Weixing Cai Teaching Associate Department of Mathematics College of Arts and Sciences Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13244, USA Email:wcai01@syr.edu Office: (315) 443-1582
Education: 2003-2008 Syracuse University, Ph.D. in Mathematics with Specialty in Statistics 1999-2003 Sun Yat-sen University, B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Research Interests: · Statistical decision rules including ranking and selection, multiple comparison and multiple hypothesis testing; Design and analysis of experiments, including sample size determination · Minimax and Bayesian analysis; Probability inequalities · Multivariate analysis (Estimation, Testing, Selecting, MANOVA, PCA and Classification) · Monte Carol Simulation, Fitting statistical distributions and Resampling methods · Sequential Decision Rules (include group sequential analysis) · Constrained Statistical Inference Research Applications: Multiple target detection in signal processing; Biometrics; Bioequivalence, non inferiority and superiority, treatment selection and comparison; Bioinformatics, such as classifying tissue samples in microarray gene expression data analysis; Quality control.
Teaching: Spring 2008 · MAT 222 Elementary Probability and Statistics II Fall 2007 · MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I
Publications:       “Screening for Multiple Target Detection”, Cai, W. and Chen, P., Comun. Statist.-Theor. Meth. 37, 1930-1947. “The Generalized Bootstrap: A New Fitting Strategy & a Simulation Study Showing Advantage over Bootstrap Percentile Methods”, Cai, W. and Dudewicz, E. J., American Journal of Mathematical And Management Sciences, Vol. 27, NOS. 3 & 4, 275-318. “Partitioning k Multivariate Normal Populations according to Equivalence with Respect to a Standard Vector”, Weixing Cai and Pinyuen Chen, JSPI, Revision submitted. “Testing and Selecting among k Multivariate Normal Populations for Equivalence with Respect to a Standard Vector”, Weixing Cai and Pinyuen Chen, submitted in 2007. “Multiple Targets Characterization of Electromagnetic Vulnerability” Weixing Cai and Pinyuen Chen, in preparation. “A Preliminary Test in Discriminant Analysis and Selecting All Candidate Homes for a New Observation”, Weixing Cai and Pinyuen Chen, in preparation. “Multiple Testing with an Unknown Control: the Multivariate Normal Case with Equal Covariance Matrices and its Application to Discriminant Analysis”, in preparation.
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