JSM 2017 Online Program

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Sunday, 07/30/2017

Generalized Fiducial Inference for Nonparametric Function Estimation
Randy C.S. Lai, University of Maine

Nonparametric Inference for Point Processes
Tailen Hsing, University of Michigan; Jinqi Shen, University of Michigan
2:05 PM

Template-Based Independent Component Analysis of fMRI: Reliable and Efficient Estimation of Subject-Level Resting-State Networks
Amanda Mejia, Indiana University; Ying Guo, Emory University
2:05 PM

Data-Driven Confidence Interval Estimation Incorporating Prior Information with an Adjustment for Skewed Data
Li Zou, State University of New York At Buffalo; Albert Vexler, State University of New York at Buffalo; Alan Hutson, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
2:05 PM

Non-Probability Sampling: The Good, the Bad, and the Oh So Interesting
Jill Dever, RTI International
2:05 PM

Matrix Completion with Covariate Information
Xiaojun Mao, Iowa State University; Song Xi Chen, Iowa State University; Raymond Wong, Iowa State University
2:20 PM

Variance Estimation for the Sample Mean of Dependent Data Stream
Lei Jin, Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi
2:20 PM

Composite Likelihood Estimation for Random-Effect Network Models
Yanjun He, University of Washington; Peter Hoff, Duke University
2:35 PM

Estimating Parameters in Complex Systems with Functional Outputs - a Wavelet-Based Approximate Bayesian Computation Approach
Ruijin Lu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hongxiao Zhu, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech; Chen Ming, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech; Anupam K. Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech; Rolf Muller, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
2:35 PM

A Wavelet Lifting Approach to Long Memory Estimation
Matthew Nunes, Lancaster University; Marina Knight, University of York; Guy Nason, University of Bristol
2:45 PM

A Maximum Likelihood Approach for Non-Invasive Cancer Diagnosis Using Methylation Profiling of Cell-Free DNA from Blood
Carol Sun, Oak Park High School; Wenyuan Li, UCLA
2:50 PM

Conditional Maximum Likelihood Estimation for a Class of Observation-Driven Time Series Models for Count Data
Yunwei Cui, Towson University; Qi Zheng, University of Louisville
2:50 PM

Estimation of Marine Recreational Fishery Characteristics Using Survey and Logbook Data
Jean Opsomer, Colorado State University; Jay Breidt, Colorado State University; Eric Hiltz, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
2:55 PM

A Least Deviation Estimation Approach for Multivariate Regression
Silvey Shamsi, Ball State University; Mian Adnan, Ball State University; Rahmatullah Imon, Ball State University
3:05 PM

Distributed Statistical Estimation and Rates of Convergence in Normal Approximation
Stanislav Minsker, University of Southern California
3:05 PM

Model-Assisted Estimation of Proportions in Repeated Survey with Complex Rotation Pattern: Application to the Current Population Survey
Daniel Bonnéry, University of Maryland
3:20 PM

Tree Based Weighted Learning for Estimating Individualized Treatment Rules with Censored Data
Yifan Cui, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ruoqing Zhu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Michael R Kosorok, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3:20 PM

Estimation of Henze-Penrose Mutual Information via Minimal Spanning Trees
Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh, EECS, University of Michigan ; Alfred Hero, EECS, University of Michigan
3:20 PM

A Simple Extension of the FGM Copula for Negative Association
Kahadawala Cooray, Central Michigan University
3:35 PM

Estimation of the Variance of Nonparametric Trend Estimates from Time Series Replicates Using the Empirical Moment Generating Function
Sucharita Ghosh, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
3:35 PM

Robust High-Dimensional Volatility Matrix Estimation for High-Frequency Factor Model
Jianqing Fan, Princeton University; Donggyu Kim, Princeton University
4:05 PM

Model-Assisted Estimation with Regression Trees
Kelly McConville, Swarthmore College; Daniell Toth, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
4:05 PM

Estimation of Hepatocellular Cancer Cytokine Networks While Accounting for Biological Heterogeneity Using Bayesian Edge Regression for Undirected Graphs
Zeya Wang, Rice University; Veera Baladandayuthapani, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Wenyi Wang, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Jeffrey S. Morris, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
4:20 PM

Bayesian Estimation of Multiple Gaussian Graphical Models with Unknown Class
Jiali Lin, Virginia Tech; Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech
4:20 PM

Statistics and the Census: A Historical Journey
Lynne Billard, University of Georgia
4:25 PM

Estimating the Number of Tax Returns Required to Be Filed: Nonparametric Methods to Address Respondent Rounding
Minsun Riddles, Westat; Sharon Lohr, Westat; J. Michael Brick, Westat; Patrick T. Langetieg, Internal Revenue Service; J. Mark Payne, Internal Revenue Service; Alan H. Plumley, Internal Revenue Service
4:25 PM

Estimating Dynamic Brain Functional Networks Using Multi-Subject fMRI Data
Suprateek Kundu, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
4:25 PM

Sparse Precision Matrix Estimation with Bayesian Regularization
Lingrui Gan, University of Illinois At Urbana and Champaign; Naveen N Narisetty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Feng Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
4:35 PM

Secure Multiparty Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Partitioned Databases
Joshua Snoke, Pennsylvania State University; Timothy Brick, Pennsylvania State University; Aleksandra Slavkovic, Pennsylvania State University
4:35 PM

GRADIENT-BASED STRUCTURAL CHANGE DETECTION for NON-STATIONARY TIME SERIES M-ESTIMATION
Zhou Zhou, University of Toronto
4:45 PM

Software Solutions to Sample Design Problems That Are Equivalent to Solving a Transshipment Problem
Richard Sigman, Westat; Mike Kwanisai, Westat
4:50 PM

Sparse Covariance Estimation via Concentration Inequalities
Adam Kashlak, Univ of Cambridge; Linglong Kong, University of Alberta
5:05 PM

B-Spline Imputation Procedures for the Treatment of Item Nonresponse in Surveys
David Haziza, University of Montreal; Camelia Goga, Universite de Bourgogne
5:05 PM

Multiply Robust Estimation for Causal Treatment Effect and Average Treatment Effect Among Treated When Treatment Heterogeneity Exists
Lu Wang, University of Michigan; Peisong Han, University of Waterloo; Daniel Almirall, University of Michigan
5:05 PM

Evaluation of Adaptive Sample Size Re-estimation (SSR) Designs:start small then ask for more?
Chaofeng Liu
5:05 PM

ESTIMATION of AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTS AMONG MULTIPLE TREATMENT GROUPS by USING ADAPTIVE ENSEMBLE METHOD
Maiying Kong, University of Louisville
5:05 PM

Inference in Gaussian DAGs with Known Partial Ordering
Syed Rahman, University of Florida
5:20 PM

Constraint Approaches to the Estimation of Relative Risk
Yuanyuan Tang, Saint Luke's Health System; Philip Jones, Saint Luke's Health System; Liangrui Sun , University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Suzanne Arnold, Saint Luke's Health System; John Spertus, Saint Luke's Health System
5:20 PM

Differences in Estimation Between the Longitudinal Model and the Longitudinal Portion of the Joint Model
Kendra Plourde, Boston University; Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University; Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, University of California
5:20 PM

Use of Brain Connectivity Information in Regression Parameter Estimation via Generalized Regularization
Damian Brzyski, Indiana University; Marta Karas, Indiana University; Joaquin Goni, Purdue University; Beau Ances, Washington University School of Medicine; Timothy Randolph, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University School of Public Health
5:25 PM

Nonparametric estimation of time-variant quantiles and statistical models
Jessica Rudd, Kennesaw State University; Mohammed Chowdhury, Kennesaw State University
5:35 PM

