Publications & Talks

Manuscripts

• SOMA: a novel sampler for Bayesian inference from privatized data
  Yifei Xiong, Nianqiao P. Ju
  Keywords: MCMC Differential Privacy Bayesian Inference
  Last revised on Feb 2026. [ArXiv] [Code]

• Evaluating and improving subspace inference in Bayesian deep learning
  Yifei Xiong, Nianqiao P. Ju, Ruqi Zhang
  Keywords: Bayesian Inference Bayesian Neural networks
  Under review, Oct 2024.

Publications

• Leveraging nested MLMC for sequential neural posterior estimation with intractable likelihoods
  Xiliang Yang, Yifei Xiong, Zhijian He
  Keywords: Simulation-based Inference Multilevel Monte Carlo Normalizing Flows
  Accepted by SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Nov, 2025. [ArXiv] [Code]

• Simulation-based Bayesian Inference from Privacy Protected Data
  Yifei Xiong, Nianqiao P. Ju, Sanguo Zhang
  Keywords: Simulation-based Inference Differential Privacy Quasi-Monte Carlo
  Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR), Mar 2025. [Article] [ArXiv] [Code]

• An efficient likelihood-free Bayesian inference method based on sequential neural posterior estimation
  Yifei Xiong, Xiliang Yang, Sanguo Zhang, Zhijian He
  Keywords: Bayesian Inference Normalizing Flows Variance Reduction
  Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, Jan 2025. [Article] [ArXiv] [Code]

• 3D geometric modeling analysis of contact probability effect in carbon black oxidation over MnOx-CeO2 catalysts
  Jingheng Gao, Yifei Xiong, Qian Zhang, et.al
  Keywords: Geometric Modeling
  Chemical Engineering Journal, May 2020. [Article]

Talks & Posters

• Bayesian Inference on Privatized Data Computational Mathematics and Statistics (CMS) Seminar
  Illinois Tech, Chicago, Apr 09, 2026.

• Simulation-based Bayesian Inference from Privacy Protected Data
  9th Bayesian, Fiducial, and Frequentist (BFF) Conference
  Purdue Indy, Indianapolis, May 13, 2025. [Poster] [Link]

• SNPE-B Revisited: Rethinking of Data Efficiency and Variance Reduction
  Zhijian He, Yifei Xiong, Xiliang Yang
  10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), Waseda University, Tokyo, Aug 25, 2023. [Link]

• An efficient likelihood-free Bayesian inference method based on sequential neural posterior estimation
  The 24th Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Youth Symposium on Probability Statistics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Jun 10, 2023. [Slides] [Link]