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Sunday, 07/29/2018
Bayesian Nonparametric Hierarchical Models for Lightcurve Classification and Observation Decisions
David Edward Jones, Duke University and SAMSI; Sujit Ghosh, North Carolina State Univ.; Ana-Maria Staicu, NC State University; Ashish Mahabal, Caltech


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


MHi-C: Robust Leveraging of Multi-Mapping Reads in Hi-C Analysis
Ye Zheng, University of Wisconsin Madison; Ferhat Ay, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology; Sunduz Keles, University of Wisconsin, Madison


Statistical Learning on Next-Generation Sequencing of T Cell Repertoire Data
Li Zhang, UCSF School of Medicine, UCSF; Tao He, San Francisco State University; Alan Paciorek, University of California, San Franciscornia ; Jason Cham, University of California, San Francisco; David Oh, University of California, San Francisco; Lawrence Fong, University of California, San Francisco


A Hierarchical Bayesian Deconvolution Model for Inferring Immune Cell Components in Tumor
An-Shun Tai, National Tsing Hua University


Statistical Approach for Investigating Change in Mutational Processes During Cancer Growth and Development
Zhi Yang, University of Southern California; Priyatama Pandey, University of Southern California; Darryl Shibata, University of Southern California; Paul Southern Marjoram, University of Southern California; Kimberly Siegmund, University of Southern California


A Hierarchical Bayesian Deconvolution Model for Inferring Immune Cell Components in Tumor
An-Shun Tai, National Tsing Hua University
2:15 PM

MHi-C: Robust Leveraging of Multi-Mapping Reads in Hi-C Analysis
Ye Zheng, University of Wisconsin Madison; Ferhat Ay, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology; Sunduz Keles, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2:40 PM

Hierarchical Significance Testing for Gaussian Mixture Clustering
Purvasha Chakravarti, Carnegie Mellon University; Larry Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University; Sivaraman Balakrishnan, Carnegie Mellon University
3:05 PM

Statistical Learning on Next-Generation Sequencing of T Cell Repertoire Data
Li Zhang, UCSF School of Medicine, UCSF; Tao He, San Francisco State University; Alan Paciorek, University of California, San Franciscornia ; Jason Cham, University of California, San Francisco; David Oh, University of California, San Francisco; Lawrence Fong, University of California, San Francisco
3:10 PM

A Model-Based Clustering to Identify Disease-Associated SNPs
Yan Xu, University of Victoria; Xuekui Zhang, University of Victoria; Weiliang Qiu, Brigham and Women's Hosptial/Harvard Medical School
3:20 PM

Statistical Approach for Investigating Change in Mutational Processes During Cancer Growth and Development
Zhi Yang, University of Southern California; Priyatama Pandey, University of Southern California; Darryl Shibata, University of Southern California; Paul Southern Marjoram, University of Southern California; Kimberly Siegmund, University of Southern California
3:30 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

Statistical Inference for Multivariate Stochastic Differential Equations via Data Imputation
Ge Liu, Ohio State University; Peter Craigmile, The Ohio State University; Radu Herbei, The Ohio State University
4:25 PM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Analyzing Methylated RNA Immunoprecipitation Sequencing Data
Minzhe Zhang, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Qiwei Li, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Yang Xie, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
4:35 PM

Build-Your-Own Dashboards for Metric Choice
Peter Lenk, University of Michigan; Ofer Mintz, University of Sydney; Yakov Bart, Northeastern University; David Reibstein, University of Pennsylvania
4:35 PM

Bayesian Hierarchical Models and Influenza Modeling
Nehemias Ulloa, Iowa State University; Jarad Niemi, Iowa State University
4:35 PM

Inference and Optimal Design for Longitudinal Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trials Given a Small Number of Clusters with Application to a Serious Mental Illness Intervention Study
CHAE RYON KANG, University of Pittsburgh; DI ZHANG, University of Pittsburgh
4:50 PM

Identifying and Utilizing Research Topics in Conference Abstracts
Stas Kolenikov, Abt Associates; Alison Thaung, Abt Associates
4:55 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
Hierarchical-Block Conditioning Approximations for High-Dimensional Multivariate Normal Probabilities
Jian Cao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Marc G Genton, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; David E Keyes, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; George Turkiyyah, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology


