Assistant University
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Curriculum Vitae
Wang ZHOU
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
National University of Singapore
E-mail: abpi6h@r.postjobfree.com
Phone: (65)6516 5238(o ce)
Citizenship: P.R.China
* *******h Interests
Random matrix, Schramm Loewner evolution, Saddlepoint approximations, Edgeworth
expansions, empirical likelihood, bootstrap, self-normalized sum, large deviation, LIL,
nance statistics.
2 Education
June. 2004 PhD
Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech.
Dept. of Math.
Advisor: Prof. Bing-Yi Jing
March 1997 MSc
Shanghai Univ. of Fin. and Econ.
Dept. of Statist.
July 1994 BSc
Shanghai Univ. of Fin. and Econ.
Dept. of Statist.
3 Academic appointments
Jan. 2009 Now Associate Professor (Tenured)
July 2004 Dec. 2008 Assistant Professor
National Univ. of Singapore
Sept. 2000 June 2004 Teaching assistant (each semester)
Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech.
March 1997 Aug. 2000 Instructor
Shanghai Univ. of Fin. and Econ.
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4 Teaching experience
Courses Taught in Singapore: ST3236, Stochastic Processes I
ST3239, Survey Methodology
ST3240, Multivariate Analysis
ST4232, Nonparametric Statistics
ST4238, Stochastic Processes II
ST5251, Probability and Stochastic Processes
Courses taught in HKUST Sampling, Nonparametric Statistics.
Courses taught in Shanghai Probability, Mathematical Statistics
5 Postgraduate students trained
Huang Ying, thesis title: Principle Component-based Adaptive Neyman Test for Func-
tional data. (Master in 2005)
Xiao Han, thesis title: Almost sure limit of the smallest eigenvalue of sample correla-
tion matrix. (Master in 2006) A paper based on his thesis was published in Journal of
Theoretical probability in 2010. Now he is an assistant professor in Rutgers University.
Wang Xiaoying, thesis title: Central limit theorem of linear spectral statistics for large
dimensional random matrices. (PhD in 2009) Two papers based on her thesis were
published in Bernoulli (2010) and Electronic Journal of Probability (2009) respectively.
Wang Xiping, thesis title: Empirical likelihood with applications. (PhD in 2010) One paper
based on his thesis was accepted by Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics
(2012).
6 Committees
Department level
July 2010 June 2011 Co-Chair of the graduate program committee
July 2011 Now Chair of the search committee (assistant professor)
Faculty level
July 2010 Dec. 2010 Member of the graduate program executive committee
Oct. 2011 Now Member of the faculty research committee
7 Grants
1. Random matrix theory and its applications (joint with Pan Guangming). MOE Tier
2 grant. 2011-2014
2. Convergence rate of empirical spectral distributions. MOE Tier 1 grant. 2011-2014
3. Nonparametric estimate of spectral density functions of random matrices. MOE
Tier 1 grant. 2010-2013
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4. Edgeworth Expansion for Studentized Compound Poisson Sum Under Minimal Con-
ditions. MOE Tier 1 grant. 2009-2012
5. Perturbed loop erased random walk. MOE Tier 1 grant. MOE Tier 1 grant. 2008-
2011
6. Random matrices and Stochastic Loewner Evolution. MOE Tier 1 grant. 2007-2010
7. SLE and limit theorems in probability and statistics. MOE Tier 1 grant. 2005-2008
8 Professional Activities
April 13, 2010 May 31, 2010 Visiting Univ. of Geneve
working with Stanislav Smirnov
Oct. 1, 2007 Oct. 31, 2007 Visiting Microsoft Research
working with Oded Schramm
Aug. 8, 2003 Aug. 22, 2003 Visiting Fellow at National Univ. of Singapore
working with Qi-Man Shao
July 28, 2003 Aug. 1, 2003 Visiting Fellow at Standford Univ.
working with Bradley Efron
Mar. 13, 2003 Mar. 26, 2003 Visiting Fellow at National Univ. of Singapore
working with Qi-Man Shao
Jan. 7, 2003 Jan. 28, 2003 Visiting Fellow at National Univ. of Singapore
working with Qi-Man Shao
Oct. 10, 2002 Oct. 23, 2002 Visiting Fellow at National Univ. of Singapore
working with Qi-Man Shao
Sept. 1, 2002 Sept. 7, 2002 Visiting Fellow at CWI
working with R. Helmers
Aug. 1, 2002 Aug. 31, 2002 Visiting Fellow at Humboldt University
working with Prof. W. Haerdle
supported by DFG Fellowship
July 1, 2002 July 31, 2002 Visiting Fellow at Univ. of Bielefeld
working with Prof. F. Goetze
supported by DFG Fellowship
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9 Invited Talks
Nov. 2011 Smoothed empirical spectral distribution of sample covariance matrices
plenary speaker in the 7th probability limit and statistical large
sample theory conference of China
May 2011 Kernel estimator of M-P type distributions and smoothed quantile
of the MP law. High dimensional statistics conference, NTU
July 2009 On normal approximations to U -statistics
IMS-China International Conference on Stat. and Prob.
July 2008 Boundary proximity of SLE.
7th World Congress in Probability and Statistics NUS
June 2006 An Introduction to Stochastic Loewner Evolution
International Conference on Asymptotic Theory in
Probability and Statistics, Zhejiang University
July 2005 Limit of Empirical Spectral Distributions of Large Sample
Covariance Matrices, CSPS/IMS Joint Meeting,
Peking University
March 2005 A note on saddlepoint approximations in resampling
methods, Asymptotics and Nonparametrics Workshop,
University of Sydney
Nov 2004 Asymptotic distributions of largest entries of correlation
matrices, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech.
July 2004 Self-normalized moderate deviations and LIL for Centered
Feller Class, 6th ICSA International conference, Singapore
July 2002 Saddlepoint approximation with no moment conditions,
Dept. of Math., Univ. of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Sept. 2002 A short course in CWI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jan. 2003 Empirical likelihood con dence regions for comparison
distributions and ROC curves,
Dept. of Statistics and Applied Probability,
National Univ. of Singapore
10 Editorial Service
Associate editor of Open Journal of Statistics, 2011-
Editorial Board of Statistics Research Letters, 2012-
11 Award and Membership
March 2012 Elected Member of International Statistical Institute
Dec. 2007 Faculty of Science s Young Scientist Award, NUS
12 Published and Accepted Papers
1. Pan, G. M., Wang X. P. and Zhou, W. (2012) Nonparametric statistical inference
for P (X
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