Online Program Home
My Program

Keyword Search

Sessions Were Renumbered as of May 19.

Legend:
CC-W = McCormick Place Convention Center, West Building,   CC-N = McCormick Place Convention Center, North Building
H = Hilton Chicago,   UC= Conference Chicago at University Center
* = applied session       ! = JSM meeting theme

Keyword Search Criteria: Bayesian returned 420 record(s)
Sunday, 07/31/2016
Geometric Methods for Network Comparison and Multilevel Modeling
Anna Smith, The Ohio State University; Catherine Calder, The Ohio State University


Robust Treatment Comparison Based on Utilities of Semi-Competing Risks in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Thomas Murray, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Peter F. Thall, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Ying Yuan, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Daniel Gomez, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Sarah McAvoy, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:05 PM

A Fully Bayesian Strategy for High-Dimensional Hierarchical Modeling Using Massively Parallel Computing
William Landau, Iowa State University; Jarad Niemi, Iowa State University
2:05 PM

On the Use of Cauchy Prior Distributions for Bayesian Logistic Regression
Joyee Ghosh, University of Iowa; Yingbo Li , Clemson University; Robin Mitra, University of Southampton
2:05 PM

A Class of Bayesian Multivariate Time Series Models for Counts
Refik Soyer, The George Washington University; Tevfik Aktekin, University of New Hampshire; Nicholas Polson, The University of Chicago
2:05 PM

On the Different Classes of Forensic Identification of Source Problems
Christopher Saunders, MITRE/South Dakota State University; Cedric Neumann, San Diego State University; Danica Ommen, South Dakota State University
2:05 PM

A Statistical Framework for Using External Information in Updating Prediction Models with New Biomarker Measures
Wenting Cheng, University of Michigan; Jeremy M. G. Taylor, University of Michigan; Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan
2:20 PM

Study of K-Sample Capture-Recapture Experiments with Known Losses on Capture Under Partial Stratification
Lasantha Premarathna, Simon Fraser University; Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University
2:20 PM

Bayesian Estimation and Variable Selection for Reliability in Multicomponent Systems
Yiqing Tian, North Carolina State University; Howard Bondell, North Carolina State University; Alyson Wilson, North Carolina State University
2:20 PM

Bayesian Rank Estimation Between Radio Stations for Small Demographic Groups
Neung Ha, Nielsen; William Waldron, Nielsen; Ekaterina Sortiriz, Nielsen
2:20 PM

Bayesian Matrix Autoregressive Models
Seyed Yaser Samadi, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Lynne Billard, University of Georgia
2:20 PM

A Spatiotemporal Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Understanding Vectors and Vector-Borne Disease
Erica Billig, University of Pennsylvania; Jason Roy, University of Pennsylvania; Michael Levy, University of Pennsylvania; Michelle Ross , University of Pennsylvania
2:20 PM

A Decision-Theoretic Comparison of Treatments to Resolve Air Leaks After Lung Surgery Based on Nonparametric Modeling
Yanxun Xu; Peter F. Thall, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Peter Mueller, The University of Texas at Austin; Reza Mehran, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:25 PM

Two-Stage Design for Phase I/II Cancer Clinical Trials Using Drug Combinations of Cytotoxic Agents
Mourad Tighiouart, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Quanlin Li
2:25 PM

The Spike and Slab Lasso
Veronika Rockova, The Wharton School; Edward I. George, The Wharton School
2:30 PM

Using a Power Prior to Improve County-Level Diabetes Incidence Estimation
Hui Xie, CDC; Deborah Rolka, CDC
2:35 PM

Incorporation of Historical Information in Bayesian Analysis of Crossover Medical Device Clinical Trials
Youssef Toubouti, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care; Xiwei Chen, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
2:35 PM

Frequentist and Bayesian Simulation Using a Random Coefficients Model to Establish Shelf-Life Specification Limits for a Drug Product
Richard Montes, Hospira, a Pfizer Company; David LeBlond, CMCStats
2:35 PM

Reliability Growth Test and Evaluation for Multistate Systems
Thomas Mazzuchi, The George Washington University
2:35 PM

Bayesian Group Sequential Clinical Trial Design Using Total Toxicity Burden and Progression-Free Survival
Brian Hobbs, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Peter F. Thall, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Steven H. Lin, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:45 PM

A Bayesian Decision Theoretic Methodology for Analyzing Gene Expression Data Under Skewed Alternatives
Naveen Bansal, Marquette University
2:50 PM

Bayesian Feature Screening for Big Neuroimaging Data via Massively Parallel Computing
Jian Kang, University of Michigan
2:55 PM

Bayesian Nonlocal Prior-Based Gene Expression Data Analysis Using Chi-Square-Type Pathway Scores
Nilotpal Sanyal, Texas A&M University; Wenyi Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Anirban Bhattacharya, Texas A&M University; Valen E. Johnson, Texas A&M University
3:05 PM

A Decision-Theoretic Phase I-II Design for Ordinal Outcomes in Two Cycles
Juhee Lee, University of California at Santa Cruz; Peter F. Thall, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Peter Mueller, The University of Texas at Austin; Yuan Ji, The University of Chicago
3:05 PM

Consensus and Disagreement Among Distributions for Bayesian Inference
Ehsan Soofi, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Mehdi Shoja, Citigroup
3:05 PM

Statistical Models for the Movement of Halibut in the Gulf of Alaska
Margaret Short, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Andrew Seitz, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Julie Nielsen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
3:05 PM

Bayesian Large-Scale Multiple Regression with Summary Statistics from Genome-Wide Association Studies
Xiang Zhu, The University of Chicago; Matthew Stephens, The University of Chicago
3:20 PM

Imputing Drone Strikes Casualty Counts Given Estimated Interval Ranges
Earvin Balderama, Loyola University Chicago
3:20 PM

Causal Mechanisms and Spillover Effects in Clustered Encouragement Designs
Fabrizia Mealli, University of Florence; Laura Forastiere, University of Florence
3:25 PM

Standard Errors, Solution Paths, and Selection of Tuning Parameters for Bayesian Lassos
Sounak Chakraborty, University of Missouri - Columbia; Vivekananda Roy, Iowa State University
3:25 PM

Markov Marked Space-Time Point Process Models in a Bayesian Framework with Applications
Athanasios Micheas, University of Missouri; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
3:35 PM

Bayesian Modeling and Inference for High-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Data Sets
Sudipto Banerjee, University of California at Los Angeles
4:05 PM

Bivariate Quantile-Based Calibration of Numerical Model Outputs with Application to Climate Projections
Brooke Alhanti, Emory University; Howard Chang, Emory University
4:05 PM

Predicting the Timing of the Final Event in a Clinical Trial Using the Bayesian Bootstrap and Beyond
Marc Sobel, Temple University; Ibrahim Turkoz, Janssen R&D
4:05 PM

Bayesian Joint Modeling of Response Times with Dynamic Latent Ability in Educational Testing
Abhisek Saha, University of Connecticut; Xiaojing Wang, University of Connecticut; Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut
4:05 PM

Identification of Marginal Causal Relationships in Gene Networks from Observational and Interventional Expression Data
Andrea Rau, INRA; Gilles Monneret, INRA/Universite Pierre et Marie Curie; Florence Jaffrezic, INRA; Gregory Nuel, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
4:05 PM

Use of Bayesian Approach for the Design and Evaluation of Multiregional Clinical Trials
Chinfu Hsiao, National Health Research Institutes; Yu-Chieh Cheng, National Chiao Tung University; Hsiuying Wang, National Chiao Tung University
4:05 PM

On the Sensitivity Analysis for Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis
Haoda Fu
4:05 PM

Bayesian High-Dimensional Sparse Models with Unknown Symmetric Errors
Lizhen Lin, The University of Texas; Minwoo Chae, The University of Texas at Austin; David Dunson, Duke University
4:05 PM

Spatially Partitioning Curves Based on Functional Covariates, with Two Applications
Zhen Zhang, The University of Chicago
4:05 PM

Detecting Change Points in Climatic Data Using Extreme Values
Andrew Bartlett, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
4:20 PM

A Bayesian Approach to Measuring the Nonstationarity of a Time Series
Sourav Das; Guy Nason, University of Bristol
4:20 PM

Comparing Parametric and Semiparametric Bayesian Models for Subgroup Analysis in Clinical Trials
Margaret Gamalo-Siebers, Eli Lilly and Company
4:20 PM

Bayesian Multiple Imputation Procedures to Equate Health Assessment Questionnaires
Chenyang Gu, Brown University; Roee Gutman, Brown University
4:25 PM

On time-dependent Gibbs-type random probability measures
Igor Pruenster, Bocconi University
4:25 PM

Bayesian Clinical Trial Design for Survival Studies with Historical Study Data Under a Proportional Hazards Assumption
Matthew Psioda, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joseph G. Ibrahim, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:35 PM

Bayesian Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Streaming Network Data
Xi Chen, Duke University; Kaoru Irie, Duke University; David Banks, Duke University; Robert Haslinger, MaxPoint; Jewell Thomas, MaxPoint; Mike West, Duke University
4:45 PM

On the transition function of some time-dependent Dirichlet and gamma processes
Antonio Lijoi, University of Pavia
4:45 PM

Continuous Event Monitoring via a Bayesian Predictive Approach
Jianing Di, Janssen R&D; Daniel Wang, Janssen R&D; Robert Brashear, Janssen R&D; Vlad Dragalin, Janssen; Michael Krams, Janssen R&D
4:45 PM

Incorporation of Individual Patient Data in Network Meta-Analysis for Multiple Continuous Endpoints, with Application to Diabetes Treatment
Hwanhee Hong, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Haoda Fu; Karen Price, Eli Lilly and Company; Bradley Carlin, University of Minnesota
4:45 PM

Shelf Life Estimation: Bayesian Approach
Maryna Ptukhina; Walter Stroup, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
4:50 PM

Detecting Change Points in Climatic Data Using Bayesian Analysis
Cezareo Rodriguez; Andrew Bartlett, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
4:50 PM

