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Sunday, 07/29/2018
Flexible Accelerated Failure Time Model in Survival Analysis
Menglan Pang, McGill University; Michal Abrahamowicz, McGill University; Robert W Platt, McGill University


Two Mixture-Based Clustering Approaches: Modeling an Automobile Insurance Portfolio
Tatjana Miljkovic, Miami University; Daniel Fernandez, Victoria University of Wellington


A Grouped Weighted Quantile Regression Approach to Modeling Environmental Chemical Mixtures and Childhood Leukemia Risk
David C. Wheeler, Virginia Commonwealth 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


Ranked Sparsity Methods for Transparent Model Selection
Ryan Andrew Peterson, University of Iowa; Joseph Cavanaugh, University of Iowa


A Gaussian Copula Approach for Dynamic Prediction of Survival with a Longitudinally Measured Marker
Krithika Suresh, University of Michigan; Jeremy M.G. Taylor, University of Michigan; Alexander Tsodikov, University of Michigan


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


State-Space Modeling Applications in Fisheries Science and Management
Sean Patrick Cox, Simon Fraser University
2:05 PM

Statistical Modeling of Brain Networks Using Multimodal Neuroimaging
Ying Guo, Emory University; Yingtian Hu, Emory University
2:05 PM

A Gaussian Copula Approach for Dynamic Prediction of Survival with a Longitudinally Measured Marker
Krithika Suresh, University of Michigan; Jeremy M.G. Taylor, University of Michigan; Alexander Tsodikov, University of Michigan
2:10 PM

Optimal Dose Selection Considering Both Toxicity and Activity Data; Plateau Detection for Molecularly Targeted Agents
Maria Athina Altzerinakou, Inserm; Xavier Paoletti, Gustave Roussy
2:20 PM

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
2:25 PM

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

Boost Your Analytical Power by Utilizing Text Data
Jin Su, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care; Danielle Boree, Johnson & Johnson Vision
2:25 PM

Ranked Sparsity Methods for Transparent Model Selection
Ryan Andrew Peterson, University of Iowa; Joseph Cavanaugh, University of Iowa
2:35 PM

Introducing A Conway-Maxwell-Multinomial Distribution for Flexible Modeling of Categorical Data
Darcy Steeg Morris, U.S. Census Bureau; Kimberly F Sellers, Georgetown University; Andrew Raim, U.S. Census Bureau
2:35 PM

Bayesian Population Finding Using Counterfactual Modeling of Responses
Peter Müller, University of Texas Austin; Satoshi Morita, Kyoto University
2:45 PM

Joint Modeling of Multiple Time-To-Event Outcomes
Shanshan Zhao, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ross Prentice, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2:45 PM

Preferential Recruitment Modeling for Respondent-Driven Sampling
Katherine McLaughlin, Oregon State University
2:50 PM

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

Modeling Conditional Variance Functions Using Nonparametric Transfer Function Models
Jun Liu
3:05 PM

Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Multidimensional Quality of Life Measures in Chronic Dialysis Patients
Sudeshna Paul, Emory University; Mi-Kyung Song, Emory University
3:05 PM

Exploiting the Latent Beta Distribution for Modeling Plant Abundance
Kathryn Irvine, US Geological Survey
3:25 PM

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

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

Robust Modeling of Survival Curves in the Presence of Time-Varying Effects
Jorne Biccler, Aalborg University Hospital; Tim Verdonck, KU Leuven; Stefan Van Aelst, KU Leuven; Martin Bøgsted, Aalborg University
4:05 PM

Bayesian Overlapping Group Lasso: An Application in Jointly Modeling Multiple Genetic Pathways with Several Common Genes Between
Sounak Chakraborty, University of Missouri, Columbia
4:05 PM

Modeling and Simulation Strategies in Tobacco Regulatory Science
George Rochester, FDA Center for Tobacco Products
4:05 PM

Modeling of Sediment Mixing Using Dirichlet Process Mixtures
John Tipton, University Of Arkansas; Glenn Sharman, University Of Arkansas; Sam Johnstone, United States Geological Survey
4:20 PM

Case Study of Modeling and Simulation in Tobacco Regulation
Esther Salazar, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
4:25 PM

