Seminars held in 2006

Date Speaker Title
December  19,  2006 Professor Zhiliang YING  (photo1 | photo2) Regression Analysis with Semiparametric Transformation Models
December  12,  2006 Professor Tiong-Wee LIM A New Approach to Singular Stochastic Control in Optimal Hedging and Investment-Consumption under Transaction Costs
December 5,  2006 Professor Zhi-Ming MA (photo) Coverage of wireless networks and Stein-Chen methods
November 28,  2006 Professor Jin-Chuan Duan How Frequently Does the Stock Price Jump? - An Analysis of High-Frequency Data with Microstructure Noises
November 24,  2006 Professor Edward H.S. Ip Extended Latent Class Models and Developmental Trajectory Analysis
November 21,  2006 Professor Feifang Hu Adaptive Randomization in Clinical Trials
November 10,  2006 Professor Andrew Carverhill The Smirk in the S&P500 Futures Options Prices: A Linearized Factor Analysis
September 1,  2006 Professor Robert J. Adler The Brain, the Universe, and Random Processes on Manifolds
August 24, 2006 Professor Cun-Hui Zhang Empirical Bayes and FDR
July 11, 2006 Dr. Ivan S. F. Chan Statistical challenges of multiple endpoints in clinical trials
July 3, 2006 Professor Qi-Wei Yao Modelling multivariate volatilities by common factors: An innovation expansion approach
June 16, 2006 Professor Kung-Sik Chan Analysis of long-memory time-series data
April 18, 2006 Professor Yoshihiro Yajima On nonparametric and semiparametric testing for multivariate time series
March 28, 2006 Professor Mao-Zai Tian On Hierarchical Nonparametric Quantile Regression
March 14, 2006 Professor Thomas C. M. Lee Identifying and Tracking Turbulence Structures
February 27, 2006 Dr. Heng Peng Nonparametric Transition-Based Tests for Diffusions
January 17, 2006 Professor Xizhi Wu Partial Least Squares Regression and Its Problems
January 10, 2006 Professor Xu Liang Statistical Analysis for Ranking Data