Scalable Bayes Under Informative Sampling
Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Sanvesh Srivastava, University of Iowa
5:05 PM

A Bayesian Multivariate Functional Dynamic Linear Model
Daniel Ryan Kowal, Cornell University; David Matteson, Cornell University; David Ruppert, Cornell University
5:05 PM

Posterior Contraction of the Population Structure in Admixture Models
Long Nguyen
5:05 PM

The Case for Bayesian Methods in Benefit-Risk Assessment: Overview and Future Directions
Carl DiCasoli, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Yannis Jemiai, Cytel; Maria Costa, GlaxoSmithKline; Weili He, Merck; Yueqin Zhao, FDA/CDER
5:05 PM

Pathway-Based Integrative Bayesian Modeling of Multi-Platform Genomics Data
Elizabeth McGuffey, U.S. Naval Academy; Jeffrey S. Morris, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Raymond Carroll, Texas A&M University; Ganiraju C. Manyam, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Veera Baladandayuthapani, MD Anderson Cancer Center
5:05 PM

A Bayesian Framework for Diagnosis of E2-Antibody Using ELISA Tests Without a Gold Standard
Jingyang Zhang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
5:05 PM

Bayesian Clustering and Dimension Reduction in Multivariate Extremes
Sabrina Vettori, KAUST; Raphaël Huser, KAUST; Marc Genton, KAUST
5:05 PM

Bayesian Model Selection Applied to Definitive Screening Designs
Patrick Gaffney, Eli Lilly and Company
5:05 PM

Bayesian Inference in a PDE-Based Model of Exhaled Nitric Oxide
Patrick Muchmore; Sandrah P. Eckel, University of Southern California
5:05 PM

On Estimation of Fractal Dimension
Khalil Shafie, University of Northern Colorado; AliReza Taheriyoun, Shahid Beheshti University; Chen Chen-Yueh, National Chung Cheng University
5:20 PM

A Bayesian Approach for Regression Analysis of Complex Survey Data with Missing Values
Trivellore Raghunathan, University of Michigan
5:25 PM

Accelerating Computation for Bayesian Spatial Modeling
Mary Kathryn Cowles, University of Iowa
5:25 PM

On GEM diffusive mixtures
Ramses Mena, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Luis Gutierrez, Universidad de Chile
5:25 PM

Recent Developments in Multivariate Count Data and Ordered Response Models
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
5:25 PM

Bayesian Modeling of Days in Risk Due to Concentration of PM10 in Kuwait
Fahimah Alawadhi, Kuwait University
5:35 PM

Bayesian Methods in Phase 3 HCV Trials: Borrowing Historical Control Arm Data
Ran Liu, AbbVie; Qi Tang, AbbVie; Martin King, AbbVie; Bo Fu, AbbVie; Sandra Lovell, AbbVie; Alan Hartford, AbbVie
5:35 PM

Dynamic Multiscale Spatio-Temporal Models for Poisson Data: Spatio-Temporal Dependence Structure
Marco A. R. Ferreira, Virginia Tech; Thais C. O. Fonseca, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
5:35 PM

Bayesian Networks--Based Usable Access Control
Anna Valeva, Western Illinois University; Binto George, Western Illinois University
5:35 PM

Monday, 08/01/2016
Bayesian Model Selection
Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge


A Bayesian Adaptive Design in Cancer Phase I Trials Using Dose Combinations in the Presence of a Baseline Covariate
Sungjin Kim; Mourad Tighiouart, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Marcio Diniz, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center


Bayesian Adaptive Designs Using Copula-Type Models in Phase I Cancer Trials Using Drug Combination
Galen Cook-Wiens, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Mourad Tighiouart, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Marcio Diniz, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Andre Rogatko, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center


Bayesian Adaptive Design for Delayed Binary Response Dose-Finding Studies
Xiaobi Huang, Sanofi; Haoda Fu


Bayesian Approach to Survival Models for Events of Insurance Claims
Prashant KC, Minnesota State University Mankato; Deepak Sanjel, Minnesota State University Mankato


Bayesian Model-Based Approaches for Raking
Peigen Zhou, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Yajuan Si, University of Wisconsin - Madison


Bayesian Noncomparative Designs to Account for Uncertainty in Historical Response Rates
Francesca Matano, Carnegie Mellon University; Valeria Sambucini, University of Rome "La Sapienza"


Subgroup Analyses for Count Data Using Bayesian Empirical Meta-Analytical Predictive Priors
Wei-Chen Chen, FDA/CBER; Judy X. Li, FDA; John Scott, FDA


Bayesian Analysis of Fractional Differential Equations for Petroleum Extraction
Edward L. Boone, Virginia Commonwealth University; Ryad Ghanam, Virginia Commonwealth University


Comparison of MCMC and ADM Methods for Hierarchical Bayesian Estimates in Small-Area Estimation
Ying Han, University of Maryland


Predicting Human Driving Behavior to Help Driverless Vehicles Drive: Random Intercept Bayesian Additive Regression Trees
Yaoyuan Vincent Tan, University of Michigan; Carol A. C. Flannagan, University of Michigan Transport Research Institute; Michael Elliott, University of Michigan


Where Do Marine Mammals Go? Bayesian Data Fusion Provides the Answer
Yang Seagle Liu, University of British Columbia; James V. Zidek, University of British Columbia; Brian C. Battaile, University of British Columbia; Andrew W. Trites, University of British Columbia


Bayesian Analysis for Survey Data with Margin of Error
Yi Mu, CDC


Examples of How a P-Value Interpretation Depends on the Underlying Statistical Philosophy
Andrew Neath, Southern Illinois University


Bayesian Inference for Unidirectional Misclassification in Ordinal Covariates
Liangrui Sun; Chaoxiong Xia, Northern Illinois University; Yuanyuan Tang, Saint Luke's Health System; Shun Takai, Northern Illinois University


Bayesian Approach for Proof of Concept and Dose-Finding Under Model Uncertainty for Binary Response
Yuanyuan Tang, Saint Luke's Health System; Chunyan Cai, The University of Texas at Houston; Jianghua He, University of Kansas Medical Center; Liangrui Sun


Dependent Latent Effects Modeling for Survey Estimation with Application to the Current Employment Statistics Survey
Julie Gershunskaya, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics


Bayesian Model with Continuous Shrinkage Prior in Agricultural Health Study
Ran Wei, North Carolina State University; Subhashis Ghoshal, North Carolina State University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Jane Hoppin, North Carolina State University


A Bayesian Approach to Evaluating and Prioritizing Pathway Association with Disease
Shu-Ju Lin, National Taiwan University; Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, National Taiwan University


Bayesian Aggregation of Rank Data with Covariates
Dingdong Yi, Harvard; Xinran Li, Harvard; Jun S. Liu, Harvard


Multivariate Left-Censored Bayesian Model for Predicting Exposure Using Multiple Chemical Predictors During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Clean-Up
Caroline Groth, University of Minnesota; Sudipto Banerjee, University of California at Los Angeles; Gurumurthy Ramachandran, University of Minnesota; Mark R. Stenzel, Exposure Assessment Applications; Dale P. Sandler, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Aaron Blair, National Cancer Institute; Lawrence S. Engel, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Richard R. Kwok, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Patricia P. Stewart, Stewart Exposure Assessments


Univariate and Joint Spatio-Temporal Models for Predicting the Occurrence of Culicoides Across Belgium
Yimer Wasihun Kifle, Hasselt University; Christel Faes, Hasselt University; Niel Hens, Hasselt University


Clustering Mutations and Estimating Contamination Rates via Bayesian Nonparametrics
Putu Ayu Sudyanti, Purdue University; Vinayak Rao, Purdue University; Hyonho Chun, Purdue University


Identifying Risk Factors for Smoking Cessation and Relapse with EMA Data: A Deterministic Bayesian Variable Selection Approach for Multistate Models
Matthew Koslovsky


Bernstein-Von Mises Theorem for Individual Entries in Sparse High-Dimensional Linear Regression
Dana Yang, Yale University


Identification of Genetic Effects on Abnormalities of Cardiac Structure and Function Using Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Akram Yazdani, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Azam Yazdani; Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Eric Boerwinkle, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston


Bayesian Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data with Treatment Switches
Fan Zhang, University of Connecticut; Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut; Qingxia Chen, Vanderbilt University; Xiuyu Julie Cong, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
8:35 AM

Estimating the Variance Due to Hot Deck Imputation for Product Value Estimates in the 2017 Economic Census
Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau; Matthew Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau; Roberta Kurec, U.S. Census Bureau
8:35 AM

Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Multi-Pathogen Infectious Diseases Using Data from Multiple Sources
Hunter Merrill, University of Florida; Xueying Tang, University of Florida; Yang Yang, University of Florida; Nikolay Bliznyuk, University of Florida
8:35 AM

Dimensional Reduction of Metagenomic Data with Ecological Equivalence
Senthilkumar Muthiah, University of Maryland; Eric Slud, U.S. Census Bureau; Mihai Pop, University of Maryland; Hector Corrada Bravo, University of Maryland
8:35 AM

Bayesian Estimation of Heavy-Tailed Densities Using Transformations
Andrew Bean, The Ohio State University; Xinyi Xu, The Ohio State University; Steven N. MacEachern, The Ohio State University
8:35 AM

Bayesian Response-Adaptive Covariate-Adjusted Randomization Design for Clinical Trials
Jianchang Lin, Takeda; LiAn Lin, Merck Research Laboratories; Serap Sankoh, Takeda; Fang Yang, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Guohui Liu, Takeda
8:50 AM

Spatio-Temporal Trends in Mass Shooting Incidents in the United States
Ali Arab, Georgetown University
8:50 AM

The Attraction Indian Buffet Distribution
David Dahl, Brigham Young University; Arthur Lui, University of California at Santa Cruz
8:50 AM

PairClone: A Bayesian Subclone Caller Based on Mutation Pairs
Tianjian Zhou, The University of Texas at Austin; Subhajit Sengupta, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Peter Mueller, The University of Texas at Austin; Yuan Ji, NorthShore University HealthSystem
8:55 AM

