Methodology Research in Statistics: Manchester-Chengdu Workshop
Date and Location
The talks will take place in the Frank Adams Seminar Rooms 1 and 2, on Friday, January 13, 2012.Travel
Directions to MIMS are available.Objectives
The workshop aims to discuss the recent development in statistical methodology research. Topics include parametric and nonparametric modelling, variable selection, survival analysis, multilevel models, random effects selection, data augmentation and MCMC, etc. It provides opportunities to exchange research ideas and experience with statisticians from overseas.Organisers
The conference is organised by Professor Jianxin Pan and Dr. Chao Huang. The conference administrator is Mr. Sebastian Rees.Confirmed Speakers include:
Huazhen Lin (Chengdu, China)
Peter Foster (Manchester, UK)
IL Do Ha (Daegu, South Korea)
Yi Li (Chengdu, China)
Baoying Yang (Chengdu, China)
Chao Huang (Manchester, UK)
Qiaolan Liu (Chengdu, China)
Christiana Charalambous (Manchester, UK)
Ronghua Luo (Chengdu, China)
Peter Neal (Manchester, UK)
Programme
The programme is given below. Talk titles and abstracts are available here.Programme (Chaired by Jianxin Pan, University of Manchester)
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09:40 Opening
09:40-10:10 Huazhen Lin (Sichuan University, China): Efficient estimation for the varying coefficients Cox model
10:10-10:40 Peter Foster (University of Manchester): Error variance estimation in nonparametric regression
10:40-11:10 Yi Li (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China): Analyzing a semiparametric sample selection model with topcoding in labour economy
11:10-11:30 Tea break
11:30-12:00 IL Do Ha (Daegu Haany University, South Korea): Variable Selection in Semiparametric Frailty Models using H-likelihood
12:00-12:30 Baoying Yang (Southwestern Jiaotong University, China) : Focused Information Criteria for Variable Selection in ROC Analysis
12:30-14:00 Lunches
14:00-14:30 Chao Huang (University of Manchester): Selection of Random Effects in Generalized Linear Mixed Models
14:30-15:00 Qiaolan Liu (Sichuan University): Applying multilevel model in analysis of children's psychological resilience variation in earthquake-hit areas
15:00-15:30 Christiana Charalambous (University of Manchester): Variable selection in joint modelling of mean and variance for multilevel data
15:30-16:00 Tea break
16:00-16:30 Ronghua Luo (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China): Testing the Diagonality of a Large Covariance Matrix in a Regression Setting
16:30-17:00 Peter Neal (University of Manchester): Exact Bayesian inference via data augmentation.
17:00-17:05 Closing