Liqun Diao

Associate Professor
Liqun Diao

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Liqun Diao

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Research Interests

I am interested in developing and applying data-driven statistical methods and machine learning algorithms to advance knowledge in fields including medicine, public health, and insurance.

Selected Publications

  • Li, X., Cook, R.J., Diao, L. (2025). Variable Selection for Progressive Multistate Processes. Statistics in Medicine, 44(2), 201–224.
  • Meng, Y., Diao, L., Weng, C. (2025). Mortality Prediction via Age-Specific Band Selection. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, 2025(1), 15–34.
  • Yang, C., et al. (2024). Regression Trees for Interval-censored Failure Time Data. The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 52(4), 812–835.
  • Diao, L., Yi, G.Y. (2023). Classification Trees with Mismeasured Responses. Journal of Classification, 40(1), 168–191.
  • Diao, L., et al. (2023). Enhancing Mortality Forecasting Through Bivariate Model-Based Ensemble. North American Actuarial Journal, 27(3), 512–530.
  • Cuerden, M.S., et al. (2023). Doubly Weighted Mean Score Estimating Functions. Communications in Statistics, 52(8), 2415–2432.
  • Zhuang, H., et al. (2023). Polya Tree Monte Carlo Method. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 178, 107612.
  • Yang, C., Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2022). Adaptive Response-dependent Two-Phase Designs. Statistics in Medicine, 41(14), 2634–2651.
  • Zhuang, H., et al. (2022). A Bayesian Nonparametric Mixture Model for Copula Functions. Econometrics and Statistics, 21, 124–142.
  • Zhuang, H., et al. (2022). Polya Tree-Based Nearest Neighborhood Regression. Statistics and Computing, 32, 45.
  • Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2022). Nested Doubly Robust Estimating Equations. The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 50(1), 112–134.
  • Diao, L., et al. (2021). A DSA Algorithm for Mortality Forecasting. North American Actuarial Journal, 25(sup1), S234–S251.
  • Yang, C., Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2021). Survival Trees for Current Status Data. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 146, 83–94.
  • Zhuang, H., et al. (2020). A Bayesian Hierarchical Copula Model. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 14(1), 1564–1595.
  • Steingrimsson, J.A., Diao, L., Strawderman, R.L. (2019). Censoring Unbiased Regression Trees and Ensembles. Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA), 114(525), 370–383.
  • Diao, L., Weng, C. (2019). Regression Tree Credibility Model. North American Actuarial Journal, 23(2), 169–191.
  • Steingrimsson, J.A., et al. (2016). Double Robust Survival Trees. Statistics in Medicine, 35(20), 3595–3612.
  • Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2014). Composite Likelihood for Joint Analysis of Multiple Multistate Processes. Biostatistics, 15(4), 690–705.
  • Diao, L., Cook, R.J., Lee, K.-A. (2013). A Copula Model for Marked Point Processes. Lifetime Data Analysis, 19(4), 463–489.