Is Joe Flacco Elite? Hierarchical Models for Player Evaluation in Team Sports
Sam Ventura, Pittsburgh Penguins; Ronald Yurko, Carnegie Mellon University; Maksim Horowitz, Carnegie Mellon University; Andrew C Thomas, Minnesota Wild


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


A Bayesian Hierarchical Multivariate Poisson-Lognormal Model to Estimate Age- and Cause-Specific Child Mortality in Data-Scarce Countries
Austin Edward Schumacher, University of Washington; Jon Wakefield, Univ of Washington


Tools for Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification in Remote Sensing Inverse Problems
Jonathan Hobbs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Ali Behrangi, University of Arizona; Sandy Burden, University of Wollongong; Eric Fetzer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Kyo Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Hai Nguyen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory


The Implementation of Moderated T-Tests in Linear Mixed-Effects Models
Lianbo Yu, Ohio State University; Jianying Zhang, Ohio State University; Guy Brock, Ohio State University College of Medicine; Soledad Fernandez, The Ohio State University


Battle Royale: Machine Learning vs. Mechanistically Motivated Spatio-Temporal Models for Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes
Christopher K. Wikle, University of Missouri
8:35 AM

Lagged Hierarchical Semiparametric Models for Task-Based Dynamic Functional Connectivity (DFC)
Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University Bloomington; Zikai Lin, Indiana University; Maria Kudela, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Brandon Oberlin, Indiana University School of Medicine; Joaquin Goni, Purdue University; David A Kareken, Indiana University School of Medicine; Mario Dzemidzic, Indiana University School of Medicine
9:15 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

Hierarchical Processing for LC/MS Metabolomics Data Generated in Multiple Batches
Douglas Walker, Emory University; Karan Uppal, Emory University; Dean Jones, Emory University; Tianwei Yu, Emory University
10:35 AM

Tools for Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification in Remote Sensing Inverse Problems
Jonathan Hobbs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Ali Behrangi, University of Arizona; Sandy Burden, University of Wollongong; Eric Fetzer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Kyo Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Hai Nguyen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
10:35 AM

Methods of Monitoring Outcomes of Medical Providers
John Kalbfleisch, University of Michigan; Zhi He, University of Michigan; Lu Xia, University of Michigan; Yanming Li, University of Michigan
10:55 AM

Variable Selection in Partially Linear Additive Hazards Model with Grouped Covariates and a Diverging Number of Parameters
Xuewen Lu, University of Calgary; Arfan Afzal, University of Calgary
11:15 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

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

Probabilities of Causation of Climate Changes
Alexis Hannart, Ouranos
11:25 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

The Implementation of Moderated T-Tests in Linear Mixed-Effects Models
Lianbo Yu, Ohio State University; Jianying Zhang, Ohio State University; Guy Brock, Ohio State University College of Medicine; Soledad Fernandez, The Ohio State University
12:10 PM

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

A Bayesian Hierarchical Framework for Pathway Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Studies
Swati Biswas, University of Texas at Dallas; Lei Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas; Pankaj Choudhary, University of Texas at Dallas
2:05 PM

A Meta-Analysis to Indirectly Compare Experimental Drugs Across Multiple Indications Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Ji Lin, Eli Lilly; Jingyi Liu, Eli Lilly; Zachary Thomas, Eli Lilly; Yumin Zhao, Eli Lilly & Co.; Mythili Koneru, Eli Lilly
2:05 PM

A Bayesian Multilevel Dirichlet Regression Model for Adolescent Activity Pattern Data
Kori Khan, Ohio State; Catherine Calder, The Ohio State University; Anna Smith, Columbia University; Christopher Browning, The Ohio State University
2:35 PM

Hierarchical Computing for Hierarchical Models in Ecology
Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University
2:45 PM

Zero-Inflated Generalized Dirichlet Multinomial (ZIGDM) Regression Model for Microbiome Compositional Data
Zheng-Zheng Tang, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Guanhua Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:50 PM

A Hierarchical Bayesian Cognitive Diagnostic Factor Model for Learning Trajectories
Albert Man, UIUC; Steven Culpepper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:50 PM

Modeling Your Way Out of Hierarchical Models in Ecology
Ephraim Hanks, The Pennsylvania State University
3:05 PM

