Program Schedule
Short Courses: 4 Jan 2015 (Sun)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
-- |
| 09:00-12:00 |
Talk: "High-dimensional
Statistical Inference"
|
Tony Cai
(University of Pennsylvania) |
| 12:00-14:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged) |
| 14:00-17:00 |
Talk: "The Algorithmic and System Interface of Distributed Machine Learning"
|
Eric Xing
(Carnegie Mellon University) |
Workshop: 5-10 Jan 2015
5 Jan | 6 Jan | 7 Jan | 8 Jan | 9 Jan | 10 Jan
5 Jan 2015 (Mon)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon
East |
| 09:00-09:10 |
Registration |
-- |
| 09:10-09:30 |
Opening Remarks |
Tony F Chan
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
|
Session Chair: Yang Wang (The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology) |
| 09:30-10:10 |
Talk: "Robust Sparse Quadratic Discrimination"
|
Jianqing Fan
(Princeton University)
(Visiting Professor of HKUST IAS) |
| 10:10-10:50 |
Talk: "Geometrizing Statistical Linear Inverse Problems"
|
Tony Cai
(University of Pennsylvania) |
| 10:50-11:20 |
Group Photo and Coffee break
|
|
Session Chair: Lancelot James (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 11:20-11:50 |
Talk: "User Modeling and Big Data"
|
Qiang Yang
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 11:50-12:20 |
Talk: "Can Mathematics Solve Mysteries in Literature?"
|
Yang Wang
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 12:20-14:00 |
Lunch (Lobby,
G/F) |
|
Session Chair: Tony Cai (University of Pennsylvania) |
|
14:00-14:40 |
Talk:
"Modern Optimization Techniques for Big Data Machine Learning" |
Tong Zhang
(Rutgers University) |
|
14:40-15:20 |
Talk: "Probabilistic Methods for Search and Learning with Big Data" |
Ping Li
(Rutgers University) |
| 15:20-15:50 |
Coffee break
|
|
Session Chair: Harrison Zhou (Yale University) |
| 15:50-16:30 |
Talk: "Phase Transitions for Post-selection PCA"
|
Zheng Tracy Ke
(The University of Chicago) |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Talk: "A Sequential Scaled Pairwise Selection Approach to Edge Detection and Precision Matrix Estimation in Gaussian Graphical Models"
|
Zehua Chen
(National University of Singapore) |
| 18:00-20:00 |
Dinner (HKUST China
Garden Restaurant) |
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6 Jan 2015 (Tue)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon
East |
|
Session Chair: Qiang Yang (The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology) |
| 09:00-09:40 |
Talk: "On Data and Model Parallelism for Scalable Machine Learning"
|
Eric Xing
(Carnegie Mellon University) |
| 09:40-10:20 |
Talk: "Parallelizing MCMC for Bayesian Nonparametrics"
|
Sinead Williamson
(The University of Texas at Austin) |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break |
|
Session Chair: Sinead Williamson (The University of Texas at Austin) |
| 10:50-11:20 |
Talk: "Online Learning Algorithms"
|
Dingxuan Zhou
(City University of Hong Kong) |
| 11:20-11:50 |
Talk: "Poisson Latent Feature Calculus for Generalized Indian Buffet Processes"
|
Lancelot James
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 11:50-12:20 |
Talk: "Single-index Modulated Multiple Testing"
|
Chunming Zhang
(University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| 12:20-14:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged) |
|
Session Chair: Jiashun Jin (Carnegie Mellon University) |
|
14:00-14:40 |
Talk:
"Tracking Dynamic Point Processes on Networks"
|
Rebecca Willett
(University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
|
14:40-15:20 |
Talk: "Rate-optimal Graphon Estimation"
|
Harrison Zhou
(Yale University) |
| 15:20-15:50 |
Coffee break
|
|
Session Chair: Zehua Chen (National University of Singapore) |
| 15:50-16:20 |
Talk: "Genome-scale Protein Domain Identification in Minutes"
|
Xin Gao
(King Abdullah University of Science & Technology) |
| 16:20-16:50 |
Talk: "Semi-nonparametric and Machine Learning Methods for Personalized Medicine"
|
Rui Song
(North Carolina State University) |
| 16:50-17:30 |
Talk:
"Big Data in High Energy Physics" |
Yanjun Tu
(The University of Hong Kong) |
