Schedule for invited talks

Locations: Zhejiang University, S: Shaw Science Hall; A: Rm501, Center for Mathematical Science; B: The fourth floor, Department of Mathematics; C: Rm201, Center for Mathematical Science; D: Rm203, Center for Mathematical Science

Morning June 11, 2008

• 8:30 - 9:30 Opening ceremony and group photo

Plenary Talk I-S

• 9:30 - 10:20 Chair: Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
• Speaker: Iain Johnstone, Stanford University
• Title: Large covariance matrices and random matrix theory [Slides]

Plenary Talk II-B

• 9:30 - 10:20 Chair: Jia-an Yan
• Speaker: Shige Peng, Shangdong University, China
• Title: G-normal distribution, G-Brownian motion and financial risk
• 10:20 - 10:50 Tea break

Session 1-A: Stein's method

• Chair: Zhonggen Su, Zhejiang University, Organizer: Louis Chen, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• 10:50-11:25 Speaker: Louis Chen, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Title: Discretized normal approximation
• 11:25-12:00 Speaker: Aihua Xia, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Title: On negative binomial approximation to k-runs

Session 2-B: Biostatistics

• Chair: Suojin Wang, Texas A & M University, USA
• 10:50-11:25 Speaker: Yong Zhou,
• Title: Estimating equations inference with missing data
• 11:25-12:00 Speaker: Kaifun Yu, National Institutes of Health, USA
• Title: Estimation of primary and secondary parameters in a two-stage adaptive clinical trail

Session 3-C: Statistical applications

• Chair: Jin Cao
• 10:50-11:25 Speaker: Yuan Li
• Title: Measuring risk aversion y ARCH-M model with varying coefficients
• 11:25-12:00 Speaker: Zhen Wu
• Title: Some properties on Z for BSDEs and their applications in finance and optimal control problem

Session 4-D: Statistical theory and methodology

• Chair: Annie Qu
• 10:50-11:25 Speaker: Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Title: On Recovery of High Dimensional Sparse Signals via l_1 Minimization
• 11:25-12:00 Speaker: Chunming Zhang, University of Wisconsin--Madison, USA
• Title: Isotropy-anisotropy test for brain imaging

12:10-1:15Lunch at Shaw Science Hall

Afternoon June 11, 2008

Session 1-A1: High-dimensional probability

• Chair: Zhenqing Chen, Organizer: Wenbo Li
• 1:30-2:05Speaker: Wenho Li, University of Delaware, USA
• Title: Gaussian inequalities and conjectures
• 2:05-2:40 Speaker: Frank Gao, University of Idaho, USA
• Title: Entropy estimate of some shape-constrained function classes via small deviation probability
• 2:40-3:15 Speaker Zhonggen Su, Zhejiang University
• Title Transition distributions of periodically weighted Plancherel +Young diagrams
• 3:15- 3:45Tea Break

Session 1-A2: Gaussian analysis

• Chair and Organizer: Yiming Xiao, Michigan State University, USA
• 3:45-4:20Speaker: Xiaoyu Hu, Graduate School of The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Title: Limsup random fractals determined two dependent Levy processes
• 4:20-4:55 Speaker: Niels Jacob, Swansea University, UK
• Title: Some Hilbert spaces associated with certain symmetric Levy processes
• 4:55-5:30 Speaker: Dongsheng Wu, University of Alabama, USA
• Title: Self-intersection local times of fractional Brownian sheets

Session 2-B: Biostatistics and high-dimensional data analysis

• Chair: Huixia Wang, North carolina State University, USA
• 1:30-2:05 Speaker: Suojun Wang, Texas A & M University, USA
• Title: A new semiparametric procedures for matched case-control studies with missing covariate data
• 2:05-2:40 Speaker: Ping Ma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Title: Statistical journey to the center of the earth
• 2:40-3:15 Speaker: Annie Qu, Oregon State University, USA
• Title: Efficient aggregate unbiased estimating functions approach for correlated data with missing at random
• 3:15-3:45 Tea Break

