Research Interests

• Data mining
• Survival analysis
• Semi-parametric modeling
• Bayesian inference network

Selected Publications

• Jian Huang, Shuangge Ma and Huiliang Xie (2006), "Regularized estimation in the accelerated failure time model with high dimensional covariates", Biometrics, 62, 813-820.
• Taizhong Hu, Asok K. Nanda, Huiliang Xie and Zegang Zhu (2004),"Properties of some stochastic orders: A unified study", Naval Research Logistics, 51, 193-216.
• Taizhong Hu and Huiliang Xie (2002), "Proofs of the closure property of NBUC and NBU(2) under convolution", Journal of Applied Probability, 39, 224-227.

Teaching & Professional Experience

• California Testing Bureau, McGraw-Hill, Monterey, California
  Research Intern Jun. 2004 - Aug. 2004
  Research project: skill diagnosis using Bayesian inference network
• American International Assurance, ltd, AIG, Shanghai, China
  Actuarial Intern Jul. 2000 - Aug. 2000

Degrees

• Ph.D., Statistics, University of Iowa
• B.A., University of Science & Technoloy of China

Specialties

• Statistic & Probability Theory