jianqing Fan
  Are we all wrong?
  Xiao-Li Meng
  A Trio of Inference Problems That Could Win You a Nobel Prize in Statistics (if you help fund it)
  Bin Yu
  Modeling Visual Cortex V4 in Naturalistic Conditions with Invariant and Sparse Image Representations
 
12:30
Lunch
SCC Multi-Purpose Hall
14:00
Plenary Talks AAB201
 
Chair: Lixing Zhu
14:00 Tze Leung Lai
  Covariate Bandit Theory and Its Applications
14:45 Peter Hall
  Methodology for Nonparametric Deconvolution when the Error Distribution is Unknown
 
15:30
Coffee Break
AAB Level 3, Podium
16:00
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SIS01 RSS Special Invited Session: New Challenges in Statistics WLB103
 
16:00 Z Ying16:40 Z M Ma17:20 J Wu
  SIS08 Industry track: Data Monitoring Committee WLB204
 
16:00 I Hwang16:25 M Chen16:50 Q Jiang
  SIS14 Special Invited Session: Lifetime Data Analysis WLB109
 
16:00 R Xu16:25 Z Ye16:50 M Xie17:15 C H Chen
  SS001 New Methods in Machine Learning WLB205
 
16:00 X Shen16:25 J Zhu16:50 J Wang17:15 Y Feng
  SS014 Recent Developments in Semiparametric Methods WLB210
 
16:00 R Samworth16:25 A Delaigle16:50 H Peng17:15 P Ji
  SS020 Recent Developments in Time Series and Finance WLB211
 
16:00 S Ling16:25 C Y Yau16:50 R Zhang17:15 T M Huang
  SS029 Advances in Biostatistical Methods WLB207
 
16:00 G Li16:25 J Sun16:50 C Y Tang
  SS030 Covariance Mdeling for Dependent Data WLB104
 
16:00 H Ye16:25 Y Fei16:50 P Song17:15 C Lam
  SS060 High-Dimensional Semi-parametric Models WLB201
 
16:00 F Yao16:25 H Liang
 
Contributed Session  
  CT005 Longitudinal Data WLB202
 
16:00 Q Li16:15 D Jiang16:30 O Komori16:45 S F Kuo
17:00 C Wang17:15 J S K Chan
17:45 End of day 1  
     
     
Dec 21 (Sat)
09:00
Plenary Talks AAB201
 
Chair: Ji Zhu
09:00 Raymond Carroll
  Varying Coefficient Partial Differential Equations, with Applications to LIDAR Data
09:45 Howell Tong
  How to fit a model when you know it is wrong?
 
10:30
Coffee Break
AAB Level 3, Podium
11:00
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SIS02 IMS Special Invited Session: New Methods for High-dimensional Data WLB103
 
11:00 P Ravikumar11:25 T Shi11:50 W Pan
  SIS06 Industry Track: Innovative Methods for Dose-response WLB204
 
11:00 B Hu11:25 T Sugitani11:50 G Yuan
  SS010 Novel Statistical and Computational Methods for Analysis of Sequencing-based Genomics Data WLB104
 
11:00 X Lin11:25 X Zhang11:50 S Qin
  SS023 New Development in Survival Data Analysis WLB109
 
11:00 Y Li11:25 S Chiou11:50 B Nan
  SS048 High-dimensional Statistical Inference and its Applications in Imaging Sciences WLB211
 
11:00 J Sun11:25 L Feng11:50 Z Feng
  SS052 Statistical Inference Under Nonstandard Settings WLB210
 
11:00 W Cai11:25 M C Giurcanu11:50 Z Yu
  SS058 Environmental Statistics WLB205
 
11:00 L Qian11:25 Y Wu11:50 L Wang
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT002 Bayesian Methods for Spatial Data WLB207
 
11:00 K S Chan11:15 Y Wang11:30 C T Gan11:45 J Law
  CT009 Clinical and Pre-clinical Trials I WLB201
 
11:00 Y Lin11:15 J Ke11:30 Y Yi11:45 Y Cheng
12:15
Light Lunch
SCC Mulit-purpose Hall
13:45
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SIS05 Industry track: Bayesian Analysis in Clinical Trials WLB204
 
13:45 H Fu14:10 G Yin14:35 H Schmidli15:00 S Morita
  SS031 Quantile Regression and Survival Analysis WLB104
 