Session 2-B: Biostatistics and high-dimensional data analysis

• Chair: Ping Ma, Organizer: Xihong Lin
• 3:45-4:20 Speaker: Tian Lu, Northwestern University, USA
• Title: Lasso regularized estimation for accelerated failure time model
• 4:20-4:55 Speaker: Yi Li, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
• Title: Incorporating biological prior information in bioinformatics: analysis of array cgh dada
• 4:55-5:30 Speaker: June Luo, Clemson University, USA
• Title: Density curve estimation and classification of cancer microarray by conditional logistic regression

Session 3-C1: Financial statistics

• Chair and Organizer: Rong Chen
• 1:30-2:05 Speaker: Jianqing Fan, Princeton University, USA
• Title: Sparse portfolio allocation: from short-constraint to lars
• 2:05-2:40 Speaker: Yazhen Wang, University of Connecticut, USA
• Title: Modeling and analyzing high-frequency financial data
• 2:40-3:15 Speaker: Ngai-Hang Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Title: Quanto options and mixture exponential jump-diffusion
• 3:15-3:45 Tea Break

Session 3-C2: Statistical imaging and simultaneous inference

• Chair and Organizer: Jiashun Jin, Purdue University
• 3:45-4:20 Speaker: Felix Abramovich, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Title: Bayesian testimation in the normal means and other related problems
• 4:20-4:55 Speaker: Jian Zhang, Purdue University
• Title: High-dimensional variable selection via nonnegative garotte
• 4:55-5:30 Speaker: Michael Nussbaum, Cornell University, USA
• Title: Asymptotic error rates in quantum hypothesis testing

Session 4-D: Nonparametric statistics and longitudinal data

• Chair and Organizer: Tony Cai
• 1:30-2:05 Speaker: Peihua Qiu, University of Minnesota, USA
• Title: Local smoothing segmentation of spotted microarray images
• 2:05-2:40 Speaker: Tianxi Cai, Harvard University, USA
• Title: Robust methods for evaluating the incremental value of new markers for prediction
• 2:40-3:15 Speaker: James Robins, Harvard University, USA
• Title: Higher order influence functions and minimax estimation of nonlinear functionals
• 3:15-3:45 Tea Break

Session 4-D: Nonparametric statistics and longitudinal data

• Chair and Organizer: Hulin Wu
• 3:45-4:20 Speaker: Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University, Cananda
• Title: Statistical inference for dynamic models with the generalized profiling method
• 4:20-4:55 Speaker: Yangqing Sun, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
• Title: Robust inferences for semiparametric regression with longitudinal data
• 4:55-5:30 Speaker: Yuedong Wang, University of California- Santa Barbara, USA
• Title: Smoothing spline nonlinear nonparametric regression models

6:30-8:30 Reception/Dinner at Hua Zhong Cheng Restaurant

Morning June 12, 2008

Session 1-A: SPDE and stochastic analysis

• Chair: Dongsheng Wu
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Yimin Xiao, Michigan State University, USA
• Title: Hitting probabilities of Gaussian random fields with applications to SPDEs
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Zenghu Li, Beijing Normal University, China
• Title: Stochastic equations of non-negative processes with jumps
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Zhiyuan Huang (Chinese)
• Title: Fractional noises and fields on gelgand triple
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 1-A: SPDE and stochastic analysis

• Chair: Jin Feng, University of Kansas, USA, Organizer: Zhenqing Chen
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: Zhenqing Chen
• Title: Stationary distributions for diffusions with inert drift
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Hao Wang, University of Oregon, USA
• Title: Local time for a class of interacting superprocesses

Session 2-B: Likelihood methods

• Chair: James Fu, University of Manitoba, Cananda, Organizer: Feifang Hu, University of Virginia, USA
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Mai Zhou, University of Kentucky, USA
• Title: Empirical likelihood for counting processes
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Lixin Zhang, Zhejiang University, China
• Title: Limiting distributions of multi-color randomly reinforced urns
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Feifang Hu, University of Virginia, USA
• Title: Weighted likelihood and its applications
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 2-B: Likelihood methods

• Chair: Mai Zhou, University of Kentucky, USA
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: James Fu, University of Manitoba, Cananda
• Title: Finite Markov chain imbedding and its application to matching probability between two Markov dependent DNA sequences
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Zhezhen Jin, Columbia University
• Title: Sequential analysis of censored data with linear transformation models

