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Luo Xiao¹, Vadim Zipunnikov¹, David Ruppert¹

¹Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

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We developed fast covariance smoothing methods for large datasets, significantly improving speed and reducing memory needs for functional data analysis. These scalable tools handle high-dimensional covariance matrices efficiently.

Keywords:

FACE fPCA penalized splines sandwich smoother singular value decomposition smoothing

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Functional Data Analysis

Background:

Traditional covariance smoothing methods struggle with high-dimensional data (J > 500).
Existing efficient methods are not optimized for very large dimensions (J = 10,000+).
Handling noisy, high-dimensional functional data requires scalable computational tools.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce novel, computationally efficient covariance smoothing techniques.
To enable scalable analysis of large-dimensional functional data.
To provide practical, reproducible software for researchers.

Main Methods:

A fast implementation of the sandwich smoother for covariance matrices.
A two-step approach involving singular value decomposition and eigenvector smoothing.
Development of R functions for practical application.

Main Results:

The proposed methods achieve linear scalability with the number of observations.
Smoothing of covariance matrices up to J = 10,000 is instantaneous (seconds).
Smoothing for J = 100,000 takes under 10 minutes, drastically reducing computation time and memory.

Conclusions:

The new methods offer significant speedups and memory reductions for high-dimensional covariance smoothing.
These scalable tools facilitate practical analysis of noisy functional data.
The provided R functions offer ready-to-use, reproducible solutions.