Clustering with Topic Models
David Banks, Duke University
4:30 PM

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

Statistical Modeling of Disease in Ecological Communities Using Partial Differential Equations
Trevor Hefley, Kansas State University; Haoyu Zhang, Kansas State University; Robin Russell, United States Geological Survey; Anne Ballmann, United States Geological Survey
4:45 PM

A Time-Varying Joint Frailty-Copula Approach for Modeling Recurrent Events and a Terminal Event
Zheng Li, Penn State Unviersity; Ming Wang, Pennsylvania State University; Vernon M Chinchilli, Penn State College of Medicine
4:50 PM

Forecasting Accuracy of Topic Modeling Techniques for Online Reviews: a Benchmark Study
Yuan Cheng, Cornell University; Shawn Mankad, Cornell University
4:50 PM

Understanding Associations Among Multi-Omic Data via Integrative Modeling
Asuman Seda Turkmen, The Ohio State University; Hancong Tang, The Ohio State University; Shili Lin, The Ohio State University
4:55 PM

Practical Bayesian Modeling and Subgroup Inference in Alzheimer's Drug Development
Brad Carlin, University of Minnesota; Patrick Schnell, Ohio State University; Mark Fiecas, University of Minnesota; Peter Müller, University of Texas Austin; Qi Tang, Sanofi; Walter Offen, AbbVie
5:05 PM

A Bayesian General Linear Modeling Approach to Cortical Surface fMRI Data Analysis
Yu Yue, Baruch College, CUNY; Amanda Mejia, Indiana University; David Bolin, Gothenburg University; Finn Lindgren, The University of Edinburgh; Martin A Lindquist, Johns Hopkins University
5:05 PM

Bayesian Spatial Modeling via Kernel Convolutions on Complex-Valued fMRI Signals
Cheng-Han Yu, UC Santa Cruz; Raquel Prado, University of California Santa Cruz, Baskin School of Engineering
5:05 PM

Joint Modeling of Multi-System Wearable Data
Vadim Zipunnikov, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Junrui Di, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
5:20 PM

Generalized Linear Models with Multiple Longitudinal Covariate Processes
Erning Li, University of Iowa
5:35 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
Sequential Modeling of Spatial Temporal Image Data
Shufei Ge, Simon Fraser University; Shijia Wang, Simon Fraser University; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University; Farouk Nathoo, University of Victoria


Comparison of Variable Selection Approaches in Predictive Modeling
Jing Zhang, Miami University; Thomas Fisher, Miami University; Qi He, Miami University


Variation of Functional Connectome Topology and Its Implications for Attention
Kelson Zawack, Yale University


A Joint Modeling Approach for Directed Acyclic Network Data
Yan Zhou, Merck &Co., Inc


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


Bayesian Functional Quantile Regression
Yusha Liu, Rice University; Jeffrey S Morris, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Meng Li, Rice University


Spatial and Temporal Trends in Weather Forecasting and Improving Predictions with ARIMA Modeling
Manasi Sheth, California State University; Mahalaxmi Gundreddy, California State University East Bay; Vivek Shah, Applied Materials, Inc. ; Pritam Barlota, California State University East Bay; Eric Suess, CSU East Bay


Bayesian Forecasting and Dynamic Modeling of Physical Processes in Industrial Hygiene
Nada Abdalla, UCLA; Sudipto Banerjee, UCLA School of Public Health; Gurumurthy Ramachandran, John Hopkins University; Susan Arnold, University of Minnesota


Verification, Diagnosis, and Adjustment of Current Temperature Forecasting System in the United States
Han-Yueh Lee, National Tsing Hua University; Hsiao-Ting Lin, National Tsing Hua University


Comparisons of Modeling Methods on Longitudinal and Survival Data: Identifying Use of Repeat Biomarker Measurements to Predict Time-To-Event Outcome in Cancer Research
Meng Ru, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Erin Moshier, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Should You Pay Attention to Daily Weather Forecast? An Exploration
Dooti Roy, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Gregory Vaughan, Bentley University; Jianan Hui, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Junxian Geng, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.


