Name: 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings
Start: 2018-07-28T07:00:00+00:00
End: 2018-08-02
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre

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Sunday, 07/29/2018

Statistical Approaches to Decreasing the Discrepancy of Non-Detects in QPCR Data
Love Tanzy, University of Rochester Medical Center; Valeriia Sherina, University of Rochester Medical Center; Matthew N. McCall, University of Rochester Medical Center

Estimation of Fire Duration Distribution with Missing Start Time
Yi Xiong, Simon Fraser University; John Braun, University of British Columbia ; Joan Hu, Simon Fraser University

Quasi-Oracle Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
Xinkun Nie, Stanford University; Stefan Wager, Stanford University

Approximate Bayesian Computation with Complex High-Dimensional Data and Limited Simulations
Taylor Gene Pospisil, Carnegie Mellon University

Nonparametric Measures of Local Causality and Tests of Local Non-Causality in Time Series
Felix Camirand Lemyre, School of mathematics and statistics, University of Melbourne; Taoufik Bouezmarni, Université de Sherbrooke; Jean-François Quessy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Sparse Estimation for Functional Semiparametric Additive Model
Peijun Sang, Simon Fraser University; Richard Lockhart, Simon Fraser University; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University

Dependence Modeling for Recurrent Event Times Subject to Right-Censoring with D-Vine Copulas
Nicole Barthel, Technical University Munich; Candida Geerdens, Hasselt University; Claudia Czado, Technical University Munich; Paul Janssen, Hasselt University

P-Value Estimation for the Risk Score of a Prediction Model
Heidi Chen, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Ming Li, Case Western Reserve University; Huiyun Wu, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Yu Shyr, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A Deep Learning Approach to the Estimation of Bias and Variance in HARDI
Allison Hainline, Vanderbilt University; Hakmook Kang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University

Sample Size Requirements for Estimating L-Moments
Timothy Anderson, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christine M Schubert, Air Force Institute of Technology; Fairul Mohd-Zaid, Air Force Research Lab

Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Length-Biased Interval-Censored Data
Fei Gao, University of Washington; Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, University of Washington

Estimation in the Nested Case-Control Design Under Model Misspecification
Michelle Nuno; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine

Rank-Tracking Probabilities of Bivariate Dependent Variables in Longitudinal Studies
Seonjin Kim, Miami University; Hyunkeun Cho, University of Iowa; Colin O. Wu, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
2:05 PM

Robust Dose Response Estimation
Shouhao Zhou, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:05 PM

Bias and Estimation Under Misspecification of the Risk Period in Self-Controlled Case Series Studies
Danh Nguyen, University of California At Irvine; Luis Fernando Campos, Harvard University; Yanjun Chen, UC Irvine; Damla Senturk, UCLA, Dept. of Biostatistics
2:20 PM

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

Regularization and Aliasing in the Estimation of Treatment Effect Moderation
Paul Richard Hahn, Arizona State University ; Carlos Carvalho, University of Texas; Jared S Murray, University of Texas at Austin
2:25 PM

Estimation of Change-Point for a Class of Count Time Series Models
Yunwei Cui, Towson University
2:35 PM

A Sampling Design for an Ordered Population
Xiaofei Zhang, Iowa State Univ; Wayne Fuller, Iowa State University
2:35 PM

Estimation in the Nested Case-Control Design Under Model Misspecification
Michelle Nuno; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine
2:35 PM

Domain Estimation and Successive Difference Replication
Timothy Trudell, US Census Bureau; Khoa Dong, U.S. Census Bureau; Yang Cheng, US Census Bureau; Eric Slud, U.S. Census Bureau
2:45 PM

High-Dimensional Gaussian Graphical Model for Network-Linked Data
Ji Zhu, University of Michigan; Boang Liu, University of Michigan; Tianxi Li, University of Michigan; Cheng Qian, University of Michigan; Elizaveta Levina, University of Michigan
2:45 PM

A Profile Likelihood Approach to Semiparametric Estimation with Nonignorable Nonresponse
Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University; Kosuke Morikawa, Osaka University ; Hejian Sang, Iowa State University
3:05 PM

Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Length-Biased Interval-Censored Data
Fei Gao, University of Washington; Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, University of Washington
3:20 PM

Optimal Pseudolikelihood Estimation in Multivariate Missing Data with Nonignorable Nonresponse
Jiwei Zhao, State University of New York At Buffalo; Yanyuan Ma, Penn State University
3:25 PM

Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Stochastic Differential Equations Using Sequential Gaussian-Process-Based Optimization
Peter Craigmile, The Ohio State University; Grant Schneider, Upstart Network; Radu Herbei, The Ohio State University
4:05 PM

Estimation of Dynamic Conditional Correlation Matrices by a Nonlinear Common Factor Model
Craig Rolling, Saint Louis University; Yongli Zhang, Independent Researcher; Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota
4:05 PM

A Computationally Tractable Estimation Procedure for Self-Exciting Spatio-Temporal Point Process Models
James Molyneux, UCLA Statistics; Frederic Paik Schoenberg, UCLA
4:05 PM

Weak Signals in High-Dimension Regression: Detection, Estimation and Prediction
Yi Li
4:05 PM

Point and Interval Estimations for Individualized MCID
Jiwei Zhao, State University of New York At Buffalo
4:20 PM

Implementation of Adaptive Design on the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Christopher Ward, NORC at the University of Chicago; Felicia LeClere, NORC at the University of Chicago; Kari Carris, NORC at the University of Chicago; Stephen Cohen, NORC at the University of Chicago; Dean Resnick, NORC; Micah Sjoblom, NORC at the University of Chicago; Jennifer Vanicek, NORC at the University of Chicago; Ying Li, NORC at the University of Chicago
4:20 PM

Nonparametric Estimation of Sufficient Forecasting Using High-Dimensional Predictors
Xiufan Yu, Penn State University; Jiawei Yao, Citadel LLC; Lingzhou Xue, Penn State University and National Institute of Statistical Sciences
4:25 PM

Extensions on Non-Parametric Hawkes Models for Applications in Crime and Disease Spread
Junhyung Park, UCLA; Frederic Paik Schoenberg, UCLA
4:50 PM

Budget-Constrained Group Testing Designs for Prevalence Estimation
Shih-Hao Huang, Academia Sinica
5:05 PM

Linear Errors-In-Variables Model Estimation Using the Phase Function
Michael Byrd, Southern Methodist University; Linh Nghiem, Southern Methodist University; Cornelis Potgieter, Southern Methodist University
5:35 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018

Scdensity: An R Package for Shape-Constrained Kernel Density Estimation
Mark Wolters, Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences

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

Estimation of Individualized Decision Rules Based on an Optimized Covariate-Dependent Equivalent of Random Outcomes
Zhengling Qi, University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill; Ying Cui, University of Southern California; Yufeng Liu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jong-Shi Pang, University of Southern California