Bayesian Latent Hierarchical Model for Transcriptomic Meta-Analysis to Detect Biomarkers with Clustered Meta-Patterns of Differential Expression Signals
Zhiguang Huo, University of Florida; Chi Song, Ohio State University; George Tseng, University of Pittsburgh
3:05 PM

Analysis of Resting-State Functional Brain Connectivity Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Mixture Model
Anders Lundquist, Umea University; Tetiana Gorbach, Umeå University; Xavier de Luna, Umeå University; Lars Nyberg, Umeå University; Alireza Salami, Karolinska Institute
3:05 PM

Multiethnic Joint Analysis of Marginal SNP Effects
David Conti, University of Southern California; Kan Wang, University of Southern California; Chris Haiman, University of Southern California; Paul Newcombe, MRC Biostatistics Unit
3:05 PM

Bayesian Applications for Extrapolation from Adult to Pediatric Data
Amy Xia, Amgen
3:05 PM

Cluster Mean Centering in Hierarchical Linear Models
Noa Molshatzki, University of Southern California; Sandrah P. Eckel, University of Southern California
3:20 PM

Not All Hierarchical Models Are Created Equal: Interpretation, Model Adequacy and Statistical Computation
Matthew Schofield, University of Otago; Richard Barker, University of Otago
3:25 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
Patient- and Site-Level Factors Associated with Abstinence Outcome in a Multisite Clinical Trial of a Technology-Delivered Psychosocial Intervention for Substance Use Disorders
Martina Pavlicova, Columbia University; Leila M. Vaezazizi, New York State Psychiatric Institue; Aimee N. C. Campbell, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Mei-Chen Hu, Columbia University; Edward V. Nunes, New York State Psychiatric Institute


Interpretable Statistical Machine Learning for Validation and Uncertainty Quantification of Complex Models
Ana Kupresanin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Voxel-Wise Classification of Prostate Cancer Using Nearest-Neighbor Gaussian Process
Jin Jin, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota; Joseph Koopmeiners, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota; Gregory Metzger, University of Minnesota; Ethan Leng, University of Minnesota


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


A Two-Stage Microbial Association Mapping Framework with Advanced FDR Control
Jiyuan Hu, New York University School of Medicine; Huilin Li, New York University; Hyunwook Koh, NYU langone medical center; Linchen He, NYU langone medical center; Martin Blaser, New York University School of Medicine


A Bayesian Gene-Based GWAS Analysis of Osteosarcoma Trio Data Using a Hierarchically Structured Prior
Yi Yang, University of Minnesota; SAONLI BASU, University of Minnesota; Lisa Mirabello, National Institutes of Health; Logan Spector, University of Minnesota; Lin Zhang, University of Minnesota


Multiple Testing Procedure Consideration in Clinical Trials
Rachael Wen, Sanofi


Three-Component Dissection of Tumor Cellular Heterogeneity by a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Tao Wang, UT Southwestern Medical Center


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


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

Three-Component Dissection of Tumor Cellular Heterogeneity by a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Tao Wang, UT Southwestern Medical Center
8:50 AM

Incorporating Historical Information into the Analysis of Clinical Trials- a Case Study
Guochen Song, Biogen; Yiqing Tian, Q2 Sulotions; John Zhong, Biogen; Stacy Lindborg, Biogen Idec
8:50 AM

Multi-Resolution Filters for Massive Spatio-Temporal Data
Marcin Jurek, Texas A&M University; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University
8:55 AM

A Bayesian Gene-Based GWAS Analysis of Osteosarcoma Trio Data Using a Hierarchically Structured Prior
Yi Yang, University of Minnesota; SAONLI BASU, University of Minnesota; Lisa Mirabello, National Institutes of Health; Logan Spector, University of Minnesota; Lin Zhang, University of Minnesota
9:00 AM

A Two-Stage Microbial Association Mapping Framework with Advanced FDR Control
Jiyuan Hu, New York University School of Medicine; Huilin Li, New York University; Hyunwook Koh, NYU langone medical center; Linchen He, NYU langone medical center; Martin Blaser, New York University School of Medicine
9:30 AM

Basket Trials Design and Analysis in Non-Oncology Therapeutical Areas
Binbing Yu, MedImmune/AstraZeneca; Jingjing Chen, Takeda Pharmaceuticals; Dewei She, MedImmune/AstraZeneca; Jianliang Zhang, Medimmune, LLC
9:50 AM

