On June 10th, the Seminar on Frontiers in Econometrics, organized by the International School of Economics and Management of CUEB, was held in the third lecture hall of Boyuan Building. The seminar brought together well-known scholars from home and abroad, and CUEB President Fu Zhifeng delivered a speech.

In his speech, Fu Zhifeng extended warm welcome to experts and scholars from afar. He said that CUEB attached great importance to scientific research in developing the university. As an important platform for scientific research, according to Fu, the International School of Economics and Management has a strong talent pool with the ability of teaching and doing scientific research, good virtue, innovative spirit and global vision. Fu also noted that the development of university cannot be separated from the exchange with and the support from our peers, hoping that teachers in related fields can learn from each other and better their academic performance in this seminar.

In the morning, four speakers addressed the audience with keynote speeches. Professor Lung-fei Lee from Ohio State University gave a speech titled "GEL and SGEL for SAR Models"; Professor Li Runze from Pennsylvania State University delivered a speech titled "Ultrahigh Dimensional Precision Matrix Estimation Viarefitted Cross Validation and Application to Portfolio Optimization"; Whang JoonJae from Seoul National University gave a speech named "Econometric Analysis of Stochastic Dominance: An Overview and Some Recent Results"; and Professor ZongWu Cai from the University of Kansas gave a speech named "Inferences for Partially Conditional Quantile Treatment Effect Models".

In the afternoon, five guest speakers made speeches. Liao Yuan, Professor from Rutgers University, delivered a report named "Diversified Projects and Its Applications to Overestimated and Weak Factors"; Professor Li Yingying from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology made a report titled "Statistical Learning for Personalized Wealth Management"; Professor Zheng Xinghua from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology delivered a report named "Factor Modeling for Volatility"; the report “Quantile Factor Models” was made by Chen Liang from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; and a report named “Threshold Spatial Autoregressive Model” was delivered by Chen Kunpeng, teacher from the International School of Economics and Management in CUEB. During the meeting and tea break, the invited experts and teachers from the International School of Economics and Management had in-depth exchanges on cutting-edge issues.

Having been held for three times by the International School of Economics and Management, the seminar has seen its scale expanding and influence increasing. Now the seminar serves as a platform for all parties to exchange ideas and insights and pursue cooperation.

Also attended the meeting were Yao Dongxu, Director General of Scientific Research Office, Wang Jun, Dean of the School of Economics, Yin Zhichao, Dean of the School of Finance, Zhang Baoxue, Dean of the School of Statistics, Liu Guanjun, Dean of the School of Marxism Studies, Di Yanru and Li Qi, Party Secretary and Dean of the International School of Economics and Management.