Multi-Resolution Functional ANOVA for Large-Scale, Many-Input Nonlinear Regression, Estimation, and Inference
Chih-Li Sung, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wenjia Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew Plumlee, University of Michigan; Benjamin Haaland, Georgia Institute of Technology
5:35 PM

Monday, 07/31/2017

Event Rate Estimation Based on Blinded Time-To-Event Data to Verify Sample Size Calculation Assumptions
Youlan Rao, United Therapeutics Corporation, Durham, NC; Suhyun Kang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Jody Cleveland, United Therapeutics Corporation, Durham, NC; Chunqin Deng, United Therapeutics Corporation, Durham, NC

Spline Density Estimation and Inference with Model-Based Penalties
Jian Shi, University of California, Santa Barbara

Analysis of Batched Latent Data Using Gaussian Model: With Application to the Social Benefits Claim Program
Xueying Wang; Kepher H Makambi, Georgetown University; Ao Yuan, Georgetown University

Sample Size Re-Estimation and Other Midcourse Adjustments with Sequential Parallel Comparison Design
Rachel Silverman, University of North Carolina; Anastasia Ivanova, UNC at Chapel Hill

Induced Tumor Growth in Rats: Modeling and Estimation
Charles Smith, North Carolina State Univ.; Henry Tuckwell, Monash University

Generic Areas and Small Area Estimates for Subnational Estimation on the National Crime Victimization Survey
Philip Lee, RTI; Marcus Berzofsky, RTI International; Lynn Langton, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Michael Planty, RTI International

Efficient Multivariate Entropy Estimation Via k-Nearest Neighbour Distances
Thomas Berrett, University of Cambridge

A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Copula Estimation
Shaoyang Ning; Neil Shephard, Professor and Chair, Harvard Statistics Department

Bayesian Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification in Differential Equation Models
Prithwish Bhaumik, Quantifind Inc.

Nonparametric Modeling of Heavy-Tailed Distributions with Applications to Extreme Events
Todd Wilson, North Carolina State University; Sujit K Ghosh, North Carolina State University

Stagewise Generalized Estimating Equations with Applications to Suicide Prevention
Gregory Vaughan, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut; Robert Aseltine, Division of Behavioral Science and Community Health, UConn Health Center; Kun Chen, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut; Jun Yan, University of Connecticut

Comparison of Treatment Regime Estimation Methods Incorporating Variable Selection: Lessons from a Large Simulation Study
Adam Ciarleglio, Columbia; Eva Petkova, New York University School of Medicine; Thaddeus Tarpey, Wright State University; Zhe Su, New York University School of Medicine; R. Todd Ogden, Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University

Copula-Based Estimation for Markov Models with Detection Limits
Fuyuan Li, George Washington University

Deep Learning Econometrics
Guanhao Feng; Nicholas Polson, University of Chicago; Jianeng Xu, University of Chicago

Rank-Based Estimation for Generalized Additive Models with an Application to Fisheries Data
Hannah Correia, Auburn University; Asheber Abebe, Auburn University

Parsimonious and Efficient Construction of Composite Likelihood Equations by L1-Penalization
Zhendong Huang

Bayesian Analysis of Time Series with Irregular or Latent Observation Times
Aaron Springford, Queen's University; David Thomson, Queen's University

Cross Validation for Penalized M-Estimation with a Case-Weight Adjusted Solution Path
Shanshan Tu, The Ohio State University; Yunzhang Zhu, Ohio State University ; Yoonkyung Lee, The Ohio State University

Beneath the Veneer of Healthcare Quality Measurement: Sample Size Estimation
Adeline Wilcox, Retired

Inference in a Hidden Markov Model with Log-Concave Emission Densities
Nathalie Akakpo, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France

Finite Sample Estimation in General Vector Autoregressive Processes
Mohamad Kazem Shirani Faradonbeh, University of Michigan; Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan; George Michailidis, University of Florida

Biomarker-Based Cross-Sectional Incidence Estimation with Incomplete Data
Douglas Ezra Morrison, UCLA; Ron Brookmeyer, UCLA; Oliver Laeyendecker, Johns Hopkins University; Jacob Konikoff

Estimation of Locally Stationary Spatial Processes with Application to the American Community Survey
Daniel Weinberg, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker McElroy, U. S. Census Bureau; Soumendra N Lahiri, North Carolina State University

Green Power Statistics: Local Wind Speed Modeling as Basis for Wind Turbine Performance Prediction
Marina Nechayeva, LaGuardia Community College ; Malgorzata Marciniak, LaGuardia Community College; Vladimir Przhebelskiy , LaGuardia Community College ; Michael Wiley, LaGuardia Community College ; Paul DeVries, LaGuardia Community College

Embracing Blessing of Massive Scale in Big Data
Guang Cheng, Purdue; Stanislav Volgushev, Univ of Toronto; Shih-Kang Chao, Purdue
8:35 AM

Estimation of the Tail Index Using Semiparametric Regression
Emanuele Taufer, University of Trento; Mofei Jia, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Maria Michela Dickson, University of Trento
8:35 AM

Multiply Robust Nonparametric Multiple Imputation for the Treatment of Missing Data
Sixia Chen; David Haziza, University of Montreal
8:35 AM

Quantile Function Modeling with Application to Salinity Tolerance Analysis in Plant Growth Data
Gaurav Agarwal; Ying Sun, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
8:50 AM

A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Copula Estimation
Shaoyang Ning; Neil Shephard, Professor and Chair, Harvard Statistics Department
9:00 AM

Identification and Semiparametric Estimation of Causal Effects for Contagious Processes
Elizabeth L Ogburn, Johns Hopkins University
9:15 AM

Semiparametric Estimation of Longitudinal Data with Nonignorable Attrition Using Refreshment Samples
Lan Xue, Oregon State University; Jianfei Zheng, Oregon State University
9:15 AM

Copula-Based Estimation for Markov Models with Detection Limits
Fuyuan Li, George Washington University
9:20 AM

Dual-Purpose Bayesian Design for Parameter Estimation and Model Discrimination of Models with Intractable Likelihoods
Mahasen Bandara Dehideniya, Queensland University of Technology; James McGree, Queensland University of Technology; Christopher Drovandi , Queensland University of Technology
9:20 AM

Parsimonious and Efficient Construction of Composite Likelihood Equations by L1-Penalization
Zhendong Huang
9:20 AM

Estimation of Sparse Vector Autoregressive Moving Averages
David S Matteson, Cornell University; Ines Wilms, KU Leuven; Jacob Bien, Cornell University
9:25 AM

Nonparametrics, Network Information and Efficient Estimation
Patrick Wolfe, University College London
9:25 AM

Rank-Based Estimation for Generalized Additive Models with an Application to Fisheries Data
Hannah Correia, Auburn University; Asheber Abebe, Auburn University
9:25 AM

Estimation of Causal Effects in Randomized Trials of Infectious Disease Prevention with General Interference
Nicole Bohme Carnegie, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
9:35 AM

CLASSIFICATION and REGRESSION TREES and FORESTS for INCOMPLETE DATA from SAMPLE SURVEYS
MoonJung Cho, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Wei-Yin Loh, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Yuanzhi Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:35 AM

Hidden Markov Model Using Transaction Patterns for ATM Card Fraud Detection
Alfred Akinsete, Marshall University; Bridget Nkemnole, University of Lagos
9:35 AM

Sparse Minimum Discrepancy Approach to Sufficient Dimension Reduction with Simultaneous Variable Selection in Ultrahigh Dimension
Wei Qian, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shanshan Ding, University of Delaware; Dennis Cook, University of Minnesota
9:35 AM