13:45 K Yu14:10 M Tian14:35 C Charalambous 15:00 D Boehning
  SS032 Statistics and Its Interface WLB109
 
13:45 Z Chen14:10 K W Ng14:35 L Peng15:00 Q Yao
  SS033 Recent Advances in High-dimensional Inference WLB103
 
13:45 T Cai14:10 S X Chen14:35 C H Zhang15:00 H Zhou
  SS040 Recent Advances in the Design of Experiments WLB210
 
13:45 R B Chen14:10 F K H Phoa14:35 D Lin15:00 Y L Lin
  SS042 Nonparametric Methods for Longitudinal and Functional Data Analysis WLB207
 
13:45 Y F Yang14:10 C R Jiang14:35 C Chang15:00 J J H Shiau
  SS057 Methodology Development for High Dimensional DataWLB211
 
13:45 A Qu14:10 D Rossell14:35 W Lu
       + SIS12 Industry track: Meta Analysis and Its Application
 
15:00 S Wu
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT014 Finance, Risk and Time Series II WLB201
 
13:45 Y Li14:00 H Song14:15 S Yun14:30 A X Dong
14:45 S W R Chung15:00 Z Zhao15:15 T W Lim
  CT020 Computational Methods WLB202
 
13:45 B Liu14:00 H Li14:15 X L Yue14:30 Y Wang
14:45 T Wang15:00 T L Chen
15:30
Coffee Break
WLB Level 1
16:00
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SS017 Multiple Comparisons (session ends at 5:40pm) WLB104
 
16:00 A Hayter16:25 W Liu16:50 K S Kwong17:15 M J Wen
  SS018 Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials WLB211
 
16:00 L X Zhang16:25 J Yin16:50 H Zhu
  SS027 Dimension Reduction for Semiparametric Regressions in High Dimension WLB204
 
16:00 Y Wu16:25 X Chen16:50 J Liu
  SS036 Recent Advances in Statistical Genetics WLB103
 
16:00 W K Fung16:25 F Frommlet16:50 S Lee
  SS046 Information Geometry and Statistical Machine Learning WLB205
 
16:00 S Eguchi16:25 H M Wu16:50 P E Cheng
  SS047 Multivariate Survival Analysis WLB202
 
16:00 G Dikta16:25 A Sen16:50 W Stute
  SS050 Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments WLB210
 
16:00 W Wang16:25 R B Gramacy16:50 P Qian
  SS051 Semiparametric Inference and High Dimensional Data Analysis WLB109
 
16:00 C Liu16:25 G Zou16:50 L Xue
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT016 Censored Data and Survival Analysis WLB207
 
16:00 D Chen16:15 Y Geng16:30 K C G Chan16:45 A Wang
  CT017 Estimation and Prediction I WLB201
 
16:00 N J Hsu16:15 H Demirhan16:30 A Gangopadhyay 16:45 B Choy
17:15
Bus to Banquet venue
WLB Level 1
18:00
Banquet Royal Plaze Hotel
  End of day 2  
     
     
Dec 22 (Sun)
09:00
Plenary Talks AAB201
 
Chair: Jiqian Fang
09:00 Ching-Shui Cheng
  Minimum Aberration and Related Criteria for Selecting Fractional Factorial Designs: A Review and Extensions
09:45 Hengjian Cui
  Some Developments in High-dimension Statistical Testing
 
10:30
Coffee Break
AAB Level 3, Podiuim
11:00
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SIS03 CAAS Special Invited Session WLB103
 
11:00 J Guo11:25 L Sun11:50 H Lin
  SIS11 Industry track: Globalization and its Impact on Drug Development in the Different Regions – Issues in Multinational Clinical Trials WLB204
 
11:00 G Chen11:25 X Zhou11:50 G Li
  SS015 Recent Advance of Statistical Inference Tools for Mixture Models WLB210
 
11:00 M Huang11:25 X Tan11:50 W Yao
  SS021 Big Data in Biostatistics WLB104
 
11:00 T Garcia11:25 Y Wei
  SS037 Recent Development in Bayesian Inference for Censored Data WLB109
 
11:00 V H Lachos Davila11:25 M de Castro11:50 M H Chen
  SS055 Recent Developments on High-dimensional Data Analysis WLB205
 
