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Cathy W. S. Chen, Ph.D., CStat.

Professor of Statistics

Graduate Institute of Statistics & Actuarial Science

Feng Chia University

Taichung 40724, Taiwan  

Tel¡G+(886)4-24517250 ext 4412

Fax¡G+(886)4-24517092

E-mail: chenwsmail.fcu.edu.tw; chenwsfcu.edu.tw

Web home page: http://myweb.fcu.edu.tw/~chenws/

Research Interests

  •   Bayesian Statistics

  •   Forecasting

  •   Time series analysis

  •   Financial Econometrics

  •   Markov chain Monte Carlo Estimation

  •   Statistical methods in Epidemiology

EDUCATION

  • 1982/6       B.C. in Statistics, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2009/11   Fellow, the Royal Statistical Society, UK

  • 2010/2     Chartered Statistician, the Royal Statistical Society, UK, (Designation: CStat.)

  • 2008        Elected Member, International Statistical Institute

 ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2004/8 - present  Distinguished Professor, Feng Chia University

  • 2007/8  Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

  • 2000/8 ¡V 2002/7, 2005/8 ¡V 2008/7    Department Head, Department of Statistics / Graduate Institute of Statistics & Actuarial Science / Graduate Institute of Applied Statistics, Feng Chia University

  • 1998/8 - present   Feng Chia University, Professor

  • 1993/2 ¡V 1998/7    Feng Chia University, Associate Professor

 VISITING POSITIONS

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2.1.2010-2.6.2010

Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan.

8.11.2009-8.20.2009

Visiting Professor, Discipline of Operations Management and Econometrics, University of Sydney, Australia.

8.9.2008 - 8.17.2008

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

1.21.2008 - 2.5.2008

Visiting Professor, Discipline of Econometrics and Business Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia.

1.11.2008 -1.16.2008

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

2006/7 ¡V 2007/1

Visiting Professor, the Discipline of Econometrics and Business Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia. (Visit funded by University of Sydney, to teach a course on Forecasting for Economics and Business)

2002/8 ¡V 2002/12

Visiting scholar, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, USA. (Funded by NSC)

3.30.2002 ¡V4.6.2002

Visiting professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong, HK

(Funded by University of Hong Kong and Taipei Trade Centre Exchange Scheme 2001)

4.1.2001-4.8.2001

Visiting scholar, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA.  (Funded by NSC)

11.23.2000-11.28.2000

Visiting scholar, Department of Information and Systems Management, the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, HK  (Funded by UST)

3.4.1998-4.10.1998

Visiting scholar, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA. (Funded by NSC)

1997/8 ¡V 1998/2

Visiting scholar, University of Oxford, UK (Funded by NSC)

1996/8

Visiting scholar, Department of Mathematics, University of Memphis, USA

1991/8 ¡V 1992/7

Visiting Ph.D. student, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, USA. (Funded by Ministry of Education, ROC)

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EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (CSDA), 2009 ¡V present

Annals Guest Associate Editor, CSDA Annals of Computational and Financial Econometrics, 2010

Editor, the 6th special issue on Computational Econometrics of the Computational Statistics & Data Analysis.

Editor,  the special issue on "Bayesian Computing, Methods and Applications" of the Computational Statistics & Data Analysis.

Associate Editor, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 2008 ¡V present.

Associate Editor, Computational Statistics, 2008 ¡V present.

Associate Editor, International Journal of Business and Economics, 2004 ¡V present.

Editor, Journal of Economics and Management, 2004 ¡V present.

Associate Editor, Journal of the Chinese Statistical Association, 2006/8 ¡V 2010/7. 2012/8 ¡Vpresent.