Session 3-C1: High-dimensional inference

• Chair and Organizer: Harrison Zhou
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Jiashun Jin, Purdue University, USA
• Title: Estimating the null parameters in large-scale multiple testing
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Runze Li, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Title: Weighted Wilcoxon-type smoothly clipped absolute deviation method
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University, USA
• Title: A hidden Markov model approach to testing multiple hypotheses on a directed acyclic graph
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 3-C2: Limiting theory

• Chair: Frank Gao, University of Idaho, USA
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: Zhengyan Lin, Zhejiang University, China
• Title: M-dependent approximation and its applications
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Wensheng Wang, East China Normal University, China
• Title: Almost-sure path properties of anisotropic Gaussian random fields

Session 4-D: Statistical theory and methodology

• Chair: Min Chen, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Hengjian Cui, Beijing Normal University
• Title: Robust estimates for generalized partially linear varying coefficient models
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Liansheng Tan,
• Title: Testing the equality of two ordered multinomial proportions
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Yihui Luan, Shandong University, China
• Title: Optimization of detection power when controlling for false discovery rate (FDR) in lare-scale multiple testing problems
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 4-D: Statistical theory and methodology

• Chair: Lixing Zhu, Hong Kong Baptist University
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: Jun Liu, Harvard University, USA
• Title: Inference of patterns and associations using dictionary models
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Guhua Zou (Chinese)
• Title: TBD

Afternoon June 12, 2008

Conference tours:

• 1:30-4:00 Boat trip at the West Lake
• 4:00-8:00 Tour trip at Song Town, dinner and show

Morning June 13, 2008

Session 1-A: Dimension reduction and variable selection

• Chair and Organizer: Jianhui Zhou
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Ker-Chau Li, UCLA, USA
• Title: Model selection, dimension reduction and liquid association: a trilogy via Stein's lemma
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Bing Li, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Title: Dimension reduction for non-elliptically distributed predictors
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Xiangroug Yin, University of Georgia, USA
• Title: Sufficient mean dimension reduction and variable selection
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 1-A: Dimension reduction and variable selection

• Chair and Organizer: Runze Li
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: Naisyin Wang, Texas A & M University, USA
• Title: Selection of measurement error models in longitudinal covariate processes
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Title: Variable selection for time-varying coefficients model for genomics data
• 11:55-12:30 Speaker: Yanyuan Ma, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
• Title: Variable selection in measurement error models

Session 2-B1: Bayesian methods in contemporary statistics

• Chair: Feng Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Organizer: Linda Zhao, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Hongyu Zhao, Yale University
• Title: Hierarchical models for signal transduction pathway analysis from signle cell measurements
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Linda Zhao, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Title: Empirical Bayesian thresholding rules for normal mean problems
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Dongchun Sun, University of Missouri, USA
• Title: The formal definition of reference priors
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 2-B2: General regression methods

• Chair: Zhongyi Zhu, Fudan University, China, Organizer: Xuming He, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: Huixia Wang, North carolina State University, USA
• Title: Semiparametric quantile regression for longitudinal data
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Lan Wang, University of Minnesota, USA
• Title: Estimation and model checking in censored quantile regression
• 11:55-12:30 Speaker: Jinguan Lin, Southeast University, China
• Title: Heteroscedasticity and correlation diagnostics for nonlinear regression models +with AR(1) and symmetrical errors

Session 3-C: Statistical theory and methodology

• Chair: Bing Li, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Shuyuan He
• Title: Autoregressive process with measurement errors
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Jinde Wang, Nanjing University, China
• Title: Inequality constrained statistical problems and their applications in envirometrics and medical statistics
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Zhongyi Zhu (Chinese), Fuda University, China
• Title: Local asympotitcs of marginal regression splines with longitudinal data
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 3-C: Statistical theory and methodology

• Chair: Feifang Hu, University of Virginia
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: Xingzhong Xu, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Title: Fiducial infernce under nonparametric situations
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Liugen Xue (Chinese), Beijing University of Technology, China
• Title: Empirical likelihood estimation for a single-index varying coefficient models
• 11:55-12:30 Speaker: Sam Kou, Harvard University
• Title: Multi-resolution inference of stochastic models from partially observed data

