Chun-Shu Chen

Feb. 2022 - present          Director, Graduate Institute of Statistics, National Central University (NCU)

Aug. 2019 - present         Professor, Graduate Institute of Statistics, National Central University (NCU)

Aug. 2017 - July 2019     Professor, Institute of Statistics and Information Science, National Changhua University of Education (NCUE)

Aug. 2014 - Feb. 2015     Visiting Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. (UW-Madison)

Feb. 2012 - July 2017      Associate Professor, Institute of Statistics and Information Science, National Changhua University of Education (NCUE)

Aug. 2008 - Jan. 2012     Assistant Professor, Institute of Statistics and Information Science, National Changhua University of Education  (NCUE)

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Statistics

Environmental Statistics

Statistical Learning

Model Selection 

• Shen, C. W. and Chen, C. S.* (2024), Estimation and Selection for Spatial Zero-inflated Count Models. Environmetrics, 35:e2847.  

• Chen, C. W. S.* and Chen, C. S. (2024), Spatial-temporal Hurdle Model vs. Spatial Zero-inflated GARCH Model: Analysis of Weekly Dengue Fever Cases. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 38, 2119-2134.

• Yang, H. D., Chang, A., Hsu, W. W., and Chen, C. S.* (2024), Zero-Inflated Models for Spatiotemporal Count Data with Extra Zeros: Application to 1950-2015 Tornado Data in Kansas. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 31, 1-25.

• Hwang, Y. T., Tung, Y. Q., Chen, C. S., and Lin, B. S.* (2023), B-Spline Modeling of Inertial Measurements for Evaluating Stroke Rehabilitation Effectiveness. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 31, 4008-4016. 

• Chen, C. W. S.*, Chen, C. S., and Hsiung, M. H. (2023), Bayesian Modeling of Spatial Integer-Valued Time Series. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 188, 107827. 

• Tzeng, S., Chen, C. S., Li, Y. F., and Chen, J. H.* (2023), On Summary ROC Curve for Dichotomous Diagnostic Studies: An Application to Meta-analysis of COVID-19. Journal of Applied Statistics, 50, 1418-1434. 

• Yang, H. D., Chiou, Y. H., and Chen, C. S.* (2023), Estimation and Selection for Spatial Confounding Regression Models. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 52, 939-955. 

• Chen, C. S. and Shen, C. W.* (2022), Distribution-free Model Selection for Longitudinal Zero-inflated Count Data with Missing Responses and Covariates. Statistics in Medicine, 41, 3180-3198. 

• Shen, C. W., Chen, Y. H., and Chen, C. S.* (2021), Distribution-free Regression Model Selection with a Nested Spatial Correlation Structure. Spatial Statistics, 41, 100476. 

• Ludwig, G.*, Zhu, J., Reyes, P., Chen, C. S., and Conley, S. P. (2020), On Spline-based Approaches to Spatial Linear Regression for Geostatistical Data. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 27, 175-202. 

• Chiou, Y. H., Yang, H. D., and Chen, C. S.* (2019), An Adjusted Parameter Estimation for Spatial Regression with Spatial Confounding. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 33, 1535-1551. 

• Chen, C. S. and Shen, C. W.* (2018), Model Selection Based on Resampling Approaches for Cluster Longitudinal Data with Missingness in Outcomes. Statistics in Medicine, 37, 2982-2997. 

• Chen, C. S.* and Chen, C. S. (2018), A Composite Spatial Predictor via Local Criteria Under a Misspecified Model. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 32, 341-355.

• Chen, C. S.* and Huang, Y. T. (2018), Some Characteristics on the Selection of Spline Smoothing Parameter. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 47, 1307-1317.

• Chen, C. S.*, Zhu, J., and Chu, T. (2018), A Generalized Measure of Uncertainty in Geostatistical Model Selection. Statistica Sinica, 28, 203-228.

• Chang, Y. M., Shen, P. S., and Chen, C. S.* (2017), Adaptive Cox Model Averaging for Right-censored Data. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 46, 9364-9376.

