Kai Zhang

The 2009 International Workshop on Objective Bayes Methodology

Current Research

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

Publications

• Piette, J., Anand, S., and Zhang, K. Scoring and Shooting Abilities of NBA Players. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports , submitted.
• Zhang, K. and Small, D. 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 (2009), 59-64. Paper
• Zhang, K. Limiting Distribution of Decoherent Quantum Random Walks. Physical Review A, 77, 062302 (2008). Paper
• Yang, W., Liu, C., and Zhang, K. A Path Integral Formula with Applications to Quantum Random Walks in Zd. Journal of Physics, Volume A 40-8487-8516 (2007). Paper

Finished Courses

• 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.