Dr Pi-Wen Tsai


Address : Department of Mathematics [web]
National Taiwan Normal University [web]
88, Section 4, Ting Chou Road,
Taipei 116, Taiwan, ROC.
Telephone: +886 (0)2 7749 6615
Fax: +886 (0)2 2933 2342
E-Mail: pwtsai@ntnu.edu.tw


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Teaching

104: Introduction to Probability
Design of experiments 		Some useful links:
  Statistcal Package: R
  A Simple Guide to Latex/Lyx: Rice University
 
  Taught courses
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EDUCATION

Ph.D. Jan 1998 
Applied Statistics, The University of Reading, UK.
M.Sc. Jul 1993
 Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan.
B.Sc.. Jul 1991
 Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor Feb 2016 to present
 Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University
Associate Professor Aug 2010 to Jan 2016
 Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University.
Assistant Professor Aug 2006 to July 2010
 Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University.
Assistant Investigator Aug 2004 to July 2006 Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Health Research Institutes.
Postdoctoral fellow Sep 2002 to Aug 2004 Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica.
Assistant Professor May 2002 to July 2002 Department of Finance and Banking, Yuda Institute of Business Technology.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Multi-stratum fractional factorial designs

     Links for R codes for Tsai (2016) A study of two types of split-plot designs.     supplementary pdf
Design of experiments: generalized criteria for multifactor experimental designs under model uncertainty

   Supplementary file     and   R programs for examples in Tsai and Gilmour (2010)

Links for R and some outputs.

Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) methods in population genetics studies

Design and analysis of microarray gene expression data

PUBLICATIONS

  • Tsai, P.-W. and Gilmour S. G. (2016) New families of QB-optimal saturated two-level main effects screening designs, Statistica Sinica 26, 605-617.   abstract

  • Tsai, P.-W. (2016) A study of two types of split-plot designs, Journal of Quality Technology 48, 44-53.   supplementary pdf

  • Kuo, C. Y., Chang, K. J., Tsai, P.-W., Wei, S. K., Chen,  R. F., Dong, J. J., Yang, C. M., Chan, Y. C., Tai, Y. C. (2015)  Identification of Co-seismic Ground Motion due to Fracturing and  Impact of the Tsaoling Landslide, Taiwan, Engineering Geology 196, 268-279.

  • Cheng, C.-S. and Tsai, P.-W. (2013) Templates for design key construction, Statistica Sinica 23 1419-1436. [abstract]

  • Kuo, C.-H., Wei, S.-K., and Tsai, P.-W. (2013) Ensemble empirical mode decomposition with supervised cluster analysis, Advances in Adaptive Data Analysis 5 1350005-1-19. [pdf]

  • P. W. Tsai (2012) Contribution to the discussion of 'Optimum design of experiments for statistical inference' by Steven G. Gilmour and Luzia A. Trinca. Applied Statistics 61, 394. [pdf]

  • Cheng, C.-S. and Tsai, P.-W. (2011) Multi-stratum fractional factorial designs,  Statistica Sinica 21 1001-1021.[abstract]

  • Yeung, C. K. L., Tsai, P.-W, Chesser, R. T., Lin, R.-C., Yao, C.-T., Tian, X.-H., Li, S.-H. (2011) Testing founder effect speciation: Divergence population genetics of the Spoonbills Platalea regian and P. minor (Threskiornithidae Aves), Molecular Biology and Evolution 28(1), 473-482. [abstract]

  • Tsai, P.-W. and Gilmour, S.G. (2010)  A General Criterion for Factorial Designs under Model Uncertainty, Technometrics 52, 231-242. [abstract]

  • Li, J.-W., Yeung, C. K.-L., Tsai, P.-W., Lin, R.-C., Yeh, C.-F., Yao, C.-T., Le, M.-H., Han, L., Wang, Q.-S, Ding, P., Li, S.-H. (2010) Rejecting strictly allopatric speciation on a continental island: Prolonged post-divergence gene flow between Taiwan (Leucodioptron taewanus, Passeriformes Timaliidae) and Chinese (L. canorum canorum) hwameis, Molecular Ecology 19, 494-507. [abstract]

  • Cheng, C.-S. and Tsai, P.-W. (2009) Optimal Two-Level Regular Fractional Factorial Block and Split-Plot Designs. Biometrika 96, 83-93. [abstract]

  • Tsai, P.-W., Gilmour,S.G. and Mead,R. (2007) Three-level designs exploiting prior information about model uncertainty. J. Statist. Planng. Inf. 137, 619-627. [pdf]

  • Tsai, P.-W., Gilmour, S.G. and Mead, R. (2006) Statistical isomorphism of three-level fractional factorial designs. Utilitas Mathematica 70, 3-9. [pdf]

  • Tsai, P.-W. and Lee, M.-L. T. (2005) Split-plot microarray experiments: issues of design, power and sample size. Applied Bioinformatics 4, 187-194. [abstract]

  • Tsai, P.-W., Gilmour, S.G. and Mead, R. (2004) Some new three-level orthogonal main effects plans robust to model uncertainty. Statistica Sinica 14, 1075-1084. [pdf]

  • Tsai, P.-W., Gilmour, S.G. and Mead, R. (2000) Projective three-level main effects designs robust to model uncertainty. Biometrika 87, 467-475. [pdf]

  • Tsai, P.-W. (1998) Three-level designs robust to model uncertainty.  PhD thesis. The University of Reading. U.K.

  • Tsai, P.-W., Gilmour, S.G. and Mead, R. (1996) Letters to the Editors: An alternative analysis of Logothetis's plasma-etching data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics) 45, 498-503. [pdf]

  • Tsai, P.-W., Gilmour, S. G. and Mead, R. (1996) An alternative analysis of Logothetis's plasma-etching data. Technical Report 96/2, Applied Statistics. The University of Reading. U.K.

    • Recent Presentations


    Taught Courses
    104 (I)
    		 Statistics, computing statistics
    103 (I, II)
    		 Statistics, computing statistics
    Probability, Experimental design of analysis
    102 (I, II)
    		 Statitistics, Linear regression
    Probability, Statistics Topic
    101 (I, II) stat   comp  
     moodle moodlemoodle
    100 (I,II) intex
    doe , index
    99 (I,II) comp, stat (I)
    doe, stat (I)
    98 (II) prob , stat model (II)
    98 (I) research (I)
    97 (II) comp, stat
    97 (I) prob, stat model (I),
    96 (II) Calculus II, Statistics I
    96 (I) Calculus I, Probability I[mentor]
    95 (II) Calculus II, Probability & Statistics II , Applied Statistical Method I
    95 (I)
    		 Calculus I, Probability & StatisticsI ,Applied Statistical Method I