Bayesian Analysis for Cluster Sampling
Susanna Makela, Columbia University; Yajuan Si, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University
9:00 AM

Environmental Stressors, Health Outcomes, and Bayesian Regression Trees
Gregory Watson, University of California at Los Angeles; Donatello Telesca, University of California at Los Angeles
9:05 AM

Spatial Model for Risk Prediction and Subnational Prioritization to Aid Poliovirus Eradication in Pakistan
Laina Mercer, Institute for Disease Modeling; Steve Kroiss, Institute for Disease Modeling; Hil Lyons, Institute for Disease Modeling; Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Institute for Disease Modeling
9:05 AM

Regression-Based Covariance Functions for Nonstationary Spatial Modeling
Mark Risser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
9:15 AM

P-Value Overdose in Medical Research: Problems and Solutions
J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:15 AM

Nonlocal Functional Priors for Nonparametric Bayesian Testing
Minsuk Shin, Texas A&M University; Valen E. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Anirban Bhattacharya, Texas A&M University
9:20 AM

Spatial Variability in the Persistence of PCV-Targeted Pneumococcal Serotypes Among Adults
Joshua Warren, Yale University; S. Cassandra Pingali, Yale University; Daniel Weinberger, Yale University
9:20 AM

A Ratio-Based Method for Predicting Point Differentials in Sports
Andrew Swift, University of Nebraska - Omaha; Andrew Tew, University of Nebraska - Omaha
9:20 AM

Simulation and Optimization Using Minimum Energy Designs
Roshan Joseph Vengazhiyil, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dasgupta Tirthankar, Harvard; Rui Tuo, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology
9:25 AM

Where Do Marine Mammals Go? Bayesian Data Fusion Provides the Answer
Yang Seagle Liu, University of British Columbia; James V. Zidek, University of British Columbia; Brian C. Battaile, University of British Columbia; Andrew W. Trites, University of British Columbia
9:30 AM

Theoretic, Algorithmic, and Empirical Issues in the Application of Directed Probabilistic Graphical Models for Network Inference When Analyzing Genomics Data
Jason Mezey, Cornell University
9:35 AM

Bayesian Adaptive Design for Trials with Delayed Binary Outcome Using Historical Control Data
Nusrat Harun, Cincinnati Children's Hospital ; Mi-Ok Kim, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Chunyan Liu, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
9:35 AM

A Graphical Model to Prioritizing GWAS Results by Integrating Pleiotropy
Dongjun Chung, Medical University of South Carolina; Hang J. Kim, University of Cincinnati; Hongyu Zhao, Yale University
9:35 AM

A Bayesian Formulation for Capturing Population Heterogeneity
Junxian Geng, Florida State University; Elizabeth Slate, Florida State University
9:35 AM

Bernstein-Von Mises Theorem for Individual Entries in Sparse High-Dimensional Linear Regression
Dana Yang, Yale University
9:35 AM

Fast Approximate Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate Count Time Series in a Marketing Application
Nalini Ravishanker, University of Connecticut; Volodyymyr Serhiyenko, University of Connecticut; Rajkumar Venkatesan, University of Virginia
9:50 AM

Bayesian Additive Regression Trees: Extensions and Embedding in Complex Models
Jared S. Murray, Carnegie Mellon University
9:50 AM

A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach for Sparse Sequence Estimation
Yunbo Ouyang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Feng Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:50 AM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model of Pitch Framing in Major League Baseball
Sameer Deshpande, The Wharton School; Abraham J. Wyner, The Wharton School
9:50 AM

Benefit-Risk Analysis for Dose-Escalation Trial
Hiya Banerjee
9:50 AM

Calibration with Multiplicative Means but Additive Errors: A Log Normal Approach
Yang Chen, Harvard; Xufei Wang, Harvard; Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard; Herman Marshall, MIT; David A. van Dyk, Imperial College London; Matteo Guainazzi, JAXA; Paul Plucinsky, CXC/CfA; Vinay Kashyap, Harvard
9:55 AM

A Bayesian Approach to Generalized Signed-Rank Estimation for Nonlinear Models with Multidimensional Indices
Eddy Kwessi, Trinity University; Brice Merlin Nguelifack, U.S. Naval Academy; Guy-vanie Miakonkana, African School of Economics
10:05 AM

A Phylogenetic Model for Association Mapping with Multiple Loci
Katherine Thompson, University of Kentucky
10:05 AM

A Note on Multiple Imputation Under Informative Sampling
Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University; Shu Yang, Harvard
10:35 AM

An Integrated Bayesian Posterior Probability with Simon Two-Stage Design for a Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial
Dung-Tsa Chen, Moffitt Cancer Center; Po-Yu Huang, National Chung-Hsing University; Hui-Yi Lin, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
10:35 AM

Why Popular Bayesian Nonparametric Methods Fail for Sparse Clustering Tasks
Rebecca Steorts, Duke University; Jeffrey Miller, Duke University; Brenda Betancourt; Abbas Zaidi, Duke University; Hanna Wallach, University of Massachusetts - Amherst/Microsoft Research
10:35 AM

Bayesian Aggregation of Rank Data with Covariates
Dingdong Yi, Harvard; Xinran Li, Harvard; Jun S. Liu, Harvard
10:35 AM

Bayesian Variable Selection for Multivariate Count Data with Excess Zeros: Application to the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study
Kyu Ha Lee, The Forsyth Institute; Brent Coull, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Jacqueline R. Starr, The Forsyth Institute
10:35 AM

A Bayesian Approach to Evaluating and Prioritizing Pathway Association with Disease
Shu-Ju Lin, National Taiwan University; Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, National Taiwan University
10:40 AM

Multivariate Left-Censored Bayesian Model for Predicting Exposure Using Multiple Chemical Predictors During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Clean-Up
Caroline Groth, University of Minnesota; Sudipto Banerjee, University of California at Los Angeles; Gurumurthy Ramachandran, University of Minnesota; Mark R. Stenzel, Exposure Assessment Applications; Dale P. Sandler, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Aaron Blair, National Cancer Institute; Lawrence S. Engel, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Richard R. Kwok, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Patricia P. Stewart, Stewart Exposure Assessments
10:45 AM

Nonparametric Survival Analysis Using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART)
Rodney Sparapani, Medical College of Wisconsin; Brent Logan, Medical College of Wisconsin; Robert McCulloch, The University of Chicago; Purushottam Laud, Medical College of Wisconsin
10:50 AM

Univariate and Joint Spatio-Temporal Models for Predicting the Occurrence of Culicoides Across Belgium
Yimer Wasihun Kifle, Hasselt University; Christel Faes, Hasselt University; Niel Hens, Hasselt University
10:50 AM

Semiparametric Bayesian Analysis of High-Dimensional Censored Outcome
Chetkar Jha, University of Missouri; Yi Li, University of Michigan; Steven Melly, Harvard; Dr Subharup Guha, University of Missouri
10:50 AM

Predicting Human Driving Behavior to Help Driverless Vehicles Drive: Random Intercept Bayesian Additive Regression Trees
Yaoyuan Vincent Tan, University of Michigan; Carol A. C. Flannagan, University of Michigan Transport Research Institute; Michael Elliott, University of Michigan
10:55 AM

Bayesian Benefit Risk Assessments for Medical Products
Telba Irony, FDA
11:00 AM

Bayesian Model with Continuous Shrinkage Prior in Agricultural Health Study
Ran Wei, North Carolina State University; Subhashis Ghoshal, North Carolina State University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Jane Hoppin, North Carolina State University
11:00 AM

Bayesian Decision Theory for Further Optimizing the Use of Administrative Records in the Census NRFU
Yves Thibaudeau, U.S. Census Bureau; Darcy S. Morris, U.S. Census Bureau
11:05 AM

Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) and Precision Medicine
Brent Logan, Medical College of Wisconsin; Rodney Sparapani, Medical College of Wisconsin; Robert McCulloch, The University of Chicago; Purushottam Laud, Medical College of Wisconsin
11:05 AM

Identification of Genetic Effects on Abnormalities of Cardiac Structure and Function Using Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Akram Yazdani, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Azam Yazdani; Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Eric Boerwinkle, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
11:05 AM

Sequential BART for Imputation of Missing Covariates
Dandan Xu, University of Florida; Michael Daniels, The University of Texas at Austin; Almut G. Winterstein, University of Florida
11:15 AM

Bayesian Analysis for Survey Data with Margin of Error
Yi Mu, CDC
11:15 AM

Data-Driven Confounder Selection via Markov and Bayesian Networks
Jenny Haggstrom, Umea University
11:20 AM

Robust Assessment of Trial Success Based on Co-Primary Endpoints by Bayesian and Bootstrapping Approaches with Discounting Option
Zongjun Zhang, Eli Lilly and Company; Fanni Natanegara, Eli Lilly and Company; Karen Price, Eli Lilly and Company
11:20 AM

Examples of How a P-Value Interpretation Depends on the Underlying Statistical Philosophy
Andrew Neath, Southern Illinois University
11:30 AM

Bayesian Inference for Unidirectional Misclassification in Ordinal Covariates
Liangrui Sun; Chaoxiong Xia, Northern Illinois University; Yuanyuan Tang, Saint Luke's Health System; Shun Takai, Northern Illinois University
11:30 AM

A Bayesian Approach for Classification Based on Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data of Diabetic Patients
Hui Zheng, Harvard Medical School
11:35 AM

Bayesian Variable Selection: An Alternative Route to Hierarchical Gene-Environment Interactions
Cen Wu, Kansas State University; Yu Jiang, University of Memphis; Jinfeng Wei, Maryville University; Shuangge Ma, Yale University
11:35 AM

Bayesian Approach for Proof of Concept and Dose-Finding Under Model Uncertainty for Binary Response
Yuanyuan Tang, Saint Luke's Health System; Chunyan Cai, The University of Texas at Houston; Jianghua He, University of Kansas Medical Center; Liangrui Sun
11:35 AM