• Yang, H. D. and Chen, C. S.* (2017), On Estimation and Prediction of Geostatistical Regression Models via a Corrected Stein’s Unbiased Risk Estimator. Environmetrics, 28:e2424. doi:10.1002/env.2424.

• Chen, J. H., Chen, C. S.*, Huang, M. F., and Lin, H. C. (2016), Estimating the Probability of Rare Events Occurring Using a Local Model Averaging. Risk Analysis, 36, 1855-1870.

• Chen, C. S.* and Chen, K. C. (2016), Two-stage Signal Restoration Based on a Modified Median Filter. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 86, 122-134.

• Ludwig, G.*, Zhu, J., and Chen, C. S. (2015), On Fixed Effects Estimation in Spline-based Semiparametric Regression for Spatial Data. Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture, 27, 59-78.

• Chen, C. S.*, Yang, H. D., and Li, Y. (2014), A Stabilized and Versatile Spatial Prediction Method for Geostatistical Models. Environmetrics, 25, 127-141.

• Chen, C. S.*, Lee, Y. H., and Hsu, H. W. (2014), Adaptive Order Selection for Autoregressive Models. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 84, 1963-1974.

• Lee, Y. H., Yang, H. D., and Chen, C. S.* (2012), Spatial Risk Assessment of Typhoon Cumulated Rainfall: A Case Study in Taipei Area. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 26, 509-517.

• Lee, Y. H.* and Chen, C. S. (2012), Autoregressive Model Selection Based on a Prediction Perspective. Journal of Applied Statistics, 39, 913-922.

• Chen, C. S.* and Huang, H. C. (2012), Geostatistical Model Averaging Based on Conditional Information Criteria. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 19, 23-35.

• Chang, Y. M.*, Chen, C. S., and Shen, P. S. (2012), A Jackknife-based Versatile Test for Two-sample Problems with Right-censored Data. Journal of Applied Statistics, 39, 267-277.

• Chen, C. S.* and Yang, H. D. (2011), A Joint Modeling Approach for Spatial Earthquake Risk Variations. Journal of Applied Statistics, 38, 1733-1741.

• Chen, C. S. and Chang, Y. M.* (2011), Model Selection for Two Sample Problems with Right-censored Data: An Application of Cox Model. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 141, 2120-2127.

• Chen, C. S.* and Huang, H. C. (2011), An Improved Cp Criterion for Spline Smoothing. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 141, 445-452.

• Huang, H. C.* and Chen, C. S. (2007), Optimal Geostatistical Model Selection. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 102, 1009-1024.

• Liu, J. Y.*, Chen, Y. I., Chuo, Y. J., and Chen, C. S. (2006), A Statistical Investigation of Pre-earthquake Ionospheric Anomaly. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, A05304, doi:10.1029/2005JA011333.

• Chen, Y. I*., Liu, J. Y., Tsai, Y. B., and Chen, C. S. (2004), Statistical Tests for Pre-earthquake Ionospheric Anomaly. Terrestrial Atomospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 15, 385-396.                    

2019 - present

• 2019-2022 Outstanding Young Scholar Research Project (MOST; NSTC)

• 2019-2022 Newly Appointed Outstanding Teaching and Research Personnel (NCU) 

• 2022 Top Journal Award of the College of Science (NCU)

• 2023 Excellent Teaching Award of the College of Science (NCU) 

• 2023 Outstanding Research Award (NCU)

• 2023 Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute  (ISI)

• 2024 Outstanding Research Award (NCU)

• 2025 Outstanding Research Award (NCU)

• Aug. 2018 - present    Journal of the Chinese Statistical Association, Associate Editor 

• Aug. 2024 - present    Journal of the Chinese Statistical Association, Editor

• Oct. 2024 - present     Environmetrics, Associate Editor

• Graduate Institute of Statistics, National Central University 

• Institute of Statisticl Science, Academia Sinica 

• National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)

Statistics Discipline (NSTC)  

• Chinese Institute of Probability and Statistics (CIPS) 

• International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA)

• The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) 

• International Statistical Institute (ISI)

• Chinese Statistical Association (CSAT)

• American Statistical Association (ASA)

• Eastern North American Region (ENAR)

• Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)