Session 4-D: Data analysis for complex problems

• Chair: Peihua Qiu, Organizer: Jiayang Sun
• 8:30-9:05 Speaker: Heping Zhang, Yale University, USA
• Title: Joint modeling of time series measures and recurrent events and analysis of the effects of air quality on respiratory symptoms
• 9:05-9:40 Speaker: Xiaofeng Wang, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
• Title: Deconvolution estimation for the data with heteroscedastic errors
• 9:40-10:15 Speaker: Regina Liu, Rutegers University, USA
• Title: Thresholding events of extreme in simulaneous monitoring of dependent risks
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break

Session 4-D: Data analysis for complex problems

• Chair: Ji Zhu, University of Michigan, USA
• 10:45-11:20 Speaker: Jin Cao, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, USA
• Title: Estimating network statistics from distributed packet streanms in high-speed networks
• 11:20-11:55 Speaker: Feng Liang, University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Title: Dimension reduction and localization
• 11:55-12:30 Speaker: Jianhua Guo, Northeast Normal University, China
• Title: Improved propagation algorithm of Bayesian networks by decomposition

Afternoon June 13, 2008

Plenary Talk 3-A:

• Chair: Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• 1:45-2:35 Speaker: Larry Brown, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Title: Nonparametric empirical Bayes and compound Bayes estimation of independent normal means

Plenary Talk 4-B:

• Chair: Zhengyuan Lin, Zhejiang University, China
• 1:45-2:35 Speaker: Zhi-dong Bai, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Title: Random matric theory anbd large dimensional data analysis
• 2:35-3:00 Tea Break

Session 1-A: Statistical theory

• Chair: Ping Ma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• 3:00-3:35 Speaker: Lixing Zhu, Hong Kong Baptist University
• Title: Empirical likelihood for a varying coefficient partially linear model with diverging number of parameters
• 3:35-4:10 Speaker: Qihua Wang, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Title: Statistical estimation in partially-linear-varying-coefficient single-index model
• 4:10-4:45 Speaker: Zengjing Chen
• Title: g-expectations and nonlinear pricing
• 4:45-5:20 Speaker: Xizhi Wu, Remin University of China, China
• Title: China 's environment for statistical research

Session 2-B: Machine learning

• Chair: Feng Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Organizer: Xiaotong Shen, University of Minnesota, USA
• 3:00-3:35 Speaker: Ji Zhu, University of Michigan, USA
• Title: Partial correlation estimation by sparse regression models
• 3:35-4:10 Speaker: Yufeng Liu, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA
• Title: Probability-based large margin classifiers
• 4:10-4:45 Speaker: Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota, USA
• Title: Improving MLE via a non-extensive information measure

Session 3-C: Statistical theory

• Chair: Guohua Zou, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 3:00-3:35 Speaker: Zhaojun Wang (Chinese), Nankai University, China
• Title: Monitoring profiles based on nonparametric regression methods
• 3:35-4:10 Speaker: Huazhen Lin, Sichuan University, China
• Title: Direct semiparametric ROC regression with unknown link and baseline functions
• 4:10-4:45 Speaker: Xinsheng Zhang
• Title: Empirical likelihood estimation for ornstein-uihlenbeck type of processes
• 4:45-5:20 Speaker: Zhongxin Ye
• Title:A counter party-risk model with attenuating function and its +applications on pricing the credit derivatives

Session 4-D: Probability theory

• Chair: Zhi-dong Bai, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• 3:00-3:35 Speaker: Fuzhou Gong, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Title: Log-Sobolve inequalities on metric spaces
• 3:35-4:10 Speaker: Jin Feng, University of Kansas, USA
• Title: Towards a statistical theory for 2-D turbulence, a large devation and Hamilton-Jacobi equation approach
• 4:10-4:45 Speaker: Yingchao Xie (Chinese), Xuzhou Normal University, China
• Title: Global solutions of stochastic 2D Navier-Stokes equation with Levy noise
• 4:45-5:20 Speaker: Xianping Guo,
• Title: Variance minimization for finite continuous-time Markov +decision processes

