Ning Hao
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Publication

My research is partially supported by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation.
My Google Scholar page.

Manuscripts

  • Park, J., Hao, N., Niu, Y.S., and Hu, M. (2025)
    Kernel Density Balancing.
    [arXiv]

  • Liao, S., Sun, X., Hao, N., and Zhang, H.H. (2025)
    Interpretable Scalar-on-Image Linear Regression Models via the Generalized Dantzig Selector.
    [arXiv]

  • Liu, Z., Hao, N., Niu, Y.S., Xiao, H., and Ding, H. (2025)
    Autocorrelation Test under Frequent Mean Shifts.
    [arXiv]; R package SIP

Journal Papers

  • Li, X., Zhao, Y., Pan, Q., and Hao, N. (2025+)
    Community Detection with Heterogeneous Block Covariance Model.
    Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, to appear.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package hbcm

  • Wang, Z., Tu, M., Liu, Z., Wang, K.K., Fang, Y., Hao, N., Zhang, H.H., Que, J., Sun, X., Yu, A., and Ding, H. (2025)
    A Reference-guided Iterative Approach to Polish the Nanopore Sequencing Basecalling for Therapeutic RNA Quality Control.
    Communications Biology, 8, 1406.
    [PDF] [bioRxiv]

  • Park, J., Zhao, Y., and Hao, N. (2025)
    A Note on the Identifiability of Degree-Corrected Stochastic Block Model.
    STAT, 14, e70067.
    [PDF] [arXiv]

  • Ouyang, W., Wu, R., Hao, N., and Zhang, H.H. (2025)
    Dynamic Supervised Principal Component Analysis for Classification.
    Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 34, 1446–1455.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package DSPCA

  • Wang, Z., Liu, Z., Fang, Y., Zhang, H.H., Sun, X., Hao, N., Que, J., and Ding, H. (2025)
    Training Data Diversity Enhances the Basecalling of Novel RNA Modification-Induced Nanopore Sequencing Readouts.
    Nature Communications, 16, 679.
    [PDF] [bioRxiv]; Code

  • Wang, Z., Fang, Y., Liu, Z., Hao, N., Zhang, H.H., Sun, X., Que, J., and Ding, H. (2024)
    Adapting Nanopore Sequencing Basecalling Models for Modification Detection via Incremental Learning and Anomaly Detection.
    Nature Communications, 15, 7148.
    [PDF] [bioRxiv]; Code

  • Zhao, Y., Hao, N., and Zhu, J. (2024)
    Variational Estimators of the Degree-corrected Latent Block Model for Bipartite Networks.
    Journal of Machine Learning Research, 25, 150, 1–42.
    [PDF] [arXiv]

  • Lu, Z., Hao, N., and Zhang, H.H. (2024)
    Simultaneous Change-point Detection and Curve Estimation.
    Statistics and Its Interface, 17, 493–500.
    [PDF]; R package SCHACE

  • Hao, N., Niu, Y.S., and Xiao, H. (2023)
    Equivariant Variance Estimation for Multiple Change-point Model.
    Electronic Journal of Statistics, 17, 3811–3853.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package EVE

  • Wu, R., and Hao, N. (2022)
    Quadratic Discriminant Analysis by Projection.
    Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 190, 104987.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package QDAP

  • Hao, N., Niu, Y.S., Xiao, F., and Zhang, H. (2021)
    A Super Scalable Algorithm for Short Segment Detection.
    Statistics in Biosciences, 13, 18–33.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package SSSS

  • Shin, S.J., Wu, Y., and Hao, N. (2020)
    A Backward Procedure for Change-point Detection with Application to Copy Number Variation Detection.
    The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 48, 366–385.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package bwd

  • Xiao, F., Luo, X., Hao, N., Niu, Y.S., Xiao, X., Cai, G., Amos, C.I., and Zhang, H. (2019)
    An Accurate and Powerful Method for Copy Number Variation Detection.
    Bioinformatics, 35, 2891–2898.
    [PDF]; R package modSaRa2

  • Hao, N., Feng, Y., and Zhang, H.H. (2018)
    Model Selection for High Dimensional Quadratic Regressions via Regularization.
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 113, 615–625.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package RAMP

  • Niu, Y.S., Hao, N., and Zhang, H.H. (2018)
    Interaction Screening by Partial Correlation.
    Statistics and Its Interface, 11, 317–325.
    [PDF]

  • Niu, Y.S., Hao, N., and Dong, B. (2018)
    A New Reduced-Rank Linear Discriminant Analysis Method and Its Applications.
    Statistica Sinica, 28, 189–202.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; R package SPCALDA

  • Hao, N., and Zhang, H.H. (2017)
    A Note on High Dimensional Linear Regression with Interactions.
    The American Statistician, 71, 291–297.
    [PDF] [arXiv]

  • Hao, N., and Zhang, H.H. (2017)
    Oracle P-values and Variable Screening.
    Electronic Journal of Statistics, 11, 3251–3271.
    [PDF]; R codes

  • Xiao, F., Niu, Y.S., Hao, N., Xu, Y., Jin, Z., and Zhang, H. (2017)
    modSaRa: a computationally efficient R package for CNV identification.
    Bioinformatics, btx212.
    [PDF]; R package modSaRa

  • Niu, Y.S., Hao, N., and Zhang, H. (2016)
    Multiple Change-Point Detection, a Selective Overview.
    Statistical Science, 31, 611–623.
    [PDF] [arXiv]

  • Hao, N., Dong, B., and Fan, J. (2015)
    Sparsifying the Fisher Linear Discriminant by Rotation.
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 77, 827–851.
    [PDF] [arXiv]; Matlab codes

  • Hao, N., and Zhang, H.H. (2014)
    Interaction Screening for Ultra-High Dimensional Data.
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 109, 1285–1301.
    [PDF]; Matlab codes

  • Hao, N., Niu, Y.S., and Zhang, H. (2013)
    Multiple Change-Point Detection via a Screening and Ranking Algorithm.
    Statistica Sinica, 23, 1553–1572.
    [PDF]; R package SaRa

  • Fan, J., Guo, S., and Hao, N. (2012)
    Variance Estimation Using Refitted Cross-Validation in Ultrahigh Dimensional Regression.
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 74, 37–65.
    [PDF]

Conference Papers

  • Dong, B., and Hao, N. (2015)
    Semi-supervised High Dimensional Clustering by Tight Wavelet Frames.
    SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications.
    [PDF]; Matlab codes

  • Niu, Y.S., Hao, N., and An, L. (2011)
    Detection of Rare Functional Variants Using Group ISIS.
    BMC Proceedings, 5(Suppl 9): S108.
    [PDF]

Miscellaneous

  • Hao, N., and Li, L. (2006)
    Higher cohomology of the pluricanonical bundle is not deformation invariant.
    [arXiv]

  • Ph.D. dissertation: D-bar Spark Theory and Deligne Cohomology
    Key words: Cheeger–Simons differential characters, Chern classes, Harvey–Lawson spark characters, hypercohomology, Massey product, Nadel’s conjecture, secondary geometric invariants.
    The main results of my dissertation were uploaded in arXiv:

    • Hao, N. (2008) D-bar spark theory and Deligne cohomology [arXiv]
    • Hao, N. (2008) On the ring structure of spark characters [arXiv]