HKBU Conference in Statistics and Data Science in Honor of Professor Emeritus Lixing Zhu

Schedule

June 24, 2025 (Tuesday)

Location: SCT 501, HKBU

9:00-10:00 AM
Opening Ceremony - Chair: Leevan Ling
  • Jiming Liu , 9:00 AM
  • Michael Ng , 9:10 AM
  • Hengjian Cui , 9:15 AM
  • Hua Liang , 9:20 AM
  • Lixing Zhu , 9:25 AM
  • Photo Taking and Break , 9:30 AM
10:00-12:00 PM
Morning Session - Chair: Ming-Yen Cheng SCT 501, HKBU
  • Hongyu Zhao , Yale University Phenotype Embedding from Biobank Data , 10:00 AM
  • Jian Huang , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Transfer Learning through Enhanced Sufficient Representation , 10:30 AM
  • Hengjian Cui , Capital Normal University FDR Control in Feature Screening for Ultrahigh-dimensional Right-censored Data via Adaptive Threshold Selection , 11:00 AM
  • Xu Guo , Beijing Normal University Adaptive Adequacy Testing of High-Dimensional Factor-Augmented Regression Model , 11:30 AM
12:00-14:00 PM
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 PM
Afternoon Session I - Chair: Tiejun Tong SCT 501, HKBU
  • Lei Shi , Yunnan University of Finance and Economics Beyond A Binary Theorizing of Prosociality – An Experimental Study Using Human-Machine Interaction , 14:00 PM
  • TBA , TBA , 14:30 PM
  • Xingqiu Zhao , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Deep Nonparametric Inference for Censored Data , 15:00 PM
15:30-16:00 PM
Break
16:00-17:30 PM
Afternoon Session II - Chair: Tiejun Tong SCT 501, HKBU
  • Xinyuan Song , The Chinese University of Hong Kong Deep Learning Approaches for Individualized Causal Mediation Analysis with Survival Outcome , 16:00 PM
  • Zhengyuan Zhu , Iowa State University Optimal Integration of Data from Probability and Non-Probability Sample , 16:30 PM
  • Linglong Kong , University of Alberta Statistical Inference for Smoothed Quantile Regression with Streaming Data , 17:00 PM
18:00 PM
Banquet (provided by CUHK) (by invitation only)

June 25, 2025 (Wednesday)

Location: SCT 501, HKBU

9:00-10:00 AM
Morning Session I - Chair: Le Zhou SCT 501, HKBU
  • Hua Liang , George Washington University Goodness-of-Fit (GoF) for Checking Logistic Models , 9:00 AM
  • Liping Zhu , Renmin University of China Model Testing and Dimension Reduction Techniques: Inheritance and Development , 9:30 AM
10:00-10:30 AM
Break
10:30-12:00 PM
Morning Session II - Chair: Le Zhou SCT 501, HKBU
  • Junhui Wang , The Chinese University of Hong Kong Learning Nonparametric Graphical Model on Heterogeneous Network-Linked Data , 10:30 AM
  • Guangming Pan , Nanyang Technological University Eigenvector Overlap of The Large Sample Covariance Matrices , 11:00 AM
  • Ruoqing Zhu , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Synergetic Random Forests: A New Bellman Equation Solver with Adaptive State Abstraction , 11:30 AM
12:00-14:00 PM
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 PM
Afternoon Session I - Chair: Shunan Yao SCT 501, HKBU
  • Jinguan Lin , Nanjing Audit University A Unified Spectral Clustering Framework for Functional Data , 14:00 PM
  • Guohua Zou , Capital Normal University Robust Jackknife Model Averaging , 14:30 PM
  • Can Yang , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology A Unified Framework for Identification of Cell-Type-Specific Spatially Variable Genes in Spatial Transcriptomic Studies , 15:00 PM
15:30-16:00 PM
Break
16:00-17:30 PM
Afternoon Session II - Chair: Shunan Yao SCT 501, HKBU
  • Shiqing Ling , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Asymptotic Theory of QMLE of The Multiple-regime Threshold GARCH(1,1) Model , 16:00 PM
  • Yuedong Wang , University of California, Santa Barbara Nonparametric Neighborhood Selection in Graphical Models , 16:30 PM
  • Wangli Xu , Renmin University of China Differentially Private Multiple Testing with Super Uniformity , 17:00 PM
18:00 PM
Banquet (provided by HKBU) (by invitation only)