Tentative schedule for contributed talks

Afternoon June 11, 2008

Session 5-E

• Chair: Zhi Geng
• 1:30-1:45 Speaker: Chunsheng Ma, Wichita State University, USA
• Title: Why isotropy is so popular in spatial statistics
• 1:45-2:00 Speaker: Wei Yan
• Title: Boundaries of causal effectrs under a non-ignorable missing mechanism
• 2:00-2:15 Speaker: Zhengyuan Jia,
• Title: Use principal component analysis for studying investment risk of listed power companies
• 2:15-2:30 Speaker: Yinglei Lai, George Washington University, USA
• Title: Geonome-wide co-expression based prediction of differential expressions
• 2:30-2:45 Speaker: Xinmin Li, Shandong University of Technology, China
• Title: Fiducial intervals for ratios of variance components in two-fold nested designs
• 2:45-3:00 Speaker: Zhi Geng
• Title: Surrogate paradox
• 3:00-3:15 Speaker: Shan Sun, Univesity of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Title: Smooth quantitle estimations under straong mixing: NASC on bandwidth for weak convergence
• 3:15-3:45 Tea Break
• Chair: Chunsheng Ma
• 3:45-4:00 Speaker: Ke Deng, Peking University, China
• Title: A dynamic-programming-based method in delay and loss tomography
• 4:00-4:15 Speaker: Xiaojiang Wang,
• Title: Semiparametric varying-coefficient partly linear model with auxiliary covariates
• 4:15-4:30 Speaker: Chunfeng Huang, Indiana University, USA
• Title: Spectral density estimation through a regularized inverse
• 4:30-4:45 Speaker: Fuxia Cheng, Illinois State University
• Title: Nonparametric estimation of the density of innovations in ARCH(P)
• 4:45-5:00 Speaker: Qin Shao, University of Toledo, USA
• Title: Nonparametric trend estimation for periodic autoregressive time series
• 5:00-5:15 Speaker: Jianxin Yin, Peking University, China
• Title: Nonparametric covariance model
• 5:15-5:30 Jinfang Tian, Renmin University of China, USA
• Title: Effectiveness of technical analysis: Evidence from the stock market of China
Dinner at Huazhongcheng

Morning June 12, 2008

Session 5-E

• Chair: Wenqing He
• 8:30-8:45 Speaker: A. Bakilizi
• Title: Distribution free tests for symmetry
• 8:45-9:00 Speaker: Andrey Feuerverger, University of Toronto, Cananda
• Title: Optimal uniform deconvolution
• 9:00-9:15 Speaker: Lakho Muhammad Hanif, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
• Title: Projective properties of non-regular factorial designs
• 9:15-9:30 Speaker: Kulwant Singh Kapoorm All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Inida
• Title: Agreement analysis method in case of continuous variable
• 9:30-9:45 Speaker: Zaretzki Russell, University of Tennessee, USA
• Title: Adaptive ridge selector
• 9:45-10:00 Speaker: Jin Xu
• Title: Robustified MANOVA with applications in detecting differentially expressed genes from oligonucleotide arrays
• 10:00-10:15 Speaker: Yingying Li, University of Chicago, USA
• Title: Rounding errors and volatility estimation
• 10:15-10:45 Tea Break
• Chair: Jin Xu
• 10:45 -11:00 Speaker: Xiaoling Lu, Renmin University of China, China
• Title: Modelling the repeat viewing and viewing intensity of TV programs
• 11:00 - 11:15 Speaker: Xuewen Lu, University of Calgary, Cananda
• Title: Weighted least squares methods for censored linear models
• 11:15 - 11:30 Speaker: Xi Luo, Yale University, USA
• Title: Relaxed greedy pursuit for L1 penalized least squares and loglikelihood
• 11:30 - 11:45 Speaker: Qiang Wu, East Carolina University, USA
• Title: Mixture modeling with applications to integrative analysis of post-mortem tissue studies in Schizophrenia
• 11:45 - 12:00, Wenqing He, University of Western Ontario, Cananda
• Title: The use of intra-class based criteria for quality control in microarray studies
Lunch at Shaw Science Hall