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Journal Article/s

¡§*¡¨: Corresponding author

    : Graduate student supervised by Cathy Chen

2013

1.          Chen*, C.W.S., Liu, F.C., and So, M.K.P. (3/2013) Threshold variable selection of asymmetric stochastic volatility models, Computational Statistics, forthcoming.  [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 107/116, Impact Factor 0.267)

2.          Chen*, C.W.S., Chen, S. Y., and Lee, S. (2013) Bayesian unit root test in double threshold heteroskedastic models, Computational Economics, forthcoming. [NSC 101-2118-M-035-006-MY2] (2011 SSCI Economics, Rank 206/321, Management, Rank 136/168, Impact Factor 0.514)

3.          Chen*, C.W.S. and Gerlach, R. (2013) Semi-parametric quantile estimation for double threshold autoregressive models with heteroskedasticity, Computational Statistics, forthcoming.  [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 107/116, Impact Factor 0.267)

4.          Choy, S.T.B., Chen*, C.W.S., and Lin, E.M.H. (2013) Bivariate asymmetric GARCH models with heavy tails and dynamic conditional correlations, Quantitative Finance, forthcoming.  [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2, NSC96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] (2011 SSCI Business, Finance Rank 57/92, Economics Rank 168/320, Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods, Rank 28/45, Impact Factor 0.735)

5.          Yu, K., Chen*, C.W.S., Reed, C. and Dunson, D.B. (5/2013) Bayesian variable selection in quantile regression, Statistics and Its Interface, 6, 261-274. [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2 and NSC 101-2118-M-035 -006 -MY2] (2011 SCI Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 59/92, Impact Factor 0.702)

6.          Chen*, C. W. S., Lin, E. M. H., and Lin, Y.R. (2013) A Bayesian perspective on mixed GARCH models with jumps, in Uncertainty Analysis in Econometrics with Applications, Huynh et al. (Eds.), Springer Verlag, 141-154.

2012

7.          Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R., Lin, E.M.H., and Lee, W.C.W. (12/2012) Bayesian forecasting for financial risk management, pre and post the global financial crisis, Journal of Forecasting, 31, 661-687. [NSC 96-2118-M-035-002-MY3]  (2011 SSCI Management, Rank 100/166, Planning & Development, Rank 27/54, Impact Factor 0.93)

8.          Chan, J.S.K., Lam, C.P.Y., Yu, P.L.H., Choy, S.T.B. and Chen, C.W.S. (11/2012) Bayesian conditional autoregressive geometric process model for range data, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 56, 3006-3019.  [NSC 96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 48/116, Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 64/99, Impact Factor 1.028)

9.          Hsieh, Y.-H., Ruan, Y., Chen, C.W.S., Shi, W., Li, D., Luo, F., and Shao, Y. (8/2012) HIV prevalence and underreporting of men who have sex with men in Beijing International Journal STD & AIDS, 23, 606-607. (2011 SCI Infectious diseases, Rank 60/70, Impact Factor 1.086)

10.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R., Hwang, RBK, and McAleer, M (5/2012) Forecasting Value-at-Risk using nonlinear regression quantiles and the intra-day range, International Journal of Forecasting, 28, 557¡V574. [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2, NSC96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] (2011 SSCI Economics, Rank 67/321, Management, Rank 64/166, Impact Factor 1.485)

11.      Chen*, C.W.S., Lin, S., and Yu, P.L.H. (6/2012) Smooth transition quantile capital asset pricing models with heteroscedasticity, Computational Economics, 40, 19-48. [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2] (2011 SSCI Economics, Rank 206/320, Management, Rank 135/166, Impact Factor 0.514)

12.      Lin, E.M.H., Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R. (2/2012) Forecasting volatility with asymmetric smooth transition dynamic range models, International Journal of Forecasting, 28, 384¡V399. [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2, NSC96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] (2011 SSCI Economics, Rank 67/321, Management, Rank 64/166, Impact Factor 1.485)

2011

13.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R., and Liu, F.C. (11/2011) Detection of structural breaks in a time-varying heteroskedastic regression model, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 141, 3367-3381. [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 70/116, Impact Factor 0.716)

14.      Gerlach, R., Chen*, C.W.S., and Chan, N.C.Y. (10/2011) Bayesian time-varying quantile forecasting for value-at-risk in financial markets, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 29, 481-492. [NSC 96-2118-M-035 -002 -MY3]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 18/116, Impact Factor 1.779)

15.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R., and Lin, A.M.H. (9/2011) Multi-regime nonlinear capital asset pricing models, Quantitative Finance, 11, 1421-1438.  [NSC 96-2118-M-035-002 -MY3] (2011 SSCI Business, Finance Rank 57/92, Economics Rank 168/320, Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods, Rank 28/45, Impact Factor 0.735).

