Research

Inference After the Model Has Already Been Chosen

Research interests: time series, high-dimensional regression, and post-selection inference — especially when dependence and selection make classical statements fragile.

ExpertiseSTAT
ThemesTime series · HD regression · PSI
AppointmentAssoc. Prof. (Teaching), SDS
ORCID0000-0002-9383-4455

01Why post-selection inference

In practice we rarely fix a model before looking at the data. Once selection has happened, intervals and p-values computed as if the model were given can be badly wrong. My work asks how to keep inferential claims honest under selection and temporal dependence.

02NSFC project (PI)

Post-selection estimators and valid inference for time-series models · 2021–2023 · NSFC 12001461 · RMB 240K · completed.

The project focused on estimators and inferential procedures that remain meaningful after model selection in time-series settings — a bridge between methodological research and the claims we ask students to defend.

03Method threads

  • Hybrid resampling confidence intervals for change-point or stationary high-dimensional stochastic regression (Statistica Sinica, 2021)
  • Resampling approaches for intervals in linear time-series models after selection (Physica A, 2023)
  • Knockoff procedures for FDR control in high-dimensional data streams (Journal of Applied Statistics, 2023)
  • Earlier work with T.L. Lai and collaborators on multivariate stochastic regression, adaptive enrichment designs, and multiple testing

04AI-powered personalized learning

Co-Principal Investigator · 2025–2027 · 1+1+1 Joint Collaboration Fund · RMB 255K · ongoing (2025A0505000070).

This collaboration sits next to the teaching appointment: can adaptive systems help students practice judgment — choosing models, reading uncertainty, noticing when a claim is too strong — rather than only accelerating content delivery?

05Other collaborations

Co-PI on a completed industry collaboration with Guotai Junan Securities on machine-learning based intelligent routing research (2025).

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