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Research Areas ▪ Biased sampling problems ▪ Capture-recapture data ▪ Density ratio models ▪ Empirical likelihood ▪ Experimental design ▪ Missing data problems ▪ Mixture models ▪ Nonprobability survey samples ▪ Shape-constrained inference Research Grants 2009 - 2025 NSERC 2012 - 2014 Start-up grant, University of Waterloo Postdoctoral Fellows Manli Cheng Co-supervised with Dr. Qinglong Tian (From Oct. 2024 to Sep. 2026) Yifan Sun Co-supervised with Dr. Peijun Sang (From Apr. 2024 to Mar. 2026) Meng Yuan Co-supervised with Dr. Changbao Wu (From Sep. 2021 to Aug. 2022) Yilin Chen Co-supervised with Dr. Changbao Wu (From Oct. 2020 to Jan. 2021) Zhaoyang Tian Co-supervised with Dr. Kun Liang (From June 2020 to Aug. 2020) Current Students Dingding Hu PhD candidate in Statistics (Since Sep., 2021) • Essay: To be determined Former Students Meng Yuan PhD in Statistics (From Sep. 2017 to Aug. 2021; Co-supervised with Dr. Changbao Wu) • Thesis: Semiparametric empirical likelihood inference under two-sample density ratio models Dingding Hu M.Math in Statistics (From Sep. 2020 to Aug. 2021) • Essay: Statistical inference under two-sample likelihood ratio ordering with application to ROC analysis Yilin Chen PhD in Statistics (From Sep. 2016 to Aug. 2020; Co-supervised with Dr. Changbao Wu) • Thesis: Statistical analysis with non-probability survey samples Yang Liu PhD in Statistics (From Oct. 2018 to June 2020; Co-supervised with Dr. Yukun Liu) • Thesis: Semiparametric full likelihood inference for the size of population from capture-recapture Data Zhaoyang Tian PhD in Statistics (From Sep. 2015 to May 2020; Co-supervised with Dr. Kun Liang) • Thesis: Nonparametric estimation in a compound mixture model and false discovery rate control with auxiliary information Boxi Lin M.Math in Statistics (From Sep. 2017 to April 2019) • Essay: Semiparametric inference of two zero-excess populations under a density ratio model Guanfu Liu PhD in Statistics (From Sep. 2014 to June 2017; Co-supervised with Dr. Xiaolong Pu) • Thesis: Studies on some topics in finite mixture models • Current job: Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Chunlin Wang PhD in Statistics (From Sep. 2012 to Jan. 2017; Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Marriott) • Thesis: Empirical likelihood and bootstrap inference with constraints • Current job: Associate Professor, Xiamen University Zhaoyang Tian M.Math in Statistics (From Jan. 2015 to Aug. 2015) • Essay: Nonparametric estimation of the centre of symmetric distribution • Current position: PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo Xiaoqing Niu PhD in Statistics (From May 2009 to Dec. 2013; Co-supervised with Dr. Ivan Mizera) • Thesis: Homogeneity test in finite mixture modes using EM-test • Current job: GAML Analytics, TD Bank Group Oludotun Akinlawon MSc in Statistics (From Jan. 2010 to Dec. 2011; Co-supervised with Dr. Rohana Karunamuni) • Thesis: Controlling IER, EER, and FDR in replicated regular two-level factorial designs. • Current job: Data Manager, University of Alberta