16.      Chen*, C.W.S., So, M.K.P., and Liu, F.C. (6/2011) A review of threshold time series models in finance, Statistics and Its Interface, 4, 167-182. [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2] (2011 SCI Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 59/92, Impact Factor 0.702)

17.      Chen*, C.W.S., Chan, J.S.K., Gerlach, R., and Hsieh, W. (6/2011) A comparison of estimators for regression models with change points, Statistics and Computing, 21, 395-414.  [NSC 96-2118-M-035 -002 -MY3]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 28/116, Computer Science, Theory & Methods, Rank 17/99, Impact Factor 1.429)

18.      Chen*, C.W.S., Chan, J.S.K., So, M.K.P., and Lee, K. (4/2011) Classification in segmented regression problems, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 55, 2276-2287.  [NSC 99-2118-M-035-001-MY2; NSC 96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 48/116, Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 64/99, Impact Factor 1.028)

19.      Chen*, C.W.S., Liu, F.C., and Gerlach, R. (3/2011) Bayesian subset selection for threshold autoregressive moving-average models, Computational Statistics, 26, 1-30.

[NSC 96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] and grant 07G27503 (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 107/116, Impact Factor 0.267)

2010

20.      Chen* C.W.S., Gerlach, R., Choy, S.T.B. and Lin, C.  (3/2010) Estimation and inference for exponential smooth transition nonlinear volatility models, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 140, 719-733. [NSC 96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 70/116, Impact Factor 0.716)

21.      Hsieh, Y.-H., Chen, C.W.S., Hsu Schmitz, S.F., King, C.C., Chen, W. J., Wu, Y.C., Ho, M.S. (1/2010) Candidate genes associated with susceptibility for SARS-coronavirus, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 72, 122-132. (2011 SCI Mathematical & Computational Biology, Rank 20/47, Impact Factor 1.847)

22.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R., and Lin, A.M.H. (1/2010) Falling and explosive, dormant and rising markets via multiple-regime financial time series models, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 26, 28-49.  [NSC 96-2118-M-035-002-MY3]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 73/116, Impact Factor 0.69)

2009

23.      Chen*, C. W. S., So, M. K. P., and Lin, E.M.H. (12/2009) Volatility forecasting with double Markov switching GARCH models, Journal of Forecasting, 28, 681-697.  [NSC95-2118-M-035-001.] (2011 SSCI Management, Rank 100/166, Planning & Development, Rank 27/54, Impact Factor 0.93) 

24.      Hsieh, Y.-H., Chen, C.W.S. (6/2009) Turning points, reproduction number, and impact of climatological events for multi-wave Dengue outbreaks, Tropical Medicine & International Health, 14, 628-638.  (2011 SCI Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Rank 32/157, Tropical Medicine, Rank 3/20, Impact Factor 2.795)

25.      Lai, Y., Chen*, C.W.S., and Gerlach, R.H. (4/2009) Optimal dynamic hedging via copula-threshold-GARCH Models, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, a special issue on Modelling and Managing Financial Risk, 79, 2609-2624. [NSC95-2118-M-035-001]  (2011 SCI Mathematics, Applied, Rank 118/245, Impact Factor 0.738)

26.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R. H., Cheng, N.Y.P., and Yang, Y.L. (4/2009) The Impact of Structural Breaks on the Integration of the ASEAN-5 Stock Markets, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, a special issue on Modeling and Managing Financial Risk, 79, 2654-2664. [NSC95-2118-M-035-001]  (2011 SCI Mathematics, Applied, Rank 118/245, Impact Factor 0.738)