Error Variance Estimation in Ultra-High Dimensional Regression Models
Runze Li, The Pennsylvania State University; Zhao Chen, The Pennsylvania State University; Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
9:50 AM

Adaptive Estimation for Varying Coefficient Models
Yixin Chen, Sanofi; Qin Wang, Virginia Commonwealth University; Weixin Yao, Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside
9:50 AM

Bayesian Estimation and Uncertainty Quantification in Differential Equation Models
Prithwish Bhaumik, Quantifind Inc.
9:55 AM

Bayesian Analysis of Time Series with Irregular or Latent Observation Times
Aaron Springford, Queen's University; David Thomson, Queen's University
10:10 AM

Composition Estimation from Sparse Count Data via a Regularized Likelihood
Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania; Yuanpei Cao, University of Pennsylvania; Anru Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:35 AM

Empirical Estimation of Survey Attrition Phases
Camille Hochheimer, Virginia Commonwealth University; Roy T Sabo, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:35 AM

Nonparametric Modeling of Heavy-Tailed Distributions with Applications to Extreme Events
Todd Wilson, North Carolina State University; Sujit K Ghosh, North Carolina State University
10:45 AM

Modeling and Estimation of Contagion-Based Social Network Dependence with Time-To-Event Data
Lin Yu, North Carolina State University; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
10:50 AM

Nonparametric Covariance Estimation for Longitudinal Data via Tensor Product Smoothing
Tayler Blake, Information Control Company; Yoonkyung Lee, The Ohio State University
10:50 AM

Local M-Estimation with Discontinuous Criterion for Dependent and Limited Observations
Myung Hwan Seo, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY; Taisuke Otsu, London School of Economics
10:55 AM

Simultaneous Variable Selection and Structural Dimension Estimation in Sufficient Dimension Reduction
Haileab Hilafu, University of Tennessee; Wenbo Wu, University of Oregon
10:55 AM

From Text to Packet Headers: Ed's Contributions to Computer Security
David Marchette, Naval Surface Warfare Center
11:00 AM

Estimation of Locally Stationary Spatial Processes with Applications to the American Community Survey
Daniel Weinberg, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker McElroy, U. S. Census Bureau; Soumendra N Lahiri, North Carolina State University
11:00 AM

Estimation of Parameters in a Class of Dynamic Network Models
Wei Zhao, North Carolina State University
11:05 AM

Gaussian Processes for Individualized Continuous Treatment Rule Estimation
Pavel Shvechikov, Higher School of Economics; Evgeniy Riabenko, Higher School of Economics
11:05 AM

Beneath the Veneer of Healthcare Quality Measurement: Sample Size Estimation
Adeline Wilcox, Retired
11:10 AM

Functional Regression Estimation with Application to Sparsely Observed Data
Ao Yuan, Georgetown University; Hongbin Fang, Georgetown University; Ming T Tan, Georgetown University
11:15 AM

A Moment-Based Estimation Procedure for Deeply-Nested Hierarchical Models
Ningshan Zhang, New York University; Patrick Perry, New York University; Kyle Schmaus, Stitch Fix
11:20 AM

Adaptive Sparse Estimation with Side Information
Trambak Banerjee, USC; Gourab Mukherjee, University of Southern California; Wenguang Sun, University of Southern California
11:20 AM

Testing and Estimation of Social Network Dependence with Time-To-Event Data
Lin Su, North Carolina State University; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University; Rui Song, NC State University; Danyang Huang, Renmin University
11:20 AM

Efficient Multivariate Entropy Estimation Via k-Nearest Neighbour Distances
Thomas Berrett, University of Cambridge
11:30 AM

Estimation of the Cumulative Incidence Function Under Multiple Dependent and Independent Censoring Mechanisms
Judith Lok, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health; Shu Yang, North Carolina State University; Brian Sharkey, NA; Michael Hughes, Harvard
11:35 AM

Inference in a Hidden Markov Model with Log-Concave Emission Densities
Nathalie Akakpo, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
11:35 AM

Biomarker-Based Cross-Sectional Incidence Estimation with Incomplete Data
Douglas Ezra Morrison, UCLA; Ron Brookmeyer, UCLA; Oliver Laeyendecker, Johns Hopkins University; Jacob Konikoff
11:45 AM

Deep Learning Econometrics
Guanhao Feng; Nicholas Polson, University of Chicago; Jianeng Xu, University of Chicago
11:50 AM

Estimation and Hypothesis Test for Mean Curve with Functional Data by Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Methods
Hongbin Fang, Georgetown University; Ming Xiong, Central China Normal University; Ao Yuan, Georgetown University; Ming T Tan, Georgetown University; Colin O. Wu, Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
11:55 AM

Nonparametric Estimation of Median Survival Times with Applications to Multisite or Multicenter Studies
Mohammad Rahbar, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Sangbum Choi, Korea University; Chuan Hong, Havard University T. Chan School of Public Health; Liang Zhu, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Sangchoon Jeon , Yale University; Joseph C. Gardiner , Michigan State University
12:05 PM

Modeling and Estimation for Self-Exciting Models of Terrorist Activity
Nicholas Clark; Philip M Dixon, Iowa State University
2:05 PM

Average Causal Effect Estimation Allowing Covariate Measurement Error - Method Review
Zhou Feng; Elande Baro, FDA; Yi Huang, UMBC
2:05 PM

Robust Estimation of Weighted Average Treatment Effects for a Target Population
Yebin Tao, Eli Lilly and Company; Haoda Fu
2:20 PM

Local Variance Estimation in a Spatio-Temporal Process
Eunice Kim
2:20 PM

Adaptive Multi-Arm Multi-Stage Designs
Cyrus Mehta, Cytel Inc; Pranab Ghosh, Cytel Inc, Boston University
2:25 PM

Error Variance Estimation in Linking Educational Survey Test Results Through Population Ability Distribution Matching
Xueli Xu, Educational Testing Service - Princeton, NJ; John Donoghue, ETS
2:25 PM

Unbiased Estimation Under Network Interference
Daniel L Sussman, Boston University; Edoardo M. Airoldi, Harvard University
2:30 PM

Accuracy in Parameter Estimation for a General Class of Effect Sizes: a Sequential Approach
Ken Kelley, University of Notre Dame; Francis B. Darku, University of Texas - Dallas; Bhargab Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Information Technology - Vadodara
2:35 PM

Bayesian Semiparametric Covariance Function Estimation for Stationary Gaussian Processes by Overwhelming Force
John Ensley
2:35 PM

Capture-Recapture Estimation of Local Food Farms in the United States
Michael Hyman, USDA-NASS
2:35 PM

Exponential Random Graph Models with Big Networks: Maximum Pseudolikelihood Estimation and the Parametric Bootstrap
Christian Schmid, The Pennsylvania State University; Bruce Desmarais, The Pennsylvania State University
2:35 PM

Variable Selection for High-Dimensional Spatial Regression Models
Abolfazl Safikhani, Columbia University; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University; Chae Young Lim , Seoul National University
2:50 PM

Efficient Solution of Large Fixed Effects Problems with Clustered Standard Errors
Thomas Balmat, Duke University; Jerry Reiter, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University
3:05 PM

Initial Severity-Dependent Longitudinal Model in Application for Depression Studies
Seonjin Kim, Miami University; Hyunkeun Cho; Xianyang Zhang, Texas A&M University
3:05 PM

Estimation of Capture Probabilities by Accounting for Sample Designs
Jonathon Abernethy; Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
3:05 PM

Interval Confidence Distributions for Tracking the North Korean 'Regression'
Robert Shumway, Univ Of California
3:20 PM

