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Sunday, 07/29/2018
Advantageous Statistical Tools for Stock Market Investing
Kenneth Davis


Big Data Detectives: Improving Human Health Through Informing Policy
Kristin Linn, University of Pennsylvania; Laura Hatfield, Harvard Medical School; Julian Wolfson, University of Minnesota; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School
2:05 PM

Advantageous Statistical Tools for Stock Market Investing
Kenneth Davis
2:05 PM

Statistics at Consumer Reports
Michael Saccucci, Consumer Reports
2:45 PM

Exploring Clustering Applications in Outlier Detection for Administrative Data Sources
Elizabeth Ayres, Statistics Canada
2:50 PM

Data Adaptive Evaluation of Preprocessing Methods Using Ensemble Machine Learning
Rachael Phillips, Biostatistics, UC Berkeley
4:05 PM

Entity Resolution with Societal Impacts in Statistical Machine Learning
Rebecca C. Steorts, Duke University
4:30 PM

Predictive and Interpretable Bayesian Machine Learning Models for Understanding Microbiome Dynamics
Georg Kurt Gerber, Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital
4:45 PM

Precision Medicine in Dynamic-Time Systems
Michael Lawson
5:05 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
Predicting Hospital Readmission for Diabetes Patients by Classical and Machine Learning Approaches
Gabrielle LaRosa, University of Pittsburgh; Chathurangi Pathiravsan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Rajapaksha Wasala M Anusha Madushani, University of Florida


The Classification of Stellar Systems Through Singular Spectrum Analysis
Kevin Matheson, Western Washington University; Kevin Covey, Western Washington University; Kimihiro Noguchi, Western Washington University


Machine Learning with Ensemble Feature Selections for Mass Spectrometry Data in Cancer Study
Yulan Liang, University of Maryland Baltimore; Amin Gharipour, Griffith University; Arpad Kelemen, University of Maryland Baltimore; Adam Kelemen, University of Maryland College Park; Hui Zhang, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions


Bayesian and Unsupervised Machine Learning Machines for Jazz Music Analysis
Qiuyi Wu, ASA; Ernest Fokoue, ASA


Comparison of Methods for Predicting High-Cost Patients Captured Within the Oncology Care Model (OCM): a Simulation Study
Jung-Yi Lin, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Wei Zhang, UALR; Mark Liu, Mount Sinai Health System; Mark Sanderson, Mount Sinai Health System; Luis Isola, Mount Sinai Health System; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Liangyuan Hu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Model Class Reliance: Variable Importance Measures for Any Machine Learning Model Class, from the
Aaron Fisher, Harvard University; Cynthia Rudin, Duke University; Francesca Dominici, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health


BENCHMARKING the EFFECTIVENESS of CATEGORICAL RESPONSE VARIABLE MODELS and THEIR VISUALIZATIONS on WEATHER DATA
Kristen Bystrom; Zhi Yuh Ou Yang, Simon Fraser University; Lei Chen, Simon Fraser University


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


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

Model Class Reliance: Variable Importance Measures for Any Machine Learning Model Class, from the
Aaron Fisher, Harvard University; Cynthia Rudin, Duke University; Francesca Dominici, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
8:40 AM

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

Learning Individualized Treatment Rules from Electronic Health Records Data
Yuanjia Wang, Columbia University
9:00 AM

Comparison of Methods for Predicting High-Cost Patients Captured Within the Oncology Care Model (OCM): a Simulation Study
Jung-Yi Lin, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Wei Zhang, UALR; Mark Liu, Mount Sinai Health System; Mark Sanderson, Mount Sinai Health System; Luis Isola, Mount Sinai Health System; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Liangyuan Hu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:10 AM

An Analysis on the Accuracy of Weather Forecasts
Benjamin William Schweitzer, Miami University; Nichole Rook, Miami University; Ryan Estep, Miami University; Robert Garrett, Miami University; Thomas Fisher, Miami University
9:30 AM

Visual Analytics in the Real World Evidence Data Realm
Melvin Munsaka, AbbVie, Inc.; Kefei Zhou, Theravance Biopharma; Krishan P. Singh, GlaxoSmithKline
9:35 AM