27.      Chen* C.W.S., Gerlach, R., and Wei, D.C.M.  (4/2009) Bayesian causal effects in quantiles: accounting for heteroscedasticity, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, a special issue on Computational Econometrics, 53, 1993-2007.   [NSC 96-2118-M-035-002-MY3] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 48/116, Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 64/99, Impact Factor 1.028)

2008

28.      Gerlach, R. and Chen*, C.W.S. (12/2008) Bayesian inference and model comparison for asymmetric smooth transition heteroskedastic models, Statistics and Computing, 18, 391-408. [NSC95-2118-M-035-001] and grant 06G27022 from FCU. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 28/116, Computer Science, Theory & Methods, Rank 17/99, Impact Factor 1.429)

29.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R., and So, M.K.P. (12/2008) Bayesian model selection for heteroskedastic models, Advances in Econometrics, 23, Special Issue on Bayesian Econometrics, 567-94.  (2005 SSCI Economics Rank 168/175).  [NSC95-2118-M-035-001] and grant 06G27022 from FCU.

30.      Chen* C.W.S., Gerlach, R., and Tai, A.P.J. (12/2008) Testing for nonlinearity in mean and volatility for heteroskedastic models, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. 79, 489-499. [NSC96-2118-M-002-MY3] (2011 SCI Mathematics, Applied, Rank 118/245, Impact Factor 0.738)

31.      Chen* C.W.S., Lin, E.M.H., Liu, F.C., and Gerlach, R. (5/2008) Bayesian estimation for parsimonious threshold autoregressive models in R, the R Journal, 8, 26-33. [NSC96-2118-M-002-MY3] and grant 06G27022 from FCU.

32.      Chen*, C.W.S., Liu, F.C., and So, M.K.P. (3/2008) Heavy-tailed distributed threshold stochastic volatility models in financial time series, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 50, 29-51. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 96/116, Impact Factor 0.436)

33.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R., and Lin, E.M.H. (2/2008) Volatility forecast using threshold heteroskedastic models of the intra-day range, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, on Statistical & Computational Methods in Finance, 52, 2990-3010. [NSC95-2118-M-035-001]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 48/116, Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 64/99, Impact Factor 1.028)

34.      So, M.K.P., Chen*, C. W. S., Lee, J.Y., and Chang, Y.P.  (2/2008) An empirical evaluation of fat-tailed distributions in modeling financial time series, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 77, 96-108. [NSC94-2118-M-035-001] (2011 SCI Mathematics, Applied, Rank 118/245, Impact Factor 0.738)

2007

35.      Chiang, T.C., Chen, C.W.S., and So, M.K.P. (12/2007) Asymmetric return and volatility responses to composite news from stock markets, Multinational Finance Journal, 11, 179-210. (EconLit)

36.      So, M.K.P, Chen, C.W.S., Chiang, T.C. and Lin, D.S.Y. (7/2007) Modeling financial time Series with threshold nonlinearity in returns and trading volume, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 23, 319-338.  [NSC94-2118-M-035-001]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 73/116, Impact Factor 0.69)

37.      Hsieh, Y.-H., King, C.C., Chen, C.W.S., Ho, M.S., Hsu, S.B. and Wu, YC  (1/2007) Impact of quarantine on the 2003 SARS outbreak: a retrospective modeling study, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 244, 729-736. (2011 SCI Biology, Rank 24/84, Impact Factor 2.208)

2006

38.      Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R.H., and So, M.K.P. (12/2006) Comparison of nonnested asymmetric heteroscedastic models, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, a special issue on Nonlinear Modelling and Financial Econometrics, 51, 2164-2178. [NSC94-2118-M-035-001]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 48/116, Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 64/99, Impact Factor 1.028)

39.      Chen, C.W.S., Yang, M.J., Gerlach, R.H., and Lo, H.J.  (7/2006) The asymmetric reactions of mean and volatility of stock returns to domestic and international information based on a four-regime double-threshold GARCH Model, Physica A - Statistical Mechanics And Its Applications,  366, 401-418. [NSC93-2118-M-035-003]  (2011 SCI Physics, Multidisciplinary, Rank 30/84, Impact Factor 1.373)