Combining Satellite Imagery and Numerical Model Simulation to Estimate Ambient Air Pollution: An Ensemble Averaging Approach
Nancy Murray, Emory University; Howard Chang, Emory University; Heather Holmes, University of Nevada, Reno; Yang Liu, Emory University


Using Multitrajectory Modeling in Latent Class Growth Analysis to Identify Multi-Symptom Trajectories Over Time
Wei Pan, Duke University; Mary C Hooke, University of Minnesota School of Nursing; Cheryl Rodgers, Duke University School of Nursing; Marilyn Hockenberry, Duke University School of Nursing


Melded Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Theoretical Models with Applications in Agent Based Modeling
Mark Dawkins


Do I Really Need a Jacket?
Joe Watson, UBC; Qiong Zhang, UBC; Daniel Dinsdale, The University of British Columbia


Modeling and Mapping Weather Forecast Accuracy
Queen Ikhelowa; Darren Keeley, CSUEB


Assessing Prediction Error in Traditional Weather Forecasts vs. a Data-Centric Approach
Robert Garrett, Miami University; Ryan Estep, Miami University; Nichole Rook, Miami University; Benjamin William Schweitzer, Miami University; Thomas Fisher, Miami University


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


Quantile Function Modeling Applied to Time Between Healthcare-Associated Infection Events
Jonathan R Edwards, Center for Disease Control & Prevention


Modeling a Longitudinal Covariate as Continuous Time Markov Chain in a Survival Framework
Ting-Yu Chen, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Wenyaw Chan, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Qiuling Shi, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Xin Shelley Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Charles Cleeland, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center


A Comparison of Modeling Approaches for Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials That Include Multilevel Clustering, Confounding by Time, and Effect Modification
Lance Ford, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Julie A Stoner, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Daniel Zhao, OU Health Sciences Center; Tabitha Garwe, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Ann Chou, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Daniel Duffy, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa


Detecting Planets: Jointly Modeling Radial Velocity and Stellar Activity Time Series
David Edward Jones, Duke University and SAMSI; David Stenning, Imperial College London; Eric Ford, Penn State University; Robert Wolpert, Duke University; Thomas Loredo, Cornell University; Xavier Dumusque, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Universite de Geneve
8:35 AM

Quantile Function Modeling Applied to Time Between Healthcare-Associated Infection Events
Jonathan R Edwards, Center for Disease Control & Prevention
8:35 AM

Modeling and Mapping Weather Forecast Accuracy
Queen Ikhelowa; Darren Keeley, CSUEB
8:40 AM

Assessing Prediction Error in Traditional Weather Forecasts vs. a Data-Centric Approach
Robert Garrett, Miami University; Ryan Estep, Miami University; Nichole Rook, Miami University; Benjamin William Schweitzer, Miami University; Thomas Fisher, Miami University
8:50 AM

Verification, Diagnosis, and Adjustment of Current Temperature Forecasting System in the United States
Han-Yueh Lee, National Tsing Hua University; Hsiao-Ting Lin, National Tsing Hua University
8:55 AM

Some Comments on James R. Thompson's Work in Mathematical Biology
Marek Kimmel, Rice University
8:55 AM

Pathway and Network-Based Integrative Bayesian Modeling of Multiplatform Genomics Data
Veera Baladandayuthapani, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center; Jeffrey S Morris, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Elizabeth McGuffey, United States Naval Academy; Raymond J. Carroll, Texas A & M University; Min Jin Ha, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:00 AM

Power Outage Prediction for Adverse Weather Events
Seth Guikema, University of Michigan; Steven Quiring, Ohio State University; Ken Buckstaff, First Quartile Consulting; Mike Beck, Beck Consulting; Alan Bowman, Clarkson University; Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M University; Roshanak Nateghi, Purdue University
9:05 AM

Should You Pay Attention to Daily Weather Forecast? An Exploration
Dooti Roy, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Gregory Vaughan, Bentley University; Jianan Hui, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Junxian Geng, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
9:05 AM

Modeling Sporadic Event Dynamics with Markov-Modulated Hawkes Processes
Jing Wu, Columbia University; Tian Zheng, Columbia University
9:20 AM

Network Structural Equation Modeling for Photovoltaic Modules Lifetime Performance in Real-World and Accelerated Exposures
Wei-Heng Huang, Case Western Reserve University; JiQi Liu, Case Western Reserve University; Alan J. Curran, Case Western Reserve University; Justin S. Fada, Case Western Reserve University; Jennifer L. Braid, Case Western Reserve University; Roger H. French, Case Western Reserve University
9:20 AM