Self Consistent Estimator for Interval Valued Data
Hye Jeong Choi, Seoul National University; Johan Lim, Seoul National University; Xinlei (Sherry) Wang, Southern Methodist University; Minjung Kwak, Yeungnam University

Estimation of the Joint Multiply Progressive Type II Censored Data for the Exponential Distribution Model
Kyeongjun Lee, Daegu University; Sanggyeong Yoon, Pusan National University; Yunhwan Noh, Pusan National University; Youngseuk Cho, Pusan National University

The Discussion Statistical Methods on Meta-Analysis Are Including Parameters Estimation and Hypothesis Test in 2x2 Table
Jin-Hua Chen

Different Methods and Comparisons Dealing with Censored Count Data
Xiao Yu, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houson; Lung-Chang Chien, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Kai Zhang, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houson

Counting Maternal Deaths? You Better Bayes It! a Systematic Assessment of Underreporting and Misclassification in Registration of Maternal Deaths in High and Middle Income Countrie
Emily Peterson, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Leontine Alkema, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Caveats on Data Cloning
Brian Zaharatos, University of Colorado Boulder

Honest Confidence Sets for High-Dimensional Linear Regression by Projection and Shrinkage
Kun Zhou, University of California, Los Angeles; Qing Zhou, UCLA

Improving Spatial Occupancy Model Parameter Estimation Using Citizen Science Data
David Huberman, North Carolina State University; Brian Reich, North Carolina State University; Krishna Pacifici, North Carolina State University

Estimation of Space-Time ARMAX Model
Dongping Fang, Zurich

Comparing Behavioral Dynamics Between Groups of Mice Using Hierarchical Hidden Semi Markov Models
Emmeke Aarts, Utrecht University

Equipment Independent Estimation of Novel Metrics for Ranking Amateur Auto Racing Drivers
Alexandra Peterson; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine; Hal Stern, University of California, Irvine

Wasserstein Gradients for the Temporal Evolution of Probability Distributions
Yaqing Chen, University of California, Davis; Hans Mueller, UC Davis

Evaluating Quantile Estimation Methods for Setting Normal Values for Longitudinal Measures
Jeffrey Slezak, Kaiser Permanente; Steven J Jacobsen, Kaiser Permanente; Stephanie Reading, Kaiser Permanente

Estimation of Regression Function Using Shannon's Entropy
Yi Mao, University of California, Riverside; Aman Ullah, University of California, Riverside

A Comparison of Methods to Estimate Survival Curves Under Time-Varying Treatments
Lucia C. Petito, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Sonja A. Swanson, Erasmus Medical Center; Miguel Hernan, Harvard School of Public Health

Convergence Rates of a Partition Based Bayesian Multivariate Density Estimation Method
Linxi Liu, Columbia University; Dangna Li, Stanford University; Wing Hung Wong, Stanford University

Geometric Sensitivity Measures for Nonparametric Bayesian Models in Density Estimation
Abhijoy Saha, The Ohio State University; Sebastian Kurtek, The Ohio State University; Karthik Bharath, The University of Nottingham

Random Conditional Histogram Based Density Estimation with Applications in Probabilistic Forecasting
Rui Li, North Carolina State University; Howard D Bondell, University of Melbourne; Brian Reich, North Carolina State University

A DCp Criterion for Nonparametric First Derivative Estimation
Sisheng Liu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Richard Charnigo, University of Kentucky; Cidambi Srinivasan, University of Kentucky

Bayesian Estimation of Toluene and Trichloroethylene Biodegradation Kinetic Parameters
Feng Yu, RTI International; Breda Munoz, RTI International

New Applications of Machine Learning to Estimating Large Physician Demand Models
Bryan Sayer, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.; William Encinosa, Agency for Health Care Quality and Research

Gaussian Process Propensity Scores for Multiple Treatment Regimes
Brian Vegetabile, UC Irvine; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine; Hal Stern, University of California, Irvine

Pseudo-Marginal Markov Chain Monte Carlo via Random Riemann Sums for Stochastically Scaled Gaussian Vectors
Patrick Muchmore

Estimating Causal Effect by Difference in Difference via Random Forest
Tomoshige Nakamura, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University; Mihoko Minami, Keio University

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the K Parameter in the Poly-K Trend Test for Time-to-Event Data
Anna Korpak, VA ERIC; Barbara McKnight, University of Washington

Shared-Parameter G-Estimation of an Optimal Adaptive Treatment Strategy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Erica E.M. Moodie, McGill University; Michael Wallace, University of Waterloo
8:35 AM

Estimation of Change Point in Temporally Evolving Networks
Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan; George Michailidis, University of Florida; Monika Bhatacharjee, University of Florida
8:35 AM

Investigation of Alternative Calibration Estimators in the Presence of Nonresponse
Daifeng Han, Westat; Richard Valliant, University of Michigan
8:35 AM

Bayesian Estimation of Analyte Concentrations using Sensor Responses and Design Optimization of a Sensor System
David Han, University of Texas At San Antonio
8:50 AM

Breaking Computational Chicken-And-Egg Loop in Adaptive Sampling and Estimations Using Locality Sensitive Sampling (LSS)
Anshumali Shrivastava, Rice University
8:55 AM

Convergence Rates of a Partition Based Bayesian Multivariate Density Estimation Method
Linxi Liu, Columbia University; Dangna Li, Stanford University; Wing Hung Wong, Stanford University
9:00 AM

Assessing the Uncertainty Due to Chemicals Below the Detection Limit in Chemical Mixture Estimation
Paul Hargarten, VCU; David C. Wheeler, Virginia Commonwealth University
9:05 AM

Propensity Score Analysis for Subgroup Effects with Correlated Covariates
Shan-Yu Liu, UCSF; Bo Lu, The Ohio State University; Chunyan Liu, CCHMC; Edward Nehus, CCHMC; Maurizio Macaluso, CCHMC; Mi-Ok Kim, University of California San Francisco
9:05 AM

New Methods for Threshold Variable Identification and Estimation in Threshold Dynamic Factor Models
Xialu Liu, San Diego State University; Rong Chen, Rutgers University
9:15 AM

UNIQUE ENTITY ESTIMATION with APPLICATION to the SYRIAN CONFLICT
Beidi Chen, Rice University
9:15 AM

Decision-Theoretic Aspects of Causal Inference Under Network Interference
Daniel L Sussman, Boston University
9:25 AM

Exponentiated Weibull-Geometric Regression Model
Felix Famoye, Central Michigan University
9:35 AM

Fast Scalable Random Graph Change Point Estimation via Random Sampling
Mingyuan Gao, University of Florida; Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan; George Michailidis, University of Florida
9:35 AM

Estimation of Regression Function Using Shannon's Entropy
Yi Mao, University of California, Riverside; Aman Ullah, University of California, Riverside
9:40 AM

Wasserstein Gradients for the Temporal Evolution of Probability Distributions
Yaqing Chen, University of California, Davis; Hans Mueller, UC Davis
9:45 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

