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Sunday, 07/29/2018
Addressing Overfitting in Mixtures of Factor Analyzers
Jeffrey L Andrews, University of British Columbia Okanagan


An Expectation Conditional Maximization Approach for Gaussian Graphical Models
Zehang Li, University of Washington; Tyler McCormick, University of Washington


Mixtures of Contaminated Shifted Asymmetric Laplace Factor Analyzers
Brian C Franczak, MacEwan University


A Model-Based Clustering to Identify Disease-Associated SNPs
Li Xing, University of Victoria; Xuekui Zhang, University of Victoria; Yan Xu, University of Victoria; Weiliang Qiu, Brigham and Women's Hosptial/Harvard Medical School


Fast Generalised Linear Models in a Database
Thomas Lumley, University of Auckland


A Tight Spectral Clustering Algorithm for Bipartite Networks with Node Covariates
Yidan Sun


The Art of Ensemble Modeling with SPSS Modeler
Zhen Zhang, C Spire; Lei Zhang, Mississippi State Dept. of Health; James Veillette, C Spire; Timothy Tate, C Spire


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

Modeling Abundance of Multiple Species Using Latent Regression Tree Algorithms
Haoyu Zhang, Kansas State University; Trevor Hefley, Kansas State University; Brian R Gray, US Geological Survey; Kristin Bouska, USGS
2:25 PM

Mixture Model Modal Clustering
Jose Chacon, Universidad De Extremadura
2:35 PM

BLMM: Linear Mixed Effects Model for Big Data Using Partial EM Procedure
Jang Ik Cho, Case Western Reserve University; Jiayang Sun, Case Western Reserve University
2:35 PM

Fast Generalised Linear Models in a Database
Thomas Lumley, University of Auckland
2:50 PM

Statistical Modeling of Animal Movement
Louis-Paul Rivest, Université Laval
2:55 PM

The Art of Ensemble Modeling with SPSS Modeler
Zhen Zhang, C Spire; Lei Zhang, Mississippi State Dept. of Health; James Veillette, C Spire; Timothy Tate, C Spire
3:30 PM

A Tight Spectral Clustering Algorithm for Bipartite Networks with Node Covariates
Yidan Sun
3:45 PM

New Developments with the Sequential Parallel Comparison Design
Gheorghe Doros, Boston University; Denis Rybin, Pfizer, Inc
4:05 PM

Validating Science in an Open-Source Approach to Forensic Statistics: Algorithms, Data and Results
Heike Hofmann, Iowa State University
4:55 PM

Stochastic Differential Equation to Model Movement Data in Ecology
Marie-Pierre Etienne
5:05 PM

Variable Selection in Semiparametric Transformation Cure Models with Right-Censored Data
Wenyan Zhong
5:25 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
Identification of Contiguous Hours' Climatological Wind Modes Utilizing K-Means Clustering Analysis Combined with the V-Fold Cross-Validation Algorithm
Charles Fisk


An Efficient Algorithm for Outlier Detection in Linear Mixed Model
Tzu-Ying Liu, University of Michigan; Hui Jiang, University of Michigan


Multivariate Zero-Inflated Poisson Regression
Yang Wang, University of Alabama


First Order Asymptotic Variance of a Leader Election Algorithm
Simon Langowski, Purdue University; Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University


Statistical Techniques to Improve Random Projections and Other Similar Algorithms
Keegan Kang, Singapore University Of Technology And Design; Weipin Wong, Singapore University Of Technology and Design; Haikal Yeo, Independent


A Generalized Fellegi-Sunter Framework for Unsupervised Collective Record Linkage in Clustered Relational Data with Applications to Electronic Health Records
Nicole Solomon, Duke University Medical Center; Sean M O'Brien, Duke University Medical Center; Joseph Lucas, Duke University


An Algorithm to Compare Patterns and Its Application on Shoe Out-Sole Impressions
Soyoung Park, Iowa State University / CSAFE; Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University


An Exact Local Bouncy Particle Sampler Combined with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Algorithms for Continuous Time Markov Chains
Tingting Zhao, University of British Columbia; Alexandre Bouchard-Côté, University of British Columbia
8:35 AM

Biclustering Algorithm for Biomedical Literature Mining Guided by Prior Information
Jin Hyun Nam; Zhenning Yu, Medical University of South Carolina; Daniel Couch, Medical University of South Carolina; Andrew B Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina ; Dongjun Chung, Medical University of South Carolina
9:20 AM

Poly-Matching for Observational Studies: A Comparative Trauma Care Study
Bo Lu, The Ohio State University
9:25 AM