Tuesday, 08/01/2017

Estimating the Protective Effect of Longitudinal DrugConcentration in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention
Claire Ruberman, Johns Hopkins University; Jon Steingrimsson, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Rosenblum, Johns Hopkins University; Craig Hendrix, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

A Bayesian Approach to Factor Screening in Life Tests
I-Tang Yu

Problems Associated with the Current Algorithm for Evaluating Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAAT) for Detecting Chlamydia Trachomatis
Alula Hadgu, Morehouse School of Medicine

Robust Estimation of Genetic and Environmental Variance Components in Twin Studies using Generalized Method of Moments
Jaron Arbet; Saonli Basu, University of Minnesota

Minimax Estimation of Large Precision Matrices with Bandable Cholesky Factor
Yu Liu, University of Pittsburgh; Zhao Ren, University of Pittsburg

A New Nonparametric Estimation Method for multi-fractional Gaussian proces and Its Minimax Properties
Jinqi Shen, University of Michigan; Tailen Hsing, University of Michigan

Anatomically Informed Estimation of Functional Brain Networks
Ixavier Higgins, Emory University; Suprateek Kundu, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health; Ying Guo, Emory University

Modeling and Estimating the Behavior of Photo-Switching Fluorophores in Super-Resolution
Lekha Patel, Imperial College London; Edward Cohen, Imperial College London

Persistence Terrace for Topological Inference of Point Cloud Data
Chul Moon, University of Georgia; Noah Giansiracusa, Swarthmore College; Nicole Lazar, University of Georgia

Sequential Computer Experiments for Failure Probability Estimation --- a Floor System Example
Hao Chen, University of British Columbia; William James Welch, University of British Columbia

On the Estimation of Risk Difference in the Presence of Continuous Baseline Covariates
Hua Ma, Merck; Robin Mogg, Merck

Coefficient Estimation and Hypothesis Testing on Interval-Valued Data Regression by Measurement Error
Yaotong Cai, University of Georgia; lynne Billard, University of Georgia

On Estimating Regression-Based Causal Effects Using Sufficient Dimension Reduction
Wei Luo, Baruch College; Yeying Zhu, University of Waterloo; Debashis Ghosh, Colorado School of Public Health
8:35 AM

Estimation of Rank Correlation for Clustered Data
Bernard Rosner, Harvard Medical School; Robert Glynn, Harvard Medical School
8:35 AM

Small Area Model Diagnostics and Validation with Applications to the Voting Rights Act Section 203
Robert Ashmead, U.S. Census Bureau; Eric Slud, U.S. Census Bureau/University of Maryland College Park
8:35 AM

Persistence Terrace for Topological Inference of Point Cloud Data
Chul Moon, University of Georgia; Noah Giansiracusa, Swarthmore College; Nicole Lazar, University of Georgia
8:40 AM

Robust Estimation in Additive Hazards Models
Oliver Dukes, Ghent University; Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University; Torben Martinussen, University of Copenhagen; Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Harvard University
8:50 AM

A Mixture of Gaussian and Student's T Errors for a Robust and Accurate Parameter Estimation
Hyungsuk Tak, SAMSI; Justin A. Ellis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Sujit K Ghosh, North Carolina State University
8:50 AM

A Bayesian Penalized Hidden Markov Model for Animal Interactions
Meridith Bartley, Penn State University; Ephraim M Hanks, The Pennsylvania State University; David Hughes, Penn State Univeristy
9:05 AM

Investigating the Impact of Blood Pressure Lowering Medications on Blood Pressure Distributions
Saryet Kucukemiroglu, Florida State University; Dan McGee, Florida State University
9:05 AM

Covariate-Adjusted Aligned Rank-Sum Test for Clustered Data with Informative Intra-Cluster Group Size
Somnath Datta, University of Florida; Sandipan Dutta, Duke University
9:15 AM

Adaptive Ensemble Kalman Filters for Online Bayesian State and Parameter Estimation
Jonathan Stroud, Georgetown University; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
9:15 AM

Hybrid BRR and Parametric-Bootstrap Variance Estimates for Small Domains in Large Surveys
Eric Slud, U.S. Census Bureau/University of Maryland College Park; Robert Ashmead, U.S. Census Bureau
9:15 AM

Nonparametric Bootstrapping for Binary Hierarchical Data
Bei Wang
9:15 AM

Outcome-Dependent Sampling with Interval-Censored Failure Time Data
Qingning Zhou, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jianwen Cai, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Haibo Zhou, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:20 AM

Sequential Computer Experiments for Failure Probability Estimation --- a Floor System Example
Hao Chen, University of British Columbia; William James Welch, University of British Columbia
9:20 AM

On the Estimation of Risk Difference in the Presence of Continuous Baseline Covariates
Hua Ma, Merck; Robin Mogg, Merck
9:20 AM

Bayesian sparse propensity score estimation for unit nonresponse
Hejian Sang, Iowa State University; Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University; Gyuhyeong Goh, Kansas State University
9:20 AM

Reconciling Demographic Parameters Using an Integrated Population Model for High Sonoran Desert Bald Eagles
Mark C. Otto, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
9:20 AM

Generalization of Three Weibull Extensions with Applications in Renal Failure Data
Nonhle Channon Mdziniso, Central Michigan University; Kahadawala Cooray, Central Michigan University
9:35 AM

Checking Validity of Constrained Survey Estimators
Cristian Oliva, Colorado State University; Mary Meyer, Colorado State University; Jean Opsomer, Colorado State University
9:35 AM

Honest inference for marginal treatment effects using penalised bias-reduced double-robust estimation
Vahe Avagyan, Universiteit Gent-Vakgroep Toegepaste W & I; Stijn Vansteelandt, Ghent University
9:35 AM

Multilevel Regression and Poststratification (MRP) for Small Area Estimation: An Application to Estimate Health Insurance Coverage Using Geocoded American Community Survey
Xingyou Zhang, U.S. Census Bureau; Samuel Szelepka, U.S. Census Bureau; Blandine Bawawana, US Census Bureau; Alfred Gottschalck, U.S. Census Bureau
9:35 AM

Bayesian Estimation of Optimal Differencing Operator in Cointegrated Systems
Anindya Roy, University of Maryland at Baltimore County; Tucker McElroy, U. S. Census Bureau
9:35 AM

Regularized Discriminant Analysis in Presence of Cellwise Contamination
Stephanie Aerts, University of Liège; Ines Wilms, KU Leuven
9:50 AM

A Randomized Algorithm for Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Spatial Autoregressive Models
Miaoqi Li, University of Cincinnati; Emily L. Kang, University of Cincinnati
9:50 AM

Nonlinear Dynamical Spatio-Temporal Models and Their Efficient Estimation
Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
9:55 AM

Generalized Autoregressive Quasi-Score Models
Chaitra Nagaraja, Fordham University; Aerambamoorthy Thavaneswaran, University of Manitoba; Alexander Paseka, University of Manitoba
9:55 AM

Flexible parametric approach to classical measurement error variance estimation without auxiliary data
Ingrid Van Keilegom, ORSTAT, KU LEUVEN
10:35 AM

Top-K Rank Aggregation from Pairwise Comparisons
Yuxin Chen
10:35 AM

The Impact of the Treatment Effect on Sample Size Estimation
Jerry Hintze, NCSS
10:35 AM

Sparse Multi-Class Vector AutoRegressive Models
Ines Wilms, KU Leuven; Christophe Croux, KU Leuven; Luca Barbaglia, KU Leuven
10:50 AM

Nonparametric Estimation for Extreme-Value Copula Functions via Constrained Spline Regressions
Yang Li, Renmin University of China; Yichen Qin, University of Cincinnati; Siqi Xiang, Renmin University of China; Jun Yan, University of Connecticut
10:50 AM