The Roots of James Thompson: Life as a Graduate Student at Princeton
Karen Kafadar, University of Virginia
9:55 AM

Regularized Estimation of High-Dimensional Spectral Density
Sumanta Basu, Cornell University
9:55 AM

Empirical Bayes Estimation of Gene Expression Fold Change
Abbas Rahal, University of Ottawa; Marta Padila, University of Ottawa; David R. Bickel, University of Ottawa
10:05 AM

Nonresponse Bias Analysis for National Survey on Drug Use and Health Using Small Area Estimation Methodology
Akhil Vaish, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Ana Saravia, RTI International; Neeraja Sathe, RTI International
10:05 AM

New Applications of Machine Learning to Estimating Large Physician Demand Models
Bryan Sayer, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.; William Encinosa, Agency for Health Care Quality and Research
10:05 AM

Resampling-Based Control of the False Discovery Rate Incorporating Shrinkage Estimation for the Covariance Matrix
Josephine Sarpong Akosa, Oklahoma State University; Melinda McCann, Oklahoma State University
10:05 AM

Relevance, Validity, and Bias in the Integration of Health Data
Jerald Lawless, University of Waterloo
10:35 AM

ESTIMATING TREATMENT IMPORTANCE in MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS USING TARGETED LEARNING: AN OBSERVATIONAL INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA NETWORK META-ANALYSIS
Guanbo Wang, McGill University; Mireille Schnitzer, University of Montreal; Andrea Benedetti, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, McGill University Health Centre
10:35 AM

Multiply Robust Estimation of Causal Quantile Treatment Effects
Yuying Xie, University of Waterloo; Cecilia Cotton, University of Waterloo; Yeying Zhu, University of Waterloo
10:50 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

Coordinate-Independent Sparse Estimation in Semiparametric Models
Haileab Hilafu, University of Tennessee; Sandra Safo, University of Minnesota
10:50 AM

Variance Estimation for Product Sales in the 2017 Economic Census: Challenges in Implementing Multiple Imputation-Based Variance Estimation
Matthew Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau; Katherine J Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
10:55 AM

Likelihood Estimation of Large Species Trees from Multiple Samples Per Species, Using the Coalescent Process
Arindam RoyChoudhury, Cornell University
10:55 AM

Improved Doubly Robust Estimation in Learning Individualized Treatment Rules
Yinghao Pan, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Yingqi Zhao, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
11:05 AM

Pseudo-Marginal Markov Chain Monte Carlo via Random Riemann Sums for Stochastically Scaled Gaussian Vectors
Patrick Muchmore
11:05 AM

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the K Parameter in the Poly-K Trend Test for Time-to-Event Data
Anna Korpak, VA ERIC; Barbara McKnight, University of Washington
11:05 AM

Your Dreams May Come True with MTP2
Caroline Uhler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11:15 AM

Bayesian Estimation Under Informative Sampling with Unattenuated Dependence
Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ
11:20 AM

Model-Based Clustering of Nonparametric Weighted Networks with Application to Water Pollution Analysis
Amal Agarwal, Pennsylvania State University; Lingzhou Xue, Penn State University and National Institute of Statistical Sciences
11:20 AM

Moral Hazard Effects of Bank Resolution Policies: Inferences from a Bayesian Nonparametric Study
Padma Sharma, UC Irvine
11:20 AM

Hierarchical Mixture Modeling for Multiple Testing and Effect Size Estimation in Voxel-Level Inference of Neuroimaging Data
Ryo Emoto, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Atsushi Kawaguchi, Saga University; Hisako Yoshida, Saga University; Shigeyuki Matsui, Nagoya University
11:35 AM

Bayesian Estimation of Toluene and Trichloroethylene Biodegradation Kinetic Parameters
Feng Yu, RTI International; Breda Munoz, RTI International
11:45 AM

Smoothing Spline ANOVA Models for Nonparametric Covariance Estimation for Longitudinal Data
Tayler Blake, Information Control Company; Yoonkyung Lee, Ohio State University
11:50 AM

Gaussian Process Propensity Scores for Multiple Treatment Regimes
Brian Vegetabile, UC Irvine; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine; Hal Stern, University of California, Irvine
11:50 AM

Ensemble Estimation and Variable Selection with Semiparametric Regression Models
Sunyoung Shin, University of Texas at Dallas; Yufeng Liu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Stephen Cole, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jason P Fine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:55 AM

Using Concomitant and Nested Simulation for Tail Risk Measure Estimation
Mingbin Feng, University of Waterloo
11:55 AM

Estimating Causal Effect by Difference in Difference via Random Forest
Tomoshige Nakamura, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University; Mihoko Minami, Keio University
12:05 PM

A Factor Augmented Vector Autoregressive Model Under High-Dimensional Scaling
George Michailidis, University of Florida; Jiahe Lin, University of Michigan
2:05 PM

Why Weight, Replicate Now! The Use of Replicate Weights for Complex Survey Data Analysis in SPSS
Kelly Lin, Marketing Systems Group; Jeffrey S. Bareham, Marketing Systems Group; Ashley Hyon, Marketing Systems Group
2:05 PM

Comparison of Interval Estimation in Machine Learning
Dai Feng, Merck; Andy Liaw, Merck & Co., Inc.; Vladimir Svetnik, Merck
2:05 PM

Subgroup Mixable Exact Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Logical Selection of a CDx Cut-Point
Jason Hsu, Ohio State University
2:05 PM

Frechet Estimation of Dynamic Covariance Matrices, with Application to Regional Myelination in the Developing Brain
Alexander Petersen, University of California, Santa Barbara; Hans Mueller, UC Davis; Sean Deoni, Brown University
2:20 PM

Analysis of Decision Makers' Strategies
Mihoko Minami, Keio University
2:20 PM

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

Determinantal Point Process Mixtures via Spectral Density Approach
Fernando Quintana, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile; Alessandra Guglielmi, Politecnico de Milano; Ilaria Bianchini, Politecnico de Milano
2:25 PM

Estimation of Parameters of a Mixture of Two Exponential Distributions
Trijya Singh
2:35 PM

Jackknife and Other Replication Methods with a Reduced Number of Replicates
Stephen Ash, US Census Bureau
2:35 PM

Variance Estimation Under Imputation Using the Rescaling Bootstrap
Christian Bruch, University of Mannheim
3:05 PM

Estimating HIV Incidence Using Complex Survey Data
Jean Opsomer, Westat; Ismael Flores Cervantes, Westat; Anindya De, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Rommel Bain, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Paul Stupp, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3:20 PM

Evaluation of Regional Efficacy Equivalence in Developing Biosimilars
Ryuji Uozumi, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine; Shinjo Yada, A2 Healthcare Corporation
3:20 PM

ODE Parameter Estimation with $L_1$ Distance
Yuping Yang, Simon Fraser University; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University
3:20 PM