Parameter Estimation using EM algorithm for Constant-stress and Step-stress Accelerated Life Tests under Interval Monitoring
Tianyu Bai; David Han, University of Texas At San Antonio
9:50 AM

Effective Data Competition Hosting: Strategic Design and Analysis to Maximize Learning
Christine M Anderson-Cook, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Kary Myers, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:35 AM

MM Algorithms for Variance Components Models
Liuyi Hu, North Carolina State University; Hua Zhou, UCLA; Jin Zhou, University of Arizona; Kenneth Lange, UCLA
10:50 AM

Statistically and Numerically Efficient Independence Tests That Are Based on Distances
Xiaoming Huo, Georgia Institute of Technology, ; Cheng Huang, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:55 AM

Using Electronic Health Records Data for Predictive and Causal Inference About the HIV Care Cascade
Joseph W Hogan, Brown University School of Public Health
11:35 AM

Beyond the Black Box: Flexible Algorithm Programming for Ecological Models in NIMBLE
Christopher Paciorek, University of California, Berkeley; Colin Lewis-Beck, Iowa State University; Perry de Valpine, UC Berkeley; Daniel B. Turek, Williams College; Lauren Ponisio, UC Riverside; Nick Michaud, UC Berkeley
2:05 PM

Greedy Active Learning Algorithm for Logistic Regression Models
Ray-Bing Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; Hsiang-Ling Hsu, National University of Kaohsiung; Yuan-Chin Ivan Chang, Academia Sinica
2:35 PM

Efficient Forward Algorithms for Inverse Burrows-Wheeler Transformation
Gun Ho Jang, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
2:35 PM

Bayesian Isotonic Optimal Dose Design for Phase I/II Clinical Trials with Ordered Groups
Xiaoqiang Xue
3:05 PM

Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Small Sample Size Data
Yan Wang, Field School of Public Health, UCLA; Honghu Liu, UCLA; Jian L Zhang, Kaiser Permanente
3:20 PM

Approximate L0-Penalized Estimation of Piecewise-Constant Signals on Graphs
Zhou Fan, Stanford University; Leying Guan, Stanford University
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
Renewable Estimation and Incremental Inference in Generalized Linear Models with Streaming Data Sets
Lan Luo; Peter X.-K. Song, University of Michigan


Optimal Sample Size for Cluster Randomized Trials: a Simulation-Based Search Algorithm
Ruoshui Zhai, Brown University; Roee Gutman, Brown University


Automated Trading and Market Liquidity
Neda Arzandeh, University of Manitoba; Julieta Frank, University of Manitoba


An Ensemble RNA-Seq Differential Analysis Method for False Discovery Rate Control
Dongmei Li, University of Rochester; Ananta Paine, University of Rochester; Timothy D. Dye, University of Rochester


Performance Comparison of Post-Hoc Subgroup Search Algorithms for Clinical Trials
Victor Talisa, University of Pittsburgh; (Joyce) Chung-Chou H. Chang, University of Pittsburgh


Comparison of Group Testing Algorithms for Clustered Data
Ana Best, NIH NCI DCEG Biostatistics Branch; Paul S Albert, National Cancer Institute; Yaakov Malinovsky, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics


Application of Email Spam Filtering Algorithms to SMS Data
Yishu Xue, University Of Connecticut


Model-Based Cluster Analysis and Outlier Detection
Cristina Tortora, San Jose State University; Antonio Punzo, University of Catania
8:35 AM

A Comparison of Similarity Scores Between Bullet Casings: Forensic Analysts Versus an Algorithm
Maria Cuellar, Carnegie Mellon University
8:35 AM

Cluster-Level Inference Under Element Sampling
Danhyang Lee, Iowa State University; Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University; Chris Skinner, London School of Economics and Political Science
8:50 AM

An Ensemble RNA-Seq Differential Analysis Method for False Discovery Rate Control
Dongmei Li, University of Rochester; Ananta Paine, University of Rochester; Timothy D. Dye, University of Rochester
9:20 AM

Comparison of Group Testing Algorithms for Clustered Data
Ana Best, NIH NCI DCEG Biostatistics Branch; Paul S Albert, National Cancer Institute; Yaakov Malinovsky, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
9:30 AM

BAYESMETAB: TREATMENT of MISSING VALUES in METABOLOMIC STUDIES USING a BAYESIAN MODELING APPROACH
Jasmit Shah, Aga Khan University Hospital; Guy Brock, Ohio State University College of Medicine; Jeremy Gaskins, University of Louisville
9:35 AM

