Program 2014 Tsinghua-Sanya Workshop on Big Data: Opportunities, Challenges and Innovations Dec. 27 – Dec. 30, 2014 Sanya, China Dec 27, Saturday 09:00 am - 09:30 am Opening Ceremony 09:30 am - 10:20 am Keynote Session I Richard Freeman (Harvard University) 10:20 am - 10:40 am Coffee Break 10:40 am - 11:55 am Session 1 Chair: Rong Chen Economics & Business Chair: Steve Z. Qin (1) Songxi Chen (Peking University) (2) Hansheng Wang (Peking University) (3) Junni Zhang (Peking University) 12:00 pm - 01:30pm Lunch 01:30 pm - 02:20pm Keynote Session II Faming Liang (University of Florida) 02:20 pm - 04:00pm Session 2 Chair: Dongchu Sun Statistical Theory & Methodology I Chair: Wenxuan Zhong (1) Jun S. Liu (2) Dongchu Sun (3) Qunhua Li (4) Weidong Liu (Harvard University) (University of Missouri) (Pennsylvania State University) (Shanghai Jiaotong University) 04:00 pm - 04:20pm Coffee Break 04:20 pm - 06:00pm Session 3 Life Science I Chair: Ke Deng (1) Xuegong Zhang (2) Tingting Zhang (3) Ting Zhu (4) Steve Z. Qin 06:00 pm Dinner (Tsinghua University) (University of Virginia) (Tsinghua University) (Emory University) Dec 28, Sunday 09:00 am - 09:50 am Keynote Session III Terry Speed (University of California-Berkeley) 9:50 am - 10:10 am Coffee Break 10:10 am - 11:50 am Session 4 Chair: Jun S. Liu Statistical Theory & Methodology II Chair: Simeng Han (1) Lijian Yang (2) Liping Liu (3) Dong Li (4) Jianxin Yin 12:00 pm - 01:30pm (Suzhou University) (Peking University) (Tsinghua University) (Renmin University) Lunch 01:30 pm - 02:20pm Keynote Session IV Yixue Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences) 02:20 pm - 04:00pm Session 5 Chair: Xuegong Zhang Life Science II Chair: Tingting Zhang (1) Li Zhang (2) Simeng Han (3) Xiaoqi Zheng (4) Zhongyu Liu (Beijing Union Hospital) (Analysis Group Inc.) (Shanghai Normal University) (PLA 150 Hospital) 04:00 pm - 04:20pm Coffee Break 04:20 pm - 06:00 pm Session 6 Computer Science & Industry Chair: Peter Qian (1) Maosong Sun (2) Lin Zhang (3) Weifeng Zhang (4) Chunlin Ji 06:00 pm Banquet (Tsinghua University) (Beijing University of Post & Telecommunication) (Nanjing University of Post & Telecommunication) (Kuang-Chi Institute of Advanced Technology) Dec 29, Monday 09:00 am - 09:50 am Keynote Session V Rong Chen (Rutgers University) 09:50 am - 10:10 am Coffee Break 10:10 am - 11:50 am Session 7 Chair: Songxi Chen Statistical Theory & Methodology III Chair: Qunhua Li (1) Hewei Pang (2) Mingyao Ai (3) Peter Qian (4) Rui Tuo 11:50 pm - 01:20pm (China Academy of Space Technology) (Peking University) (University of Wisconsin-Madison) (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Lunch 01:30 pm - 02:20pm Keynote Session VI Ping Ma (University of Georgia) 01:20 pm – 04:00 pm Session 8 Chair: Hansheng Wang Statistical Theory & Methodology IV Chair: Junni Zhang (1) Xiaodan Fan (2) Wenxuan Zhong (3) Yuan Yao (4) Wensheng Zhu (Chinese University of Hong Kong) (University of Georgia) (Peking University) (Northeast Normal University) 04:00 pm - 04:20pm Coffee Break 04:20 pm - 06:00pm Session 9 Statistics & Social Science Chair: Xiaodan Fan (1) Jing Chen (2) Ke Deng (3) Binhui Liu (4) Xinshu Zhao 06:00 pm - 06:15 pm 06:15 pm Dinner (Nanjing University & Rice University) (Tsinghua University) (Northeast Normal University) (Hong Kong Baptist University) Ending Mark Dec 30, Tuesday 09:00 am - 10:30 am 10:30 am - 11:00 am 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Group Discussion Coffee Break Free Discussion 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm Lunch 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm Visit the Rain Forest Park Invited Attendees: Min Chen Hongwei Xie Bo Li Yishun Han Lun Jun Xiaolong Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) (National University of Defense Technology) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Beijing University of Post & Telecommunication) (Northwestern Polytechincal University) Yang Yang Changji Xu Wenyan Gong Kan Xu Yuchen Yang Xiaochen Zhang Qi Li Wenxuan Deng Hongshan Li Yuling Yao Cheng Meng Yao Zhu Yingkai Jiang Jiaming Qiu Shuoping Zhang Jiangming Xiang Yuting Ye Peiyang Jin Yuqi Gu Qing Cui Peili Wang Zidong Wang Zaiying Zhou (Sichuan University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) (Tsinghua University) Program Committee: Jun S. Liu (Harvard University) Ke Deng (Tsinghua University) Steve Z. Qin (Emory University) Ping Ma (University of Georgia) Wenxuan Zhong (University of Georgia)