Profiling Hospitals Based on Degree of Aggressiveness in Treating Patients with Advanced Cancer
Tianyi Cai, Harvard; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Francesca Dominici, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
11:35 AM

A Bayesian Approach for the Integrative Analysis of Omics Data
Thierry Chekouo Tekougang, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Francesco Stingo, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Kim-Anh Do, MD Anderson Cancer Center; James Doecke, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
11:35 AM

Dependent Latent Effects Modeling for Survey Estimation with Application to the Current Employment Statistics Survey
Julie Gershunskaya, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics
11:40 AM

Bayesian Analysis of Quantal Bioassay Experiments Incorporating Historical Controls via Bayes Factors
Luis Leon Novelo, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Andrew Womack, Indiana University; Hongxiao Zhu, Virginia Tech; Xiaowei Wu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
11:50 AM

Sparse Latent Class Regression for Multivariate Binary Data: A Bayesian Approach
Zhenke Wu, The Johns Hopkins University; Scott L. Zeger, The Johns Hopkins University
11:50 AM

Clustering Mutations and Estimating Contamination Rates via Bayesian Nonparametrics
Putu Ayu Sudyanti, Purdue University; Vinayak Rao, Purdue University; Hyonho Chun, Purdue University
11:55 AM

Identifying Risk Factors for Smoking Cessation and Relapse with EMA Data: A Deterministic Bayesian Variable Selection Approach for Multistate Models
Matthew Koslovsky
12:00 PM

A Bayesian High-Dimensional Couple-Based Latent Risk Model with an Application to Infertility
Zhen Chen, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Beom Seuk Hwang, Chung-Ang University; Germaine M. Buck Louis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Paul Albert, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
12:05 PM

Bayesian Visual Analytics: BaVA
Leanna House, Virginia Tech; Scotland Leman, Virginia Tech; Chao Han, SAS Institute
2:05 PM

Bayesian Multiple Testing Under Sparsity for Polynomial-Tailed Distributions
Xueying Tang, University of Florida; Ke Li, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Malay GHosh, University of Florida
2:05 PM

A Variational Bayesian Algorithm for Variable Selection
Xichen Huang; Jin Wang, University of Illinois; Feng Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:05 PM

A Phase 2a Bayesian Adaptive Dose-Ranging Trial Evaluating Hypertension Therapy
Richann Liu, Pfizer
2:05 PM

A Bayesian GWAS Method Utilizing Haplotype Clusters for a Composite Breed Population
Danielle Wilson-Wells, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Stephen D. Kachman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:20 PM

A Simple Bayesian Design to Identify Maximum Tolerated Dose Contour for Drug Combination Trials
Liangcai Zhang, Rice University; Ying Yuan, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:20 PM

Statistical Calibration of Engineering-Based End-Use Electricity Consumption Estimates: A Bayesian Multilevel Model Approach
Hiroaki Minato, Energy Information Administration
2:20 PM

Bayesian Regression Using a Prior on the Model Fit
Brian Naughton, North Carolina State University; Howard Bondell, North Carolina State University
2:20 PM

Characterizing Uncertainty in Genetic Association Landscapes by Functional Bayesian Bands
Olga A. Vsevolozhskaya, University of Kentucky; Ilai Keren , Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Dmitri Zaykin, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2:20 PM

A Bayesian HSROC Model for Meta-Analysis of Multiple Diagnostic Tests
Qinshu Lian, University of Minnesota; Haitao Chu, University of Minnesota
2:25 PM

BOIN: A Simple, Ethical Bayesian Optimal Design for Phase I Oncology Trials
Ying Yuan, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Suyu Liu, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:25 PM

A Bayesian Generalized CAR Model for Correlated Signal Detection
Andrew Brown, Clemson University; Gauri S. Datta, University of Georgia; Nicole A. Lazar, University of Georgia
2:25 PM

Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling and Inference for Mean Residual Life Functions
Athanasios Kottas, University of California at Santa Cruz; Valerie Poynor, California State University at Fullerton
2:30 PM

Exploring Bayesian Go/No-Go Decision Criteria in Clinical Trials
Rodney Croos-Dabrera, Astellas Pharma; Misun Lee, Astellas Pharma
2:35 PM

Bayesian Statistics and Information Theory
Jose Guardiola, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
2:35 PM

Use of Bayesian Methods in Dose-Escalation Studies
Mani Lakshminarayanan, Pfizer
2:50 PM

Bayesian Nonparametric Methods for Precision Medicine
Qian Guan, North Carolina State University; Eric Laber, North Carolina State University; Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University
2:55 PM

Using Computer Experiments and Gaussian Process Emulation to Facilitate Bayesian Optimal Design for Physical Models Derived from Ordinary Differential Equations
David Woods, University of Southampton; Antony Overstall, University of Glasgow; Benjamin Parker, University of Southampton
2:55 PM

Precision Medicine: How Bayesian Empirical Subgroup Analysis Plays a Role
Judy X. Li, FDA; Wei-Chen Chen, FDA/CBER; John Scott, FDA
3:05 PM

Bayesian Bounding of the Population Subgroup Which Benefits from Treatment
Patrick Schnell, University of Minnesota; Qi Tang, AbbVie; Walt Offen, AbbVie; Bradley Carlin, University of Minnesota
3:05 PM

Approximations of Markov Chains and Bayesian Inference
James Johndrow, Duke University; Jonathan Mattingly, Duke University; Sayan Mukherjee, Duke University; David Dunson, Duke University
3:05 PM

Bayesian Variable Selection for Skewed Heteroscedastic Response
Libo Wang, Florida State University; Yuanyuan Tang, Saint Luke's Health System; Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University; Debdeep Pati, Florida State University; Stuart Lipsitz, Brigham and Women's Hospital
3:05 PM

Estimating Chinese Treasury Yield Curves with Bayesian Smoothing Splines
Zhuoqiong He, University of Missouri; Xiaojun Tong, China Securities Index Co.; Dongchu Sun, University of Missouri
3:05 PM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Pathway Analysis with Simultaneous Inference on Pathway-Gene-SNP Structure
Lei Zhang, The University of Texas at Dallas; Swati Biswas, The University of Texas at Dallas; Pankaj Choudhary, The University of Texas at Dallas
3:20 PM

Bayesian Statistical Models Assessing Disease Modification Drug Effects Using Doubly Randomized Delayed-Start and Matched Control Designs
Ibrahim Turkoz, Janssen R&D; Marc Sobel, Temple University
3:20 PM

Bayesian Single Index Models
Kumaresh Dhara, Florida State University; Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University; Debdeep Pati, Florida State University
3:20 PM

Bayesian Feature Selection for Ultra-High-Dimensional Imaging Genetics Data
Yize Zhao, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute; Hongtu Zhu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Fei Zou, University of Florida
3:25 PM

Disentangling Bed Nets and Spillover Effects in a Clustered Encouragement Design for Malaria Control: A Bayesian Principal Stratification Approach
Laura Forastiere, University of Florence; Fabrizia Mealli, University of Florence; Tyler J. VanderWeele, Harvard
3:25 PM

Bayesian Modeling of Phase II Dose-Ranging Clinical Trials
Shu-Yen Ho, PAREXEL
3:35 PM

Adaptively Choosing Hyperparameters for Non-Local Priors in High Dimensional Bayesian Variable Selection
Amir Nikooienejad, Texas A&M University; Valen E. Johnson, Texas A&M University
3:35 PM

Robust Bayesian Inference via the Tilted Posterior
Yixin Wang, Columbia University; David Blei, Columbia University
3:35 PM

An Integrative Classification Model for Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Detection in Multimodal MRI
Fengqing Zhang, Drexel University; Wenxin Jiang, Northwestern University; Ji-Ping Wang, Northwestern University
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 08/02/2016
Physical Inactivity Displays a Mediator Role in the Association of Diabetes and Poverty in the Presence of Spatial Heterogeneity
Xiao Li, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Lung-Chang Chien, The University of Texas School of Public Health at San Antonio; Amanda Staudt, The University of Texas School of Public Health at San Antonio; Xuehan Ren, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston


Variable Selection for Multistate Models in the Presence of Missing Data
Lauren J. Beesley, University of Michigan; Jeremy M. G. Taylor, University of Michigan


Bayesian Propensity Score Analysis for Observational Multilevel Studies
Qi Zhou; Joon Jin Song, Baylor University; Catherine J. McNeal, Baylor Scott & White Health; Laurel A. Copeland, Baylor Scott & White Health; Justin Philip Zachariah, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine


Bayesian Causal Inference Analyses with Unmeasured Confounders
Negar Jaberansari, University of Cincinnati; Bin Huang, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center


Statistical Emulator for NARCCAP Surface Precipitation and Temperature Using Spatially Varying Bayesian Model Averaging
Marcela Alfaro Cordoba, North Carolina State University; Montse Fuentes, North Carolina State University; Joseph Guinness, North Carolina State University; Dorit Hammerling, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Doug Nychka, National Center for Atmospheric Research


Computationally Tractable Approximate and Smoothed Polya Trees
William Cipolli, Colgate University; Timothy Hanson, University of South Carolina


Empirical Evaluation of Bayesian Network Classifiers
Weihua Shi, SAS Institute


An Application of the Adaptive Bayesian Design for the Delayed Outcomes in a Phase II Clinical Trial
Lei Feng, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Steven H. Lin, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Suyu Liu, MD Anderson Cancer Center


Bayesian Method for Causal Inference in High-Dimensional Time Series with Applications to Sales Data
BO NING


Bayesian Nonparametric Feature Selection Over Large-Scale Gene Networks with Missing Values
Zhuxuan Jin, Emory University; Zhou Lan, North Carolina State University; Jian Kang, University of Michigan; Tianwei Yu, Emory University


BANFF: An R Package for BAyesian Network Feature Finder
Zhou Lan, North Carolina State University; Yize Zhao, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute; Jian Kang, University of Michigan; Tianwei Yu, Emory University


A Bayesian Spatial Clustering Method
Yin Xi, The University of Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas


A Statistical-Dynamical Approach to Probabilistic Decadal Climate Predictions
Francisco Beltran, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


Phylodynamic Individual-Level Models: Strategies for Simulation and Inference
Justin Angevaare, University of Guelph; Zeny Feng, University of Guelph; Rob Deardon, University of Calgary


A Bayesian Hierarchical Data Fusion Approach Leveraging Lidar and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Information to Improve Aboveground Forest Carbon Estimation for Interior Alaska, USA
Chad Babcock, University of Washington


An Informative Prior Approach to a Bivariate Zero-Inflated Poisson Regression Model
Madeline Drevets, Baylor University


Bayesian Approach to Sample Size Determination for Multilevel Logistic Regression Models with Misclassified Outcomes
Tyler Nelson, Baylor University


Models for Understanding and Predicting Consumer Perception of Radiance
Supriya A. K. Satwah, Unilever; Anthony Cece, Unilever; Robert Velthuizen, Unilever


Predicting Job Application Success with Two-Stage, Bayesian Modeling of Features Extracted from Candidate-Role Pairs
Jon Krohn, untapt; Gabe Rives-Corbett, untapt; Ed Donner, untapt


Impact of Mis-Specified Prior on the Bayesian Dose-Finding Method in Phase I Cancer Trials
Lixia Pei, Janssen R&D; Kevin Liu, Janssen R&D; Hong Tian, Janssen R&D


Decouple/Recouple: Dynamic Graphical Modeling and Time Series Forecasting
Mike West, Duke University; Lutz Gruber, QuantCo
8:35 AM

A Changepoint Model for Housing Values
Xiaofei Susan Wang, Yale University; John Emerson, Yale University
8:35 AM

Biomarker Detection and Categorization in RNA-Seq Meta-Analysis Using Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Tianzhou Ma, University of Pittsburgh; Faming Liang, University of Florida; George Tseng, University of Pittsburgh
8:35 AM

Comparison of Various Early-Phase Go/No Go Decision Criteria
Yili Pritchett, MedImmune; Masanori Ito, Astellas Pharma
8:35 AM

Probabilistic Graphical Model for Cyber Defensive Policy Assessment and Facilitation of Intuitive Optimal Policy Selection
Pranab Banerjee, Boston Fusion Corp.; Thomas Allen, Boston Fusion Corp.
8:50 AM

Innovative Bayesian Applications in Clinical Trials
Soumi Lahiri, GlaxoSmithKline; Satrajit Roychoudhury, Novartis
8:55 AM

Bayesian Inference with Half a Prior
Keli Liu, Stanford University; Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard
9:00 AM

A Bayesian Framework for Modeling Human Mobility
Adrian Dobra, University of Washington
9:05 AM

Inferring Brain Signals Synchronicity from a Sample of EEG Readings
Qian Li, University of California at Los Angeles; Donatello Telesca, University of California at Los Angeles; Damla Senturk, University of California at Los Angeles
9:05 AM

Bayesian Covariance Analysis of Geographical Variation in Medicare Service Use
Alan M. Zaslavsky, Harvard Medical School; James O'Malley, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Bruce E. Landon, Harvard Medical School
9:05 AM

Bayesian Implementation of Integrated Population Models
Robert Richardson, Brigham Young University
9:05 AM

Impact of Mis-Specified Prior on the Bayesian Dose-Finding Method in Phase I Cancer Trials
Lixia Pei, Janssen R&D; Kevin Liu, Janssen R&D; Hong Tian, Janssen R&D
9:05 AM

Bayesian Predictive Approach to Concurrent Tailoring of Phase 3 Clinical Trials Intended for Registration
Ming-Dauh Wang, Eli Lilly and Company; Aijun Gao, inVentiv Health; Jinghui Liu, inVentiv Health; Karen Price, Eli Lilly and Company; MaryAnn Morgan-Cox, Eli Lilly and Company; Lei Shen, Eli Lilly and Company
9:15 AM

Bayesian Estimation of the Three Key Parameters in CT for the National Lung Screening Trial Data
Ruiqi Liu, University of Louisville; Beth Levitt, Information Management Services; Tom Riley, Information Management Services; Dongfeng Wu, University of Louisville
9:20 AM

Improving Operational Reliability Estimates in the Department of Defense with Bayesian Statistics (Part 1)
Rebecca Dickinson, Institute for Defense Analyses; Kassie Froncyzk, IDA
9:20 AM

Bayesian Multiplicity Control for Multiple Graphs
Peter Mueller, The University of Texas at Austin; Riten Mitra, University of Louisville; Yuan Ji, NorthShore University HealthSystem
9:35 AM

Using Bayesian Quantile Regression Model with Group LASSO to Identify Key Health Risk Assessment Variables and Evaluate Their Predictive Power in the Patient's Future Medical Costs
Hsiu-Ching Chang, BlueCross BlueShield of MI; Hyokyoung (Grace) Hong, Michigan State University; Yu Yue, Baruch College; Min Tao, BlueCross BlueShield of MI; Darline El Reda, Michigan State University
9:35 AM

Improving Operational Reliability Estimates in the Department of Defense with Bayesian Statistics (Part 2)
Kassie Fronczyk; Rebecca Dickinson, Institute for Defense Analyses
9:35 AM

Bayesian Assurance and Sample-Size Determination in the Process Validation Lifecycle
Paul Faya, Baylor University; John W. Seaman, Jr., Baylor University; James D. Stamey, Baylor University
9:35 AM

Allele-Specific RNA Expression Analysis Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models
Ignacio Alvarez, Iowa State University; Jarad Niemi, Iowa State University; Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University
9:35 AM

A Semiparametric Bayesian Survival Analysis Using Covariate-Dependent Clustering, with Application to Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Data
Hang J. Kim, University of Cincinnati; Mi-Ok Kim, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
9:50 AM

Bayesian Structural Mean Models
Bret Zeldow, University of Pennsylvania; Jason Roy, University of Pennsylvania
9:55 AM

Network Meta-Analysis of Multiple Factors
Lifeng Lin, University of Minnesota; Haitao Chu, University of Minnesota
10:05 AM

Particle EM for Variable Selection
Veronika Rockova, The Wharton School
10:35 AM

Bayesian Cure Rate Survival Model with Spatially Structured Censoring
Georgiana Onicescu; Andrew B. Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina
10:35 AM

A Bayesian Adaptive Clinical Trial Design: Diagnostic Accuracy of an Olfactory Diagnostic Test for Traumatic Brain Injury in Combat Soldiers
Benjamin Saville, Berry Consultants
10:35 AM

Bayesian Model Selection for Hierarchical Copulas and Vines
Arkady Shemyakin, University of St. Thomas; Alexander Kniazev, Astrakhan State University; Oleg Lepekhin, Astrakhan State University
10:35 AM

Bayesian Spatial Model Selection Using Mixtures of G-Priors and Markov Random Field Priors for Identifying Gas Plumes in Hyperspectral Data
Nicole Mendoza, University of California at Santa Cruz; Abel Rodriguez, University of California at Santa Cruz
10:35 AM

Detecting Low Allele Fraction Variants Using Targeted DNA Sequencing with Molecular Barcodes
Chang Xu, Qiagen Sciences; Mohammad R. Nezami Ranjbar, Qiagen Sciences; John Dicarlo, Qiagen Sciences; Yexun Wang, Qiagen Sciences
10:50 AM

Scalable Bayesian Rule Lists
Hongyu Yang, MIT EECS; Cynthia Rudin, Duke University; Margo Seltzer, Harvard
10:55 AM

Probabilistic Integration: A Role for Statisticians in Numerical Analysis?
Francois-Xavier Briol, University of Warwick; Chris J. Oates, University of Technology Sydney; Mark Girolami, University of Warwick/The Alan Turing Institute for Data Science; Michael A. Osborne, University of Oxford; Dino Sejdinovic, University of Oxford
10:55 AM

Bayesian Latent Variable Modeling of Genetic Pleiotropy Data
Lei Sun, University of Toronto; Lizhen Xu, University of Toronto; Radu V. Craiu, University of Toronto; Andrew Paterson, Hospital for Sick Children
11:05 AM

Inferring Spatial Organizations of Chromosomes from Hi-C Data via Poly-Helix Model
Rongrong Zhang, Purdue University; Ming Hu, New York University; Yu Zhu, Purdue University
11:05 AM

A Unified Approach to Information-Theoretic and Bayesian Model-Selection Criteria
Hamparsum Bozdogan, University of Tennessee; Maomi Ueno, Chiba University
11:05 AM

A Bayesian Hypothesis-Testing Framework for Detecting Differentially Expressed Genes
Claudio Fuentes, Oregon State University; Luis Leon Novelo, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Sarah Emerson, Oregon State University
11:05 AM

Predicting Job Application Success with Two-Stage, Bayesian Modeling of Features Extracted from Candidate-Role Pairs
Jon Krohn, untapt; Gabe Rives-Corbett, untapt; Ed Donner, untapt
11:05 AM

A Novel 2D Genome Segmentation Method for Modeling Epigenetic Landscapes in Multiple Cell Lines
Yu Zhang, Penn State University
11:15 AM

Models for Understanding and Predicting Consumer Perception of Radiance
Supriya A. K. Satwah, Unilever; Anthony Cece, Unilever; Robert Velthuizen, Unilever
11:15 AM

A Bayesian Nonparametric Analysis of Heterogeneous Data on Microbial Communities
Sergio Bacallado
11:15 AM

Bayesian Variable Selection by Cross Validation, DIC, and Marginal Likelihood: A Comparative Study
Arnab Maity, Northern Illinois University; Sanjib Basu, Northern Illinois University; SANTU GHOSH, Georgia Regents University
11:20 AM

Objective Bayesian Analysis for Gaussian Improper CAR Models
Matthew James Keefe, Virginia Tech; Marco A. R. Ferreira, Virginia Tech; Christopher T. Franck, Virginia Tech
11:20 AM