40.      Lee, S.-M., Chen*, C.W.S., Gerlach, R.H., and Hwang, L.-H.  (6/2006)  Estimation in Ricker's two-release method: a Bayesian approach, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 48, 157-169.  [NSC92-2118-M-035-006]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 96/116, Impact Factor 0.436)

41.      So, M.K.P., Chen*, C.W.S. and Liu, F.C. (4/2006) Best subset selection of autoregressive models with exogenous variables and generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity errors, Journal of the Royal of Statistical Society Series C, 55, 201-224. [NSC93-2118-M-035-003]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 61/116, Impact Factor 0.828)

42.      Hsieh, Y.H., Chen, C.W.S., Lee, S.M., Chen, Y.M.A., Wu, S.I., Lai, S.F., and Chang, A.L. (4/2006) Estimating the number of HIV-infected gay sauna patrons in Taipei area, Physica A - Statistical Mechanics And Its Applications, 362, 495-503. [DOH92-DC-1026] (2011 SCI Physics, Multidisciplinary, Rank 30/84, Impact Factor 1.373)

43.      Chen*, C.W.S. and Hsieh, Y.H. (1/2006) Bias may be unintentional but it's still there, Nature, 439, 18. (2011 SCI Multidisciplinary Science, Rank 1/55, Impact Factor 36.28)

44.      Gerlach, R., Chen*, C.W.S, Lin, D.S.Y., and Huang, M.H.  (2/2006) Asymmetric responses of international stock markets to trading volume, Physica A - Statistical Mechanics And Its Applications, 360, 422-444. [NSC93-2118-M-035-003]  (2011 SCI Physics, Multidisciplinary, Rank 30/84, Impact Factor 1.373)

45.      Chen, C.W.S. and So, M.K.P. (1/2006) On a threshold heteroscedastic model.  International Journal of Forecasting, 22, 73-89.  [NSC93-2118-M-035-003]  (2011 SSCI Economics, Rank 67/320, Management, Rank 64/166, Impact Factor 1.485)

2005

46.      Chen*, C.W.S., So, M.K.P., and, Gerlach, R.H.  (12/2005)  Assessing and testing for threshold nonlinearity in stock returns, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 47, 473-488. [NSC92-2118-M-035-006] (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 96/116, Impact Factor 0.436)

47.      Chen*, C.W.S. and Yu, T.H.K. (8/2005) Long-term dependence with asymmetric conditional heteroscedasticity in stock returns, Physica A - Statistical Mechanics And Its Applications, 353, 413-424. [ FCU-RD-89-052, FCU-RD-90-051]  (2011 SCI Physics, Multidisciplinary, Rank 30/84, Impact Factor 1.373)

48.      Chen, C.W.S., So, M.K.P., and, Gerlach, R.H.  (6/2005) Asymmetric response and interaction of US and local markets news in financial markets, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 21, 273-288.  [NSC92-2118-M-035-006]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 73/116, Impact Factor 0.69)

49.      Hsieh, Y.H., King, C.C., Chen, C.W.S., Ho, M.S., Lee, J.Y., Liu, F.C., Wu, Y.C., and Wu, J. S.  (2/2005) Quarantine for SARS, Taiwan, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11, 278 - 282. (2011 SCI Immunology, Rank 19/139, Infectious Disease, Rank 5/70, Impact Factor 6.169) 

50.      So, M.K.P., Chen, C.W.S., Chen, M.T. (1/2005) A Bayesian threshold nonlinearity test in financial time series,   Journal of Forecasting, 24, 61-75. [ NSC91-2118-M-035-002]  (2011 SSCI Management, Rank 100/166, Planning & Development, Rank 27/54, Impact Factor 0.93)

2004

51.      Chen*, C.W.S., Lee, J.C., Lee, S.Y., and Niu, W.F. (10/2004) Bayesian estimation for time series regressions improved with exact likelihoods, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 74, 727 - 740.  [ NSC91-2118-M-035-002]  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 89/116, Impact Factor 0.497)

