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Sunday, 08/01/2010
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Improving the Dialogue Between the Consulting Statisticians and Nonstatisticians (e.g., Clinicians, Scientists, Regulators, and Marketers) in the Case of Nonstandard Applications
Dhammika Amaratunga, Johnson & Johnson; Mohan Beltangady, Pfizer Inc.; Birol Emir, Pfizer Inc.; Roy Freeman, Harvard University; William E. Strawderman, Rutgers University
2:05 PM
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Small-World MCMC with Tempering: Ergodicity, Spectral Gap, and Applications
Yongtao Guan, The University of Chicago; Matthew Stephens, The University of Chicago
2:20 PM
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Partial Order and Rank Range Runs for Compositional Complexes in Landscape Ecology and Image Analysis, with Applications to Restoration, Remediation, and Enhancement
Wayne Lawrence Myers, Penn State
3:05 PM
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LASSO-Patternsearch for Multivariate Bernoulli Observations with Applications
Bin Dai, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Stephen Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Xiwen Ma, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Grace Wahba, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:05 PM
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Infectious Disease Spread Analysis Using the SIR Model and the Truncated Model with Applications to SARS and Novel Influenza
Hideo Hirose, Kyushu Institute of Technology
3:05 PM
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Integral Curve Estimation: Methodology and Applications to Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Lyudmila Sakhanenko, Michigan State University
5:05 PM
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Applications of Smoothing Splines to Assessing Antitumor Activity in Xenograft Models
Maiying Kong, University of Louisville
5:05 PM
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Monday, 08/02/2010
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Mode-Based Clustering with Applications to Information Visualization
Jia Li, Penn State; Xiaolong Zhang, Penn State
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Development of Imaging Biomarkers for Clinical Trials: Applications in Glioblastoma Multiforme
Hyun (Grace) Kim, University of California, Los Angeles; Jing Huo, University of California, Los Angeles; Matt Brown, University of California, Los Angeles; Jonathan Goldin, University of California, Los Angeles
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The Interface Between Biostatistics and IT
Charles David Kincaid, COMSYS Clinical
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Development of Imaging Biomarkers for Clinical Trials: Applications in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Grace S. Park, Amgen Inc.
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Applications of the Truncated Robust Distance (TRD) Method on Large Aggregated Clinical Lab Data for Safety Monitoring and Assessment
Daniel Parks, GlaxoSmithKline; Xiwu Lin, GlaxoSmithKline; Lei Zhu, GlaxoSmithKline; Jie Cheng, GlaxoSmithKline; Kwan Lee, GlaxoSmithKline
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Inference for Kappas for Longitudinal Study Data: Applications to Sexual Health Research
Yan Ma, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Wan Tang, University of Rochester; Changyong Feng, University of Rochester Medical Center; Xin M. Tu, University of Rochester
8:50 AM
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Applications of Gaussian Subordination Models in Climate Research
Sucharita Ghosh, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
9:05 AM
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Multivariate Longitudinal Bayesian Imputation for Global Statistical Test, with Applications to Parkinson's Disease
Sheng Luo, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Andrew Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina; Jordan J. Elm, Medical University of South Carolina; Barbara C. Tilley, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
9:20 AM
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Predictive Recursion: Convergence Theory, Extensions, and Applications
Ryan Martin, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Surya Tokdar, Duke University
9:35 AM
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Globalization of Biostatistics: The Development Treatments and Preventative Products for Infectious Diseases Including Applications in H1N1, Travelers Diarrhea, and/or Malaria
Tammy Massie, FDA/CBER
9:55 AM
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Spatial Statistical Data Fusion for Remote-Sensing Applications
Hai M. Nguyen, Jet Propulsion Lab; Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Lab; Noel A. Cressie, The Ohio State University
10:35 AM
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Doubly Constrained Factor Models: Estimation and Applications
Henghsiu Tsai, Academia Sinica; Ruey S. Tsay, The University of Chicago
11:05 AM
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A Bayesian Model for Misclassified Binary Outcomes and Correlated Survival Data, with Applications to Breast Cancer
Min Yi, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Sheng Luo, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Xuelin Huang, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Kelly K. Hunt, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:15 AM
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Beyond a National Study: Moving the NHANES Experience to New Applications
Lester Randolph Curtin, CDC
11:35 AM
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Novel Methodologies for Gene Network Interaction Analysis and Network Modeling with Applications to Cancer Research and Cardiovascular Disease
Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University; Sang-Yun Oh, Stanford University
11:50 AM
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Quantile Regression at Optimal Location and Its Applications
Yuan Liu, Emory University; Matteo Bottai, University of South Carolina
11:50 AM
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Applications of 'Learn' Phase Adaptive Designs
Jose Carlos Pinheiro, Johnson & Johnson; Chyi-Hung Hsu, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
2:05 PM
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Bayesian Benchmarking with Applications to Small-Area Estimation
Rebecca Carter Steorts, University of Florida; Ghosh Malay, University of Florida; Gauri Datta, The University of Georgia
2:05 PM
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Properties and Applications of a Graphical Self-Similarity Test
Rakhee Patel, University of California, Los Angeles
2:20 PM
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Collaborative Filtering for Web Applications
Deepak Agarwal, Yahoo!