A Venn-Diagram Analysis of the Role of Statistics in Data Science
John McKenzie, Babson College
9:50 AM

BENCHMARKING the EFFECTIVENESS of CATEGORICAL RESPONSE VARIABLE MODELS and THEIR VISUALIZATIONS on WEATHER DATA
Kristen Bystrom; Zhi Yuh Ou Yang, Simon Fraser University; Lei Chen, Simon Fraser University
9:50 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

Risk Analysis in Banking
Vijayan Nair, 215157
10:55 AM

General Techniques for Successful Data Science Competitions
Ian Michael Mouzon, Iowa State University
11:35 AM

Edward: a Library for Probabilistic Machine Learning and Statistics
Dustin Tran, Columbia University; David Blei, Columbia University
11:35 AM

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

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

Nonparametric Variable Importance Assessment Using Machine Learning Techniques
Brian Williamson, University of Washington; Peter Gilbert, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Noah Simon, University of Washington; Marco Carone, University of Washington
2:25 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

Ensemble of Iterative Classifier Chains for Multi-Label Classification
Zhoushanyue He, University of Waterloo; Matthias Schonlau, University of Waterloo
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
Interpretable Statistical Machine Learning for Validation and Uncertainty Quantification of Complex Models
Ana Kupresanin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


An Application of Machine Learning for 3D IC Defect Detection
Meihui Guo, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Yu-Jung Huang, I-Shou University


A Machine Learning (ML) Approach to Prognostic and Predictive Covariate Identification for Subgroup Analysis and Hypotheses Generation
David A James, Novartis


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


Machine Learning to Evaluate the Quality of Patient Reported Epidemiological Data
Robert L. Wood, Resonate & Wichita State University; Futoshi Yumoto, Resonate; Rochelle Tractenberg, Georgetown University


Predicting Overflow: A Novel Application of Latrine Sensors and Machine Learning for Optimizing Sanitation Services in Informal Settlements
Phillip Turman-Bryant, Portland State University; Evan Thomas, Portland State University


A Modified Approach to Component-Wise Gradient Boosting for High-Dimensional Regression Models
Brandon Butcher, University of Iowa; Brian J. Smith, University of Iowa


Committee on Law and Justice Statistics
Joel Hunt, National Institute of Justice; Patryk Miziula, deepsense.ai; George Mohler, IUPUI; Tuanjie Tong, Intuidex, Inc.; Dylan Fitzpatrick, Carnegie Mellon University
8:35 AM

Personalization Through Uplift Modeling: Techniques and Business Applications
Victor Lo, Fidelity Investments
8:35 AM

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

Improving the Value of Public Data with Recount2 and Phenotype Prediction
Shannon Ellis, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
8:55 AM

Analyzing Large Scale Genomics Data with Apache Spark and ADAM
Frank Nothaft, Databricks
9:15 AM

Machine Learning Methods for Animal Movement
Dhanushi A Wijeyakulasuriya, Pennsylvania State University; Ephraim Hanks, The Pennsylvania State University; Benjamin Shaby, Penn State University
9:35 AM

New Approaches Towards Translational Neuroimaging
Martin A Lindquist, Johns Hopkins University
9:50 AM

Budget-Constrained Feature Selection for Binary Classification: a Neyman-Pearson Approach
Yiling Chen, University of California, Los Angeles; Xin Tong, University of Southern California; Jingyi Li, University of California, Los Angeles
10:05 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

Using Genomic Features to Make Smart Clinical Decisions: The Power of Machine Learning with RNA-Seq
Jing Huang, Veracyte Inc; Su yeon Kim , Veracyte Inc; Yangyang Hao, Veracyte Inc; Jing Lu, Veracyte Inc; Joshua Babiarz, Veracyte Inc; Sean Walsh, Veracyte Inc; Giulia Kennedy, Veracyte Inc
11:00 AM

Personalized Solution Recommendation for Google Cloud Marketplace
Tianhong He, Google; Sangho Yoon, Google
11:05 AM

Spectral Methods for Kernel Learning
Charlotte Haley, Argonne National Lab; Christopher J Geoga, Argonne National Laboratory; Mihai Anitescu, Argonne National Laboratory
11:20 AM