52.      Hsieh, Y.H., Chen, C.W.S., and Hsu, S.B. (8/2004)  SARS outbreak in Taiwan: what we can learn from modeling,  Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10, 1515-16. (2011 SCI Immunology, Rank 19/139, Infectious Disease, Rank 5/70, Impact Factor 6.169)

53.      Hsieh, Y.H. and Chen, C.W.S.  (5/2004) Mathematical modeling of SARS: errata and updates, Online, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2011 SCI Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Rank 24/157, Impact Factor 3.192)

54.      Hsieh, Y.H., Chen, C.W.S., and Hsu, S.B. (2/2004) SARS outbreak, Taiwan, 2003, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10, 201-206. (2011 SCI Immunology, Rank 19/139, Infectious Disease, Rank 5/70, Impact Factor 6.169)

2003

55.      So, M.K.P. and Chen, C.W.S. (1/2003) Subset threshold autoregression. Journal of Forecasting, 22, 49-66.  (2011 SSCI Management, Rank 100/166, Planning & Development, Rank 27/54, Impact Factor 0.93) [NSC90-2118-M-035-008] 

56.      Hsieh, Y.H. and Chen, C.W.S. (6/2003) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Numbers do not tell whole story, British Medical Journal, 326, 1395-1396. (2011 SCI Medicine, General & Internal, Rank 6/153, Impact Factor 14.093) 

57.      Chen, C.W.S., Chiang, T.C. and So, M.K.P. (9/2003) Asymmetrical Reaction to US Stock-return News: Evidence from Major Stock Markets Based on a Double-Threshold Model.   The Journal of Economics and Business.  Special issue on Globalization in the New Millennium: Evidence on Financial and Economic Integration. 55, 487-502.  (EconLit) [NSC90-2118-M-035-008] 

58.      Hsieh, Y.H. and Chen, C.W.S.  (11/2003) Re: Mathematical modeling of SARS: Cautious in all our movements, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Online (2011 SCI Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Rank 24/157, Impact Factor 3.192)

2002

59.      Hsieh, Y.H., de Arazoza, H., Lee, S.-M., and Chen, C.W.S. (6/2002) Estimating the number of Cubans infected sexually by human immunodeficiency virus using contact tracing data, International Journal of Epidemiology, 31, 679-683. (2011 SCI Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Rank 3/157, Impact Factor 6.414)  [NSC88-2118-M-035-001] 

2001

60.      Chen*, C.W.S., Cherng, T.-H., and Wu, B. (12/2001) On the selection of subset bilinear time series models: a genetic algorithm approach. Computational Statistics, 16, 505-517.  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 107/116, Impact Factor 0.267) [NSC87-2118-M-035-004], [NSC88-2118-M-035-001] 

61.      Chen*, C.W.S. and Wen, Y.W. (6/2001) On goodness of fit for time series regression models.  Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 69, 239-256. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 89/116, Impact Factor 0.497) [NSC89-2118-M-035-003]

62.      Hsieh, Y. H., Chen, C.W.S., Lee, S.-M., and de Arazoza, H. (2/2001) On the Recent Sharp Increase of HIV Detections in Cuba. Aids, 426-428. (2011 SCI Infectious diseases, Rank 4/70, Impact Factor 6.245)  [NSC88-2118-M-035-001] 

2000

63.      Hsieh, Y.-H., Chen, C.W.S., and Lee, S.-M. (11/2000) Empirical Bayes approach to estimating the number of HIV-infected individuals in hidden and elusive populations. Statistics in Medicine, 19, 3095-3108.  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 15/116, Impact Factor 1.877) [NSC87-2118-M-035-004] 

1999

64.      Chen*, C.W.S. (12/1999) Subset selection of autoregressive time series models.  Journal of Forecasting, 18, 505-516. (2011 SSCI Management, Rank 100/166, Planning & Development, Rank 27/54, Impact Factor 0.93)  [NSC86-2115-M-035-017]

