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most citedNonparametric Empirical Bayes Estimation on Heterogeneous Data

15 citations · 35 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

stat.AP2026

Structure-Adaptive E-Value Filter for Detecting Regional Signals in Brain Imaging

Jingcheng He, Hangjin Jiang, Wenguang Sun +1

Structural MRI provides a noninvasive view of the neuroanatomical differences associated with cognitive impairment and dementia. Using data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimagin…

stat.ME2026

COINS: Any-Stage-Valid and Utility-Oriented Sequential Conformal Prediction

Wangcheng Li, Nan Qiao, Xu Guo +1

In clinical diagnosis, sequential screening, and cascaded prediction systems, information is often acquired in stages, with intermediate predictions guiding whether to act on the a…

math.ST2026

Conformalized Large-Scale Selective Inference with Informative and Trustworthy Prediction Sets

Wangcheng Li, Guanlan Zhao, Xu Guo +1

In large-scale prediction problems, exhaustively following up on all test units is often impractical and inefficient, motivating a selective reporting strategy that fulfills the du…

stat.ME2026

Structure-Adaptive Conformal Inference for Large-Scale Out-of-Distribution Testing

Rongyi Sun, Wenguang Sun, Zinan Zhao

This paper addresses structured out-of-distribution (OOD) testing in high-stakes machine learning applications. Traditional conformal methods rely on joint exchangeability, making…

stat.ME2023★ 1 cited

Empirical Bayes Estimation with Side Information: A Nonparametric Integrative Tweedie Approach

Jiajun Luo, Trambak Banerjee, Gourab Mukherjee +1

We investigate the problem of compound estimation of normal means while accounting for the presence of side information. Leveraging the empirical Bayes framework, we develop a nonp…

stat.ME2023

Ranking and Selection in Large-Scale Inference of Heteroscedastic Units

Bowen Gang, Luella Fu, Gareth James +1

The allocation of limited resources to a large number of potential candidates presents a pervasive challenge. In the context of ranking and selecting top candidates from heterosced…

stat.ME2022

A Locally Adaptive Shrinkage Approach to False Selection Rate Control in High-Dimensional Classification

Bowen Gang, Yuantao Shi, Wenguang Sun

The uncertainty quantification and error control of classifiers are crucial in many high-consequence decision-making scenarios. We propose a selective classification framework that…

stat.ME2022★ 2 cited

Integrative conformal p-values for powerful out-of-distribution testing with labeled outliers

Ziyi Liang, Matteo Sesia, Wenguang Sun

This paper develops novel conformal methods to test whether a new observation was sampled from the same distribution as a reference set. Blending inductive and transductive conform…

stat.ME2022★ 1 cited

A Locally Adaptive Algorithm for Multiple Testing with Network Structure

Ziyi Liang, T. Tony Cai, Wenguang Sun +1

Incorporating auxiliary information alongside primary data can significantly enhance the accuracy of simultaneous inference. However, existing multiple testing methods face challen…

stat.ME2021

An Empirical Bayes Approach to Controlling the False Discovery Exceedance

Pallavi Basu, Luella Fu, Alessio Saretto +1

In large-scale multiple hypothesis testing problems, the false discovery exceedance (FDX) provides a desirable alternative to the widely used false discovery rate (FDR) when the fa…

stat.ME2021★ 3 cited

A Burden Shared is a Burden Halved: A Fairness-Adjusted Approach to Classification

Bradley Rava, Wenguang Sun, Gareth M. James +1

We investigate the fairness issue in classification, where automated decisions are made for individuals from different protected groups. In high-consequence scenarios, decision err…

stat.ME2021

ZAP: -value Adaptive Procedures for False Discovery Rate Control with Side Information

Dennis Leung, Wenguang Sun

Adaptive multiple testing with covariates is an important research direction that has gained major attention in recent years. It has been widely recognized that leveraging side inf…

stat.ME2020

Large-Scale Shrinkage Estimation under Markovian Dependence

Bowen Gang, Gourab Mukherjee, Wenguang Sun

We consider the problem of simultaneous estimation of a sequence of dependent parameters that are generated from a hidden Markov model. Based on observing a noise contaminated vect…

stat.ME2020★ 4 cited

Structure-Adaptive Sequential Testing for Online False Discovery Rate Control

Bowen Gang, Wenguang Sun, Weinan Wang

Consider the online testing of a stream of hypotheses where a real--time decision must be made before the next data point arrives. The error rate is required to be controlled at {a…

stat.ME2020★ 15 cited

Nonparametric Empirical Bayes Estimation on Heterogeneous Data

Trambak Banerjee, Luella J. Fu, Gareth M. James +2

The simultaneous estimation of many parameters based on data collected from corresponding studies is a key research problem that has received renewed attention in the high-dimensio…

stat.ME2020★ 6 cited

False Discovery Rate Control Under General Dependence By Symmetrized Data Aggregation

Lilun Du, Xu Guo, Wenguang Sun +1

We develop a new class of distribution--free multiple testing rules for false discovery rate (FDR) control under general dependence. A key element in our proposal is a symmetrized…

stat.ME2019

Heterocedasticity-Adjusted Ranking and Thresholding for Large-Scale Multiple Testing

Luella Fu, Bowen Gang, Gareth M. James +1

Standardization has been a widely adopted practice in multiple testing, for it takes into account the variability in sampling and makes the test statistics comparable across differ…

stat.ME2018★ 2 cited

Adaptive Sparse Estimation with Side Information

Trambak Banerjee, Gourab Mukherjee, Wenguang Sun

The article considers the problem of estimating a high-dimensional sparse parameter in the presence of side information that encodes the sparsity structure. We develop a general fr…

stat.AP2017

Optimal design for high-throughput screening via false discovery rate control

Tao Feng, Pallavi Basu, Wenguang Sun +2

High-throughput screening (HTS) is a large-scale hierarchical process in which a large number of chemicals are tested in multiple stages. Conventional statistical analyses of HTS s…

stat.ME2017

Sparse Recovery With Multiple Data Streams: A Sequential Adaptive Testing Approach

Weinan Wang, Bowen Gang, Wenguang Sun

Multistage design has been used in a wide range of scientific fields. By allocating sensing resources adaptively, one can effectively eliminate null locations and localize signals…

stat.ME2015★ 1 cited

Weighted False Discovery Rate Control in Large-Scale Multiple Testing

Pallavi Basu, T. Tony Cai, Kiranmoy Das +1

The use of weights provides an effective strategy to incorporate prior domain knowledge in large-scale inference. This paper studies weighted multiple testing in a decision-theoret…