Min Tsao, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Latest papers

Minimum chi-square method for estimating population size in capture-recapture experiments.
PloS one · 2023
scAnnotate: an automated cell-type annotation tool for single-cell RNA-sequencing data.
Bioinformatics advances · 2023

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Extended empirical likelihood
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$198,000
Empirical likelihood methods and statistical applications in climate studies
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$80,000
Computing facility
NSERC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$80,805

All 9 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Minimum chi-square method for estimating population size in capture-recapture experiments.

Zheng Y, Mao Y, Tsao M, Cowen LLE

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292622 PMID: 37824521

02

scAnnotate: an automated cell-type annotation tool for single-cell RNA-sequencing data.

Ji X, Tsao D, Bai K, Tsao M, Xing L, Zhang X

Bioinformatics advances2023

DOI: 10.1093/bioadv/vbad030 PMID: 36949780

Extended empirical likelihood

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tsao, Min

Keywords: empirical likelihood; extended empirical likelihood; confidence regions; coverage accuracy; under-coverage problem; non-parametric methods; similarity mapping; composite similarity mapping

$198,000

Empirical likelihood methods and statistical applications in climate studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tsao, Min

$80,000

Computing facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Zhou, Julie

$80,805

Empirical likelihood: theory and applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tsao, Min

$75,000

Statistics computing facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2004Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Reed, William

$47,000

Statistics computing facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Lesperance, Mary

$76,695

Empirical likelihood and its applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tsao, Min

$80,000

Statistics computing facility

Co-investigatorNSERC1998Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Lesperance, Mary

$54,222

Saddlepoint approximation/longitudinal data

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tsao, Min

$57,330

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Math Statistics
Mathematics and Statistics

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Li Xing

Mathematics and Statistics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Xuekui Zhang

Math Statistics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Tsao, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Minimum chi-square method for estimating population size in capture-recapture experiments." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]