2:30 PM
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Applications of Assignment Algorithms to Nonparametric Tests for Homogeneity
David Michael Ruth, United States Navy; Robert Koyak, Naval Postgraduate School
2:50 PM
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Estimation in ARCH Models with Missing Data: Applications to Latin-American Capital Markets
Natalia Bahamonde, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso
2:50 PM
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Using Copula Methods to Create Synthetic Data Sets for Agricultural Applications
Timothy Paul Keller, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Darcy Miller, National Agricultural Statistics Service
3:05 PM
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Tuesday, 08/03/2010
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R Graphics with an Excel Front End
Richard M. Heiberger, Temple University
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R Package MARSS: Ecological Applications of Multivariate State Space Models
Kellie Wills, University of Washington
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High-Dimensional Inference and Applications to Climate Projections
Ian Wong, Stanford University; Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University; Claudia Tebaldi, The University of British Columbia
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Social Network Analysis: Statistical Issues, Models, and Applications
Mark Stephen Handcock, University of California, Los Angeles
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Generalizations of Length-Biased Sampling: Novel Applications
Marvin Zelen, Harvard School of Public Health
8:35 AM
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Nonparametric Tests for Conditional Independence Using Conditional Distributions
Taoufik Bouezmarni, McGill University; Roch Roy, Université de Montréal; Abderrahim Taamouti, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
8:50 AM
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Constrained Smoothing of Scatterplots with Applications to Mass Spectrometry Data
Xingdong Feng, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences
8:50 AM
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Mixture Tree Construction and Its Applications
Shu-Chuan Chen, Arizona State University
9:35 AM
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An Outlier-Robust Fit for Generalized Additive Models with Applications to Outbreak Detection
Matias Salibián-Barrera, The University of British Columbia; Azadeh Alimadad, Simon Fraser University
10:05 AM
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Statistical Methods Used in Defense and Nondefense Applications
Alyson Wilson, Iowa State University; Steven Thompson, Simon Fraser University; Nozer Singpurwalla, The George Washington University; Aparna Hurzurbazar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Robert Shumway, University of California, Davis; Max Morris, Iowa State University
10:35 AM
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Applications and Implications of a Nested Dirichlet Model of Baseball Player Ability
Brad Null, AOL Research
11:55 AM
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Nonparametric Tolerance Region/Envelope and Applications
Wei Li, Rutgers University; Regina Liu, Rutgers University; Minge Xie, Rutgers University
2:20 PM
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Approximation by Log-Concave Distributions, with Applications to Regression
Lutz Duembgen, University of Bern; Dominic Schuhmacher, University of Bern; Richard Samworth, University of Cambridge
2:35 PM
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Approximate Confidence Limits for a Proportion of the Hypergeometric Probability Distribution: Applications in Audits, Acceptance Sampling and Medical Investigations
Yevgeniy Voinov, KIMEP
2:50 PM
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Wednesday, 08/04/2010
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Gerontologic Biostatistics: Application and Resources
Heather Gwynn Allore, Yale University
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The Unit Interval Characteristic Distributions and Their Applications
Fassil Nebebe, Concordia University
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Exon-Based Microarrays and Their Applications in Personalized Health Care
Wei-min Liu, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.; Yu Chuan Tai, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.; Yan Li, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
8:35 AM
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Estimators Based on Data-Driven Generalized Weighted Cramer-von Mises Distances Under Censoring, with Applications to Mixture Models
Eric Beutner, Maastricht University
8:35 AM