65.      Chen*, C.W.S., Lee, S.-M., Hsieh, Y.-H., and Ungchusak, K. (11/1999) A unified approach to estimating population size for a births only model.  Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 32, 29-46. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 48/116, Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 64/99, Impact Factor 1.028) [NSC86-2115-M-035-017]

1998

66.      Chen*, C.W.S. (9/1998) A Bayesian analysis of generalized threshold autoregressive models. Statistics & Probability Letters, 40, 15-22. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 88/116, Impact Factor 0.498)  [NSC85-2115-M-035-007]

67.      Lee, S.-M. and Chen*, C.W.S. (10/1998) Bayesian inference of population size for Behavioral response models. Statistica Sinica, 8, 1233-1247. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 49/116, Impact Factor 1.017) [NSC86-2115-M-035-017]

1997

68.      Chen, C.W.S., McCulloch, R.E., and Tsay, R.S. (4/1997) A unified approach to estimating and modeling linear and nonlinear time series.  Statistica Sinica, 7, 451-472. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 49/116, Impact Factor 1.017)

69.      Chen*, C.W.S. (5/1997) Detection of additive outliers in bilinear time series.  Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 24, 283-294.  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 48/116, Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 64/99, Impact Factor 1.028)  [NSC83-0208-M-035-011]

70.      Chen*, C.W.S. and Lee, J.C. (9/1997) On selecting a power transformation in time-series analysis.  Journal of Forecasting, 16, 343-354. (2011 SSCI Management, Rank 100/166, Planning & Development, Rank 27/54, Impact Factor 0.93)  [NSC84-2121-M-035-007]

1995-1992

71.      Chen*, C.W.S. and Lee, J.C. (9/1995) Bayesian inference of threshold autoregressive models.   Journal of Time Series Analysis, 16, 483-492.  (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 65/116, Impact Factor 0.761) [NSC82-0115-M-035-012-T]

72.      Chen*, C.W.S. (6/1992a) Bayesian inferences and forecasting in bilinear time series models.  Communications in statistics - Theory and Methods, 21, 1725-1743. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 109/116, Impact Factor 0.274)

73.      Chen*, C.W.S. (12/1992b) Bayesian analysis of bilinear time series models: a Gibbs sampling approach.  Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 21, 3407-3425. (2011 SCI Statistics & Probability, Rank 109/116, Impact Factor 0.274)

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ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS:

  •   Honorary member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, 2006

  •   Distinguished Professor of Feng Chia University, 8.1.2004.

  •    Listed in "Who's Who in Science and Engineering", 2003, Marquis. 

  •   Award Research Grant, Academic Links Collaboration & Research of the University of  Hong Kong and Taipei Trade Centre Exchange Scheme 2001

  •    National Science Council Research Awards (1993/8 - 2000/7) (discontinued after 2000)

  •   Feng-Chia University Faculty Research Publication Awards (1995-2008)

  •   Distinguished Teaching Award, Feng Chia University (1996/11)

  •   Early Career Research Excellence Award, National Science Council (1993/4 ¡V 1994/7)

  •   Ministry of Education Scholarship for Ph.D. candidates studying abroad, Ministry of Education, ROC, 1991 - 1992.

  •   Graduate Scholarship, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics, Executive Yuan, ROC 1989

  •    Youth of the Year, City of Taichung, 1982

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  •  Programme Committee, the Valencia/ISBA Eighth World Meeting on Bayesian Statistics, 6.1.2006-6.7.2006, Benidorm, Alicante, Spain.

  •  Scientific Program Committee and two-session organizer, Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE08), 6.19.2008 -6.21.2008, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

  •  Program Committee, the 9th International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) World Meeting, 7.21.2008 -7.25, 2008, Hamilton Island, Australia.

  • Scientific Program Committee and two-session organizer, the Joint Meeting of 4th World Conference of the IASC and 6th Conference of the Asian Regional Section of the IASC on Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 12.5.2008-12.8.2008, Yokohama, Japan.

  •  Scientific Program Committee and organizer, Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE09), 10.29.2009-10.31.2009, Limassol, Cyprus.

  •  Program organizing committee, International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA). 2010 conference.

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