Bayesian Model-Assisted Estimation for Functional Data in Survey Sampling
Luis Fernando Campos, Harvard University
3:25 PM

Penalized Shrinkage Estimation in Reduced-Rank Time-To-Event Data
Ananda Sen, University of Michigan
3:25 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

A Bayesian Quality Control Technique for the Joint Monitoring of the Parameters of the Shifted Exponential Distribution
Austin Brown, University of Northern Colorado; Bryce Whitehead, University of Northern Colorado; Hend Aljobaily, University of Northern Colorado

Time Series Reconciliation Through Flexible Least Squares Estimation
Luis Frank, University of Buenos Aires

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

Barcoding of Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Application of the Species Problem
Siyi Chen, Rice Univ Dept of Statistics; Marek Kimmel, Rice University; Katherine King, Baylor College of Medicine

Estimation Methods for Nonprobability Samples with a Companion Probability Sample
Michael Yang, NORC; Edward Mulrow, NORC at the University of Chicago; Nada Ganesh, NORC at the University of Chicago; Vickie Pineau, NORC at the University of Chicago

Measuring the Percentage of Smoothness in the Trend of a Univariate Time Series: An Application to a Time Series of Mexico's GDP
Daniela Cortés Toto, Universidad De Las Américas Puebla (UDLAP); Víctor M. Guerrero, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM); Hortensia J. Reyes Cervantes, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)

Response to Regulatory Issues in an Adaptive Medical Device Study
Jill Stankowski, ICON Plc

An Application of Stagewise Estimation to Monitor Latent Class Changes Over Survey Periods
Kei Miyazaki, Kansai University; Takahiro Hoshino, Keio University; Ulf Bockenholt, Northwestern University

Using Synthetic Data to Incorporate External Information into Regression Model Estimation
Tian Gu, University of Michigan; Jeremy M.G. Taylor, University of Michigan; Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan; Wenting Cheng, University of Michigan

Adaptive Design: Challenges in Practice
Michael Yang, NORC

Estimation and Inference for Cluster-Randomized Test-Negative Design Trials
Suzanne M. Dufault, University of California, Berkeley; Nicholas P. Jewell, University of California, Berkeley

A New Estimation Method for CoVaR Based on Three Regime Bivariate Normal Distribution
Jieun Choi, Ewha Womans University; Dong Wan Shin, Ewha Womans University

Bayesian Estimation with Shrinking Both Means and Variances in Heteroscedastic Nested Error Regression Models
Hiromasa Tamae

Robust estimation in the presence of deviations from linearity in small domain models
Julie Gershunskaya, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Calibrated Bayesian Approach for Small Area Prevalence Estimation Using Survey Data with Replicate Weights
Trung Ha, University of Central Florida; Julia Soulakova, University of Central Florida

Bayesian Methods for Stratified Sample Allocation Using Imperfect Information
Jonathan Mendelson, University of Maryland; Joe Sedransk, University of Maryland

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

A Direct Approach to High-Dimensional Error-In-Variables Regression
Yunan Wu, University of Minnesota; Lan Wang, University of Minnesota

Combining Probability and Nonprobability Samples for Population Inference
Jill A Dever, RTI International

An Estimation Method for Enzyme Kinetic Model Parameters Based on Bayesian Approach
Boseung Choi, Korea University; Jae Kyoung Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Grzegorz A Rempala, The Ohio State University

Estimation and Inference of Domain Means Subject to Shape Constraints
Cristian Oliva, Colorado State University; Mary C. Meyer, Colorado State University; Jean D. Opsomer, Colorado State University

Classification via Product Conditional Density Estimates: Blending LDA and QDA
Jiae Kim; Steve MacEachern, The Ohio State University

Subgroup Mixable Exact Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Logical Selection of a CDx Cut-Point
Jason Hsu, Ohio State University

Differential Abundance Analysis with Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimation of Variance (DASEV) for Proteomic and Metabolomic Data
Zhengyan Huang; Chi Wang, University of Kentucky; Arnold Stromberg, University of Kentucky

Variance Estimation Under Model-Implied Randomization of Nonrandom Samples
Vladislav Beresovsky, National Center for Health Statistics

Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Causal Effects Based on Observing a Single Time Series
Ivana Malenica; Mark van der Laan, UC Berkeley

Small Area Estimation of HIV Measures in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sahar Zangeneh, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Jon Wakefield, Univ of Washington; Ann Duerr, Fred Hutch; Deborah Donnell, Fred Hutch

Identifying Direct Targets with Knockdown Experiment: An Adaptive Approach Detecting Strong Signals
Leying Guan, Stanford University

Common Risk Difference Test and Interval Estimation of Risk Difference for Stratified Bilateral Correlated Data
Xi Shen, State University of New York At Buffalo; Changxing Ma, State University of New York At Buffalo; Guoliang Tian, Southern University of Science and Technology; Kam Chuen Yuen, The University of Hong Kong

Microbial Network Estimation Using Compositional Graphical Lasso
Chuan Tian, Oregon State University; Duo Jiang, Oregon State University; Tom Sharpton, Oregon State University; Yuan Jiang, Oregon State University

Numerical Comparison of Various Bootstrap Methods in Survey Sampling
Christian Léger, Université de Montréal; Oussama Dabdoubi, Université de Montréal

Comparing Direct Survey and Small Area Estimates of Health Care Coverage in New York
Jeniffer Iriondo Perez, RTI International; Rachel Harter, RTI International; Amang Sukasih, RTI International

Efficient Big Data Model Selection with Applications to Fraud Detection
Gregory Vaughan, Bentley University

Nonparametric Multivariate Density Estimation Under Dependence
Jan Beran, University of Konstanz
8:35 AM

Bayesian Estimation of Pollutant Emissions Using Multiscale Data
Cosmin Safta, Sandia National Laboratories; Ray Bambha, Sandia National Laboratories; Hope Michelsen, Sandia National Laboratories
8:35 AM

Choice of Small Area Models Based on Sample Designs and Availability of Auxiliary Data in PIAAC Study
Jianzhu Li, Westat; Leyla Mohadjer, Westat; Wendy VanDeKerckhove, Westat; Lin Li, Westat; Tom Krenzke, Westat
8:35 AM

Complexity of Implementing Sample Size Re-Estimation (SSR) in Oncology Trials
Alicia Zhang, Amgen; Yuqi Chen, Amgen; Chris Holland, Amgen
8:35 AM

Variance Estimation Under Model-Implied Randomization of Nonrandom Samples
Vladislav Beresovsky, National Center for Health Statistics
8:40 AM

Bayesian Methods for Stratified Sample Allocation Using Imperfect Information
Jonathan Mendelson, University of Maryland; Joe Sedransk, University of Maryland
8:50 AM

Data Integration for the Simultaneous Estimation of Normal Means
Sihai Dave Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:55 AM