The CBD-O Model for Modeling Obesity Prevalence
Tatjana Miljkovic, Miami University; Seonjin Kim, Miami University
9:35 AM

Do I Really Need a Jacket?
Joe Watson, UBC; Qiong Zhang, UBC; Daniel Dinsdale, The University of British Columbia
9:35 AM

Methods for Large Scale Smooth Space Time Modeling
Simon Wood
9:35 AM

Structural Equation Modeling with Latent Variables for Secondary Phenotypes in Case-Control Association Studies
Ting-Huei Chen, Université Laval
9:50 AM

Fingerprinting Changes in Climate Extremes with Joint Modeling of Observations and Climate Model Simulation
Jun Yan, University of Connecticut; Yujing Jiang, Colorado State University; Zhuo Wang, Shenzhen University, China; Xuebin Zhang, Environment and Climate Change Canada
10:35 AM

A Weighted Dirichlet Process Mixture Modeling for Functional Clustering
Wenyu Gao, Virginia Tech; Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech
10:35 AM

Multilinear Low-Rank Vector Autoregressive Modeling via Tensor Decomposition
Di Wang, University of Hong Kong; Guodong Li, University of Hong Kong; Dr. LIAN Heng, City University of Hong Kong
10:35 AM

Modeling a Longitudinal Covariate as Continuous Time Markov Chain in a Survival Framework
Ting-Yu Chen, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Wenyaw Chan, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Qiuling Shi, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Xin Shelley Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Charles Cleeland, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:45 AM

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

Using Multitrajectory Modeling in Latent Class Growth Analysis to Identify Multi-Symptom Trajectories Over Time
Wei Pan, Duke University; Mary C Hooke, University of Minnesota School of Nursing; Cheryl Rodgers, Duke University School of Nursing; Marilyn Hockenberry, Duke University School of Nursing
11:00 AM

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

Matrix Decomposition for Modeling Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Development Processes
Menghan Hu, Brown University; Ani Eloyan, Brown University; Russell T. Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Ciprian Crainiceanu, Johns Hopkins University
11:05 AM

Combining Satellite Imagery and Numerical Model Simulation to Estimate Ambient Air Pollution: An Ensemble Averaging Approach
Nancy Murray, Emory University; Howard Chang, Emory University; Heather Holmes, University of Nevada, Reno; Yang Liu, Emory University
11:10 AM

Sound Statistical Inference from Big Data in the Insurance Industry
Christopher Haydon Holloman, ICC
11:15 AM

Modeling Uncertainty in Physical Security Systems
Aparna Huzurbazar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:15 AM

Comparisons of Modeling Methods on Longitudinal and Survival Data: Identifying Use of Repeat Biomarker Measurements to Predict Time-To-Event Outcome in Cancer Research
Meng Ru, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Erin Moshier, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
11:15 AM

A Latent Variable Approach for Handling Qualitative Factors in Gaussian Process Modeling of Computer Experiments
Daniel W Apley, Northwestern University; Yichi Zhang, Northwestern University
11:15 AM

Melded Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Theoretical Models with Applications in Agent Based Modeling
Mark Dawkins
11:20 AM

Robust Bayesian Variable Selection for Modeling Mean Medical Costs
Lei Liu, Washington University in St Louis; Grace Yoon, Texas A&M University; Wenxin Jiang, Northwestern University; Tina Shih, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:25 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

Epidemiological Modeling to Guide Efficacy Study Design Evaluating Vaccines to Prevent Emerging Diseases
An Vandebosch, Janssen; Joris Menten, Janssen ; Guillermo Herrera-Taracena, Janssen
11:35 AM

Bayesian Forecasting and Dynamic Modeling of Physical Processes in Industrial Hygiene
Nada Abdalla, UCLA; Sudipto Banerjee, UCLA School of Public Health; Gurumurthy Ramachandran, John Hopkins University; Susan Arnold, University of Minnesota
11:45 AM

A Comparison of Modeling Approaches for Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials That Include Multilevel Clustering, Confounding by Time, and Effect Modification
Lance Ford, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Julie A Stoner, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Daniel Zhao, OU Health Sciences Center; Tabitha Garwe, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Ann Chou, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Daniel Duffy, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa
11:55 AM