Coefficient Estimation and Hypothesis Testing on Interval-Valued Data Regression by Measurement Error
Yaotong Cai, University of Georgia; lynne Billard, University of Georgia
10:55 AM

A Permutation-Based Model for Crowdsourcing: Optimal Estimation and Robustness
Nihar B Shah, Univ of California - Berkeley; Sivaraman Balakrishnan, Department of Statistics, CMU; Martin J. Wainwright, EECS and Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
11:15 AM

Calibration for Domain Totals for Business Surveys
Geoffrey Logan, Statistics Canada; Leon Jang, Statistics Canada; Michael A. Hidiroglou, Statistics Canada
11:35 AM

Robust Covariate-Adjusted Multiple Testing
Jianqing Fan, Princeton University; Wen-Xin Zhou, Princeton University; Koushiki Bose, Princeton University; Han Liu, Princeton University
11:50 AM

An Evaluation of Increasing Sample Size Based on Conditional Power
Michael Gaffney, Pfizer Inc.
2:05 PM

Small Area/Domain Estimation Assuming One Auxiliary Variable, Equal Unit Error Variances and Post-Stratification
Prabhakar Ghangurde, Consultant
2:20 PM

The Estimation of Match Validity Under the Fellegi-Sunter Paradigm Without Assuming Identifier-Agreement Independence
Dean Resnick, NORC
2:25 PM

Semiparametric Modeling and Estimation of the Terminal Behavior of Recurrent Marker Processes Before Failure Events
Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, University of Washington; Mei-Cheng Wang, Johns Hopkins University
2:30 PM

Multivariate Small Area Estimation of Multidimensional Latent Economic Wellbeing Indicators
Angelo Moretti, University of Manchester; Natalie Shlomo, University of Manchester; Joseph Sakshaug, The University of Manchester
2:35 PM

Developments in Model-Based County-Level Estimation of Agricultural Cash Rental Rates
Michael E. Bellow, USDA-NASS; Nathan Cruze, USDA-NASS; Andreea L Erciulescu, NISS and USDA NASS
2:35 PM

Addressing 'Consistent but Fragile:' New Tools for Robust Covariance Matrix Estimation and Outlier Identification
Randal Verbrugge, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Christian Garciga, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
2:35 PM

Extensions of Adaptive Sample Size Re-Estimation Methods to the Negative Binomial Setting
Mikhail Peter Salganik, Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer, Inc ; Sandeep Menon, Pfizer, Inc; Abigail Sloan, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2:45 PM

Bayesian Estimation for the Multivariate Normal Inverse Gaussian Model
YUAN FANG, Binghamton University; Sanjeena Dang, Binghamton University; Dimitris Karlis, Athens University of Economics and Business
2:50 PM

Estimation of Correlation Matrix with Block Structure
Xialu Liu, San Diego State University
2:50 PM

Unit-Level Logistic Mixed Effects Models for Small Area Estimation of Poverty Estimates
Blandine Bawawana, US Census Bureau; Xingyou Zhang, U.S. Census Bureau; Samuel Szelepka, U.S. Census Bureau; John Posey, US Census Bureau
2:50 PM

Modeling Power to Detect Changes in HIV Incidence Through Routine ANC Attendance Data
Britta J. Jewell, UC Berkeley; Jennifer Smith, Imperial College London; Timothy B. Hallett, Imperial College London; Ann Duerr, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2:55 PM

R-Estimation of Covariate Effects and Aligned Rank-Sum Tests for a Group Effect in Clustered Data
Sandipan Dutta, Duke University; Somnath Datta, University of Florida
3:05 PM

Understanding the Differences in Regulatory Tax Sampling and Estimation Methodologies by Federal and State Jurisdictions
Roger Carl Pfaffenberger, Ryan LLC; Zac Rhyne, Ryan LLC
3:05 PM

Asymptotic Efficiency of REML Error Components as a Function of Unbalancedness
Jyothsna Sainath, University of Utah
3:05 PM

Minimax Estimation for Varying Coefficient Model with Longitudinal Data
Xiaowu Dai, University of Wisconsin Madison
3:05 PM

Bayesian Link Model for Ineffcient Effects in Stochastic Frontier Production Function
Seongho Song, University of Cincinnati; Younshik Chung, Pusan National University; David T. Yi, Xavier University; Myoungjin Jung, Pusan National University
3:20 PM

Stepwise Procedures Based on Rank Statistics in Detecting Differentially Expressed Gene
Hossein Mansouri, Texas Tech University; Bo Li, Montana Tech of the University of Montana
3:20 PM

Hypothesis Testing for Simultaneous Variable Clustering and Correlation Network Estimation, with Application to Gene Co-Expression Networks
Kevin Lin, Carnegie Mellon University, Statistics Department; Junwei Lu, Princeton University; Han Liu, Princeton University; Kathryn Roeder, Carnegie Mellon University
3:20 PM

Mixture Models for Left- and Interval-Censored Data: Applications to a Cancer Screening Cohort Assembled from Electronic Health Records
Li Cheung, National Cancer Institute; Qing Pan, George Washington University; Noorie Hyun, National Cancer Institute; Mark Schiffman, National Cancer Institute; Barbara Fetterman, Kaiser Permanente Northern California; Philip Castle, Albert Einstein School of Medicine; Thomas Lorey, Kaiser Permanente Northern California; Hormuzd Katki, National Cancer Institute
3:20 PM

Implementation of Promising Zone Methodology in a Ph 3 Trial in AML (VALOR)
Jennifer Smith, Sunesis
3:25 PM

Small Area Estimation in Government Surveys (U.S. Census Bureau)
Bac Tran, US Census Bureau
3:35 PM

Power Analysis and Sample Determination in Dynamic Risk Prediction
Zhaowen Sun; Chung-Chou H. Chang, University of Pittsburgh
3:35 PM

Wednesday, 08/02/2017

Understanding the Effects of Measurement Error on Estimation of Catch for Voluntary Angler Reporting Using Electronic Devices
Ben Williams, SMU; Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University

Unblinded Sample Size Re-Estimation for Complex Trials
Chris Holland, Amgen

A Control Chart for Joint Monitoring of Parameters of a Shifted Exponential Distribution Under Penalized Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Austin Brown, University of Northern Colorado; Bryce Whitehead, University of Northern Colorado

Estimation of Component's Reliability for Masked Data Complex Systems
Agatha Rodrigues; Adriano Polpo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Carlos Alberto de Bragança Pereira, Universidade de São Paulo

Non-Parametric Estimation of Marginal Mean Over Time for a General Counting Process
Sudipta Bhattacharya, AstraZeneca

Efficient Statistical Methods for Association Studies with Dense Genotypes and Family History of Disease
Annie Lee, Columbia University; Yuanjia Wang , Columbia University

Investigating the Performance of Inverse Sampling for Model Estimation
Zachary Haskell Seeskin, NORC at the University of Chicago; Josiane Bechara, NORC at the University of Chicago; Qiao Ma, NORC at the University of Chicago; Edward Mulrow, NORC

Randomized Multi-Stage Stratified Cluster Sampling Methodology to Estimate Public Transit Fare Compliance
Lori Rothenburg, North Carolina State University; A Blanton Godfrey, North Carolina State University; Brian Hanninen, Evaluation Café

Estimation and Model Selection by Data-Driven Weighted Likelihoods
Sam-Erik Walker, Dept. of Math., Univ. of Oslo; Nils Lid Hjort, University of Oslo

Density Deconvolution Using the Phase Function with Unknown and Heterogeneous Measurement Errors
Linh Hoang Nghiem, Southern Methodist University; Cornelis Potgieter, Southern Methodist University
8:35 AM

