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Sunday, 07/29/2018
A Method for Estimating SNP Heritability with Consideration of Variant Correlation and Non-Parametric Relationship
Hsiao-Chi Liao, National Taiwan University; Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, National Taiwan University Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine


Monte Carlo Tree Search and AlphaZero: Past, Present, and Future
Michael Fu, Smith School of Business


Sample Size Calculations for Non-Inferiority Trials Using the Concept of Proportional Time
Milind A Phadnis, University of Kansas Medical Center


Finite Mixture-Of-Gamma Distributions: Estimation, Inference, and Model-Based Clustering
Derek S. Young, University of Kentucky; Xi Chen, University of Kentucky; Dilrukshi Hewage, University of Kentucky; Ricardo N. Poyanco, FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation
2:20 PM

A Method for Estimating SNP Heritability with Consideration of Variant Correlation and Non-Parametric Relationship
Hsiao-Chi Liao, National Taiwan University; Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, National Taiwan University Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
2:45 PM

Monte Carlo Tree Search and AlphaZero: Past, Present, and Future
Michael Fu, Smith School of Business
3:00 PM

Sample Size Calculations for Non-Inferiority Trials Using the Concept of Proportional Time
Milind A Phadnis, University of Kansas Medical Center
3:25 PM

Understand the Impact of Video Game Marketing Spend: a Data Science Approach of Multi-Touch Attribution
Yushu Chai, Electronic Arts, Inc.; Chen Teel, Electronic Arts
4:05 PM

Spatio-Temporal Models for Big Multinomial Data Using the Conditional Multivariate Logit-Beta Distribution
Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri/U.S. Census Bureau; Jonathan R Bradley, Florida State University; Christopher K. Wikle, University of Missouri
4:05 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
A Computational, Data-Driven Approach to Game Theory
Michael Alexander Smith, Purdue University; Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University; Deidra Coleman, Wofford College; Doug G Crabill, Purdue University; Jamylle Carter, Diablo College; Jennifer Travis, Lone Star College; Jack Henry Good, Purdue University; Bret Benesh, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University


Consistent Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Gamma Distributions Based on Empirical Hankel Transforms
Elena Hadjicosta, Penn State University; Donald Richards, Penn State University


A Didactic Game to Understand Multicollinearity and Its Consequences in a Linear Regression Model
Luis Quiros Gomez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; María José Solís Quirós, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; Noelia Rojas Ramírez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica


A Bayesian Semiparametric Joint Model for Longitudinal and Survival Data
Pengpeng Wang, Florida State University; Jonathan R. Bradley, Florida State University; Elizabeth H. Slate, Florida State University


Introducing Forecast Intervals with a Confidence Game
Robin Lock, St. Lawrence University


Statistical Inference on Remaining Useful Life in a Two-Phase Degradation Model Under Gamma Process
Hon Keung Tony Ng, Southern Methodist University; Man Ho Ling, The Education University of Hong Kong; Kwok Leung Tsui, City University of Hong Kong
8:35 AM

Consistent Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Gamma Distributions Based on Empirical Hankel Transforms
Elena Hadjicosta, Penn State University; Donald Richards, Penn State University
8:55 AM

A Didactic Game to Understand Multicollinearity and Its Consequences in a Linear Regression Model
Luis Quiros Gomez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; María José Solís Quirós, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; Noelia Rojas Ramírez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica
9:20 AM

Introducing Forecast Intervals with a Confidence Game
Robin Lock, St. Lawrence University
9:55 AM

Beyond Probabilistic Risk Assessment: Deterrence, Dynamic Threat, and Countermeasure Allocation in Transportation Hubs
Craig Bakker, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Robert T Brigantic, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Kellie J MacPhee, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Nicholas J Betzsold, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Daniel P McCabe, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Casey J Perkins, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
10:35 AM

A Bayesian Semiparametric Joint Model for Longitudinal and Survival Data
Pengpeng Wang, Florida State University; Jonathan R. Bradley, Florida State University; Elizabeth H. Slate, Florida State University
11:00 AM

