Curriculum Vitae | Feng Liang - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Office: Illini Hall, 104F
Phone: (217) 333-6017
Fax: (217) 244-7190
Email: liangf at illinois dot edu

Education

Publications [Google Scholar]

Patents

U.S. Patent 6,990,486: “Systems and methods for discovering fully dependent patterns.” Sheng Ma, Joseph L. Hellerstein, and Feng Liang. January 24, 2006

Grants

(PI) “Learning Dependence Structures with Bayesian Regularization,” NSF DMS 1916472, 2019 – 2022
(Co-PI) “Bayesian Estimation of Restricted Latent Class Models,” NSF SES 1758631, 2018 – 2020.
(PI) “Bayesian Learning with Structured Sparsity,” NSF DMS 1209152, 2012 – 2015.
(PI) “Bayesian Methods for Multitask Learning,” UIUC Research Board 12112, 2011 – 2013.
(PI) “Probabilistic Models and Geometry for High Dimensional Data,” NSF DMS 0732276, 2007 – 2011.
(Co-PI) “A Virtual Center to Promote Collaboration between US- and China-based Re-searchers in Statistical Science,” NSF DMS 0630950, 2006 – 2009.
(PI) “Bayesian Inference with Overcomplete Wavelet Dictionary,” Duke Arts and Sciences Research Council, 2006 – 2007.
(Co-PI) “High Dimensional Model Averaging and Model Selection,” NSF DMS 0406115, 2004 – 2007.

Professional Activities

Associate Editor, Bayesian Analysis, 2009 – 2016.
ISBA Mitchel Prize Committee, 2009-2010.
Program Committee Member for AIStats, 2009 & 2013.
Senior Program Committee Member for AIStats, 2011.
Program Committee Member for Midwest Statistics Research Colloquium, 2011 & 2013
ISBA Bulletin Editor, 2013 – 2015.
Program Chair, ASA Section on Statistical Computing, 2014.
ISBA Savage Award Committee, 2017-2018.
ISBA Board of Directors, 2017 – 2019.
ISBA Executive Secretary, 2019 -2021.

Teaching