Toward Automatic Bayesian Model Comparison: A Sequential Monte Carlo Approach
Yan Zhou, National University of Singapore ; Adam Michael Johansen, University of Warwick; John Aston, University of Cambridge
11:35 AM

Sparse Multidimensional Graphical Models: A Unified Bayesian Framework
Yang Ni; Francesco Stingo, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Veera Baladandayuthapani, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:35 AM

Analysis of Distributional Variation: A Multi-Resolution Scanning Approach with Applications to DNase-Seq Analysis
Li Ma, Duke University
11:35 AM

Bayesian Model Selection in Generalized Linear Model
Guiling Shi
11:35 AM

Advances of Bayesian Nonparametrics in Population Genetics of Infectious Diseases
Vladimir Minin, University of Washington
11:35 AM

Multivariate Smoothing Regression of Vector Valued Functions with Error in Variables Using a Bayesian Approach
Eduardo Trujillo Rivera
11:35 AM

Adapting Heterogeneous Tissue Expression Analysis Method to RNA-Seq Data
Megan Stefanski, University of Missouri - Kansas City; David Spade, University of Missouri - Kansas City
11:35 AM

Bayesian Model Selection of Shape Constraints for Nonparametric Regression
Peter Lenk, University of Michigan; Taeryon Choi, Korea University
11:50 AM

Bayesian Spatial Models for Predicting the Location of Head Impacts
Michael Lawson, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Daniel Hernandez-Stumpfhauser, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Amy Herring, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Gunter Siegmund, MEA Forensic; Jason Mihalik, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Steve Marshall, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kevin Guskiewicz, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:50 AM

Dynamic Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease Risk Based on Longitudinal Biomarkers and Functional Data
Sheng Luo, The University of Texas at Houston; Kan Li, The University of Texas at Houston
11:55 AM

Bayesian Nonparametric Multiple Testing for the Analysis of Microbiome Data
Michele Guindani
11:55 AM

Truncated Completely Random Measures
Trevor Campbell, MIT; Jonathan Huggins, MIT; Tamara Broderick, MIT; Jonathan How, MIT
11:55 AM

Bayesian Inversion of a Large Spatial Field Using Predictive Process
Anirban Mondal, Case Western Reserve University
12:05 PM

Model-Based Differential Private Data Synthesis
Fang Liu, University of Notre Dame
12:05 PM

Detecting Hidden Additivity in Unreplicated Studies Using Bayesian Model Selection
Christopher T. Franck, Virginia Tech; Thomas Anthony Metzger, Virginia Tech
12:05 PM

Evaluating In Vivo-In Vitro Correlation Using a Bayesian Approach
Junshan Qiu, FDA; Marilyn Martinez, FDA; Ram Tiwari, FDA/CDER/OT/OB
12:05 PM

Urban Heat Risk Mapping of Houston, Texas, Using Multiple Point Patterns
Jacob Mortensen, Brigham Young University; Matthew J. Heaton, Brigham Young University; Olga Wilhelmi, National Center for Atmospheric Research
2:05 PM

Detection of Differential Gene Expressions from Tumor RNA-Seq and Copy Number Data in the Presence of Tumor Heterogeneity
Jaeil Ahn, Georgetown University; Wenyi Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Ying Yuan, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:05 PM

Remote Sensing Retrievals for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Quantifying Uncertainty in the Presence of Nonlinearity and Nuisance Parameters
Jonathan Hobbs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Jenny Brynjarsdottir, Case Western Reserve University; Noel Cressie, University of Wollongong ; Dejian Fu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Robert Granat, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Michael Gunson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Joaquim Teixeira, University of California at Los Angeles
2:05 PM

Bayesian Spatial Multivariate Receptor Modeling for Multisite Multipollutant Data
Eun Sug Park, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech; Shuman Tan, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
2:20 PM

Sample Size Estimation Using a Hybrid Classical and Bayesian Procedure
Maria Ciarleglio, Yale University; Christopher Arendt, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
2:20 PM

Sparse Motifs: Discovering Structure in Massive Graphs
Zehang Li, University of Washington; Tyler McCormick, University of Washington; Joshua Blumenstock, University of Washington
2:20 PM

Bayesian Modeling of Between- and Within-Subject Variances Using Mixed Effects Location Scale Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data
Donald Hedeker, The University of Chicago; Robin J. Mermelstein, University of Illinois at Chicago; Xiaolei Lin, The University of Chicago
2:25 PM

Confidence Distribution for Bridging Posterior Probabilistic Inferences
Minge Xie, Rutgers University
2:30 PM

Automatic Variational Inference in Stan
Alp Kucukelbir; Dustin Tran; Rajesh Ranganath, Princeton; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University; David Blei, Columbia University
2:45 PM

Bayesian Approaches to Modeling Complex Phenomena in Health Applications
Jennifer L. Hill, New York University; Vincent Dorie, New York University; Nicole Carnegie, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Masataka Harada, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2:45 PM

Sparse Bayesian Graphical Vector Autoregression For Risk Analysis
Daniel Felix Ahelegbey, Boston University; Monica Billio, University of Venice; Roberto Casarin, University of Venice
2:50 PM

Convergence and Mixed Effects: Using Bayesian Models to Better Understand Linguistic Data
Joseph Roy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher Eager, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kailen Shantz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Amelia Kimball, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:50 PM

Being Bayesian in a Big Data World
David Banks, Duke University
2:55 PM

Detecting Dynamic Long-Range Chromatin Interactions from Multiple Cell Types Hi-C Data Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Hidden Markov Random Field Model
Zheng Xu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Guosheng Zhang, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Anthony Schmidt, University of California at San Diego; Bing Ren, University of California at San Diego; Ming Hu, New York University; Yun Li, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:55 PM

Hierarchical Bayesian Approaches for Clinical Trials in Orphan and Pediatric Diseases
Cynthia Basu, University of Minnesota; Freda Cooner, FDA/CDER/OTS/OB/DB2; Ram Tiwari, FDA/CDER/OT/OB; Bradley Carlin, University of Minnesota
3:05 PM

Prediction of Brain Functional Connectivity in Resting-State fMRI Data Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Tian Dai, Emory University; Ying Guo, Emory University
3:05 PM

Nonparametric Bayesian Learning of Heterogeneous Dynamic Transcription Factor Networks
Xiangyu Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Yingying Wei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
3:05 PM

Bayesian Predictive Inference for Consumption Data from Small Areas
Binod Manandhar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
3:05 PM

Streaming Variational Inference for Normalized Random Measure Mixture Models
Nicholas Foti, University of Washington
3:05 PM

Multilevel Bayesian Latent Class Growth Mixture Model for Longitudinal Zero-Inflated Poisson Data
Kejia Wang, University of Southern California; Kiros Berhane, University of Southern California
3:20 PM

A Novel Bayesian Multiple Imputation Framework for Massive Multivariate Data with Mixed Types of Marginals
Hakan Demirtas, University of Illinois at Chicago
3:25 PM

Bayesian Estimation with Flexible Prior for the Instrumental Variables Models
John Hsu, University of California at Santa Barbara; Julianne Swenson, University of California at Santa Barbara
3:35 PM

MCMC Algorithms for Bayesian Inference with Stochastic Differential Equations
Harish S. Bhat, University of California at Merced; R. W. M. A. Madushani, University of California at Merced; Shagun Rawat, University of California at Merced
3:35 PM

Wednesday, 08/03/2016
Teaching Bayesian Statistics to Undergraduates
Jeffrey Witmer, Oberlin College


Fast Bayesian Variable Screenings for Binary Response Regressions
Sheng-Mao Chang, National Cheng Kung University


Learning Bayesian Update via Shiny: Understanding Bayesian Methods Through Visualization
J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center


Bayesian Inference in Nonparanormal Graphical Models
Jami Jackson, North Carolina State University; Subhashis Ghosal, North Carolina State University


Clustering Functional Data from High-Throughput Sequencing Assays
Emery Goossens; Heejung Shim, Purdue University


Comparison of the Bayesian and Frequentist Estimation of the Inbreeding Coefficient
Zhenyi Xue, Becton, Dickinson, and Company


Hybrid-Network: A Bayesian Approach
Demba Fofana; Ebenezer Olusegun George, University of Memphis; Dale Bowman, University of Memphis


Statistical Methods for Genomic Data Integration
Veera Baladandayuthapani, MD Anderson Cancer Center
8:35 AM

How to Ask Questions of Huge Data with Few Samples
David Dunson, Duke University
8:35 AM

Bayesian Approach for Interim Analysis with Failure Time Endpoint
Zailong Wang, Novartis Pharma; Chen Gao, University of Minnesota; Peter Mesenbrink, Novartis Pharma
8:35 AM

Efficient Bayesian Model-Based Clustering Method for Identification of Transcription Factor--Binding Sites for ChIA-PET Data
Ioannis Vardaxis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Bo Henry Lindqvist, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Finn Drabløs, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Morten Beck Rye, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
8:35 AM

Modeling Non-Gaussian Time Series with Nonparametric Bayesian Model
Xinyi Xu, The Ohio State University; Zhiguang Xu, Chase; Steven N. MacEachern, The Ohio State University
8:35 AM

Bayesian Prospective Detection of Small-Area Health Anomalies Using Kullback-Leibler Divergence
Chawarat Rotejanaprasert, Medical University of South Carolina
8:50 AM

An Affine-Invariant Bayesian Cluster Process with Split-Merge Gibbs Sampler
Hsin-Hsiung Huang, University of Central Florida; Jie Yang, University of Illinois at Chicago
8:50 AM

Adaptive Models for Profiling Tumor Evolution and Drug Response in Cancer Cell Subpopulations
Evan Johnson, Boston University
8:50 AM

A Bayesian Multiscale Ordinal Latent Class Model for Dysphagia Severity
Elizabeth G. Hill, Medical University of South Carolina; Kent Armeson, Medical University of South Carolina; Elizabeth Slate, Florida State University; Bonnie Martin-Harris, Medical University of South Carolina
8:55 AM

Robust Bayesian Inference via Coarsening
Jeffrey Miller, Duke University; David Dunson, Duke University
8:55 AM