Multilevel Regression and Poststratification (MRP) for Small Area Estimation with Geocoded FoodAPS Data
Xingyou Zhang, Economic Research Service, USDA; Mark Denbaly, Economic Research Service, USDA; John Kirlin, Economic Research Service, USDA; Elina T. Page, Economic Research Service, USDA; Elizabeth Larimore, Economic Research Service, USDA; Shelly Ver Ploeg, Economic Research Service, USDA
8:55 AM

On the Covariance Estimation and Principal Component Analysis for Spatially Dependent Functional Data
Haozhe Zhang, Iowa State University; Yehua Li, University of California, Riverside
9:05 AM

Combining Probability and Nonprobability Samples for Population Inference
Jill A Dever, RTI International
9:05 AM

Applications of the Parametric Approach to Estimation of Totals and Means for Complex Survey Data in the Presence of Full Response
Ismael Flores Cervantes, Westat
9:05 AM

Systematic Review of Test/Estimation Approach in Comparative Cancer Clinical Studies with Time-To-Event Outcomes
Miki Horiguchi, Kitasato University; Hajime Uno, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
9:05 AM

Evaluating Equity Using Linear Quantile Mixed Effects Models
Kameryn Denaro, UC Irvine Teaching and Learning Research Center
9:05 AM

Spatial-Temporal Small Area Estimation Models for Cancer Incidence
Benmei Liu, National Cancer Institute; Li Zhu, National Cancer Institute; Huann-Sheng Chen, National Cancer Institute; Joe Zou, Information Management Services; Rebecca Siegel, American Cancer Society; Kim D. Miller, American Cancer Society; Ahmedin Jemal, American Cancer Society; Eric J. Feuer, National Cancer Institute
9:15 AM

Bayesian Regularization for Graphical Models with Unequal Shrinkage
Lingrui Gan, University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign; Naveen Naidu Narisetty, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Feng Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:15 AM

Robust Score Tests with Missing Data in Genomics Studies
Kin Yau Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Donglin Zeng, UNC Chapel Hill; Danyu Lin, University of North Carolina
9:20 AM

Estimation of Latent Interaction with Ordinal Indicators Using Frequentist Method
Fan Wallentin, Uppsala University
9:35 AM

Meta-Analysis and the Estimation of Publication Bias
Ronnie Pingel, Uppsala University; Johan Lyhagen, Uppsala University
9:35 AM

Robust Depth-Based Estimation of the Functional Autoregressive Model
Israel Martinez Hernandez, KAUST; Marc G Genton, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Graciela Gonzalez Farias, CIMAT
9:50 AM

2018 National Bald Eagle Dual-Frame Survey Using an Eroding Nest List Frame
Mark Otto, Fish and Wildlife Service
10:05 AM

Identifying Direct Targets with Knockdown Experiment: An Adaptive Approach Detecting Strong Signals
Leying Guan, Stanford University
10:15 AM

Statistical Approaches for Meta-Analysis of Genetic Mutation Prevalence
Margaux Hujoel, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Danielle Braun, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; Giovanni Parmigiani , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
10:35 AM

Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Causal Effects Based on Observing a Single Time Series
Ivana Malenica; Mark van der Laan, UC Berkeley
10:35 AM

Semiparametric Estimation of the Mean and Coefficient of Variation of the Interevent Distribution of a Renewal Process from Cross-Sectional Count Data
John D. Rice, University of Colorado, Denver; Robert L. Strawderman, University of Rochester; Brent A. Johnson, University of Rochester
10:50 AM

On 'Reverse' Regression for Testing Association and Allele Frequency Estimation in Complex Pedigree
Lin Zhang, University of Toronto; Lei Sun, University of Toronto
10:50 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

Numerical Comparison of Various Bootstrap Methods in Survey Sampling
Christian Léger, Université de Montréal; Oussama Dabdoubi, Université de Montréal
11:00 AM

Multidimensional Monotonicity Discovery with MBART
Edward George, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania; Robert McCulloch, Arizona State University; Hugh Chipman, Acadia University; Tom Shively, University of Texas at Austin
11:05 AM

Robust estimation in the presence of deviations from linearity in small domain models
Julie Gershunskaya, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics
11:10 AM

Classification via Product Conditional Density Estimates: Blending LDA and QDA
Jiae Kim; Steve MacEachern, The Ohio State University
11:10 AM

Guaranteed In-Control Performance for Shewhart Control Charts
Rob Goedhart, University of Amsterdam; Marit Schoonhoven, University of Amsterdam; Ronald J.M.M. Does, University of Amsterdam
11:15 AM

Estimation and Optimization of Composite Outcomes
Daniel J Luckett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Eric Laber, North Carlina State University; Michael Kosorok, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:15 AM

Quantification of Reproducibility: Leave-Study-Out Estimation
Lo-Bin Chang
11:15 AM

Robust Estimation of Propensity Score Weights via Subclassification
Linbo Wang; Xiao-Hua Zhou, Peking University; Thomas Richardson, University of Washington
11:15 AM

Mitigating Standard Errors of County-Level Survey Estimates When Data are Sparse
Valbona Bejleri, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Andreea Erciulescu, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11:15 AM

Calibrated Bayesian Approach for Small Area Prevalence Estimation Using Survey Data with Replicate Weights
Trung Ha, University of Central Florida; Julia Soulakova, University of Central Florida
11:20 AM

Nonparametric Operator-Regularized Covariance Function Estimation for Functional Data
Xiaoke Zhang, George Washington University; Raymond Wong, Texas A&M University
11:20 AM

Estimation of the Dose-Response Curve in the Presence of Outcome Driven Dose Titrations
Zhuqing Liu, Eli Lilly; Yongming Qu, Eli Lilly and Company
11:20 AM

Empirical Likelihood Based Covariance Matrix Estimation
Sanjay Chaudhuri, National University of Singapore
11:20 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

Optimal Estimation in Functional ANOVA Models with Derivatives
Xiaowu Dai, University of Wisconsin Madison; Peter Chien, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:35 AM

Estimation of Treatment Effect in Enriched Clinical Trials: Application to Multiple Sclerosis
Rachel MacKay Altman, Simon Fraser University
11:35 AM

A Direct Approach to High-Dimensional Error-In-Variables Regression
Yunan Wu, University of Minnesota; Lan Wang, University of Minnesota
11:40 AM

Nonparametric Estimation of Risk Tracking Indices for Longitudinal Studies
Xin Tian, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; Colin O. Wu, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
11:50 AM

A Semiparametric Approach for Modeling Multivariate Nonlinear Time Series
Seyed Yaser Samadi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
11:50 AM

Comparing Direct Survey and Small Area Estimates of Health Care Coverage in New York
Jeniffer Iriondo Perez, RTI International; Rachel Harter, RTI International; Amang Sukasih, RTI International
11:50 AM

Efficient Big Data Model Selection with Applications to Fraud Detection
Gregory Vaughan, Bentley University
11:50 AM