A Bayesian Approach to the Analysis of Handwritten Evidence
Amy M Crawford, Iowa State University; Nicholas S Berry, Iowa State University; Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University
9:55 AM

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

A Retrospective Control Study of the Millennium Villages Project
Shira Mitchell, Mathematica Policy Research; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University; Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University; Avi Feller, UC Berkeley; Elizabeth A Stuart, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Alan Zaslavsky, Harvard University Medical School
10:35 AM

Bayesian Monte Carlo Method for Estimating Small Area Complex Parameters Under Unit-Level Models with Skew-Normal Errors
Mamadou Diallo; Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; J. N. K. Rao, Carleton University
10:35 AM

Propensity Score Methods for Studies with Hierarchical Data Structure and Continuous Treatments: Application to Childhood Obesity Interventions in Los Angeles County
Justin R Williams, UCLA; Catherine Crespi, University of California, Los Angeles; May Wang, University of California, Los Angeles
10:55 AM

Traversing the Space-Time Cube
Noel Cressie, University of Wollongong
11:00 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

Multiple Testing Procedure Consideration in Clinical Trials
Rachael Wen, Sanofi
11:30 AM

Statistical Inference for Online Learning and Stochastic Approximation via Hierarchical Incremental Gradient Descent
Weijie Su, University of Pennsylvania; Yuancheng Zhu, University of Pennsylvania
11:35 AM

Bayesian Analysis of Multinomial Counts from Small Areas and Sub-Areas
Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11:35 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

AAA: Triple-Adaptive Bayesian Designs for the Identification of Optimal Dose Combinations in Dual-Agent Dose-Finding Trials
Jiaying Lyu, University of Chicago; Fudan University; Yuan Ji, NorthShore Univ. HealthSystem / The University of Chicago
11:55 AM

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
12:05 PM

Imputation Approaches for Animal Movement Modeling
Henry Scharf, Colorado State University; Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University; Devin Johnson, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NOAA)
2:05 PM

Sensitivity Analysis in Multilevel Models
Nicole Bohme Carnegie, Montana State University; Jennifer L Hill, New York University; Masataka Harada, Fukuoka University; Vincent Dorie, New York University
2:05 PM

Hierarchical Spatial Model for Creating Global Maps of Plant Trait Distribution
Abhi Datta, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2:05 PM

Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis for Stochastic Frontier Production Function Model
Seongho Song, University of Cincinnati; Younshik Chung, Pusan National University; David Taesok Yi, Xavier University
2:05 PM

A Max-Infinitely Divisible Process for Sub-Asymptotic Modeling of Spatial Extremes
Gregory Bopp, Pennsylvania State University; Benjamin Shaby, Penn State University; Raphaël Huser, KAUST
2:20 PM

Multi-Scale Modeling of Animal Movement and General Behavior Data Using Hidden Markov Models with Hierarchical Structures
Vianey Leos Barajas, Iowa State University; Eric Gangloff, Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale du CNRS; Timo Adam, Bielefeld University; Roland Langrock, Bielefeld University; Juan Morales, INIBIOMA-CRUB CONICET
2:30 PM

Fully Bayesian Analysis of Hierarchical Count Regression Models
Jarad Niemi, Iowa State University; William Landau, Eli Lilly and Company; Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University
2:50 PM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Integrated Analysis of Consumer Appeal in Affective Testing
Jing Cao; Janette Pool, PepsiCo
3:05 PM

Hierarchical Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Agent-Based Models for Collective Animal Movement
Patrick McDermott, Univeristy of Missouri; Christopher K. Wikle, University of Missouri; Joshua Millspaugh, University of Montana
3:20 PM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model Estimating CACE in Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials with Noncompliance
Jincheng Zhou, University of Minnesota; Haitao Chu, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; James S. Hodges, University of Minnesota; M. Fareed   Khan Suri, University of Minnesota
3:25 PM

Hierarchical Gaussian Processes for Spatially Dependent Model Selection
James Fry, Virginia Tech; Scotland Leman, Virginia Tech
3:35 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Distance-Weighted Predictor Models to Estimate the Spatial Scale of Built Environment Health Effects
Adam Peterson, University of Michigan; Brisa N. Sanchez, University of Michigan; Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh, San Francisco State University