Morning June 13, 2008

Session 5-E

• Chair: Dianliang Deng
• 8:30-8:45 Speaker: Wichai Chattinnawat, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Title: Modeling variations of an internal quality assessment scores of Thai university: a case study of Rajabhat Universities
• 8:45-9:00 Speaker: Choon-peng Tan, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman,
• Title: Bounds for universal portfolios with side information in a i discretized market
• 9:00-9:15 Speaker: Myron Chang, Gainesville, USA
• Title:
• 9:15-9:30 Speaker: Hansheng Wang, Peking University, China
• Title: Sliced regression for dimension reduction
• 9:30-9:45 Speaker: Shusong Jin
• Title: On the integer-valued GARCH process
• 9:45-10:00 Speaker: Samuel Wu, University of Florida, USA
• Title: Step-up tests for number of active effects in orthogonal saturated designs
• 10:00 - 10:15 Speaker: Yunbei Ma
• Title: Semiparametric varying-coefficient regression model for survival data
• 10:15 - 10:45 Tea Break
• Chair: Hansheng Wang
• 10:45 - 11:00 Speaker: Litan Yan, Donghua University, China
• Title: Integration with respect to fractional locla times with hurst index
1/2 < H < 1
• 11:00 - 11:15 Speaker: Xinghua Zheng, University of Chicago, China
• Title: Critical branching random walks and spatial epidemics
• 11:15 - 11:30 Speaker: Nana Luan, Beijing Normal University, China
• Title: Hausdorff measure of the image and graph of bifractional Brownian motion
• 11:30 - 11:45 Speaker: Li Liu
• Title: Precise large deviations for dependent random variables with heavy tails
• 11:45 - 12:00 Speaker: Zongming Ma, Stanford University, USA
• Title: Accurary of the tracy-widom limit for extreme eigenvalues in white wishatt matrices
• 12:00 - 12:15 Jin Zhang
• Title Generalized least squares cross-validation in kernel density estimation
• 12:15 - 12:30 Dianliang Deng
• Title Asymptotic properties of the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation for doubly interval-censored failure time data
Lunch at Shaw Science Hall

Afternoon June 13, 2008

Session 5-E

• Chair: Yi Zhang
• 3:00-3:15 Yang Zhao
• Title: Likelihood methods in randomized trials with noncompliance and subsequent nonresponse
• 3:15-3:30 Hualong Zeng, Hunan University, China
• Title: The impulse effect of monetary policy on asset prices: a study of the interactive correaltions among interest rate, housing prices and stock prices
• 3:30-3:45 Shibin Su, Xiamen University, China
• Title: Research on probability measurement model in risk based on evidence theory
• 3:45-4:00 Xia Zhao, Shandong Economic University, China
• Title: Death assumption for fractions of a year based on rational interpolating method and its application in actuarial science
• 4:00-4:15 Liang Li, Cleveland Clinic, USA
• Title: A semiparametric joint model for longitudinal and survival data with application to hemodialysis study
• 4:15-4:30 Meihua Geng, National University of Defense Technology, China
• Title: The growth optimal portfolio in finite discrete market
• 4:30-4:45 Yi Zhang, Zhejing University, China
• Title: Approximation of tail probability of Poisson shot noise processes with heavy-tailed marks
• 4:45-5:00 Yuguo Han,
• Title: Two-sample permutation test for location parameters when sample size is small n block thresholding in wavelet regression with long memory correlated noise
• 5:00-5:10 Liyuan Li
• On block thresholding in wavelet regression with long memory correlated noise

Session 6-F

• Chair: Jingjing Wu
• 3:00-3:15 Speaker: Yang Jin, Renmin University of China, China
• Nonlinear autoregressive models with heavy-tailed innovation
• 3:15-3:30 Speaker: Degui Li
• Title: Semiparametric additive models
• 3:30-3:45 Speaker: Yue Fang, University of Oregon, USA
• Time series regression with autoregressive and heteroskedastic
• 3:45-4:00 Speaker: Yongge Tian, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
• On consistency, natural restrictions and estimability under general growth curve models
• 4:00 - 4:15 Jingjing Wu
• Title Robust empirical Bayes tests for discrete distributions
• 4:15-4:30 Speaker: Hong Wang, Memorial Univeristy, Cananda
• Probabilistic models on fish size selectivity
• 4:30-4:45 Speaker: Hongjian Zhu, University of Virginia, USA
• Sequential monitoring response-adative random clinical trails
• 4:45-5:00 Speaker: Jiawei Liu, University of Tehran, Iran
• Modeling the covariance structure of longitudinal data by a generalized AIC
• 5:00-5:15 Speaker: Guoyou Qin, Fuda University, China
• Robust empirical likelihood inference for longitudinal data