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most citedScalable Gaussian-process regression and variable selection using Vecchia approximations

6 citations · 10 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

stat.ME2026

Scalable generative modeling of non-Gaussian spatio-temporal fields via autoregressive Gaussian processes

Carrie J. Lei-Cramer, Jian Cao, Matthias Katzfuss

Generative modeling of spatio-temporal fields is crucial for a variety of applications, including stochastic weather generators and climate-model surrogates. However, many such fie…

cs.DC2024

Parallel Approximations for High-Dimensional Multivariate Normal Probability Computation in Confidence Region Detection Applications

Xiran Zhang, Sameh Abdulah, Jian Cao +4

Addressing the statistical challenge of computing the multivariate normal (MVN) probability in high dimensions holds significant potential for enhancing various applications. One c…

cs.LG2022

A Dynamics Theory of Implicit Regularization in Deep Low-Rank Matrix Factorization

Jian Cao, Chen Qian, Yihui Huang +5

Implicit regularization is an important way to interpret neural networks. Recent theory starts to explain implicit regularization with the model of deep matrix factorization (DMF)…

stat.ME2022

Locally anisotropic covariance functions on the sphere

Jian Cao, Jingjie Zhang, Zhuoer Sun +1

Rapid developments in satellite remote-sensing technology have enabled the collection of geospatial data on a global scale, hence increasing the need for covariance functions that…

stat.ME2022★ 6 cited

Scalable Gaussian-process regression and variable selection using Vecchia approximations

Jian Cao, Joseph Guinness, Marc G. Genton +1

Gaussian process (GP) regression is a flexible, nonparametric approach to regression that naturally quantifies uncertainty. In many applications, the number of responses and covari…

stat.CO2020★ 1 cited

Scalable computation of predictive probabilities in probit models with Gaussian process priors

Jian Cao, Daniele Durante, Marc G. Genton

Predictive models for binary data are fundamental in various fields, and the growing complexity of modern applications has motivated several flexible specifications for modeling th…

stat.CO2020★ 2 cited

Exploiting Low Rank Covariance Structures for Computing High-Dimensional Normal and Student- Probabilities

Jian Cao, Marc G. Genton, David E. Keyes +1

We present a preconditioned Monte Carlo method for computing high-dimensional multivariate normal and Student- probabilities arising in spatial statistics. The approach combines…

cs.DC2019

Large-scale Environmental Data Science with ExaGeoStatR

Sameh Abdulah, Yuxiao Li, Jian Cao +4

Parallel computing in Gaussian process calculations becomes necessary for avoiding computational and memory restrictions associated with large-scale environmental data science appl…

math.NA2018★ 1 cited

O(N) Hierarchical algorithm for computing the expectations of truncated multi-variate normal distributions in N dimensions

Jingfang Huang, Fuhui Fang, George Turkiyyah +3

In this paper, we study the -dimensional integral representing the expectation of a function where is the t…