Data-Adaptive Statistics for Multiple Hypothesis Testing in High-Dimensional Settings
Weixin Cai, University of California, Berkeley; Alan Hubbard, University of California, Berkeley
8:35 AM

Assessing the Impact of the Final Housing Unit Followup on the 2010 Census Coverage Measurement Housing Unit Estimates
Michael Beaghen; Anne M Wakim, U.S. Census Bureau
8:35 AM

Orthogonal Series Density Estimation for Complex Surveys
Shangyuan Ye, Oklahoma State University; Ye Liang, Oklahoma State University; Ahmad A. Ibrahim, Oklahoma State University
8:50 AM

Estimating Distributions for Populations Within Nested Geographies with Public-Use Data
Matthew Simpson, University of Missouri - Columbia; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri; Jonathan R Bradley, Florida State University
8:55 AM

Efficient Statistical Methods for Association Studies with Dense Genotypes and Family History of Disease
Annie Lee, Columbia University; Yuanjia Wang , Columbia University
9:00 AM

Causal Inference in a Big Data World - The Roadmap
Laura B Balzer, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
9:05 AM

SUFFICIENT WEIGHTED BOOTSTRAPPING
Khairul Islam, Eastern Michigan University; Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
9:05 AM

Grouping Methods for Estimating the Prevalences of Rare Traits from Complex Survey Data that Preserve Confidentiality of Respondents
Noorie Hyun, National Cancer Institute; Joseph Gastwirth, the George Washington University; Barry I. Graubard, National Cancer Institute
9:05 AM

Mellin-Meijer-Kernel Density Estimation on R+
Gery Geenens, UNSW
9:05 AM

A Geometric Framework for Density Modeling
Sutanoy Dasgupta, Florida State University
9:20 AM

Estimation in Multisite Randomized Trials with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
Daniel Schwartz, University of Chicago; Stephen Raudenbush, University of Chicago
9:20 AM

Small Area Estimation by Combining Two Surveys with Special Consideration of Cell Only Households
Dawei Xie, University of Pennsylvania; Qiang Pan; Van Parsons, National Center for Health Statistics; Trivellore Raghunathan, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Benmei Liu, National Cancer Institute; Eric Feuer, National Cancer Institute ; Nathaniel Schenker, Retired
9:25 AM

Estimation and Model Selection by Data-Driven Weighted Likelihoods
Sam-Erik Walker, Dept. of Math., Univ. of Oslo; Nils Lid Hjort, University of Oslo
9:30 AM

Hierarchical Latent Factor Models for Improving the Prediction of Surgical Complications Across Hospitals
Elizabeth Lorenzi, Duke University; Katherine Heller, Duke University; Ricardo Henao, Duke University; Zhifei Sun, Duke University
9:35 AM

ANOVA-Based Clustering to Improve Potency Estimation in Quantitative High-Throughput Screening Data
Shyamal Peddada, NIH/NIEHS; Keith Shockley, NIEHS; Abhishek Kaul, NIEHS; Shuva Gupta, UC Davis; Shawn Harris, SSS; Soumendra N Lahiri, North Carolina State University
9:35 AM

Inferences from Various Study Designs for Companion Diagnostic Device Evaluation
Jeng Mah, Beckman Coulter
9:50 AM

Building Quantitative Structure?Activity Relationship Models Using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees
Dai Feng, Merck; Matthew Pratola, The Ohio State University; Robert McCulloch, Arizona State University; Vladimir Svetnik, Merck & Co., Inc.
9:50 AM

Nonparametric Estimation of a Variance Function with Shape Restrictions
Soo Young Kim, Colorado State University; Haonan Wang, Colorado State University; Mary Meyer, Colorado State University
9:50 AM

Rank Based Estimation for Double Generalized Linear Model
Brice Merlin Nguelifack, United States Naval Academy; Guy-vanie M. Miakonkana, African School of Economics; Eddy Kwessi, Trinity University
10:05 AM

Empirical Null Estimation Using Zero Inflated Discrete Mixture Distributions and Its Application to Protein Domain Data
Iris Ivy Gauran; Junyong Park, University of Maryland at Baltimore County; DoHwan Park, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Maricel Kann, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Thomas Peterson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; John Zylstra, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; John Spouge, NCBI,NLM,NIH; Johan Lim, Seoul National University
10:05 AM

Bayesian Estimation of Principal Components for Functional Data
Adam Justin Suarez, Monsanto Company; Subhashis Ghosal, North Carolina State University
10:35 AM

Estimation of AUC via Heterogeneous Box-Cox Transformations
Xiaoyu Cai, The George Washington University; Aiyi Liu, National Institutes of Health/NICHD; Zhaohai Li, George Washington University
10:35 AM

Parameter Estimation Based on Stratified Cox Model with Missing Data of Stratified Factors in Small-Sized Trials or Small Strata
Junji Moriya, Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development, Inc.
10:35 AM

On the Development of a Parametric Approach for the Estimation of Totals and Means for Complex Survey Sample Data in the Presence of Full Response
Ismael Flores Cervantes, Westat
10:50 AM

Posterior Graph Selection and Estimation Consistency for High-Dimensional Bayesian DAG Models
Xuan Cao, University of Florida; Kshitij Khare, University of Florida; Malay Ghosh, University of Florida
10:50 AM

Empirical Bayes Estimation of Gene Expression Fold Change
Abbas Rahal, University of Ottawa; Marta Padilla, University of Ottawa; David R. Bickel, University of Ottawa
10:50 AM

Informing a Risk Prediction Model for Binary Outcomes with External Coefficient Information
Wenting Cheng, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Jeremy M. G. Taylor, University of Michigan; Bhramar Mukherjee, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
10:55 AM

On the Estimation of Time-Varying Effects in the Nested Case-Control Design
Michelle Nuno; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine
10:55 AM

Statistical Agency Use of Macro Editing in Industry-Area Employment Estimation
Taylor Le, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Rose Nicolas, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Lee Baker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:55 AM

Change Point Estimation in a Dynamic Stochastic Block Model
Monika Bhattacharjee, Informatics Institute, University of Florida; George Michailidis, University of Florida; Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan
11:05 AM

Estimation of ROC Curve with Multiple Types of Missing Gold Standard
Danping Liu, National Institutes of Health; Xiao-Hua Zhou, University of Washington
11:15 AM

Bayesian Estimation of Case-Crossover Designs with Repeated Events
Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine; Sevan Gulesserian, University of California, Irvine
11:15 AM

Adaptive Shrinkage in Polya Tree Type Models
Li Ma, Duke University
11:25 AM

Fast Precision Matrix Estimation by Partial Correlation Screening
Jiashun Jin, Carnegie Mellon University; Zheng Ke, University of Chicago; Shengming Luo, Carnegie Mellon University
11:25 AM

Confidence Intervals for Population Attributable Fractions Using Complex Survey Data
Akhil Vaish, Research Triangle Institute; Olga Khavjou, Research Triangle Institute
11:35 AM

Bayesian Estimation of the Q Matrix in Cognitive Diagnosis Models
Yinghan Chen
11:35 AM

Detecting Discontinuities in a Regression Curve
Cidambi Srinivasan, University of Kentucky; Sisheng Liu, University of Kentucky; Richard Charnigo, University of Kentucky
11:35 AM

Estimation of GARCH Process by Empirical Likelihood
Kenichiro Tamaki, Waseda University
12:05 PM

Identification of Dynamic Traffic Network: a Statistical Approach
Xilei Zhao, Johns Hopkins University; James C Spall, Applied Physics Laboratory
12:05 PM

Restricted Multinomial Regression for a Triple-System Estimation with List Dependence
Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Kelly Toppin, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
12:05 PM

