Publications

Genomics research with rigorous statistical guarantee

• Z. Niu, Y. He, J. Galante, A. R. Gschwind, J. Ray, L. M. Steinmetz, J. M. Engreitz, E. Katsevich. PerturbPlan: An analytical framework for designing Perturb-seq experiments. Under review at Nature Methods. (paper, code, shiny app)
• T. Barry, Z. Niu, E. Katsevich, X. Lin. The permuted score test for robust differential expression analysis. Preprint. (paper)

Robust testing methods

• Z. Niu, B. B. Bhattacharya. Distribution-free joint independence testing and robust independent component analysis using optimal transport. Under revision at Journal of the American Statistical Association. (paper, code)
• Z. Niu, A. Chakraborty, O. Dukes, E. Katsevich. Reconciling model-X and doubly robust approaches to conditional independence testing. Annals of Statistics. (paper, code, slides)
• T. Barry, Z. Niu, E. Katsevich, X. Lin. The permuted score test for robust differential expression analysis. Preprint. (paper)

Computationally efficient inferential methods for scientific research

• Z. Niu, J. Meier, F.-X. Briol. Discrepancy-based inference for intractable generative models using Quasi-Monte Carlo. Electronic Journal of Statistics. (paper, code)
• A. Chatterjee, Z. Niu, B. B. Bhattacharya. A Kernel-Based Conditional Two-Sample Test Using Nearest Neighbors. Preprint. (paper, code)
• Z. Niu, Z. Huang, J. Ray Choudhury, E. Katsevich. Saddlepoint approximations for plug-in resampling. Under revision at Biometrika. (paper, code)