Kai Zhang

Borrowing Strength: Theory Powering Applications --- A Conference in Honor of Larry Brown's 70th Birthday

The 2009 International Workshop on Objective Bayes Methodology

Current Research

• Post Model Selection Inference (with Professor Berk, Professor Brown, Professor Buja, and Professor Zhao ).
• Group Variable Selection (with Professor Li ).
• Group Randomization Inference (with Professor Small and Professor Traskin ).
• Hospital Closure Effects (with Doctor Lorch, Professor Small , Doctor Srinivas, and Professor Rosenbaum ).
• NBA Shooting Data Analysis (with Sathyanarayan Anand and James Piette).

Publications

• Berk, R., Brown, L. D., Buja, A., Zhang, K., and Zhao, L. (2011). Valid Post-Selection Inference. Submitted. Paper.
• Zhang, K., Traskin, M. and Small, D. (2011). A Powerful and Robust Test Statistic for Randomization Inference in Group-Randomized Trials with Matched Pairs of Groups. Biometrics, in press. Paper .
• Zhang, K., Small, D., Lorch, S., Srinivas, S. and Rosenbaum, P. (2011). Using Split Samples and Evidence Factors in an Observational Study of Neonatal Outcomes, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Volume 106, 511-524. Paper .
• Piette, J., Anand, S., and Zhang, K. (2010). Scoring and Shooting Abilities of NBA Players. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports : Vol. 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Paper.
• Zhang, K. and Small, D. (2009). Comment: The essential role of pair matching in cluster randomized experiments with application to the Mexican universal health insurance evaluation. Statistical Science , Volume 24 , Number 1, 59-64. Paper.
• Zhang, K. (2008). Limiting Distribution of Decoherent Quantum Random Walks. Physical Review A, 77, 062302. Paper.
• Yang, W., Liu, C., and Zhang, K. (2007). A Path Integral Formula with Applications to Quantum Random Walks in Zd. Journal of Physics, Volume A 40-8487-8516. Paper.

Teaching

• Summer 2010: Statistical Inference (Stat 431) .

Finished Courses

• Stat 999 Independent Study: Advanced Topics in Model Selection.
• Stat 921 Observational Studies.
• Stat 991 Seminar in Advanced Applications of Statistics: Advance Research Topics.
• Stat 999 Independent Study: Inference after Model Selection.
• Stat 999 Independent Study: Advanced Topics in Causal Inference.
• Stat 910 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting.
• Stat 991 Seminar in Advanced Applications of Statistics.
• Stat 955 Stochastic Calculus and Financial Applications.
• Stat 920 Sample Survey Methods.
• Fnce 911 Financial Economics.
• Stat 551 Introduction to Linear Statistical Models.
• Stat 542 Bayesian Methods and Computation.
• Stat 531 Stochastic Processes.
• Stat 953 Bioinformatics.
• Stat 552 Advanced Topics in Mathematical Statistics.
• Stat 541 Statistical Methods.

Curriculum Vitae