Estimating Unmet Need for Contraceptive Methods in the World's Poorest Countries
Leontine Alkema, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Niamh Cahill, University College Dublin; Chuchu Wei, University of Massachusetts Amherst
11:15 AM

Degree of Weak and Strong Links in Pickleball Doubles Games
Paramjit Gill, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University
11:55 AM

The Inverse Gamma-Gamma Pior for Optimal Posterior Contraction and Multiple Hypothesis Testing
Ray Bai, University of Florida; Malay Ghosh, University of Florida
2:25 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
Convergence of Known Distributions to Normality or Non-Normality: An Elementary Ratio Technique
Subhash Bagui, University of West Florida; K. L. Mehra, University of Alberta


VIF-BEEF: A Didactic Game to Practice the Assumptions in Linear Regression
Silvia Solera, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; Monica Maria Castrillo, UCR


Detective-P: Educational Computer Game for Teaching the Concept of P-Value
Maria Jimena Ruiz Rivera, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica


To Bet or Not to Bet - the Modified Kelly Criteria
Dani Chu, SFU Sports Analytics Club; Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University


Logistic Regression with a Right-Skewed Exposure Variable Measured in Pools and Subject to Errors
Dane R Van Domelen, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Emily M Mitchell, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Enrique F Schisterman, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Neil Perkins, DIPHR/NICHD/NIH; Robert Lyles, Emory University


Logistic Regression with a Right-Skewed Exposure Variable Measured in Pools and Subject to Errors
Dane R Van Domelen, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Emily M Mitchell, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Enrique F Schisterman, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Neil Perkins, DIPHR/NICHD/NIH; Robert Lyles, Emory University
9:00 AM

To Bet or Not to Bet - the Modified Kelly Criteria
Dani Chu, SFU Sports Analytics Club; Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University
11:30 AM

Application of Bayesian Analysis on Blood Lead Level Data for Children
Shailendra Banerjee, Centers for Disease Control
12:05 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Bayesian Analysis of High-Dimensional Point Pattern Data Sets Using Latent Multivariate Log-Gamma Random Vectors
Heli Gao, Florida State University


Boosting Functional Response Models for Location, Scale, and Shape with an Application to Bacterial Competition
Almond Stöcker, LMU Munich; Sarah Brockhaus, LMU Munich; Sophia Schaffer, LMU Munich; Benedikt von Bronk, LMU Munich; Madeleine Opitz, LMU Munich; Sonja Greven, LMU Munich
8:35 AM

Bayesian Analysis of High-Dimensional Point Pattern Data Sets Using Latent Multivariate Log-Gamma Random Vectors
Heli Gao, Florida State University
9:50 AM

PROFILE MM ALGORITHMS for GAMMA FRAILTY MODELS
Xifen Huang, University of Hong Kong; jinfeng Xu, The University of Hong Kong
10:05 AM

A Bayesian Spatial-Temporal Model with Latent Multivariate Log-Gamma Random Processes with Application to Earthquake Magnitudes
Guanyu Hu, University of Connecticut; Jonathan R Bradley, Florida State University
10:35 AM

Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Heavy-Tailed Data via Non-Gaussian Latent Processes
Gabriel Huerta, University of New Mexico; Kellin Rumsey, University of New Mexico
11:05 AM

A Fault Prediction Method for Temporal Data
Emanuele Gramuglia, University of Oslo
2:35 PM

Teaching Markov Chains Using Java Applets
Jeffrey S Rosenthal, University of Toronto
2:45 PM

Optimal Designs for Gamut Models
William Heavlin, Google, Inc.
3:20 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Latent Space Approaches to Community Detection in Dynamic Networks
Yuguo Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Daniel Sewell, University of Iowa
9:15 AM

Global Mean-Field Variational Bayes for Density Regression
Tommaso Rigon, Bocconi University; Daniele Durante, Bocconi University
9:55 AM