Prof. Inchi HU
Professor Emeritus, Business Statistics imichu@ust.hk




Academic qualification
PhD Stanford University, Statistics
M.S. National Tsing-Hua University, Applied Mathematics
B.S. National Taiwan University, Mathematics

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEChair Professor of ISOM, HKUST, 2013 - present
Professor of ISOM, HKUST, 2000 -2013
Associate Professor of ISMT, HKUST, 1994 - 2000
Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1986 - 1993
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Maryland, 1985 - 1986

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ArticlesWang, H., Lo, S., Zheng, T., andHu, I.,"Interaction-based Feature Selection and Classification for High-dimensional Biological Data
Efficient Simulation of Value at Risk with Heavy-tailed Risk Factors
Discovering Influential Variables: A General Computer Intensive Method for Common Genetic Disorders' Handbook of Computational Statistics: Statistical Bioinformatics" (Edited by Lu, H. S., Schölkopf, B. and Zhao, H.),Springer-Verlag, New York, 2011, 87-107
Wang, H., Huang, C., Lo, S., Zheng, T., andHu, I., "New Insights into Old Methods for Identifying Causal Rare Variants
Inflated Type I Error Rates When Using Aggregation Methods to Analyze Rare Variants in 1000 Genomes Exon Sequencing Data in Unrelated Individuals: A Summary Report from Group 7 at Genetic Analysis Workshop 17
Flexible Modelling of Random Effects in Linear Mixed Models - a Bayesian Approach
Optimal Strategies for a Class of Sequential Control Problem with Precedence Relation
Estimation in Hidden Markov Models via Efficient Importance Re-sampling
research-interests">RESEARCH INTERESTS Sequential analysis
Stochastic control
Stochastic process
Statistical learning

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HONORSFellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, School of Business and Management, HKUST, 2006
Best Ten Lecturers, elected by HKUST Students, 2002, 2004, 2005
Research Foundation Award, University of Pennsylvania, 1992/1990/1989
Wharton School Junior Faculty Research Award, 1991/1988