Monday, December 9, 2024 (Hong Kong Time)

08:55 – 09:00

Junhui Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Opening Remarks

09:00 – 10:00

Session Chair: Tony Sit (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Zhiliang Ying (Columbia University)
Recent Developments in IRT and Related Models: From Classical Theory to Modern Applications

10:00 – 10:20

Coffee Break

10:20 – 11:20

Session Chair: Kin Wai Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Samuel Kou (Harvard University)
Catalytic Prior Distributions for Bayesian Inference

11:20 – 12:20

Session Chair: Ben Dai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Yingying Fan (University of Southern California)
Exogenous Randomness Empowering Random Forests

12:20 – 12:30

Photo Session

12:30 – 14:30

Lunch (By Invitation Only)

14:30 – 15:30

Session Chair: Zhixiang Lin (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Hongyu Zhao (Yale University)
Statistical Challenges and Opportunities in Biobank Analysis

15:30 – 16:30

Session Chair: Yingying Wei (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Mingyao Li (University of Pennsylvania)
Unlocking the Power of Spatial Omics with AI

16:30 – 16:50

Coffee Break

16:50 – 17:50

Session Chair: Xiaodan Fan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Ping Ma (University of Georgia)
Statistical Computing Meets Quantum Computing

17:50 – 17:55

Xinyuan Song (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Closing Remarks

18:30

Dinner (By Invitation Only)