Bayesian Computation in Dirichlet Process Mixture Models
Erina Paul; Sanjib Basu, Northern Illinois University
9:05 AM

On Bayes and Frequentist Meta-Analyses
Hal Li, Merck Research Laboratories; William William Wang, Merck Research Laboratories
9:05 AM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Combining Several Crop Yield Indications
Nathan B. Cruze, USDA/NASS
9:05 AM

Dynamic Modeling of Factor Risks in Multi-strategy Hedge Fund Investment Portfolios
Weiren Chang, JP Morgan
9:05 AM

Bayesian Restricted Likelihood Methods
Steven N. MacEachern, The Ohio State University; John Lewis, The Ohio State University; Yoonkyung Lee, The Ohio State University
9:15 AM

A New Class of Nonseparable Bayesian Hierarchical Spatial Modeling for Sparse Gaussian Processes
Bledar Konomi, University of Cincinnati
9:20 AM

Covariates Modulated False Discovery Rate in Hidden Markov Random Field Model
Richard Levine, San Diego State University; Wesley Thompson, University of California at San Diego; Carrie Bearden, University of California at Los Angeles; Dorothy Parker, University of California at San Diego; Rong Zablocki, University of California at San Diego
9:35 AM

Bayesian Network-Response Regression
Lu Wang, Duke University; Daniele Durante, University of Padua; David Dunson, Duke University
9:35 AM

A Gaussian-Probit Model for Bayesian Network with Mixed Variables
Qingyang Zhang, University of Arkansas; Ji-Ping Wang, Northwestern University
9:35 AM

On the Inherently Bayesian Evaluation of Forecast Quantities
Catherine Forbes, Monash University
9:35 AM

Hybrid-Network: A Bayesian Approach
Demba Fofana; Ebenezer Olusegun George, University of Memphis; Dale Bowman, University of Memphis
9:45 AM

Bayesian Registration of Functions with a Gaussian Process Prior
Yi Lu, The Ohio State University; Sebastian A. Kurtek, The Ohio State University; Radu Herbei, The Ohio State University
9:50 AM

Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for High-Dimensional Gene Expression Data
Eric Mittman, Iowa State University; Jarad Niemi, Iowa State University
9:50 AM

A Complete Downscaler
Yen-Ning Huang, North Carolina State University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Montse Fuentes, North Carolina State University; Sankar Arumugam, North Carolina State University
9:50 AM

Clustering Functional Data from High-Throughput Sequencing Assays
Emery Goossens; Heejung Shim, Purdue University
9:50 AM

Comparison of the Bayesian and Frequentist Estimation of the Inbreeding Coefficient
Zhenyi Xue, Becton, Dickinson, and Company
10:00 AM

A Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for Clustering Longitudinal Gene Expression Data
Jiehuan Sun, Yale University; Jose D. Herazo-Maya, Yale School of Medicine; Naftali Kaminski, Yale School of Medicine; Hongyu Zhao, Yale University; Joshua Warren, Yale University
10:05 AM

Free Lunches with Sparse Bayesian Nonparametric Learning: A Probabilistic Exploration of Lower Dimensional Structure Discovery with Sparse High-Dimensional Data
Anjishnu Banerjee, Medical College of Wisconsin
10:05 AM

Multi-Platform Integration: Pathway-Based IBAG and Gene-Specific Epigenetic Profiles
Jeffrey S. Morris, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Elizabeth McGuffey, U.S. Naval Academy; Yusha Liu, Rice University; Veera Baladandayuthapani, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Keith A. Baggerly, MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:35 AM

Approximate Bayesian Computation for Compartmental Epidemic Models: Methods and Software
Grant Donald Brown, University of Iowa; Aaron T. Porter, Colorado School of Mines; Jacob J. Oleson, University of Iowa
10:35 AM

A Hybrid M-Estimation Method with Application in Simultaneous Tuning and Calibration for Computer Experiments
Gang Han, Texas A&M University; Ao Yuan, Georgetown University; Qizhai Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Haiqun Lin, Yale School of Public Health; Thomas Santner, The Ohio State University
10:35 AM

Spatiotemporal Modeling with Applications to Stroke Mortality and Data Privacy
Harrison Quick, CDC
10:35 AM

A Bayesian Approach to Smoothed Lexis Diagram with Applications to Breast Cancer
I-Shou Chang, National Health Research Institutes
10:35 AM

Bayesian Threshold Regression for Multivariate Current Status Data with Informative Censoring
Michael Pennell, The Ohio State University; Tao Xiao, Shenzhen University
10:35 AM

An Auxiliary-Variable Gibbs Sampler for Diffusions
Vinayak Rao, Purdue University; Yee Whye Teh, University of Oxford
10:35 AM

Pattern Discovery of Health Curves with an Ordered Probit Model and Functional PCA
Shijia Wang, Simon Fraser University; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University; Jason Sutherland, University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health
10:35 AM

Patient-Specific Prediction of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Expansion Using Bayesian Calibration
Liangliang Zhang, Michigan State University; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University; Chae Young Lim, Seoul National University; Jongeun Choi, Michigan State University; Seungik Baek, Michigan State University
10:50 AM

A Hidden Markov Model for Animal Soical Networks
Meridith L. Bartley, Penn State University; Ephraim M. Hanks, Penn State University; David P. Hughes, Penn State University
10:50 AM

Efficient Bayesian Posterior Sampling for Massive Data Sets
Reihaneh Entezari; Radu V. Craiu, University of Toronto; Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, University of Toronto
10:50 AM

Parameter Inference and Model Selection in Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamical Models
Jennifer Hoeting , Colorado State University; Libo Sun, Janssen R&D; Chihoon Lee, Stevens Institute of Technology
10:55 AM

Bayesian Model Selection Based on Proper Scoring Rules
Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge; Monica Musio, University of Cagliari
11:00 AM

Modeling Material Stress Using Integrals of Gaussian Markov Random Fields
Peter Marcy, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Scott Vander Wiel, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Curtis Storlie, Mayo Clinic
11:05 AM

Gaussian Process Emulator-Based Inference for Spatial Models of Infectious Disease Systems
Rob Deardon, University of Calgary; Gyanendra Pokharel, University of Calgary
11:15 AM

Solving Complex Statistical Problems in Network Meta-Analysis
Jing Zhang, University of Maryland; Lei Nie, FDA; Ram Tiwari, FDA/CDER/OT/OB; Angelo De Claro, FDA; Chia-Wen Ko, FDA
11:15 AM

Extension to the Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG) Method
Marc N. Elliott, RAND Corporation; Amelia M. Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University; Ann Haas, RAND Corporation; John Adams, Kaiser Permanente; Joshua Mallet, RAND Corporation; Jake Dembosky, RAND Corporation; Sarah Gaillot, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Samuel "Chris" Haffer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
11:15 AM

Particle Swarm Optimization--Assisted Metropolis Hastings Algorithms
Matthew Simpson, University of Missouri; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri
11:15 AM

Clustering of Soil Geochemical and Mineralogical Data from the Conterminous United States Using a Bayesian Finite Mixture Model
Karl Ellefsen, U.S. Geological Survey; Laurel Woodruff, U.S. Geological Survey; David Smith, U.S. Geological Survey; William Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey; Federico Solano, U.S. Geological Survey
11:20 AM

Bayesian Design of Phase II Noninferiority (NI) Safety Clinical Trial
Lu-May Chiang, Novartis Pharma; David Ohlssen, Novartis; Dong Xi, Novartis
11:20 AM

Efficient Large-Scale Variable Selection in Complex Lifetime Models
Sanjib Basu, Northern Illinois University; Arnab Maity, Northern Illinois University
11:35 AM

Multiple Imputation for Survey Integration Under Informative Sampling
Seho Park, Iowa State University; Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University
11:35 AM

Bayesian Neural Network for Predicting Survival Time of Competing Risks
Taysseer Sharaf, Slippery Rock University
11:35 AM

Using Machine Learning Algorithms for Handling Missingness: Application to Predicting Drug-Disease and Drug-Drug Interactions
Ruoshui Zhai, Brown University; Roee Gutman, Brown University
11:35 AM

Statistical Issues for Safety Monitoring of Recurrent Adverse Events in Clinical Trials
LiAn Lin, Merck Research Laboratories; Greg Ball, Merck Research Laboratories; William William Wang, Merck Research Laboratories
11:35 AM

A Bayesian Approach to Modeling Atomic Structural Disorder
Karl Pazdernik; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Katharine Page, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:35 AM

Computational Enhancements to Bayesian Design of Experiments Using Gaussian Processes
Brian Phillip Weaver, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:50 AM

Partial Order Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Bayesian Networks
James Henderson, University of Michigan; George Michailidis, University of Florida
11:50 AM

Sufficient Burn-In for the Random-Walk Metropolis Algorithm
David Spade, University of Missouri - Kansas City
11:50 AM

Fully Bayesian Inference in Functional Principal Component Analysis for the Opioid Dependence Treatment Data
Jun Ye; Yehua Li, Iowa State University; Yongtao Guan, University of Miami
12:05 PM

Scalable Bayesian Variable Selection for Structured Data
Suprateek Kundu, Emory University; Changgee Chang, Emory University; Qi Long, Emory University
12:05 PM

Bayesian Nonparametric Estimation for Dynamic Treatment Regimes with Sequential Transition Times
Peter F. Thall, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Yanxun Xu; Peter Mueller, The University of Texas at Austin; Abdus S. Wahed, University of Pittsburgh
2:05 PM

Case Studies in Academic-Industry-Government Collaborations in Bayesian Adaptive Clinical Trials
Bradley Carlin, University of Minnesota
2:05 PM

Accounting for Uncertainty in Confounder and Effect Modifier Selection When Estimating Average Causal Effects in Generalized Linear Models
Chi Wang, University of Kentucky; Francesca Dominici, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Giovanni Parmigiani, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Corwin Zigler, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2:05 PM

Quantifying the Causal Effect of Speed Cameras on Road Traffic Accidents via an Approximate Bayesian Doubly Robust Estimator
Daniel Graham, Imperial College London; Haojie Li, Southeast University
2:20 PM

