Jiaying Weng

Jiaying Weng

Teaching Interests

Teaching interests include Introductory Statistics, Regression, Statistical Learning, and Business Analytics.

Research Interests

Sufficient Dimension Reduction, Sufficient Variable Selection and Non-parametric Analysis.

Bio

Dr. Weng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Bentley University. Her research focuses on sufficient dimension reduction, variable selection, and nonparametric analysis. Her teaching interests include introductory statistics, regression, statistical learning, and business analytics.

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Articles

  • Weng, J., Tan, K., Wang, C., Yu, Z. (2025). Sparse Fréchet sufficient dimension reduction with graphical structure among predictors. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, (52) 3 1111-1478. (Link)
  • Li, M., Wang, Y., Kazis, L., Weng, J., Xia, W. (2025). Comorbidities and apolipoprotein E genotypes of patients with mild cognitive impairment in transition to Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports (Link)
  • Wang, P., Lu, J., Weng, J., Mitra, S. (2025). Conditional sufficient variable selection with prior information. Computational Statistics , (40) 2519–2551. (Link)
  • Huang, K., Weng, J., Li, M. (2024). A new online learning algorithm for streaming data and decision support with a Bayesian approach. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, (94) 11 2483-2499. (Link)
  • Weng, J., Ke, C., Wang, P. (2023). Sparse Fréchet sufficient dimension reduction via nonconvex optimization. Conference on Parsimony and Learning, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, (234) 39-53. (Link)
  • Peecher, J. S., Schecter, A. J., Lu, H., Quynh, H., Stromberg, A., Weng, J., Crandall, R., Birnbaum, L. S. (2022). Biomonitoring of Polybrominated Dioxins & Furans, Polychlorinated Dioxins & Furans, and Dioxin Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Vietnamese Female Electronic Waste Recyclers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, (64) 9 742-747. (Link)
  • Weng, J. (2022). Fourier transform sparse inverse regression estimators for sufficient variable selection. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, (168) (Link)
  • Weng, J., Yin, X. (2022). A minimum discrepancy approach with Fourier transform in sufficient dimension reduction. Statistica Sinica, (32) Online Special Issue II 2381-2403. (Link)
  • Gutierrez, A. M., Bhandari, R., Weng, J., Stromberg, A., Dziubla, T. D., Hilt, J. (2020). Synthesis of Magnetic Nanocomposite Microparticles for Binding of Chlorinated Organics in Contaminated Water Sources. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (Link)
  • Ahmad , I., Weng, J., Stromberg, A., Hilt , J. Z., Dziubla , T. D. (2019). Fluorescence based detection of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in water using hydrophobic interactions. Analyst, (144) 2 677-684. (Link)
  • Jackson, E. N., Thatcher, S. E., Larian, N., English, V., Soman, S., Morris, A. ., Weng, J., Stromberg, A., Swanson, H. ., Pearson, K., Cassis, L. A. (2019). Effects of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Deficiency on PCB-77-Induced Impairment of Glucose Homeostasis during Weight Loss in Male and Female Obese Mice. Environmental Health Perspectives, (127) 7 11-Jan. (Link)
  • Gutierrez, A. M., Bhandari, R., Weng, J., Stromberg, A., Dziubla, T. D., Hilt, J. (2019). Novel magnetic core-shell nanoparticles for the removal of polychlorinated biphenyls from contaminated water sources. Materials Chemistry and Physics, (223) 68-74. (Link)
  • Weng, J., Yin, X. (2018). Fourier transform approach for inverse dimension reduction method. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, (30) 4 1049-1071. (Link)
  • Weng, J., Young, D. S. (2017). Some dimension reduction strategies for the analysis of survey data. Journal of Big Data, (4) 43 (Link)

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Committee Chair for Research Committee 2025-09-01 - 2026-06-30
  • Committee Member for Tenure and Promotion committee at Mathematical Sciences 2025-09-01 - 2026-06-30

    • Service: Ph.D. Advising

  • Supervisor 2025/01 - Present

    • Service: University

  • Committee Member for Tenure and Promotion committee at Modern Languages Department 2025-01-01 - Present
  • University Senate for At-large faculty senate 2023-09-01 - 2025-06-30
  • Committee Member for Curriculum Implementation Committee 2023-09-01 - 2025-06-30
  • Committee Member for Chinese faculty search committee 2022-09-01 - 2023-02-28