Bessel Functions and the Ordering of Changes in Biomarkers, with Application to the Hypothesized Biomarker Model in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease
Chengjie Xiong, Washington University in St Louis; Jingqin Luo, Washington University; John Morris, Washington University
12:05 PM

Universal Convergence of Kriging
C. F. Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rui Tuo, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Wenjia Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:05 PM

Bayesian Disaggregation of Spatio-Temporal Survey-Based Estimates: An Application to the American Community Survey
Marco H. Benedetti, University of Michigan; Veronica J. Berrocal, University of Michigan
2:05 PM

Spatial Modeling of Rainfall Accumulated Over Short Periods of Time
Victor De Oliveira, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Binbin Wang, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Eric V. Slud, University of Maryland--College Park
2:20 PM

Bayesian Network Regularized Regression for Modeling Urban Crime Occurrences
Elizabeth Mary Upton, Boston University; Luis Carvalho, Boston University
2:20 PM

Estimate Cognitive Decline in Presence of Non-Random Missing Data and Ceiling Effect
Cuiling Wang, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Charles B Hall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Richard B Lipton, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Joe Verghese, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Mindy J Katz, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2:20 PM

Using Data to Drive Curriculum Development
Chester Ivan Ismay, DataCamp
2:25 PM

Nonparametric Modeling of Longitudinal Compositional Data as Trajectories on the Sphere
Hans Mueller, UC Davis; Xiongtao G Dai, University of California, Davis
2:30 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

Comparing MandS Output to Live Test Data: a Missile System Case Study
Kelly M Avery, Institute for Defense Analyses
2:45 PM

Asymptotic Analysis of Large-Scale Multi-Relational Network Through Latent Variable Modeling
Zhi Wang, Columbia University; Xueying Tang, Columbia University; Jingchen Liu, Columbia University
2:50 PM

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

Latent Variable Modeling for Validating Custom Scales
Stephanie Lane, Institute For Defense Analyses
3:05 PM

Using Predictive Modeling in Survey Methodology to Identify Panel Nonresponse
Bernd Weiss, GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Jan-Philipp Kolb, GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Christoph Kern, University of Mannheim
3:05 PM

Latent Variable Modeling for Extracting Consensus Estimates of Precipitation in High Mountain Asia
William F. Christensen, Brigham Young University; Shane Reese, Brigham Young University; Summer Rupper, University of Utah; Michael F. Christensen, Brigham Young University; Brenton Mabey, Brigham Young University; Katie Larson, Brigham Young University
3:05 PM

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

Joint Modeling of Length-Biased and Competing Risks Survival Times with View Toward Individualized Prediction: An Application to Spontaneous Labor
Rajeshwari Sundaram, Eunice Kennedy SHriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Ling Ma, Clemson University
3:20 PM

Space-Time Characterization of Sub-Grid Air-Sea Flux Variability
Julie Bessac, Argonne National Laboratory; Hannah Christensen , National Center for Atmospheric Research ; Adam Monahan, University of Victoria; Aneesh Subramanian, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Nils Weitzel, Meteorological Institute of the University of Bonn
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
Warranty/Performance Text Exploration for Modern Reliability
Scott Wise, JMP (A Division of SAS, Inc)


Analyzing Longitudinal Clustered Count Data with Zero Inflation: Marginal Regression Modeling with Conway-Maxwell-Poisson Distribution
Tong Kang, University of Florida; Somnath Datta, University of Florida; Steven Levy, University of Iowa


Applications of Neural Net Models to Identify Placebo Responders in Clinical Trials
Mikhail Dmitrienko, Blue Valley North High School


Predicting Invasive Species Richness with Boosted Regression Trees
Namaluba Malawo, Purdue University; Gabriela Nunez, Purdue University; Songlin Fei, Purdue University


Using the R Package: Recursive Partitioning for Modeling Survey Data (RPMS)
Daniell Toth, Bureau of Labor Statistics


Modeling Approaches for Comparing Trends in HIV Testing in Two National Health Surveys
Christopher Johnson, CDC/NCHHSTP; Deesha Patel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Amy L. Krueger, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Barbara J. Maciak, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Contributions of the SMART Project to Dementia Research and Statistical Modeling
Richard Kryscio, Univ Of Kentucky; Erin L Abner, University of Kentucky; Peter T Nelson, University of Kentucky; David Fardo, University of Kentucky; Frederick A Schmitt, University of Kentucky