Nonparametric Inference on L\'Evy Measures of L\'Evy-Driven Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes
Daisuke Kurisu
12:05 PM

Optimization Over Nonconvex Constraints
Wooseok Ha; Rina Foygel Barber, University of Chicago
12:05 PM

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of First-Passage Structural Credit Risk Models Correcting for the Survivorship Bias
Mathieu Boudreault, Université du Québec à Montréal; Diego Amaya, Wilfrid Laurier University; Don L. McLeish, University of Waterloo
2:05 PM

Pseudo-Kernel Method in Accessing Cross-Validated Risk
Qing Wang, Wellesley College
2:05 PM

Improved Return Level Estimation via a Weighted Likelihood Latent Spatial Extremes Model
Joshua Hewitt, Colorado State University; Miranda Fix, Colorado State University; Jennifer A Hoeting, Colorado State University
2:05 PM

New Method of Evaluation of Limit of Detection (LoD) in Molecular Diagnostics
Jeffrey Vaks, Roche Molecular Diagnostics
2:05 PM

Research and Career Opportunities in Statistical Auditing
Edward Mulrow, NORC, University of Chicago; Ed Cohen, Ernst & Young; Roger C. Pfaffenberger, Ryan, LLC; H. John Hilton, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
2:05 PM

Copula Information Criterion for Two-Stage Maximum Likelihood
Vinnie Ko, University of Oslo; Nils Lid Hjort, University of Oslo
2:05 PM

Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Multivariate Processes in Phylodynamics Using Stochastic Differential Equations
James Faulkner, University of Washington; Vladimir N. Minin, University of California, Irvine
2:20 PM

A Joint Modeling Framework Using Responses and Response Times to Track Skill Acquisition: Model Estimation and Application
Shiyu Wang, University of Georgia; Susu Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jeff Douglas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Steven Culpepper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:25 PM

Interval Estimation for the Slope Difference in a Normal Mixture Regression Model
Shin-Fu Tsai, National Taiwan University
2:35 PM

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

ESTIMATION of SD for a LOG-TRANSFORMED VARIABLE BASED on SUMMARY STATISTICS in the ORIGINAL SCALE
Hui Quan, Sanofi; Juan Zhang, Sanofi; Deborah Dukovic, Sanofi; Dongli Zhou, Merck Senoro
2:50 PM

Change-Point Estimation of Trend in High-Dimensional Time Series
Monika Bhattacharjee , University of Florida; Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan; George Michailidis, University of Florida
2:50 PM

The Use of Machine Learning Methods to Improve the US National Resources Inventory Survey
Zhengyuan Zhu, Iowa State University
3:05 PM

Doubly Robust Estimation and Causal Inference for Recurrent Event Data
Chien-Lin Mark Su, McGill University; Russell Steele, McGill University; Ian Shrier, McGill University
3:05 PM

Variational Bayes Estimation of Time Series Copulas for Multivariate Ordinal and Mixed Data
Michael Stanley Smith, University of Melbourne; Ruben Loaiza-Maya, Unviersity of Melbourne
3:05 PM

Asymptotic Theory of Maximum Likelihood Estimator for Jump-Diffusion Model
Yongxin Ye, Peking University
3:05 PM

Evaluation of Therapeutic Effect in Clinical Study Using Companion Diagnostic Device for Patient Screening
Jeng Mah, Beckman Coulter
3:05 PM

Spatial Semiparametric Spectral Density Estimation for Multivariate Extremes
Mauricio Nascimento, Pennsylvania State University; Benjamin Shaby, Penn State University
3:05 PM

Outlier Detection in Non-Stationary Data Streams
Priyanga Dilini Talagala, Monash University, Australia; Rob J Hyndman, Monash University; Kate Smith-Miles, University of Melbourne, Australia
3:05 PM

Bayesian Small Area Estimation of Multinomial Outcomes
David R Judkins, Abt Associates; Stas Kolenikov, Abt Associates; Raphael Nishimura, Abt Associates
3:20 PM

Change-Point Analysis Using Logarithmic Quantile Estimation
Lucia Tabacu, Old Dominion University; Mark Ledbetter, Old Dominion University
3:20 PM

Hyperplane Estimation in High Dimensions
Zhiyuan Lu, University of Michigan
3:20 PM

Data Collection Issues in Modeling and Estimation of Urban Transportation Networks
Isabelle Kemajou-Brown, Morgan State University; Jasmine Alston, Morgan State University; Paul Bikoi, Morgan State University; Eugene Evans, Morgan State University; Xilei Zhao, University of Michigan; James C. Spall, Applied Physics Laboratory
3:35 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018

Estimation of the Linearity Point in Graphical Analysis
Anastasia Dmitrienko, Columbia University; Francesca Zanderigo, Columbia University; Yuichi Kimura, National Institute of Radiological Sciences; Robert Todd Ogden, Columbia University

PwrEWAS: a Computationally Efficient Tool for Comprehensive Power Estimation in EWAS
Stefan Graw, University of Kansas Medical Center; Devin C Koestler, University of Kansas Medical Center

Bayesian Nonparametric Estimation of the Spectral Density Function, with Applications to Spectral Analysis of EEG Data
Guillermo Cuauhtemoctzin Granados Garcia, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Mark Fiecas, University of Minnesota

Comparison Between HIV Routine Testing Data and Sentinel Surveillance Data
Ben Sheng, Pennsylvania State University; Jeffrey Eaton, Imperial College London; Kimberly Marsh, UNAIDS; Mary Mahy, UNAIDS; Le Le Bao, Penn State University

Treatment Effect Estimation in Subgroups: a Comparative Study
Weihua Cao, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp; Bjoern Holzhauer, Novartis Pharma AG; Steffen Ballerstedt, Novartis Pharma AG; Dong Xi, Novartis Pharmaceuticals; Ieuan Jones, Novartis Pharma AG

Incorporating Intermediate Binary Responses into Interim Analysis of a Long-Term Binary Endpoint
Andrejus Parfionovas, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Jingjing Chen, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Tina Liu, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Cong Han, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Xiaopan Yao, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Replicate Weights for Variance Estimation of Subnational Areas
Stephanie Zimmer, RTI International; Marcus Berzofsky, RTI International; Andrew Moore, RTI International

Sample Size Estimation for Stratified Cluster Randomized Trials with Binary Outcomes
Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Harvard University; Michael David Hughes, Harvard University

Estimation of Peak Expiratory Flow Under Stochastic Differential Equations
Shan Yang, Merck & Co Inc

A Multidimensional Array Model for Religiosity
Guangyu Tong, Duke University

Gaussian Variational Estimation for Multidimensional Item Response Theory
April Eun Cho, University of Michigan; Gongjun Xu, University of Michigan

Estimation of Outcome Trajectory Using Inverse Probability of Censoring Weighting When Data Are Missing Not at Random
Dustin Rabideau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Constantin T. Yiannoutsos, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health; Ronald J. Bosch, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Judith Lok, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

