Students

(with their placements and select publications)

  • (2010) Zhewen Fan, Ph.D. (joint with Jeff Douglas). “Statistical Issues and Developments in Time Series Analysis and Educational
    Measurements.” Current job: Quantitative Analyst at PNC.
  • (2013) Xianyang Zhang , Ph.D. “Statistical Inference for Dependent Data.” Current job: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Statistics.
      1. Xianyang Zhang and Xiaofeng Shao (2013) Fixed-smoothing asymptotics for time series. Annals of Statistics, 41, 1329-1349 (with online supplemental material)

    PDF and Supplementary material

      1. Xianyang Zhang and Xiaofeng Shao (2015) Two sample inference for the second-order property of temporally dependent functional data. Bernoulli, 21, 909-929. (with online supplementary material)

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  • (2014) Yeonwoo Rho , Ph.D. “Inference of Time Series Regression Models with Weakly Dependent Errors .” Current job: Associate Professor, Michigan Technological University, Department of Mathematical Sciences.
      1. Yeonwoo Rho and Xiaofeng Shao (2019) Bootstrap-assisted unit root testing with piecewise locally stationary errors. Econometric Theory, 35, 142-166.

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      1. Yeonwoo Rho and Xiaofeng Shao (2015) Inference for time series regression models with weakly dependent and heteroscedastic errors. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 33, 444-457.

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  • (2016) Srijan Sengupta , Ph.D. (Joint with Yuguo Chen)“ Statistical Analysis of Networks With Community Structure And Bootstrap Methods For Big Data.” Current job: Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Statistics, 2020-present
      1. Srijan Sengupta, Stanislav Volgushev, and Xiaofeng Shao (2016) A subsampled double bootstrap for massive data. Journal of the American
        Statistical Association, 111, 1222-1232. PDF

    R codes and data

  • (2017) Chung Eun Lee, Ph.D. student.”Statistical Inference of Multivariate Time Series and Functional Data Using New Nonlinear Dependence Metrics.” First job: Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Department of Business Analytics and Statistics (2017-2021); Current Job: Associate Professor, CUNY, Baruch College, Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics (2021-present).
      1. Chung Eun Lee and Xiaofeng Shao (2018) Martingale difference divergence matrix and its application to dimension reduction for stationary multivariate time series. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 113, 216-246.

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    1. Chung Eun Lee and Xiaofeng Shao (2020) Volatility Martingale Difference Divergence Matrix and Its Application to Dimension Reduction for Multivariate Volatility. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 38(1), 80-92.
    2. Chung Eun Lee, Xianyang Zhang and Xiaofeng Shao (2020) Testing the conditional mean independence of functional data. Biometrika, 107(2), 331-346.
  • (2017) Shun Yao, Ph.D. student. (with Xianyang Zhang at Texas A&M) “Dependence Testing in High Dimension.” First Job: Quantitative Analyst, Goldman Sachs at New York City; Current Job: Quantitative Analyst, Point72
      1. Shun Yao, Xianyang Zhang and Xiaofeng Shao (2018) Testing mutual independence in high dimension via distance covariance. Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 80(3), 455-480. R codes

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  • (2020) Runmin Wang, Ph.D. student. “Statistical Inference for High-dimensional Data via U-statistics.” First Job: Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, Department of Statistical Sciences (2020-2022); Current Job: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Statistics (2022-present)
      1. Runmin Wang and Xiaofeng Shao (2020) Hypothesis Testing for High-dimensional Time Series via Self-normalization. Annals of Statistics, 48(5), 2728-2758.
      2. Runmin Wang*, Changbo Zhu*, Stanislav Volgushev, Xiaofeng Shao (2022) Inference for Change Points in High Dimensional Data via Self-Normalization. Annals of Statistics, 50(2), 781-806. (Wang* and Zhu* are joint first authors, equal contributions)
      3. Runmin Wang and Xiaofeng Shao (2023) Dating the break in High Dimensional Data. Bernoulli, to appear. https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.04115

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    (2020) Changbo Zhu, Ph.D. student. “Statistical Inference for High-dimensional Data.” First Job: Postdoc Fellow, University of California, Davis, Department of Statistics (2020-2022); Current Job: Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. (2022-present)
      1. Changbo Zhu, Xianyang Zhang, Shun Yao and Xiaofeng Shao (2020) Distance-based and RKHS-based Dependence Metrics in High Dimension.
        Annals of Statistics, 48(6), 3366-3394
      2. Changbo Zhu and Xiaofeng Shao (2021) Interpoint Distance Based Two Sample Tests in High Dimension.
        Bernoulli, 27(2), 1189-1211.
      3. Runmin Wang*, Changbo Zhu*, Stanislav Volgushev, Xiaofeng Shao (2022) Inference for Change Points in High Dimensional Data via Self-Normalization. Annals of Statistics, 50(2), 781-806. (Wang* and Zhu* are joint first authors, equal contributions)

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  • (2021) Teng Wu, Ph.D. student. (with Naveen Narisetty) “Change point detection for high dimensional data and valid inference for Bayesian linear models.” Current Job: Data Scientist, Microsoft (2021-present)
      1. Teng Wu, Runmin Wang, Hao Yan and Xiaofeng Shao (2022) Adaptive change-point monitoring for high-dimensional data. Statistica Sinica, 32, 1-28.

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  • (2022) Yangfan Zhang, Ph.D. student. (with Yun Yang) “ Statistical inference in high dimensional data and machine learning .” Current Job: Quantitative Researcher, Two Sigma Investments (2022-present)
      1. Yangfan Zhang, Runmin Wang and Xiaofeng Shao (2022) Adaptive inference for change-points in high-dimensional data. Journal of the American Statistical Association.

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  • (2021) Feiyu Jiang, visiting Ph.D. student from Tsinghua University. (Aug 2019-Aug 2020) “Change point analysis for COVID-19 time series.” Current Job: Assistant Professor, School of Management, Fudan University, (July 2021-present)
      1. Feiyu Jiang, Zifeng Zhao and Xiaofeng Shao (2023) Time Series Analysis of COVID-19 infection curve: a change-point perspective. Journal of Econometrics.

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      1. Feiyu Jiang, Zifeng Zhao and Xiaofeng Shao (2022) Modelling the COVID-19 infection trajectory: A piecewise linear quantile trend model. Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series B, with discussion.

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