A Bayesian Latent Variable Approach to Aggregation of Partial and Top Ranked Lists in Genomic Studies
Xue Li, Capital One; Xinlei (Sherry) Wang, Southern Methodist University; Pankaj Choudhary, University of Texas at Dallas; Swati Biswas, University of Texas at Dallas


A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Gene Set Enrichment Analysis
Abhay Hukku; Xiaoquan William Wen, University of Michigan; Corbin Quick, University of Michigan


Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling of Clustered or Longitudinal RNA Sequencing Experiments
Brian Vestal, National Jewish Health; Camille Moore, National Jewish Health; Katerina Kechris, Colorado School of Public Health; Laura Saba, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Tasha Fingerlin, National Jewish Health


A Hierarchical, Multiple-Testing Framework for High-Dimensional Data Analysis and Application to Flow Cytometry
John Pura


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


Bayesian Analysis of Unrelated Question Design for Correlated Sensitive Questions from Small Areas
Yuan Yu


Joint Modeling of Multiple RNA-Seq Samples for Accurate Isoform Quantification
Wei Li, University of California, Los Angeles; Jingyi Li, University of California, Los Angeles; Anqi Zhao, Harvard University; Shihua Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
8:35 AM

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
8:50 AM

Hierarchical Infinite Latent Factor Models
Elizabeth Lorenzi, Duke University; Ricardo Henao, Duke University; Katherine Heller, Duke University
9:15 AM

Joint Hierarchical Models for Sparsely Sampled High-Dimensional LiDAR and Forest Variables
Andrew Oliver Finley, Michigan State University; Hans-Erik Andersen, USDA Forest Service; Sudipto Banerjee, UCLA School of Public Health; Bruce Douglas Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Abhi Datta, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Douglas C Morton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
9:35 AM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Change Point Model with Parameter Constraints
Hong Li, Medical University of South Carolina; Brian Neelon, Medical University of South Carolina
9:35 AM

RCRnorm: An Integrated System of Random-Coefficient Hierarchical Regression Models for Normalizing NanoString NCounter Data from FFPE Samples
Gaoxiang Jia, Southern Methodist University; Guanghua Xiao, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Xinlei (Sherry) Wang, Southern Methodist University
9:50 AM

Bayesian Analysis of Unrelated Question Design for Correlated Sensitive Questions from Small Areas
Yuan Yu
10:05 AM

Examining Non-Stationarity in Spatial Processes via an M-RA and Mixture Priors
Veronica J. Berrocal, University of Michigan
10:05 AM

Evaluating the Statistical Properties of Bayesian Basket Trial Designs
Kristen May Cunanan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Alexia Iasonos, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Ronglai Shen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Colin B Begg, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Mithat Gonen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10:35 AM

A Bayesian Method for Variable Screening
Somak Dutta, Iowa State University; Vivekananda Roy, Iowa State University
11:20 AM

Hierarchical Models with Conditionally Conjugate Full-Conditional Distributions for Dependent Data from the Natural Exponential Family
Jonathan R Bradley, Florida State University; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri/U.S. Census Bureau; Christopher K. Wikle, University of Missouri
11:35 AM

AAA: Triple-Adaptive Bayesian Designs for the Identification of Optimal Dose Combinations in Dual-Agent Dose-Finding Trials
Yuan Ji, NorthShore Univ. HealthSystem / The University of Chicago; Jiaying Lyu, Fudan Universtiy
11:35 AM

Nonparametric Mixture Modeling on Constrained Spaces
Putu Ayu Sudyanti, Purdue; Vinayak P Rao, Purdue University
11:35 AM

Combining Probability and Non-Probability Samples: Theory and Practice
Michael Elliott, University of Michigan; Richard Valliant, University of Michigan; Jack Chen, SurveyMonkey
2:05 PM

The Scientific Context of Astrostatistics: An Overview of the Hierarchical Universe
Gwendolyn Marie Eadie, University of Washington
2:05 PM

Hospital Profiling for Quality of End-Of-Life Care via Semi-Competing Risks Analysis
Kyu Ha Lee, The Forsyth Institute; Sebastien Haneuse, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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