Empirical Bayes Methods for Penalized Regression: Estimation for Noisy Matrices/Tensors Without Replicates and Penalized Regression with Unknown Norm Penalty
Maryclare Griffin; Peter Hoff, Duke University
12:05 PM

Regularized Estimation in Sparse Multivariate Regression for High-Dimensional DNA Methylation Data
Lei Liu, Northwestern University; Haixiang Zhang, Tianjin University; Grace Yoon, Northwestern University; Yinan Zheng, Northwestern University; Lifang Hou, Northwestern University; Wei Zhang, Northwestern University; Andrea Baccarelli, Columbia University
2:05 PM

Higher Order Influence Functions and Minimax Estimation of Nonlinear Functionals
James Robins, Harvard University; Aad van der Vaart, Universiteit Leiden; Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Harvard University ; lingling li, sanofi genzyme; rajarshi mukherjee, stanford
2:05 PM

Predictive Density Estimation for Multivariate Normal and Spherically Symmetric Densities
Eric Marchand, Universite De Sherbrooke
2:05 PM

Multivariate Fay-Herriot Bayesian Estimation of Small Area Means Under Functional Measurement Error
Carolina Franco, U.S. Census Bureau; William Bell, U.S. Census Bureau; Serena Arima, Sapienza University, Rome; Brunero Liseo, Sapienza University, Rome; Gauri Datta, University of Georgia and US Census Bureau
2:05 PM

Efficient Estimation and Inference in Factor Models with Nonstationary Common And/Or Idiosyncratic Components
Haiqing Zhao, Purdue University; Mohitosh Kejriwal, Purdue University
2:20 PM

Stratified Semiparametric Density Ratio Model
Moming Li, George Mason University; Guoqing Diao, George Mason University
2:20 PM

Estimating County Poverty Rates Using a Unit-Level Logistic Mixed Model with Post-Stratification
Samuel Szelepka, U.S. Census Bureau; Blandine Bawawana, US Census Bureau; Xingyou Zhang, U.S. Census Bureau
2:25 PM

Post-Model Selection Estimation for Regression Models with Spatial Autoregressive Errors
Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University; Liqian Cai, Liberty Mutual
2:35 PM

Collapsing Weighting Adjustments in the National Immunization Survey (NIS) - Is There an Advantage?
Elizabeth Ormson, NORC at the University of Chicago; Philip J. Smith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Zhen Zhao, CDC; Qiao Ma, NORC at the University of Chicago
2:35 PM

Simulation Considerations for Multistage Adaptive Designs and Designs with Sample Size Re-Estimation: Type 1 Error Control and Beyond
Greg Cicconetti, Abbvie; Sergei Leonov, ICON Clinical Research; Yili L Pritchett, MedImmune; Michael Smith, Astellas; Alan Hartford, AbbVie
2:45 PM

Dynamic Transelliptical Graphical Models for Sparse Precision Matrix Estimation
Tzu-Chun Wu, University of Cincinnati; Emily L. Kang, University of Cincinnati
2:50 PM

Variance When Using Weights for Full Probability Sample to Analyze Arbitrarily Combined Sub-Samples: NHANES 2011 - 2014
Rey deCastro, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
2:50 PM

Global Rates of Convergence in Log-Concave Density Estimation
Richard J. Samworth, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge; Arlene Kyoung Hee Kim, Sungshin Women's University
2:55 PM

Monotone Distribution Function Estimation in Randomized Trials with Noncompliance
Anqi Cheng, University of Washington
3:05 PM

Preliminary Test Estimation and Shrinkage Estimation for Reduced Rank Regression in Cancer Epidemiology Studies
Jaya Satagopan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
3:05 PM

A Comparison of Variance Estimates Using Random Group and Taylor Series Methods for a Large National Survey of Businesses
Sadeq R Chowdhury, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; David Kashihara, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
3:05 PM

Robust Hierarchical Bayes Small Area Estimation
Gauri Datta, University of Georgia and US Census Bureau; Adrijo Chakraborty, NORC at the University of Chicago; Abhyuday Mandal, University of Georgia
3:05 PM

Nonparametric Copula Estimation for Censored Data via Empirical Likelihood
Bin Dong
3:20 PM

Building Block Small Area Model for Compatibility at Different Levels of Estimation
Adrijo Chakraborty, NORC at the University of Chicago; Avinash Singh, American Institutes for Research
3:25 PM

Collective Spectral Density Function Estimation and Clustering for Time Series and Spatial Data
Tianbo Chen, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology; Ying Sun, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Medhi Maadooliat, Marquette University
3:35 PM

Variance Estimation for Trend of Nurse Diversity Using ACS PUMS Data 2000-2015
Tiandong Li, HRSA
3:35 PM

Estimation of the Likelihood for Context Set Models
Zsolt Talata, University of Kansas
3:35 PM

Thursday, 08/03/2017

Mortality Rate Estimation and Standardization for Public Reporting: Medicare's Hospital Compare
Edward I. George, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania; Veronika Rockova, University of Chicago; Paul Rosenbaum, University of Pennsylvania; Ville Satopaa, INSEAD; Jeffrey Silber, University of Pennsylvania
8:35 AM

The Kumaraswamy Transmuted Pareto Distribution
Sher Chhetri, Florida Atlantic University; Alfred Akinsete, Marshall University; Gokarna Aryal, Purdue University Northwest ; Hongwei Long, Florida Atlantic University
8:35 AM

Parameter Inference for a Three-Parameter Generalized Birnbaum- Saunders Distribution
Naijun Sha, University of Texas At El Paso
8:35 AM

On Testing Conditional Qualitative Treatment Effects
Chengchun Shi, North Carolina State University; Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University; Rui Song, NC State University
8:35 AM

Optimal Estimation of Co-Heritability in High-Dimensional Linear Models
Zijian Guo, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School; Wangjie Wang , National University of Singapore ; Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
8:35 AM

On the Estimation of Ultra-High-Dimensional Semiparametric Gaussian Copula Models
Qing Mai
8:35 AM

An Innovative Estimator of Proportion using the Two Decks Randomized Response Model
Augustus Jayaraj, Cornell University; Oluseun Odumade, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Stephen A. Sedory, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
8:35 AM

Spatio-Temporal Multitaper Spectrum Estimation
Christopher Geoga, Argonne National Laboratory; Charlotte Haley, Argonne National Laboratory; Mihai Anitescu, Argonne National Laboratory
8:50 AM

Estimation from Purposive Samples with the Aid of Probability Supplements but Without Data on the Study Variable
Avinash Singh, American Institutes for Research; Vladislav Beresovsky, National Center for Health Statistics; Cong Ye, American Institutes for Reserach
8:50 AM

Efficient Portfolio Allocation with Sparse Volatility Estimation for High-Frequency Financial Data
Jian Zou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
8:55 AM

Pseudo-Bayes and Pseudo-Empirical Bayes Estimators Using Crossed and Simple Models
Cheonsig Lee, Coastal Bend College; Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Stephen A. Sedory, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
8:55 AM

Measurement Error in Small Area Estimation: Functional vs. Structural vs. Naive Models
William Bell, U.S. Census Bureau; Gauri Datta, University of Georgia and US Census Bureau; Carolina Franco, U.S. Census Bureau; Hee Cheol Chung, University of Georgia
8:55 AM

Combining Probability and Non-Probability Samples Using Small Area Estimation
Nadarajasundaram Ganesh, NORC at the University of Chicago; Adrijo Chakraborty, NORC at the University of Chicago; Vicki Pineau, NORC at the University of Chicago; J. Michael Dennis, NORC at the University of Chicago
9:05 AM

