JSM 2013 Home
Online Program Home
My Program

Legend: Palais des congrès de Montréal = CC, Le Westin Montréal = W, Intercontinental Montréal = I
A * preceding a session name means that the session is an applied session.
A ! preceding a session name means that the session reflects the JSM meeting theme.

Activity Details


136 Mon, 8/5/2013, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-514b
High-Dimensional Covariance and Precision Matrix Estimation — Contributed Papers
IMS
Chair(s): Margaret Carroll, NCHS/CDC
8:35 AM Band-Width Selection for High-Dimensional Covariance Matrix Estimation Yumou Qiu ; Song Xi Chen, Peking University and Iowa State University
8:50 AM Statistical Inference and Optimalities in Estimation of Gaussian Graphical Model Zhao Ren, Yale University ; Harrison Zhou, Yale University ; Tingni Sun, University of Pennsylvania ; Cun-Hui Zhang, Rutgers University
9:05 AM Thresholding Test for Bandedness of Covariance Matrices Jing He, Peking University ; Song Xi Chen, Peking University and Iowa State University
9:20 AM Law of Log Determinant of Sample Covariance Matrix and Optimal Estimation of Differential Entropy for High-Dimensional Gaussian Distributions Tengyuan Liang, University of Pennsylvania ; Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania ; Harrison Zhou, Yale University
9:35 AM A Fiducial Approach to Sparse Covariance Estimation Wen Shi, UNC ; Jan Hannig, UNC-Chapel Hill
9:50 AM Sparse Precision Matrix Estimation via Vector Half Operator Shota Katayama, Osaka University
10:05 AM Permutation Tests for Comparison of Covariance Operators Davide Pigoli, University of Warwick ; John Aston, University of Warwick ; Ian L. Dryden, University of Nottingham ; Piercesare Secchi, Politecnico di Milano



2013 JSM Online Program Home

For information, contact jsm@amstat.org or phone (888) 231-3473.

If you have questions about the Continuing Education program, please contact the Education Department.

The views expressed here are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the JSM sponsors, their officers, or their staff.

ASA Meetings Department  •  732 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314  •  (703) 684-1221  •  meetings@amstat.org
Copyright © American Statistical Association.