11:00 W Jiang11:25 S Wang11:50 X Wang
  SS059 Optimalities in High Dimensional Statistics WLB211
 
11:00 S Negahban11:25 L Wang11:50 Y Wang
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT001 Spatial-temporal Data WLB202
 
11:00 S Tzeng11:15 J Shen11:30 K I Liu11:45 W Huang
12:00 H C Huang
  CT015 Dimension Reduction WLB207
 
11:00 Y Xue11:15 P Xu11:30 Y Im11:45 H H Lue
  CT018 Estimation and Prediction II WLB201
 
11:00 X Xun11:15 J Yan 11:30 T Nitithumbundit 11:45 H Zhou
12:15
Lunch
SCC Multi-purpose Hall
13:45
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SIS04 ISBA Special Invited Session: Bayesian Model Validation WLB103
 
13:45 S Jensen14:10 C Hans14:35 M Taddy
  SS002 Statistical Challenges in Functional Data and Nonparametric Methods WLB207
 
13:45 N Wang14:10 Y Fan14:35 L Yang15:00 Q Wang
  SS003 Asymptotic Theory I WLB204
 
13:45 W Liu14:10 Z Chen14:35 Z Su15:00 B Bercu
  SS007 Statistical Methods for Massive Datasets WLB201
 
13:45 M Y Cheng14:10 L S Huang14:35 Z Zhang
  SS013 Bioinformatics WLB109
 
13:45 R Doerge14:10 Q Zhou14:35 K C Li15:00 G Michailidis
  SS016 Nonparametric and Semiparametric Statistical Inference for High-dimensional Data WLB210
 
13:45 J Li14:10 X Tong14:35 W Zhong15:00 X Ding
  SS035 Nonparametric Time Series Analysis WLB211
 
13:45 Y Wang14:10 R Krafty14:35 H Ombao
  SS053 Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials for Personalized Medicine WLB104
 
13:45 H Zhang14:10 L Tian14:35 J Bartroff15:00 L Zhao
  SS056 Recent Developments in Biostatistics WLB205
 
13:45 K Cheung14:10 X Feng14:35 F Hu15:00 L Shi
 
Contributed Session  
  CT019 High-dimensional Data WLB202
 
13:45 X Chang14:00 Q Wang14:15 K Dong14:30 Y Zhu
14:45 S Lee15:00 J Ma15:15 P Li
15:30
Coffee Break
WLB Level 1
16:00
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SS004 Asymptotic Theory II WLB204
 
16:00 X Fang16:25 W Zhou16:50 A Xia17:15 J Yao
  SS006 Statistics and Finance WLB103
 
16:00 W K Li16:25 H Wang16:50 Y Zhou17:15 Y Li
  SS008 High-dimensional Data Analysis WLB109
 
16:00 S Ma16:25 X Yin16:50 C Zhang17:15 Y Yang
  SS028 Non-parametric and Semi-parametric Regression WLB205
 
16:00 P Ma 16:25 T Tong16:50 Y Ma17:15 Y Chen
  SS034 Recent Advances in Machine Learning WLB201
 
16:00 G Biau16:25 Y Goldberg16:50 E Xing17:15 R Zhu
  SS038 Statistical Learning and High Dimensional Problems WLB210
 
16:00 D X Zhou16:25 Y She16:50 G Lerman17:15 Y Yao
  SS045 Recent Development in Nonparametric Statistics WLB211
 
16:00 A Chen16:25 T Ke16:50 X Zhang17:15 P S Zhong
  SS049 Survival and Recurrent Event Data Analysis WLB207
 
16:00 J J Hsieh16:25 Y R Su16:50 M Y Huang17:15 C Y Huang
  SS054 Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies for Risk Prediction WLB104
 
16:00 Y Zheng16:25 L Parast16:50 S Cheng17:15 Q Zhou
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT006 Model and Variable Selection WLB202
 
16:00 L S L Tan16:15 M H Y Tan16:30 H Y Wang16:45 C H Chu
17:00 C H Chang17:15 C J Chang17:30 H Zhang
  CT021 Statistical Inference WLB203
 
16:00 X Zhu16:15 C Li16:30 W M Li 16:45 W Chantarangsi
17:00 S H Hsieh17:15 J Peng
17:45 End of day 3  
     