Performance Comparison of Post-Hoc Subgroup Search Algorithms for Clinical Trials
Victor Talisa, University of Pittsburgh; (Joyce) Chung-Chou H. Chang, University of Pittsburgh
9:40 AM

Recursive Non-Parametric Predictive for a Discrete Regression Model
Lorenzo Cappello; Stephen Walker
9:55 AM

On Some Extensions of Cure Rate Models
Suvra Pal, University of Texas Arlington
10:05 AM

The Screening and Ranking Algorithm for Change-Points Detection in Multiple Samples
Heping Zhang, Yale University School of Public Health
10:35 AM

The Reduced PC-Algorithm: Improved Causal Structure Learning in Large Random Networks
Arjun Sondhi, University of Washington; Ali Shojaie, University of Washington
10:35 AM

A Comparison of Clustering Algorithms Used for Multivariate Stratification of Primary Sampling Units
Thomas Chesnut, U.S. Census Bureau; Padraic Murphy, U.S. Census Bureau
10:35 AM

Empirical Bayes Estimation of Small Area Means Under Unmatched Two-Fold Subarea Models
Song Cai, Carleton University; Golshid Chatrchi, Carlelton University; Shonosuke Sugasawa, The University of Tokyo; J.N.K. Rao, Carleton Univeristy
10:55 AM

Assessment of Treatment Effects in Single Cases and Small Groups: Assumptions, Logic, Algorithm, Computations
Lev Sverdlov
11:20 AM

Application of Email Spam Filtering Algorithms to SMS Data
Yishu Xue, University Of Connecticut
11:55 AM

A Statistical View on Optimal Transport: Inference, Algorithms, Applications
Axel Munk, University of Goettingen; Joern Schrieber, Department for Mathematics and Computer Science; Max Sommerfeld, Department for Mathematics and Computer Science; Carla Tameling, Department for Mathematics and Computer Science
2:05 PM

Constrained Regression via Majorization-Minimization
Jason Xu, UCLA; Kenneth Lange, UCLA
2:35 PM

Heterogeneous Tail Generalized COMFORT Modeling via Cholesky Decomposition
Pawel Polak, Columbia University
2:35 PM

A Comparison of Automatic Algorithms for Occupation Coding
Malte Schierholz, Institute for Employment Research
2:50 PM

A Fast Algorithm with Minimax Optimal Guarantees for Topic Models with an Unknown Number of Topics
Florentina Bunea, Cornell Univeristy
2:55 PM

Scale Mixture for Extremal Dependence Model
Likun Zhang, Penn State University; Benjamin Shaby, Penn State University
3:20 PM

A Smoothed EM-Algorithm for Modeling DNA Methylation Profiles from Bisulfite Sequencing Data
Karim Oualkacha, Universite Du Quebec a Montreal; Celia M.T. Greenwood, Lady Davis Research Institute, McGill University; Kaiqiong Zhao, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, and Human Genetics, McGill University; Lajmi Lakhal-Chaieb, Université Laval
3:25 PM

Semiparametric Transformation Probit Models with Current-Status Data
Jing Qin, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH; Hao Liu, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
3:35 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
An Automated Probabilistic Algorithm for the Detection of Central Vein Sign in Multiple Sclerosis
Jordan Dworkin, University of Pennsylvania; Pascal Sati, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Andrew Solomon, University of Vermont; Dzung Pham, Henry M. Jackson Foundation; Richard Watts, University of Vermont; Melissa Martin, University of Pennsylvania; Daniel Ontaneda, Cleveland Clinic; Matthew K Schindler, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Daniel S Reich, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Russell T Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania


Convergence Complexity Analysis of Albert and Chib's Algorithm
Qian Qin, University of Florida; James P. Hobert, University of Florida
8:35 AM

A Transformation-Based K-Means Algorithm for Skewed Data
Nicholas S Berry, Iowa State University; Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University
8:35 AM

Concomitant Regression Models for Microbiome Data
Christian Mueller, Flatiron Institute; Aditya Mishra, Flatiron Institute; Patrick Combettes, North Carolina State University
8:55 AM

Mixtures of Poisson Regressions with Measurement Errors
Xiaoqiong Fang; Derek S. Young, University of Kentucky
9:05 AM

Semiparametric Estimation of the Cure Fraction in Population-Based Cancer Survival Analysis
Ennan Gu, University of South Carolina; Jiajia Zhang, University of South Carolina
9:05 AM

Can We Train Machine Learning Methods to Outperform the High-Dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm?
Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, University of British Columbia; Robert W Platt, McGill University
9:20 AM

Genome-Wide Gaussian Process Regression for Survival Time Prediction
Aaron J. Molstad, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Wei Sun, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Li Hsu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
9:50 AM