Ensemble Learning for Estimating Individualized Treatment Effects in Student Success Studies
Richard Levine, San Diego State University; Joshua Beemer, San Diego State University; Juanjuan Fan, San Diego State University
11:20 AM

Spatial Statistics Vs Machine Learning: Evaluating Air Pollution Exposure Prediction Models
Gregory Watson, UCLA; Donatello Telesca, UCLA
11:20 AM

A Machine Learning (ML) Approach to Prognostic and Predictive Covariate Identification for Subgroup Analysis and Hypotheses Generation
David A James, Novartis
11:35 AM

An Application of Machine Learning for 3D IC Defect Detection
Meihui Guo, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Yu-Jung Huang, I-Shou University
11:40 AM

A Modified Approach to Component-Wise Gradient Boosting for High-Dimensional Regression Models
Brandon Butcher, University of Iowa; Brian J. Smith, University of Iowa
11:45 AM

Predicting Overflow: A Novel Application of Latrine Sensors and Machine Learning for Optimizing Sanitation Services in Informal Settlements
Phillip Turman-Bryant, Portland State University; Evan Thomas, Portland State University
11:55 AM

Machine Learning to Evaluate the Quality of Patient Reported Epidemiological Data
Robert L. Wood, Resonate & Wichita State University; Futoshi Yumoto, Resonate; Rochelle Tractenberg, Georgetown University
12:10 PM

Inference of Transcription Factor Binding Sites in New Cell Types from Open Chromatin and Gene Expression Data
Michael M. Hoffman, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto; Mehran Karimzadeh, University of Toronto
2:05 PM

Evidence-based Policy for People with Disabilities: An Analysis of Disabilities in the DPRK within the Global Context of Disability Studies
Giang Huong Nguyen, University of Iowa; Allison Conners, University of Toronto; Sophie Lee, ISR Foundation Center for Interdisciplinary Research; Nema Dean, University of Glasgow; Paul Chun, ISR Foundation Center for Interdisciplinary Research
2:05 PM

Predicting Panel Drop-Outs with Machine Learning
Christoph Kern, University of Mannheim
2:20 PM

Causal Inference Using EMRs with Missing Data: a Machine Learning Approach with an Application on the Evaluation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Changyu Shen, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; Xiaochun Li, Indiana University; Zuoyi Zhang, Regenstrief Institute; Alfred E Buxton, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2:25 PM

Unsupervised Learning for Deciphering Mutational Signatures in Human Cancer
Ludmil B Alexandrov, University of California, San Diego; Velimir V Vesselinov, Los Alamos National Lab; Boian S Alexandrov, Los Alamos National Lab
2:55 PM

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

Compressing Scientific Data: Reducing Storage While Preserving Information
Dorit Hammerling, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Joseph Guinness, NC State University; Allison Baker, National Center for Atmospheric Research
3:25 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Preparing Statistician to Successfully Data Scientist in Big Data Era
Ming Li, Amazon


Improving Object Detection with Image Preprocessing
Timothy J. Park, Purdue University


Analyzing Bias in Object Detection Data Sets
Meera Haridasa, Purdue University; Cailey Farrell, Purdue University


A Stagewise Prognostic Control Predictive Approach (SPCPA) for Subgroup Identification and Its Application in a Phase II Study
Wanying Li, Gilead Sciences; Wangshu Zhang, Gilead Sciences; Lovely Goyal, Gilead Sciences; Yuanyuan Xiao, Gilead Sciences


Exposure-Response Analysis with Random Forest
Zifang Guo, Merck; Thomas Jemielita, Merck & Co.; John Kang, Merck


Identifying Misclassifications in Consumer Expenditure Data
Clayton Knappenberger, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
8:35 AM

A Stagewise Prognostic Control Predictive Approach (SPCPA) for Subgroup Identification and Its Application in a Phase II Study
Wanying Li, Gilead Sciences; Wangshu Zhang, Gilead Sciences; Lovely Goyal, Gilead Sciences; Yuanyuan Xiao, Gilead Sciences
8:35 AM

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

Mortality Prediction with Multiple Unordered Treatments for Aortic Valve Replacement
Samrachana Adhikari, Harvard Medical School; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School; Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard University; Jordan Bloom, Harvard Medical School; David Shahian, Harvard Medical School; Jake Spertus, Harvard Medical School
8:55 AM