     
Dec 23 (Mon)
09:00
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SS005 High-dimensional Data Analysis: Theory and Application (session ends at 10:40am) WLB205
 
09:00 S Datta09:25 S Datta09:50 Y Dong10:15 K P Adragni
  SS024 Statistical Methods for Dependent Data Analysis WLB103
 
09:00 C Czado09:25 J Pan09:50 S Ma
  SS026 Distributional Inferences in Statistics WLB104
 
09:00 C Liu09:25 D Sun09:50 J Hannig
  SS044 Methods for Analyzing Event Time Data (session ends at 10:40am) WLB109
 
09:00 M C Wang09:25 W He09:50 S Wang10:15 M Yu
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT003 Categorical and Ordinal Data I WLB207
 
09:00 T Y Lu09:15 Y Lin09:30 F Dong09:45 Y Zhao
  CT007 DNA, RNA, Gene, Microarray and Biomarker Data I WLB210
 
09:00 J Zhou09:15 S Li09:30 C A Tsai09:45 L Guo
10:00 N Tang10:15 J Liu
  CT010 Clinical and Pre-clinical Trials II WLB211
 
09:00 T Hamasaki09:15 X Li09:30 Z Chen09:45 H B Fang
  CT011 Regression I WLB204
 
09:00 S Su09:15 K Y Wong09:30 F Wan09:45 X Guo
10:00 W Wang10:15 X Wang
10:30
Coffee Break
WLB Level 1
11:00
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SIS10 Industry track: Personalized Healthcare: Pharmacogenomics, Biomarkers WLB204
 
11:00 C Li11:25 A A Handzel11:50 L Chen
  SS011 Stochastic Analysis and Applications WLB205
 
11:00 J Shao11:25 X Zhang11:50 Z Li
  SS025 Astro-statistics WLB109
 
11:00 D van Dyk11:25 E Anderes11:50 J Cisewski
  SS039 Statistical Methods for Detecting Sparse and Weak Signals in Biological Data WLB210
 
11:00 I P Tu11:25 H Tang11:50 M Coram
  SS043 Bayesian Methods for Large Complex Data WLB103
 
11:00 S Kou11:25 F Liang11:50 W Wang
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT004 Categorical and Ordinal Data II WLB207
 
11:00 J Guan11:15 S H Huang11:30 Y Liu11:45 A Majumdar
  CT012 Regression II WLB211
 
11:00 W Dai11:15 Y Han11:30 P He11:45 Y Yao
12:00 K F G Tso
12:15
Light Lunch
SCC Multi-purpose Hall
13:45
Parallel Sessions  
 
Invited Sessions  
  SIS07 Industry Track: Patient Heterogeneity and Subgroup IdentificationWLB204
 
13:45 F Bretz
        + SIS13: Discussion on New Regulatory Guidance: Non-Inferiority, Subgroup
          Analyses, Model-Based Drug
 
14:10 Y Lu14:35 X Wang15:00 J Du
  SS009 Advances in Statistical Genomics WLB104
 
13:45 G Tseng14:10 M Deng14:35 H Pang15:00 W Yu
  SS012 Branching Processes and Applications WLB109
 
13:45 Y Ren14:10 K N Xiang14:35 J Xiong15:00 X Zheng
  SS019 Methodologies for High-dimensional Data Analysis WLB205
 
13:45 M N Tran14:10 S Luo14:35 H Lian15:00 S Zheng
  SS022 Complex Data Analysis WLB210
 
13:45 H Hung14:10 L Zhu14:35 T Yu15:00 P Zhang
  SS041 Classification Method and Its Applications (Applied Statistics/Biostatistics Related) WLB103
 
13:45 H M Hsueh14:10 Y H Chen14:35 C H Huang15:00 K F Cheng
 
Contributed Sessions  
  CT008 DNA, RNA, Gene, Microarray and Biomarker Data II WLB207
 
13:45 D Li14:00 Y C Hsu14:15 Y Fong14:30 Y Huang
14:45 J J Li
  CT013 Finance, Risk and Time Series I WLB211
 
13:45 M Paolella14:00 L Wang14:15 C H Koo14:30 H Xie
14:45 Y T Yeung15:00 C W S Chen
15:30
Coffee Break
WLB Level 1
16:00 END  
     
     
     
     
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