The Modified Weibull Geometric Distribution: Properties and Estimations
Seongho Song, University of Cincinnati; Younshik Chung, Pusan National University
2:20 PM

A Dirichlet Process Functional Approach to Heteroscedastic-Consistent Covariance Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis of Causal Effects
George Karabatsos, University of Illinois at Chicago
2:25 PM

Epigenome Isoform Analysis with Applications
Hongkai Ji, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Weixiang Fang, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2:45 PM

A Bayesian Nonparametric Causal Inference Model for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Chenguang Wang, The Johns Hopkins University
2:45 PM

The Microclustering Property: When the Cluster Sizes Grow Sublinearly with the Size of the Data Set
Abbas Zaidi, Duke University; Angie Shen, Duke University
2:50 PM

Using Adaptive Designs to Avoid Selecting the Wrong Arms in a Comparative Effectiveness Trial
Byron Gajewski, University of Kansas Medical Center
2:50 PM

Adaptive Bayesian Inference in Nonlinear Regression
Ji-Yeon Yang, Kumoh National Institute
2:50 PM

Making Sense of Digital Experiments with Bayesian Nonparametrics
Matt Taddy, Chicago Booth
2:55 PM

A Novel Bayesian Model for the Local False Discovery Rate
Wesley Thompson, University of California at San Diego; Rong Zablocki, University of California at San Diego; Richard Levine, San Diego State University
2:55 PM

Parallel Computing for Spatio-Temporal Bayesian Models
Francisco Beltran, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Bruno Sanso, University of California at Santa Cruz
2:55 PM

Bayesian Semiparametric Latent Mediation Model
Chanmin Kim, Harvard; Michael Daniels, The University of Texas at Austin; Yisheng Li, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:05 PM

Quantile Graphical Models: An Approximate Bayesian Approach
Nilabja Guha, Texas A&M University; Bani K. Mallick, Texas A&M University
3:05 PM

Batch Effects in Genomics Data
Florian Buettner; Oliver Stegle, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
3:25 PM

A Calibrated Bayesian Method for Propensity Score Estimation
Hejian Sang, Iowa State University; Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University
3:35 PM

Bayesian Model Averaging Applied to Tuberculosis and HIV Research Studies
Brock Stewart, CDC; Charles E. Rose, CDC; Yi Pan, CDC
3:35 PM

Thursday, 08/04/2016
Bayesian Combining Information Sources with Applications in Climate
L Mark Berliner, The Ohio State University
8:35 AM

Solar Spectral Analyses with Uncertain Physical Models
Nathan M. Stein, University of Pennsylvania
8:35 AM

Is Q-Learning a Valid Method of Knowing?
Francisco Diaz, University of Kansas Medical Center
8:35 AM

A Bayesian Approach to Multivariate Signal Extraction
Christopher Hassett, University of Missouri; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri; Tucker McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
8:35 AM

Generalized Orthant Normal and L1-Regularized G Priors
Christopher Hans, The Ohio State University
8:35 AM

Bayesian Dynamic Linear Models for Strategic Asset Allocation
Jared Fisher, The University of Texas McCombs School of Business; Carlos Carvalho, The University of Texas; Davide Pettenuzzo, Brandeis University
8:50 AM

Dirichlet Process Mixture of Voigt Profiles with Application to Peak Detection in X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Data
Anton Lobach, University of Rhode Island; Gavino Puggioni, University of Rhode Island; David Heskett, University of Rhode Island; Benjamin Young, Rhode Island College
8:50 AM

Bayesian Method for Testing Differential Directed Acyclic Graphs
Hongmei Zhang, University of Memphis; Xianzheng Huang, University of South Carolina; Shengtong Han, The University of Chicago; Wilfried Karmaus, University of Memphis
8:50 AM

A Bayesian Approach for Envelope Models
Zhihua Su; Kshitij Khare, University of Florida; Subhadip Pal, Emory University
8:55 AM

Region-Wise Variable Selection with Bayesian Group Lasso
Sayan Chakraborty, Michigan State University; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
9:05 AM

Locally Adaptive Bayesian Nonparametric Inference for Phylodynamics
James R. Faulkner, University of Washington; Vladimir Minin, University of Washington
9:05 AM

Bayesian Estimate of PIN Model
Yu HUAN, Peking University; Junni ZHANG, Peking University; Mingjin WANG, Peking University
9:20 AM

On Some Aspects of Bayesian Multiple Testing and Decision Making
Emrah Gecili; Siva Sivaganesan, University of Cincinnati
9:20 AM

Model-Based Clustering with Measurement Errors
Wanli Zhang, Oregon State University; Yanming Di, Oregon State University
9:20 AM

Multivariate Latent Structure in Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Health Models
Andrew B. Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina
9:25 AM

A Restricted Most Powerful Bayesian Test for Equality of Means in High Dimension via Random Projections
Roger Zoh, Texas A&M University; Abhra Sarkar, Duke University; Raymond Carroll, Texas A&M University; Bani K. Mallick, Texas A&M University
9:35 AM

Bayesian Generalized ANOVA Modeling for Functional Data Using INLA
Yu Yue, Baruch College; David Bolin, Chalmers University of Technology; Havard Rue, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Xiao-feng Wang, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
9:50 AM

A New Stochastic Regime-Switching Model with Time-Varying Regression Coefficients and Error Variances
Xiaojin Dong, SUNY Stony Brook
9:50 AM

Hierarchical Statistical Analysis of Binary Spatial Data Using Kernel Principal Component Analysis
Bohai Zhang, University of Wollongong; Noel Cressie, University of Wollongong
9:50 AM

Efficient Methods for Fitting Bayesian Semiparametric Models to Partly Interval-Censored Data
Haiming Zhou, Northern Illinois University; Timothy Hanson, University of South Carolina
9:50 AM

Scalable Bayesian Variable Selection and Model Averaging Under Block Orthogonal Design
Omiros Papaspiliopoulos; David Rossell, University of Warwick
10:05 AM

Bayesian Approach to Design and Analysis of Composite Endpoints in Clinical Trials with Multiple Dependent Binary Outcomes
Boris G. Zaslavsky, FDA/CBER
10:35 AM

High-Dimensionality Effects on the Efficient Frontier
Rituparna Sen, Indian Statistical Institute
10:35 AM

Bayesian Signal-Response Data Nondestructive Inspection Test Planning
Yew-Meng Koh, Hope College; William Q. Meeker, Iowa State University
10:35 AM

Bayesian Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Data on Frequency and Intensity of Drinking in Alcoholism Trials
Eugenia Buta, Yale University; Stephanie O'Malley, Yale University; Ralitza Gueorguieva, Yale University
10:35 AM

Bayesian Multispecies Ecological Models for Paleoclimate Reconstruction
John Tipton, Colorado State University; Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University; Robert Booth, Lehigh University; Connor Nolan, University of Arizona
10:35 AM

Bayesian Mixture Response Analysis for Pre-Clinical in Vivo Anti-Cancer Drug Efficacy Investigations
David Gold, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Ningning Chen, Apple
10:50 AM

Weighted Dirichlet Process Mixture GARCH Model for Predicting Stock Price
Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech; Peng Sun, Virginia Tech
10:50 AM

Individualizing Prognosis of Disease Trajectories Using Longitudinal Electronic Medical Record Data: Application to Scleroderma
Suchi Saria, The Johns Hopkins University; Peter Schulam, The Johns Hopkins University
11:00 AM

Coupling of Particle Filters with Applications to Score and Smoothing Estimators
Pierre E. Jacob, Harvard; Fredrik Lindsten, Uppsala University; Thomas Schön, Uppsala University
11:05 AM

Design and Analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments in the Presence of Profile Order Effects Within Choice Sets
Roselinde Kessels, University of Antwerp; Robert Mee, University of Tennessee
11:05 AM

Multiplicity-Adjusted Evidence Weights for Characterizing Associations of Phenotypes with Genotypes
Wenjian Bi; Stanley Pounds, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Guolian Kang, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
11:05 AM

Can Wikipedia Improve Flu Forecasts in the United States?
Dave Osthus, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Reid Priedhorsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Jim Gattiker, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Sara Del Valle, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:15 AM

Selection-Adjusted Bayesian Inference in the Linear Model
Asaf Weinstein; Jonathan Taylor, Stanford University; Snigdha Panigrahi, Stanford University
11:15 AM

Using the Latent Correlations to Measure the Association Between Continuous and Binary Markers with Repeated Measurements
Dai Feng, Merck; Vladimir Svetnik, Merck
11:20 AM

A Bivariate Bayesian Occupancy Model for Large Herbivores in Serengeti National Park
Staci Hepler, Wake Forest University; Robert Erhardt, Wake Forest University; T. Michael Anderson, Wake Forest University
11:20 AM

Bayesian Analysis of Testing General Hypotheses in Linear Models with Spherically Symmetric Errors
Min Wang, Michigan Technological University
11:20 AM

Bayesian Modeling of High-Frequency Crude Oil Prices
Jonathan Stroud, Georgetown University; Michael Johannes, Columbia University; Norman Seeger, VU University
11:25 AM

Bayesian Estimators of the Odd Weibull Distribution with Censored Data
Chin-I Cheng; Kahadawala Cooray , Central Michigan University
11:35 AM

Use of Co-Data in Clinical Trials with Time-to-Event Endpoint
Satrajit Roychoudhury, Novartis
11:35 AM

Causal Inference in Observational Studies using data integration in large scales and creating strong instrumental variables
Azam Yazdani; Akram Yazdani, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Ahmad Samiei, Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Softwaresystemtechnik; Eric Boerwinkle, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
11:35 AM

Does Improvement of Customer Satisfaction Always Create Shareholder Value? An Empirical Study of the American Customer Satisfaction Index
Qian Chen; Duncan Fong, Penn State University; Rui Wang, Peking University; Zhe Chen, Google
11:50 AM

 
 
Copyright © American Statistical Association