Vi-HMM: a Novel HMM-Based Method for Sequence Variant Identification in Short Read Data
Man Tang, Virginia Tech; Mohammad Shabbir Hasan, Virginia Tech; Liqing Zhang, Virginia Tech; Hongxiao Zhu, Virginia Tech University; Xiaowei Wu, Virginia Tech
10:05 AM

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

Longitudinal Independent Component Modeling Framework for fMRI Decomposition
Yikai Wang, Emory University; Ying Guo, Emory University
10:35 AM

Time-Constrained Predictive Modeling on Large and Continuously Updating Financial Data Sets
Bernard Lee, HedgeSPA Limited; Nicos Christofides, Imperial College London
11:20 AM

A Global Convergent Algorithm for Integer Calibration Weighting
Kelly Toppin, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
11:35 AM

Forecasting Consumer Interests from Search Query Data Using Large-Scale, Semiparametric Probabilistic Prediction Algorithms
Georg Goerg
2:05 PM

An Algorithm for Removing Sensitive Information
James Johndrow, Stanford University; Kristian Lum, Human Rights Data Analysis Group
2:25 PM

Integrating Auxiliary Data in Optimal Spatial Design for Species Distribution Mapping
Jonathan Stallings, North Carolina State University; Brian Reich, North Carolina State University; Krishna Pacifici, North Carolina State University
2:30 PM

Differentially Private Multiple Synthesis via an Adaptive Multiplicative Weighting Algorithm
Evercita Eugenio, University of Notre Dame; Fang Liu, University of Notre Dame
2:35 PM

Applications of the Mixturegram for Determining the Number of Components in Finite Mixture Models
Chenlu Ke, University of Kentucky; Derek S. Young, University of Kentucky; Xiaoxue Zeng, Apple. Inc
2:35 PM

Bias Reduction in Logistic Regression with Missing Responses When the Missing-Data Mechanism Is Non-Ignorable
Vivek Pradhan
2:35 PM

Variational EM Type Algorithm Using Divergences:Applications to Privacy Analytics
Lei Li, George Mason University; Anand N Vidyashankar, George Mason University
2:35 PM

A Top-Down Algorithm for Releasing Differentially Private Hierarchical Multi-Dimensional Contingency Tables with Exact Constraints
Robert Ashmead, U.S. Census Bureau; John M Abowd, U.S. Census Bureau; Simson Garfinkel, U.S. Census Bureau; Michael Hay, Colgate University; Dan Kifer, Penn State University ; Philip Leclerc, U.S. Census Bureau; Ashwin Machanavajjhala, Duke University; Ryan McKenna, , University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Gerome Miklau, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Brett Moran, U.S. Census Bureau; William Sexton, U.S. Census Bureau
2:50 PM

Real-Time, Within-Person Randomization Using a Bandit Algorithm in a Clinical Trial
Susan Murphy, Harvard University
2:55 PM

Weighted Stochastic Gradient Descent Algorithm
Xueying Tang, Columbia University; Zhi Wang, Columbia University; Jingchen Liu, Columbia University
3:05 PM

Consistent Estimation of the Spectrum of Trace Class Data Augmentation Algorithms
Saptarshi Chakraborty, University of Florida; Kshitij Khare, University of Florida
3:05 PM

A Classification Framework for Forecast Model Selection
Thiyanga Talagala, Monash University; Rob J Hyndman, Monash University; George Athanasopoulos, Monash University
3:20 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Assessment of Case Influence in Support Vector Machine
Shanshan Tu, The Ohio State University; Yoonkyung Lee, Ohio State University; Yunzhang Zhu, The Ohio State University
8:50 AM

A Test of Homogeneity for Two-Sample, Two-Component Mixture Models
Ollivier Hyrien, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
9:15 AM

On Implementation of Iterative Algorithms of Model-Based Optimal Experimental Design on a Quantum Computer
Sergei Leonov, ICON Clinical Research
9:15 AM

Frailty Model for Time-To-Event Data on a Social Network
Fangda Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jing Chu, University of Michigan; Yingying Wei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
9:20 AM

A Flexible Zero-Inflated Regression Model
Eric Roemmele; Derek S. Young, University of Kentucky
9:20 AM

Ad-Hoc Calibration for Rounding Rules with Nonlinear Benchmarks
Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Andreea Erciulescu, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Kelly Toppin, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
10:35 AM

Online Non-Negative Tensor Decomposition with Application to Kidney Paired Donation
Mathieu Bray, University of Michigan; Peter X.-K. Song, University of Michigan
11:50 AM