About me

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at UC Davis. Prior to joining the department, I was a postdoctoral research scientist working with Liam Paninski at Department of Statistics and Grossman Center for the Statistics of Mind, Columbia University. I completed my Ph.D. in biostatistics under the supervision of Ali Shojaie and Daniela Witten at the University of Washington, and I obtained my B.S. in statistics from Yuanpei College, Peking University. I am broadly interested in emerging statistical problems in learning large complex biological systems from massive data. I address these problems using statistical theory and methods in high-dimensional statistics and graphical models. Recently, I have developed an interest in applications in neuroscience. I am thankful for the support from NSF DMS 1916476.

Publications

  • Manuscripts in progress


  • Published papers


      1. Zitong Zhang and Shizhe Chen. Semiparametric estimation for dynamic networks with shifted connecting intensities. Annals of Applied Statistics, 2024. [download]
      2. Zhichao Jiang, Shizhe Chen, and Peng Ding. An instrumental variable method for point processes: generalized Wald estimation based on deconvolution Biometrika, 2023. [link][arXiv]
      3. Xinyi Deng, Shizhe Chen, Marielena Sosa, Mattias Karlsson, Xue-Xin Wei, and Loren Frank. A Variable Clock Underlies Internally Generated Hippocampal Sequences. Journal of Neuroscience 4 May 2022, 42 (18) 3797-3810. [link]
      4. Fang Han, Shizhe Chen, and Han Liu. Distribution-free tests of independence in high dimensions. Biometrika, 104(4): 813-828, 2017.[link][arXiv]
      5. Shizhe Chen, Daniela M. Witten, and Ali Shojaie. Nearly assumptionless screening for the mutually-exciting multivariate Hawkes process. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 11(1):1207-1234, 2017. [link][MR]
      6. Shizhe Chen, Ali Shojaie, and Daniela M. Witten. Network reconstruction from high-dimensional ordinary differential equations. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 112.520 (2017): 1697-1707.[link][arXiv][code]
      7. Linbo Wang, Shizhe Chen, and Ali Shojaie. Discussion on "Causal inference by using invariant prediction: identification and confidence intervals". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 78(5):1004-1005, 2016. [link]
      8. Shizhe Chen, Daniela M. Witten, and Ali Shojaie. Selection and estimation for mixed graphical models. Biometrika, 102(1):47-64, 2015. [link][arXiv][code][MR]

Teaching

Contact me

Address
Department of Statistics, Mathematical Sciences Building 4117, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A.
Phone
+1-(530)-754-8778
Email
szdchen@ucdavis.edu