Combining Subsystem and Full System Data with Application to Cold-Formed Steel Shear Wall
Guanbo Bian, Johns Hopkins University; Long Wang, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin Schafer, Johns Hopkins University; James C Spall, Applied Physics Laboratory
9:05 AM

Bounded, Efficient and Triply Robust Estimation of Average Treatment Effects Using Instrumental Variables
Linbo Wang, University of Washington; Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Harvard University
9:05 AM

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Mode of a Continuous Distribution (Without Grouping)
John Paul DeLong
9:05 AM

Bayesian Estimation Under Dependent Informative Sampling
Terrance Savitsky, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Matthew Williams, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
9:15 AM

A Comparison of Three New Randomized Response Models for Simultaneous Estimation of Three Sensitive Dependent Characteristics and Their Overlaps
Oluwaseun Olanipekun; Stephen A. Sedory, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Rongdong Wang, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
9:15 AM

Pairwise Difference Estimation of High Dimensional Partially Linear Model
Fang Han, University of Washington; Zhao Ren, University of Pittsburg; Yuxin Zhu, Johns Hopkins University
9:15 AM

Bayesian Estimation of the Default Rate Distributions with Non-Gaussian Single Factor Models
Takayuki Shiohama, Tokyo University of Science
9:20 AM

Fixed Support Positive-Definite Modification of Covariance Matrix Estimators via Linear Shrinkage
Johan Lim, Seoul National University; Young-Geun Choi, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Junyong Park, University of Maryland at Baltimore County; Anindya Roy, University of Maryland at Baltimore County
9:35 AM

A Bivariate Asymmetric Laplace Distribution
Matthew Arvanitis
9:35 AM

A Model-Based Approach to Crop Yield Forecasting
Nathan Cruze, USDA-NASS; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
9:35 AM

COMPLEX SURVEY DESIGNS for SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION of TOTALS of TWO SENSITIVE VARIABLES
Segun Ahmed, Texas A & M University-Kingsville; Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Stephen A. Sedory, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
9:35 AM

Detection and Estimation of Oscillatory Components in Power Networks
Charlotte Haley, Argonne National Laboratory; Christopher Geoga, Argonne National Laboratory; Mihai Anitescu, Argonne National Laboratory
9:50 AM

Variable Selection and Estimation in Causal Inference Using a Bayesian Group Lasso Approach
Brandon Koch, University of Minnesota, Division of Biostatistics; Julian Wolfson, University of Minnesota, Division of Biostatistics; David Vock, University of Minnesota
9:50 AM

A Multinomial and a Uniform Unit-Level Model for Small Area Estimation
Donald Malec, National Center for Health Statistics
9:55 AM

Exploring New Estimation Techniques for the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey
Joanna Lineback, U.S. Census Bureau; Martin Klein, U.S. Census Bureau; Schafer Joseph, U.S. Census Bureau
9:55 AM

Learning Curve Estimation in Medical Devices and Procedures: Hierarchical Modeling
Usha Govindarajulu, SUNY Downstate; Michael Matheny, Vanderbilt University; David Goldfarb, Montefiore Medical Center; Marco Stillo, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Frederic Resnic, Lahey Clinic
10:05 AM

On Estimation of Regression Parameters with Current Status Data
Kim Hendrickx, Hasselt University; Piet Groeneboom, Delft University of Technology
10:35 AM

Motivation and Design of the DIA Adaptive Design Scientific Working Group (DIA ADSWG) Survey for the Perception and Use of Adaptive Designs in Pharmaceutical Clinical Development
Alan Hartford, AbbVie
10:35 AM

Estimation and Inference of Bounded Normal Mean
Yong Seok Park; Jeremy M. G. Taylor, University of Michigan
10:35 AM

Small and Large Sample Bias of REML Estimates of Genomic Heritability Estimates: An Assessment Using Big Data
Raka Mandal; Gustavo De Los Campos, Michigan State University; Alexander Grueneberg, Michigan State University; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
10:50 AM

Screening Strategies for Reconstructing Brain Connectivity Networks with Multivariate Hawkes Process
Ali Shojaie, University of Washington; Shizhe Chen, Columbia University; Daniela Witten, University of Washington
10:55 AM

Computationally Efficient Bayesian Estimation of High-Dimensional Copulas with Discrete and Mixed Margins
Robert Kohn, University of New South Wales
11:00 AM

Challenges in Network Sampling: Open Problems and Some Progress
Eric Kolaczyk, Boston University
11:05 AM

Outlier Robust Estimation of the Total Private Cost of Payment Methods for Large Businesses
Valery Dongmo Jiongo, Bank of Canada
11:05 AM

Local Likelihood Estimation for Nonstationary Covariance Functions with Applications to Climate Model Emulation
Yuxiao Li, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Ying Sun, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
11:05 AM

Multistage Estimation of a Negative Exponential Location with Applications in Health Studies
Sudeep R. Bapat, University of Connecticut; Nitis Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut
11:05 AM

Theoretical and Practical Considerations in Estimation of Heritability on Drug Response from Whole Genome and Molecular Signature SNPs
Wencan Zhang, Takeda Development Center; Lin Li, BioStat Solutions, Inc.; Pingye Zhang, Merck; Yonghong Zhu, Takeda Development Center; Ling Wang, Takeda Development Center; Ray Liu, Takeda Development Center
11:05 AM

Least Squares Estimation in the Monotone Single Index Model
Fadoua Balabdaoui, Seminar fuer Statistik, ETH
11:15 AM

A COMPARISON AMONG BAYESIAN, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, and MAXIMUM ENTROPY INFERENCE METHODS
Jose Guardiola, Texas A&M University-CC; Hassan Elsalloukh, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
11:15 AM

A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Estimation for the Annual Survey of Local Government Finances
Noah Bassel, US Census Bureau; Bac Tran, US Census Bureau
11:20 AM

Endpoint Estimation for Observations with Normal Measurement Errors
Chen Zhou, De Nederlandsche Bank; Liang Peng, Georgia State University; Leng Xuan, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Xing Wang, Georgia State University
11:20 AM

Florida Public Hurricane Model - Estimation of Extreme Losses
Florence George, Florida International University; Sneh Gulati, Florida International University; Shahid Hamid, Florida International University
11:20 AM

Outlier Research in the Annual Survey of Local Government Finances
Peter Schilling, US Census Bureau; Redouane Betrouni, US Census Bureau; Bac Tran, US Census Bureau
11:35 AM

Sparse Pairwise Likelihood Estimation for Multivariate Longitudinal Mixed Models
Samuel Mueller, University of Sydney; Alan H Welsh, The Australian National University; Francis KC Hui, The Australian National University
11:50 AM

INFERENCE for a NONPARAMETRIC MODEL WITHOUT NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION
Richard Charnigo, University of Kentucky; Cidambi Srinivasan, University of Kentucky
11:50 AM

Robust Estimation for the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Using Mixture of Linear Mixed-effects Models with the MCMC Procedure
Giang Trinh, Census Bureau; Bac Tran, US Census Bureau
11:50 AM

Adaptation in Log-Concave Density Estimation
Arlene Kyoung Hee Kim, Sungshin Women's University; Adityanand Guntuboyina, UC Berkeley; Richard J. Samworth, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge
11:50 AM

Global error of smooth estimators for a monotone baseline hazard in the Cox model
Rik Lopuhaa, Delft University of Technology; Eni Musta, Delft University of Technology
11:55 AM

Semiparametric Adaptive Estimation with Nonignorable Nonresponse Data
Kosuke Morikawa, Osaka University; Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University
12:05 PM

Estimation and Comparison of the Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve in the Context of Clustered Data
Patrick Hilden; Mithat Gönen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
12:05 PM

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