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Distribution of the Number of False Discoveries in Large-Scale Family-Based Association Testing with Applications to SAPPHIRe Data
I-Shou Chang, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
9:15 AM
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Intersecting Variance Function Regression and Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Analysis, with Applications to the Study of Self-Reported Health
Kenneth C. Land, Duke University; Hui Zheng, Duke University
10:35 AM
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Building Time Series Into Hierarchical Bayesian Models with Applications in Baseball Fielding
James Martin Piette, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Shane Jensen, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
10:50 AM
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Components and Applications of the Three Phases of Census Capture
Douglas Olson, U.S. Census Bureau
11:35 AM
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Comparing Proportions of Extremely Rare Events of Uncertain Status with Applications to Vaccine Safety Studies
Hongyuan Cao, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Lisa M. LaVange, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joseph Heyse, Merck Research Laboratories; Michael Kosorok, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:35 AM
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Some Applications of the Nonparametric Regression Model to Air Pollution Data
Javier Olaya, Universidad del Valle
2:05 PM
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Method for Summarizing User Segments Click and Conversion Responses to Internet Advertising and Its Applications
Jaimyoung Kwon, AOL Advertising; Benjamin Jackson, AOL Advertising; Rohan Mehta, AOL Advertising; Marius Holtan, AOL Advertising
2:20 PM
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Decomposition of Kullback-Leibler Risk with Applications to Exponential Families
Qiang Wu, East Carolina University; Paul Vos, East Carolina University
2:20 PM
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Theory and Applications for Multivariate Spacings Based on Data Depth
Jun Li, University of California, Riverside; Regina Liu, Rutgers University; Juan A. Cuesta Albertos, University of Cantabria
2:30 PM
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Bayesian Applications in Drug Safety Evaluation
Amy Xia, Amgen Inc.
2:55 PM
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Clustering with Exclusion Zones: Genomic Applications
Mark Segal, University of California, San Francisco
3:05 PM
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Thursday, 08/05/2010
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Penalized Regression Methods for Ranking Variables by Effect Size, with Applications to Genetic Mapping Studies
Nam-Hee Choi, University of Michigan; Kerby Shedden, University of Michigan; Ji Zhu, University of Michigan
8:35 AM
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An Image Segmentation Algorithm with Applications to Image Inpainting
Ronny O. Vallejos, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria; Silvia M. Ojeda, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba; Oscar H. Bustos, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
8:35 AM
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A Penalized Matrix Decomposition, with Applications to Sparse Principal Components and Canonical Correlation Analysis
Daniela Witten, Stanford University; Rob Tibshirani, Stanford University; Trevor Hastie, Stanford University
9:25 AM
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The GNUMAP Project: Probabilistic Mapping of Next-Generation Sequencing Reads with Applications
W. Evan Johnson, Brigham Young University; Nathan Clement, Brigham Young University; Mark Clement, Brigham Young University; Quinn Snell, Brigham Young University
9:50 AM
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Sequential Conditional Tests for an Increasing Trend in a Sequence of Binomial Proportions with Applications to Safety Signal Detection
Jie Chen, Abbott Laboratories
10:55 AM
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Hierarchical Approach to Yield Modeling: Applications of GLMs
Christina Mastrangelo, University of Washington
11:05 AM
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Estimating Parameters for Rice-Distributed Time Series Observations with Applications to fMRI
Daniel W. Adrian, Iowa State University; Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University; Daniel B. Rowe, Marquette University
11:15 AM
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High-Dimensional Heteroscedastic Regression with Applications in eQTL Data Analysis
Zhongyin John Daye, University of Pennsylvania; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
11:35 AM
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