High-Dimensional Change Point Estimation via Sparse Projection
Tengyao Wang, University of Cambridge; Richard J Samworth, University of Cambridge
8:35 AM

Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification for Optimal Estimation Remote Sensing Retrievals
Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Jonathan Hobbs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
8:35 AM

Moving Beyond Longrank/Hazard Ratio Test/Estimation Approach in Cancer Clinical Trials
Hajime Uno, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Miki Horiguchi, Kitasato University
8:35 AM

Estimation of Economic Models with Non-Euclidean Data
Suyong Song, University of Iowa; Stephen Baek, University of Iowa
8:35 AM

A Multidimensional Array Model for Religiosity
Guangyu Tong, Duke University
8:55 AM

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

BLINDED SAMPLE SIZE RE-ESTIMATION
Chien-Hua Wu, Chung-Yuan Christian University; Shu-Mei Wan, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology
9:05 AM

Folded Concave Penalized Estimation of Conditional Copula Graphical Models with Application to Microbial Networks
Bingyuan Liu, Pennsylvania State University; Lingzhou Xue, Penn State University and National Institute of Statistical Sciences
9:05 AM

Estimation of Spatial Deformation for Nonstationary Processes via Variogram Alignment
Ghulam Qadir, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Ying Sun, KAUST; Sebastian Kurtek, The Ohio State University
9:05 AM

Improving Copy Number Variation Estimation by Incorporating BAF Using ModSaRa
Feifei Xiao, University of South Carolina; Heping Zhang, Yale University School of Public Health
9:05 AM

Improve Risk Prediction Model Estimation with Longitudinal Surrogate Markers
Yu Zheng, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Tianxi Cai, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Lu Tian, Stanford University School of Medicine
9:15 AM

Bayesian Blinded Sample Size Adjustment for Risk Differences
Andrew Hartley, PPD, Inc.
9:15 AM

Replicate Weights for Variance Estimation of Subnational Areas
Stephanie Zimmer, RTI International; Marcus Berzofsky, RTI International; Andrew Moore, RTI International
9:15 AM

Exploring Departures from Stationarity Using Locally Stationary Time Series
Shreyan Ganguly, The Ohio State University; Peter Craigmile, The Ohio State University
9:20 AM

Pseudo-Population Bootstrap Procedures for Multi-Stage Sampling Designs
Sixia Chen, University of Oklahoma; David Haziza, Université de Montréal
9:25 AM

Sample Size Estimation for Stratified Cluster Randomized Trials with Binary Outcomes
Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Harvard University; Michael David Hughes, Harvard University
9:30 AM

Estimation of Peak Expiratory Flow Under Stochastic Differential Equations
Shan Yang, Merck & Co Inc
9:35 AM

Heterogeneous Treatment Effect Estimation through Deep Learning
Ran Chen, Wharton; Hanzhong Liu, Center for Statistical Science, Tsinghua University
9:35 AM

Blinded vs. Unblinded Sample Size Re-Estimation: When and What?
Yili Pritchett, MedImmune
9:35 AM

Nearly Best Confidence Intervals
George Terrell, VA Poly. Inst. & State Univ.
9:50 AM

Detection and Estimation of Local Signals
David O Siegmund, Stanford University
9:55 AM

Gaussian Variational Estimation for Multidimensional Item Response Theory
April Eun Cho, University of Michigan; Gongjun Xu, University of Michigan
9:55 AM

Semiparametric Mixture Regression Under a Symmetric Unimodal Error Distribution
Linden Yuan, University of Maryland
10:35 AM

Optimal Estimation of Simultaneous Signals Using Absolute Inner Product with Applications to Integrative Genomics
Rong Ma, University of Pennsylvania; Tianwen Cai, University of Pennsylvania; Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania; Mark G Low, University of Pennsylvania
10:35 AM

Discovering Depression Subtypes with High-Dimensional Eigenvalue Estimation on Resting-State fMRI Data
Samprit Banerjee, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
10:35 AM

Estimation and Inference for the Indirect Effect in High-Dimensional Linear Mediation Models
Ruixuan Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Liewei Wang, Mayo Clinic; Dave Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:50 AM

Estimating Probability of Simultaneous Success with Multiple Endpoints Using Truncated Multi-Variate Correlated Normal Distribution
Tianshuang Wu, AbbVie; Yihua Gu, AbbVie; Ziqian Geng, AbbVie; Saurabh Mukhopadhyay, AbbVie
10:50 AM

High-Dimensional Discrimination with Trace Regularization
Jeongyoun Ahn, University of Georgia; Yongho Jeon, Yonsei University; Hee Cheol Chung, University of Georgia
11:15 AM

Weighted Envelope Estimation to Handle Variability in Model Selection
Daniel J. Eck
11:20 AM

One-Step and Two-Step Estimation in a Time-Varying Parametric Model
Bogdan Gadidov, Kennesaw State University; Mohammed Chowdhury, Kennesaw State University; Brad Barney, Brigham Young University
11:35 AM

Penalized Jackknife Empirical Likelihood in High Dimension
Na Zhao; jinfeng Xu, The University of Hong Kong
11:35 AM

Efficient Estimation for Non-Stationary Spatial Covariance Functions with Application to High-Resolution Climate Model Emulation
Yuxiao Li, KAUST; Ying Sun, KAUST
11:35 AM

Comparison of Two Methods for Evaluating Bias in Method Comparison Studies
Kyungsook Kim, FDA
11:50 AM

Spectral Clustering via Unsupervised Random Forests
William Biscarri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robert J. Brunner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ruoqing Zhu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
11:50 AM

Time-Variant Nonparametric Quantile Estimation: One-Step Vs Two-Step Methods
Mohammed Chowdhury, Kennesaw State University
2:05 PM

Substate Small Area Estimates Using Data from the 2014-2016 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs)
Neeraja Sathe, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Akhil Vaish, RTI International
2:05 PM

Improved Robust Estimation of the Residual Scale in High-Dimensional Problems with the Adaptive Elastic Net S-Estimator for Efficient Robust Penalized Linear Regression Methods
David Kepplinger, University of British Columbia; Ezequiel Smucler, University of British Columbia; Gabriela V. Cohen Freue, University of British Columbia
2:05 PM

Asymptotics and Optimal Bandwidth Selection for Nonparametric Estimation of Density Level Sets
Wanli Qiao, George Mason University
2:05 PM

Direct Estimation of Differential Networks Under High-Dimensional Nonparanormal Graphical Models
Qingyang Zhang, University of Arkansas
2:20 PM

Mean Reversion Trading via Penalized Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Optimization
Jize Zhang, University of Washington, Seattle; Aleksandr Aravkin, University of Washington, Seattle; Tim Leung, University of Washington, Seattle
2:25 PM