June 26, 2025 (Thursday)

Location: SCT 501, HKBU

9:00-10:00 AM
Morning Session I - Chair: Heng Peng SCT 501, HKBU
  • Xuerong Wen , Missouri University of Science and Technology Multi-Population Sufficient Dimension Reduction , 9:00 AM
  • Qian Lin , Tsinghua University Towards A Statistical Understanding of Neural Networks , 9:30 AM
10:00-10:30 AM
Break
10:30-12:00 PM
Morning Session II - Chair: Heng Peng SCT 501, HKBU
  • Yingxing Li , Xiamen University Dimension Reduction in Network Regression , 10:30 AM
  • Zhenghui Feng , Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Probabilistic Principal Component Analysis with Mixture of Exponential Power Distributions , 11:00 AM
  • TBA TBA , 11:30 AM
14:00 PM
Shuttle Bus to Zhuhai

June 27, 2025 (Friday)

Location: 北京师范大学珠海校区

8:40-9:00 AM
Opening Ceremony 国际交流中心 2 楼报告厅
  • 朱力行 (Zhu Lixing) , 北京师范大学文理学院统计系 Opening Speech , 8:40 AM
9:00-10:00 AM
Morning Session I - Chair: 朱学虎 (Xuehu Zhu) 国际交流中心 2 楼报告厅
  • 王兆军 (Zhaojun Wang) , 南开大学 (Nankai University) Semi-Supervised Distribution Learning , 9:00 AM
  • 林路 (Lu Lin) , 山东大学 (Shandong University) Nonparametric M-Transfer Learning via Smooth-Projection Coefficient Learning , 9:30 AM
10:00-10:30 AM
Break / Photo Taking and Tea 国际交流中心 2 楼报告厅
10:30-11:30 AM
Morning Session II - Chair: 朱学虎 (Xuehu Zhu) 国际交流中心 2 楼报告厅
  • 薛留根 (Liugen Xue) , 北京工业大学 (Beijing University of Technology) Two-Stage Estimation and Bias-Corrected Empirical Likelihood in A Partially Linear Single-Index Varying-Coefficient Model , 10:30 AM
  • 於州 (Zhou Yu) , 华东师范大学 (East China Normal University) Fréchet Cumulative Covariance Net for Deep Nonlinear Sufficient Dimension Reduction with Random Objects , 11:00 AM
11:30-14:00 PM
Lunch Break 国际交流中心 2 楼中餐厅
14:00-15:30 PM
Afternoon Session I - Chair: 卢祖帝 (Zudi Lu) 国际交流中心 2 楼报告厅
  • 卢祖帝 (Zudi Lu) , 香港城市大学 (City University of Hong Kong) Statistical Random Forests Modelling for Nonlinear Time Series , 14:00 PM
  • 李国栋 (Guodong Li) , 香港大学 (The University of Hong Kong) Unraveling Recurrent Dynamics: How Neural Networks Model Sequential Data , 14:30 PM
  • 王涛 (Tao Wang) , 上海交通大学 (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Factor Models for High-Dimensional Count Data , 15:00 PM
15:30-16:00 PM
Break 国际交流中心 2 楼
16:00-17:30 PM
Afternoon Session II - Chair: 谭发龙 (Falong Tan) 国际交流中心 2 楼报告厅
  • 陈飞 (Fei Chen) , 云南师范大学 (Yunnan Normal University) Semiparametric Single-Index Structural Equation Model , 16:00 PM
  • 朱学虎 (Xuehu Zhu) , 西安交通大学 (Xi'an Jiaotong University) Adaptive Functional Change Point Detection , 16:30 PM
  • 谭发龙 (Falong Tan) , 湖南大学 (Hunan University) Goodness-of-Fit Tests for High-Dimensional Regression Models via Projections , 17:00 PM