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most citedSelective inference for k-means clustering

23 citations · 32 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

stat.ME2026

Selective Inference for Clustering Under Unknown Covariance

Yiqun T. Chen, Lucy L. Gao

Unsupervised clustering is widely used to discover underlying group structure, after which researchers often seek to validate these groups via post-hoc hypothesis testing on the po…

cs.AI2026

InferenceEvolve: Towards Automated Causal Effect Estimators through Self-Evolving AI

Can Wang, Hongyu Zhao, Yiqun Chen

Causal inference is central to scientific discovery, yet choosing appropriate methods remains challenging because of the complexity of both statistical methodology and real-world d…

stat.ME2026

Power Analysis for Prediction-Powered Inference

Yiqun T. Chen, Moran Guo, Shengy Li

Modern studies increasingly leverage outcomes predicted by machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI/ML) models, and recent work, such as prediction-powered inference (PPI),…

cs.CL2026

Personalized Prediction of Perceived Message Effectiveness Using Large Language Model Based Digital Twins

Jasmin Han, Janardan Devkota, Joseph Waring +8

Perceived message effectiveness (PME) by potential intervention end-users is important for selecting and optimizing personalized smoking cessation intervention messages for mobile…

cs.LG2026

Efficient Inference for Noisy LLM-as-a-Judge Evaluation

Yiqun T Chen, Sizhu Lu, Sijia Li +2

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used as automatic evaluators of generative AI outputs, a paradigm often referred to as "LLM-as-a-judge." In practice, LLM judges are i…

cs.CL2025

Large Language Models for Full-Text Methods Assessment: A Case Study on Mediation Analysis

Wenqing Zhang, Trang Nguyen, Elizabeth A. Stuart +1

Systematic reviews are crucial for synthesizing scientific evidence but remain labor-intensive, especially when extracting detailed methodological information. Large language model…

cs.CL2025

Evaluating Large Language Models for Evidence-Based Clinical Question Answering

Can Wang, Yiqun Chen

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated substantial progress in biomedical and clinical applications, motivating rigorous evaluation of their ability to answer nuanced, evid…

cs.CL2025★ 1 cited

LAVA: Language Model Assisted Verbal Autopsy for Cause-of-Death Determination

Yiqun T. Chen, Tyler H. McCormick, Li Liu +1

Verbal autopsy (VA) is a critical tool for estimating causes of death in resource-limited settings where medical certification is unavailable. This study presents LA-VA, a proof-of…

cs.SE2024★ 5 cited

What's documented in AI? Systematic Analysis of 32K AI Model Cards

Weixin Liang, Nazneen Rajani, Xinyu Yang +5

The rapid proliferation of AI models has underscored the importance of thorough documentation, as it enables users to understand, trust, and effectively utilize these models in var…

stat.ME2023★ 1 cited

Testing for a difference in means of a single feature after clustering

Yiqun T. Chen, Lucy L. Gao

For many applications, it is critical to interpret and validate groups of observations obtained via clustering. A common validation approach involves testing differences in feature…

stat.AP2023★ 2 cited

TWIGMA: A dataset of AI-Generated Images with Metadata From Twitter

Yiqun Chen, James Zou

Recent progress in generative artificial intelligence (gen-AI) has enabled the generation of photo-realistic and artistically-inspiring photos at a single click, catering to millio…

stat.ME2022★ 23 cited

Selective inference for k-means clustering

Yiqun T. Chen, Daniela M. Witten

We consider the problem of testing for a difference in means between clusters of observations identified via k-means clustering. In this setting, classical hypothesis tests lead to…

stat.ME2021

More powerful selective inference for the graph fused lasso

Yiqun T. Chen, Sean W. Jewell, Daniela M. Witten

The graph fused lasso -- which includes as a special case the one-dimensional fused lasso -- is widely used to reconstruct signals that are piecewise constant on a graph, meaning t…

stat.ME2021

Quantifying uncertainty in spikes estimated from calcium imaging data

Yiqun T. Chen, Sean W. Jewell, Daniela M. Witten

In recent years, a number of methods have been proposed to estimate the times at which a neuron spikes on the basis of calcium imaging data. However, quantifying the uncertainty as…