
office: BSC 211
Areas of Expertise
Topics in U-statistics, nonparametric kernel density estimation, risk estimation, variance estimation, cross-validation, resampling methods, and extrapolation techniques.
Scholarship/Creative Work
Publications
[1]. Qing Wang and Bruce G. Lindsay, Topics in U-statistics and risk estimation, Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings 2011, Section on Nonparametric Statistics, pp. 1267-1280. American Statistical Association. 2011.
[2]. Qing Wang, Investigation of topics in U-statistics and their applications in risk estimation and cross-validation, Ph.D. dissertation, Penn State University library electronic resource, pp. 1-187. 2012.
[3]. Qing Wang and Bruce G. Lindsay, Variance estimation of a general U-statistic with application to cross-validation, Statistica Sinica 24 (3): pp. 1117-1141, 2014.
[4]. Vu Le and Qing Wang, Robust thresholding for Diffusion Index forecast, Economics Letters 125: pp. 52-56, 2014.
[5]. Qing Wang and Shiwen Chen, A general class of linearly extrapolated variance estimators, Statistics & Probability Letters 98: pp. 29-38, 2015.
[6]. Qing Wang and Bruce G. Lindsay, Improving cross-validated bandwidth selection using subsampling-extrapolation techniques, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 89: 51-71, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.
Papers under review or revision
[7]. Qing Wang and Bruce G. Lindsay, Pseudo-kernel method in assessing K-fold cross-validation, 2015.
[8]. Qing Wang, Extrapolated techniques in U-statistic variance estimation, 2015.
Ongoing Research
* Extrapolation techniques in indirect cross-validation
* Using Group Lasso and Sparse Group Lasso techniques in studying the market share in automobile industry
* Asymptotic properties for nonparametric estimator of partial ROC curve
* Improving the performance of cross-validation
Invited Talks
“Topics in U-statistics and Risk Estimation”
- 2011 Joint Statistical Meeting, Section on Nonparametric Statistics (08/2011)
- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Wisconsin (12/2011)
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Williams College (01/2012)
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Austin Peay State University (02/2012)
- Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University (02/2012)
“Cross-validation and a U Model Selection Tool”
- The 4th IMS-China International Conference 2013 (Chengdu, China, 07/2013)
“Subsampling and Extrapolation Techniques in Kernel Density Estimation”
- The Second Taihu International Statistics Forum (Suzhou, China, 07/2013)
“How does the eruption time of the Old Faithful geyser vary?”
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Colby College (10/2013)
“An improved method in Bagging Cross-Validation with second-order extrapolation”
- Department of Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China (06/2014)
“Finding the best model using a U model selection tool”
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Bentley University (01/2015)
“Pseudo-kernel method in U-statistic variance estimation”
- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada (invited)
Honors Thesis Supervised:
- Shiwen (Heidi) Chen ’14: “Resampling Schemes with Application to Variance Estimation”
- Vu Le ’14: “Time-series Forecasting with Large Number of Predictors”
Senior Colloquium Topics Supervised:
- “Deming Regression”
- “Penalized Regression” (Ridge, Lasso, Elastic Net)
- “Error Propagation Law”
- “Smoothing Spline”
- “Linear Discriminant Analysis”
Awards, Fellowships & Grants
- University academic fellowships, Beijing Normal University, 2003-2007
- Outstanding teaching intern, Beijing Normal University, 2006 (intern at Beijing No.4 High School)
- Outstanding undergraduate (highest honors), Beijing Normal University, 2007
- Harkness travel support, Penn State University, 2010–2011
- Winner of 2011 ASA Nonparametric Session Student Paper Competition, 2011
- Junior Researcher Travel Award, ASA Women in Statistics Committee, 2014
Recent teaching at Williams
- Spring 2014: STAT 462 Modern Nonparametric Statistics
- Spring 2014: STAT 201 Statistics and Data Analysis
- Fall 2014: STAT 201 Statistics and Data Analysis
- Fall 2014: STAT 346 Regression and Forecasting
- Spring 2014: STAT 101 Elementary Statistics and Data Analysis
- Winter Study 2014: STAT 014 An Introduction to the Chinese Tea Culture
- Fall 2013: STAT 201 Statistics and Data Analysis
- Fall 2013: STAT 346 Regression and Forecasting
- Spring 2013: STAT 341 Bayesian Statistics
- Fall 2012: STAT 101 Elementary Statistics and Data Analysis
Teaching experience in the past
Penn State University (instructor)
- STAT 240 (Introduction to Biometry), Fall 2011
- STAT 462 (Applied Regression Analysis), Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011
Penn State University (teaching assistant)
- STAT 500 (Applied Statistics, graduate level), Fall 2007–Spring 2009
- STAT 200 (Elementary Statistics), Summer 2009
Beijing No. 4 High School, Beijing, China (teaching intern)
- Mathematics (high school level), Fall 2006
Working experience in the past
* Part Time Assistant, 08/2005-07/2007
Scottish Development International, Beijing Representative Office, Beijing, China
* Full Time Intern, 06/2011-08/2011
Personal Insurance Research and Development Program,Travelers Insurance, Hartford, CT
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