Bayesian Hierarchical Multi-Population Multistate Jolly¬Seber Models with Covariates: Application to the Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program
Guohui Wu, SAS Institute Inc.; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri/U.S. Census Bureau
2:05 PM

Inference on the Future State of the Climate Through Combining Multiple Interdependent Climate Model Outputs with Observations Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models
Huang Huang, SAMSI; Dorit Hammerling, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Bo Li, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Richard Smith, Statistical Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
2:20 PM

Astrophysical Deconvolution When the Convolution Function Is Imprecise
David A van Dyk, Imperial College London
2:25 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

Hierarchical Bayesian Models for Supernovae and Cosmology
Kaisey Stephen Mandel, University of Cambridge
3:05 PM

Network Meta-Analysis for N-Of-1 Trials with Ordinal Outcomes
Youdan Wang, Brown University; Christopher Schmid, Brown University
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

Hierarchical Bayes in High Energy Astrophysics
Aneta Siemiginowska, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
3:25 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
A Hierarchical Bayesian Markov-Dependent Model for Lifetime Persistence and Recurrence of Major Depressive Episodes
Chenyang Gu, Harvard Medical School; Alan Zaslavsky, Harvard University Medical School; Ronald Kessler, Harvard Medical School
8:35 AM

Learning Nonconvex Hierarchical Interactions
Lingzhou Xue, Penn State University and National Institute of Statistical Sciences
9:00 AM

Medication Adherence and Cost Exposure: a Story in Heterogeneity
Rahul Ladhania, Carnegie Mellon University; Amelia M Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College; Neeraj Sood, University of Southern California; Ateev Mehtotra, Harvard Medical School
9:05 AM

Extended Ensemble Kalman Filters for High-Dimensional Hierarchical State-Space Models
Jonathan Stroud, Georgetown University; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University; Christopher K. Wikle, University of Missouri
9:15 AM

Estimating Clusters from Multivariate Binary Data via Hierarchical Bayesian Boolean Matrix Factorization
Zhenke Wu, University of Michigan; Livia Casciola-Rosen, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Antony Rosen, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Scott Zeger, Johns Hopkins Biostatistics
9:20 AM

Heterogeneous Reciprocal Graphical Models
Yang Ni, UT Austin; Peter Müller, University of Texas Austin; Yitan Zhu, NorthShore University HealthSystem; Yuan Ji, NorthShore Univ. HealthSystem / The University of Chicago
9:25 AM

Bayesian Bi-Clustering Methods with Applications to Integrative Genomics and Genetics
Jun Liu, Harvard University; Yang Li, Vatic Labs; Jiexing Wu, Google
9:25 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

Single-Cell ATAC-Seq Signal Extraction and Enhancement
Hongkai Ji, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Zhicheng Ji, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Weiqiang Zhou, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10:35 AM

Real Data Applications of Learning Curves in Cardiac Devices and Procedures
Usha Govindarajulu, SUNY Downstate School of Public Health; David Goldfarb, Montfiore Medical Center; Frederic Resnic, Lahey Clinic
10:35 AM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Summary Receiver Operating Characteristic Model for Network Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Tests
Haitao Chu, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Qinshu Lian, University of Minnesota; James S. Hodges, University of Minnesota
10:35 AM

Bayesian Hierarchical Methods for Meta-Analysis Combining Randomized-Controlled and Single-Arm Studies
Jing Zhang, University of Maryland College Park; Chia-Wen Ko, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Lei Nie, Division of Biometrics V, office of Biostatistics, CDER/FDA; Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Ram Tiwari, Center for Devices and Radiologica Health, FDA
10:55 AM

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

Multiple Imputation of Non-Ignorable and Hierarchical Missing Data
Angelina Hammon
11:05 AM

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Continental-Scale Prediction of Water Quality in US Lakes
Meridith Bartley, Penn State University; Ephraim Hanks, The Pennsylvania State University
11:05 AM

Using Hierarchical Models to Estimate Subgroup Effects in a Clinical Trial
Anna McGlothlin, Berry Consultants
11:15 AM

Characterizing Precipitation Extremes in the US Gulf Coast Through the Use of a Multivariate Spatial Hierarchical Model
Brook Russell, Clemson University; Mark Risser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Kenneth Kunkel, North Carolina State University; Richard Smith, Statistical Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
11:15 AM