The CFR Miner: Natural Language Processing of the Code of Federal Regulations Using R Studio and Shiny
Richard Schwinn, U.S. Small Business Administration
9:15 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

Deep Learning in Medical Imaging: Evaluation and Study Design
Robyn Ball, Stanford University; David Larson, Stanford University; Pranav Rajpurkar, Stanford University; Matthew Chen, Nines AI; Jeremy Irvin, Stanford University; Jaden Yang, Stanford University; Matthew P Lungren, Stanford University
9:20 AM

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

A Simulation Study on the Performance of Deep Learning Methods for Multi-Category Classification
Dawei Liu, Biogen; Ih Chang, Biogen
9:50 AM

Exposure-Response Analysis with Random Forest
Zifang Guo, Merck; Thomas Jemielita, Merck & Co.; John Kang, Merck
10:00 AM

Distributed Data Science with Sparklyr
Javier Luraschi, RStudio; Kevin Kuo, RStudio
11:05 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

Distributed Machine Learning with H2O
Navdeep Gill, H2O.ai
11:35 AM

Data Science in a Hurry
Iyue Sung
11:50 AM

On the Art and Science of Machine Learning Explanations
Patrick Hall, H20.ai
2:05 PM

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

Local, Model-Agnostic Explanations of Machine Learning Predictions
Sameer Singh, University of California, Irvine
2:45 PM

Evaluating the Census Planning Database, MSG, and Paradata as Predictors of Household Propensity to Respond
Xiaoshu Zhu, Westat; Robert Baskin, Westat; David Morganstein, Westat
2:50 PM

Can We Compute an Optimal Sparse Decision Tree?
Cynthia Rudin, Duke University; Elaine Angelino, Berkeley; Nicholas Larus-Stone, Cambridge; Margo Seltzer, Harvard; Daniel Alabi, Harvard
3:05 PM

Optimal Bayesian Design for Models with Intractable Likelihoods via Machine Learning Methods
Christopher C Drovandi, Queensland University of Technology; Markus Hainy, QUT
3:05 PM

Beyond Feature Attribution: Quantitative Concept-Based Interpretability with TCAV
Been Kim, Google Brain
3:25 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Statistical Consulting in the Age of Cognitive Computing, Deep Learning, and AI: Obsolete or Needed Now More Than Ever?
Nikola Andric, Deloitte Consulting LLP
8:35 AM

Sequential Prediction, Martingale Tail Bounds and Automatic Machine Learning
Karthik Sridharan, Cornell University
8:35 AM

Inferential Challenges in Machine Learning and Precision Medicine
Michael Kosorok, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8:35 AM

Leveraging Adiabatic Quantum Computation for Election Forecasting
Maxwell Henderson, QxBranch
8:35 AM

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

A Comparison of Record Linkage Techniques
Lowell Mason, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
8:35 AM

Automatic Wildfire Smoke Plume Identification from Satellite Imagery with Machine Learning
Alexandra Larsen, North Carolina State University; Ana Rappold, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Yi Qin, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Martin Cope, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Geoffrey Morgan, The University of Sydney; Ivan Hannigan, The University of Sydney; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University
8:35 AM

The Use of Machine Learning in the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Promise and the Peril
Todd Sanger, Eli Lilly and Company
8:55 AM

The Use of Machine Learning and Statistics in the Technology Sector
Joseph Kelly, Google
9:15 AM

Optimal Treatment Recommendation via Subgroup Identification in Randomized Control Trials
Yang (Grace) Zhao, Gilead Sciences; Haoda Fu, Eli Lilly and Company
10:05 AM

Data Science + Social Science: Using Data Science to Track Arrest-Related Deaths in the US
Duren Banks, RTI International; Peter Baumgartner, RTI International; Michael G. Planty, RTI International
11:00 AM

A Model for Prioritizing Interventions for People at Risk of Incarceration
Erika Salomon, University of Chicago
11:25 AM

Targeted Learning for Variable Importance in Precision Medicine
Yue You, Division of Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley; Alan Hubbard, Division of Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley; Rachael Callcut, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California; Lucy Kornblith, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF; Sabrinah Christie, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF
11:50 AM