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7 Jan 2015 (Wed)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon
East |
|
Session Chair: Qirong Ho (Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore) |
| 09:00-09:40 |
Talk: "Probabilistic Programming Languages and Applications"
|
Vikash Mansinghka
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| 09:40-10:20 |
Talk: "Debias Regularized Estimators"
|
Cun-Hui Zhang
(Rutgers University) |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break |
|
Session Chair: Alan Qi (Purdue University) |
| 10:50-11:30 |
Talk: "Difference of L1 and L2 Penalty and Applications" |
Jack Xin
(University of California at Irvine) |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Talk: "Localized Representation of High Dimensional Random Fields with Application to Stochastic Elliptic Equations"
|
Pengchuan Zhang
(California Institute of Technology) |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Talk: "Model Selection for Gaussian Mixture Models"
|
Heng Peng
(Hong Kong Baptist University) |
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8 Jan 2015 (Thu)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon
East |
|
Session Chair: Jack Xin (University of California at Irvine) |
| 09:00-09:40 |
Talk: "Inference in High-dimensional Varying Coefficient Models"
|
Mladen Kolar
(The University of Chicago) |
| 09:40-10:20 |
Talk: "Coauthorship and Citation Networks for Statisticians"
|
Jiashun Jin
(Carnegie Mellon University) |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break |
|
Session Chair: Zuoqiang Shi (Tsinghua University) |
| 10:50-11:20 |
Talk: "Sparse Time-Frequency Representation of Multiscale Data"
|
Chunguang Liu
(Jinan University) |
| 11:20-11:50 |
Talk: "Random Threshold Driven Tail Dependence Measures with Application to Precipitation Data Analysis"
|
Zhengjun Zhang
(University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| 11:50-12:20 |
Talk: "Recurrent Copy Number Variation-based Cancer Risk Prediction with Machine Learning"
|
Hong Hannah Xue
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 12:20-14:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged) |
|
Session Chair: Rebecca Willett (University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
|
14:00-14:40 |
Talk:
"Graph Laplacian from PDE Point of View"
|
Zuoqiang Shi
(Tsinghua University) |
|
14:40-15:20 |
Talk: "Scalable Gaussian Process Inference for Big Data" |
Alan Qi
(Purdue University) |
| 15:20-15:50 |
Coffee break |
|
Session Chair: Tong Zhang (Rutgers University) |
| 15:50-16:30 |
Talk: "Graph Laplacian with Dirichlet Boundary"
|
Jian Sun
(Tsinghua University) |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Talk: "Geometric Tight Frame Based Stylometry for Art Authentication of Van Gogh Paintings"
|
Raymond Chan
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| 17:00-17:30 |
Talk: "Estimation of Covariance
Matrix Under Heavy-tail Distributions and Outliers"
|
Daniel P. Palomar
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
(Fellow of HKUST IAS) |
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9 Jan 2015 (Fri)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon
East |
|
Session Chair: Jun Zhu (Tsinghua University) |
| 09:00-09:40 |
Talk: "Statistical Analysis of Network Data in the Context of 'Big Data': Large Networks and Many Networks"
|
Eric Kolaczyk
(Boston University) |
| 09:40-10:20 |
Talk: "Latent Space Inference of Internet-Scale Networks"
|
Qirong Ho
(Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore) |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break
|
|
Session Chair: Mladen Kolar (The University of Chicago) |
| 10:50-11:20 |
Talk: "Integrated Covariance Matrix Estimation for High-dimensional Diffusion Processes in the Presence of Microstructure Noise"
|
Xinghua Zheng
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 11:20-11:50 |
Talk: "Estimating Irreproducibility in Genome-wide Association Studies" |
Weichuan Yu
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 11:50-12:20 |
Talk: "Classification with Unstructured Predictors with an Application to Sentiment Analysis"