A Kernel Weighting Approach to Improve Population Representativeness of Epidemiological Cohort in the Analysis
Lingxiao Wang, The Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park; Barry Ira Graubard, National Cancer Institute; Hormuzd A. Katki, Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute; Yan Li, University of Maryland at College Park
2:30 PM

Comparison of NSDUH Population Percentages from the United States, Census Regions, States, and the District of Columbia
Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Akhil Vaish, RTI International; Neeraja Sathe, RTI International
2:35 PM

Unified Estimation Methods for Unnormalized Models Using Auxiliary Distributions
Masatoshi Uehara, Harvard Unversity; Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University
2:35 PM

Developments of the Synthetic Likelihood Approach for Bayesian Design for Models with Intractable Likelihoods
James McGree
2:45 PM

Plotting Two-Dimensional Confidence Regions
Christopher Weld, William & Mary; Lawrence Leemis, William & Mary; Andrew Loh, William & Mary
2:50 PM

Estimation of Contagion Effects in Households and Other Networks
Forrest W Crawford, Yale School of Public Health; Wen Wei Loh, Ghent 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

Nonparametric Empirical Bayes Tweedie's Estimator for Normal Means with Heteroscedastic Errors
Luella Fu, USC Marshall School of Business; Gareth James, USC Marshall School of Business; Wenguang Sun, USC Marshall School of Business
3:05 PM

Model-Based Crop Yield Forecasting: Adjustment for Within-State Heterogeneity, Covariate Selection and Variance Estimation
Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS)
3:20 PM

Tests for Patterned Alternatives Using Logarithmic Quantile Estimation
Mark Ledbetter, Old Dominion University; Lucia Tabacu, Old Dominion University
3:20 PM

ESTIMATION of a MONOTONE DENSITY in S-SAMPLE BIASED SAMPLING MODELS
Hok Kan Ling, Columbia University; Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, University of Washington; Tony Sit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Sheung Chi Phillip Yam, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
3:20 PM

Toward an Updated Publication Standard for Official County-Level Crop Estimates
Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Andreea Erciulescu, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Valbona Bejleri, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Linda J Young, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
3:35 PM

Incorporating Design Weights and Historical Data into Model-Based Small-Area Estimation
Hui Xie, CDC; Lawrence Barker, CDC; Deborah Rolka, CDC
3:35 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018

Local Likelihood Estimation of Complex Tail Dependence Structures in High Dimensions, Applied to U.S. Precipitation Extremes
Raphaël Huser, KAUST; Daniela Castro, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
8:35 AM

Fair Inference Through Semiparametric-Efficient Estimation Over Constraint-Specific Paths
Nima Hejazi, Group in Biostatistics, UC Berkeley
8:35 AM

Efficient Estimation for Jump-Diffusions
Nina Munkholt Jakobsen, Technical University of Denmark; Michael Sørensen, University of Copenhagen
9:05 AM

Estimation and Comparison of Transmission Trees Using Sequence Data
Michelle Kendall, Oxford University; Caroline Colijn, Simon Fraser University
9:15 AM

Are Extreme Value Estimation Methods Useful for Network Data?
Tiandong Wang, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering
9:15 AM

A Quantile-Based Asymmetric Family of Distributions: Inference
Anneleen Verhasselt, Hasselt University; Karim Rezaul, Hasselt University and KU Leuven; Irene Gijbels, KU Leuven
9:20 AM

Treatment Heterogeneity and Treatment Eligibility Estimations Using Random Forest Methods
Min Lu, University of Miami; Eugene H. Blackstone, Cleveland Clinic; Hemant Ishwaran, University of Miami
9:35 AM

Lasso Estimation of Hierarchical Interactions for Analyzing Heterogeneous Treatment Effect
Yu Du, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Ravi Varadhan, Johns Hopkins University
9:50 AM

Estimation and Inference for the Mediation Effect in a Time-Varying Mediation Model
Donna Coffman, Temple University; Xizhen Cai, Temple University; Runze Li, Penn State University
9:50 AM

Yakovlev Promotion Time Cure Model with Local Polynomial Estimation
Li-Hsiang Lin, Georgia Tech; Li-Shan Huang, Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, TAIWAN
9:55 AM

Augmented Minimax Linear Estimation
Stefan Wager, Stanford University; David Hirshberg, Columbia University
10:35 AM

A New Approach to Censored Quantile Regression Estimation
Naveen Naidu Narisetty, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
10:35 AM

Combining Survey and Administrative Data to Produce Official Statistics
Andreea Erciulescu, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Valbona Bejleri, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
10:35 AM

A Data-Retaining Method for Tail Estimation
Erika Cunningham, Duke University
10:35 AM

Bayesian Logistic Regression Model for Sub-Areas
Lu Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
10:50 AM

Estimating the Error Variance in a High-Dimensional Linear Model
Guo Yu, Cornell University; Jacob Bien, University of Southern California
10:50 AM

TRUMP in Power Supports Five Family Members
Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Stephen A Sedory, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
10:50 AM

Individualized Adaptive Dose-Response Modeling in Multiple Myeloma: Potential to Improve Patient Care
Dean Bottino, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.
10:55 AM

Density estimation via hierarchies of nonparametric priors
Igor Pruenster, Bocconi University
10:55 AM

Targeted Learning for Causal Inference
Mark van der Laan, UC Berkeley
11:00 AM

Bias-Corrected Estimation of Treatment Effects in Biomarker-Based Adaptive Subgroup Analysis: New Approach Based on Randomized Tests with Smooth Rejection Function
Kiichiro Toyoizumi, Shionogi Inc.; Shigeyuki Matsui, Nagoya University
11:05 AM

Prevalence of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Behaviors: An Approach for State-Level and National Estimation Derived from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Ronaldo Iachan, ICF; Yangyan Deng, ICF
11:15 AM

Practical Considerations of Subgroups Quantification, Selection and Adaptive Enrichment in Confirmatory Trials
Jianchang Lin, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Rachael Liu, Takeda Pharmaceuticals ; Veronica Bunn, Florida State University
11:20 AM

Leveraging "Medium-Sized" Data for Statistical Inference and Model Estimation of Data Gaps in International Energy Statistics Using R
Glendon Haynes, Energy Information Administration
11:20 AM

Regularized Calibrated Estimation of Propensity Scores with Model Misspecification and High-Dimensional Data
Zhiqiang Tan, Rutgers University
11:25 AM

Efficient and Principled Score Estimation
Arthur Gretton, UCL
11:25 AM

Methodological Considerations for the Analysis of Relative Treatment Effects in Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis from Fused Observational Studies
Mireille Schnitzer, University of Montreal; Andrea Benedetti, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, McGill University Health Centre; Guanbo Wang, McGill University; Arman Alam Siddique, McMaster University; Asma Bahamyirou, Université de Montréal
11:35 AM

On the Parameter Estimation and Modeling of Clustered Survival Data with Delayed Entry and Missing Covariates
Hua Shen, University of Calgary
11:55 AM

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