Publications

Published and accepted papers. Manuscripts and preprints appear under Research by Topic.

2026

Subspace Decompositions for Association Structure Learning in Multivariate Categorical Data Analysis

Hongru Zhao, Aaron J. Molstad and Adam J. Rothman

Electronic Journal of Statistics · 2026 (20(2), 5200–5228)High-Dimensional StatisticsStructure Learning

Distributed Algorithms for High-Dimensional Statistical Inference and Structure Learning with Heterogeneous Data

Hongru Zhao and Xiaotong Shen

Statistica Sinica · 2026 (scheduled for 38(1), January 2028)High-Dimensional StatisticsStructure LearningDistributed Inference

Testing models for angular power spectra: A distribution-free approach

Sara Algeri, Xiangyu Zhang, Erik Floden, Hongru Zhao, Galin L. Jones, Vuk Mandic and Jesse Miller

Physical Review D · 2026AstrostatisticsStochastic Gravitational-Wave Background

Validating Angular Power Spectral Models for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background Without Distributional Assumptions

Xiangyu Zhang, Erik Floden, Hongru Zhao, Sara Algeri, Galin Jones, Vuk Mandic and Jesse Miller

Physical Review D · 2026AstrostatisticsStochastic Gravitational-Wave Background

Microstructure-sensitive modeling of foam concrete based on pore-scale effect quantification and nonlinear assessment of its multifunctional performance

Zhibo Zhang, Bixiong Li, Zhiwen Wang, Lianghui Li, Qingshun Nong and Hongru Zhao

Construction and Building Materials · 2026Scientific ApplicationsMaterials Modeling

2025

Globally-Optimal Greedy Active Sequential Estimation

Xiaoou Li and Hongru Zhao

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 2025Experimental DesignSequential Inference

2024

Convergence Analysis and Trajectory Comparison of Gradient Descent for Overparameterized Deep Linear Networks

Hongru Zhao and Jinchao Xu

Transactions on Machine Learning Research · 2024Deep Learning TheoryOptimization

Exponential stability of the linear KdV-BBM equation

Kangsheng Liu, Zhuangyi Liu and Hongru Zhao

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems–B · 2024Applied MathematicsPartial Differential Equations

2021

Limiting empirical spectral distribution for products of rectangular matrices

Yongcheng Qi and Hongru Zhao

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications · 2021Random Matrix TheoryProbability