|
Junhui Wang
(City University of Hong Kong) |
| 12:20-14:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged) |
|
Session Chair: Yuan Yao (Peking University) |
|
14:00-14:40 |
Talk: "Fast Computing for Statistical Dependency"
|
Xiaoming Huo
(Georgia Institute of Technology) |
|
14:40-15:20 |
Talk: "Big Learning with Bayesian Methods"
|
Jun Zhu
(Tsinghua University) |
| 15:20-15:50 |
Coffee break
|
|
Session Chair: Eric Kolaczyk (Boston University) |
| 15:50-16:30 |
Talk: "Applied Hodge Theory in Data Analysis"
|
Yuan Yao
(Peking University) |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Talk: "Solving the High-dimensional Markowitz Optimization Problem: When Sparse Regression Meets Random Matrix Theory"
| Yingying Li
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 17:00-17:30 |
Discussion |
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10 Jan 2015 (Sat)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 08:30 |
Pick-up at Crowne
Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East /
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Kowloon
East |
|
Session Chair: Xiaoming Huo (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| 09:00-09:40 |
Talk: "Algorithms for Sparse PCA and Group Lasso with Overlap"
|
Weiguo Gao
(Fudan University) |
| 09:40-10:10 |
Talk: "Zooming In on Choice: How Do Consumers Search for Cameras Online?"
|
Jun B Kim
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 10:10-10:40 |
Coffee break
|
|
Session Chair: Zheng Tracy Ke (The University of Chicago) |
|
10:40-11:10 |
Talk: "Big Data in Business Analytics"
|
Haipeng Shen
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| 11:10-11:40 |
Talk:
"GPA: A Statistical Approach to Prioritizing GWAS Results by Integrating Pleiotropy and Annotation"
|
Can Yang
(Hong Kong Baptist University) |
| 11:40-12:00 |
Concluding Remarks |
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Venue
IAS Lecture Theater, G/F, HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Mini-workshop: 12 Jan 2015 (Mon)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker |
|
Session Chair: Min Wang (Michigan Technological University) |
| 09:00-09:40 |
Talk: "Statistical Signal Processing in Hyperspectral Images: A Framework for Reduced Dimensionality in Detection"
(Abstract) |
Tegan Emerson
(Colorado State University) |
| 09:40-10:20 |
Talk: "Fused MCP with Applications in Signal Processing"
(Abstract) |
Xianshi Yu
(The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break
|
| 10:50-11:20 |
Talk: "Consistency of Bayes
Factor for Nonnested Model Selection When the Model Dimension Grows"
(Abstract) |
Min Wang
(Michigan Technological University) |
| 11:20-12:00 |
Talk: "A Return Direction Forecasting Model
Based on Time-varying Probability Density Function"
(Abstract) |
Wentao Gu
(Zhejiang Gongshang University) |
| 12:00-14:00 |
Lunch (Self-arranged) |
|
Session Chair: Tao Lu (State University of New York at Albany
) |
|
14:00-14:40 |
Talk:
"Statistical Inference on the Linear Transformation Model Based on Maximum Rank Correlation Estimator"
(Abstract) |
Peng Liu
(Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
|
14:40-15:20 |
Talk: "Modeling
Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks with Partial Differential
Equations" (Abstract) |
Haiyan Wang
(Arizona State University) |
|
15:20-15:50 |
Coffee break
|
|
15:50-16:20 |
Talk: “Geographic and Racial Differences of Persons Living with HIV in the Southern United States”
(Abstract) |
Yiqiang Zheng
(Purdue University) |
|
16:20-17:00 |
Talk: "High-dimensional ODEs for
Gene Regulatory Network Identification" (Abstract) |
Tao Lu
(State University of New York at Albany) |
|
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Discussion: 16 Jan 2015 (Fri)
|
Time |
Event |
|
Session Chair: Bing-Yi Jing (The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology) |
| 10:00-12:00 |
Concluding Discussion |
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Venue
IAS 1038, 1/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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