An Application of SEM to Measure the Effects of Government Programs and Actions on the Reduction of Poverty for the Population of the State of Guanajuato, Mexico
Rafael Perez Abreu


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


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


Sparse Causal Dynamic Network Modeling of fMRI
Xuefei Cao, Brown University; Xi Luo, Brown University; Bjorn Sandstede, Brown University


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


Bayesian Inference for Sample Surveys in the Presence of High-Dimensional Auxiliary Information
Yutao Liu, Columbia University; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University; Qixuan Chen, Columbia University


Using Predictive Modeling in Survey Methodology to Identify Panel Nonresponse
Bernd Weiss, GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Jan-Philipp Kolb, GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences; Christoph Kern, University of Mannheim


Probabilistic Modeling of Sleep and Awake States in Alzheimer's Disease
Cici Bauer, Pfizer, Inc; Charmaine Demanuele, Pfizer, Inc. ; Dmitri Volfson, Pfizer


A Simultaneous PK/PD Model for Muscle Relaxant Using Muscle Twitch Counts
Elizabeth Sigworth; Matthew S Shotwell, Vanderbilt University


Functional Data Analysis in Dose-Adjusted Tacrolimus Trough Concentration Modeling: A New Method to Compare Intrapatient Variance Between Patient Cohorts
Janet Kim, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.; Sam Wilson, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.; Jason J Schwartz, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.


Assessing Divide-and-Conquer Latent Class Analysis
Qiao Ma, NORC at the University of Chicago; Meimeizi Zhu, NORC at the University of Chicago; Edward Mulrow, NORC at the University of Chicago


Sensitivity to Infusion and Blood Draw Time Recording Errors in Pharmacokinetic Modeling
Hannah Weeks, Vanderbilt University; Matthew S Shotwell, Vanderbilt University


Lookalike Audience Modeling
Sam Hawala, Resonate-Networks


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

Probabilistic Modeling of Sleep and Awake States in Alzheimer's Disease
Cici Bauer, Pfizer, Inc; Charmaine Demanuele, Pfizer, Inc. ; Dmitri Volfson, Pfizer
8:35 AM

A Simultaneous PK/PD Model for Muscle Relaxant Using Muscle Twitch Counts
Elizabeth Sigworth; Matthew S Shotwell, Vanderbilt University
8:50 AM

A Hidden Markov Modeling Approach for Identifying tumor Subclones in Next-Generation Sequencing Studies
Hyoyoung Choo-Wosoba, NCI/DCEG/BB; Paul S Albert, National Cancer Institute; Bin Zhu, NIH/NCI
9:05 AM

Neutron Capture Cross Sections for Unstable Nuclei with Surrogate Reaction Data
Kassie Fronczyk, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Jutta Escher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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

Coupling Forest In-Situ and Spaced-Based Lidar Samples to Improve National-Scale Forest Inventory: a Joint Spatial Modeling Framework for Forest and Lidar Variable Prediction Lever
Chad Babcock, University of Washington; Andrew Oliver Finley, Michigan State University; Hans-Erik Andersen, USDA Forest Service; Bruce Douglas Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Douglas C Morton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
9:15 AM

Functional Analysis of Spatial Aggregation Regions of Jeffrey Pine Beetle-Attack Within the Lake Tahoe Basin
Ekaterina Smirnova, University of Montana; Omid Khormali, University of Montana; Joel M Egan, Forest Health Protection
9:20 AM

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

Recent Developments in Modeling Nonlinear Relationships in the Presence of Measurement Error
Ruth Keogh, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Christen Gray, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
9:50 AM

Modeling Dynamics of V(D)J Recombination in T Cell Formation
Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Duke University, Dept. of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
9:50 AM

Leveraging Bayesian Methods, Modeling, and Simulation to Improve Decision-Making and Increase Probability of Success
Karen Price; Stephen Ruberg, Analytix Thinking, LLC
9:55 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

Sensitivity to Infusion and Blood Draw Time Recording Errors in Pharmacokinetic Modeling
Hannah Weeks, Vanderbilt University; Matthew S Shotwell, Vanderbilt University
9:55 AM

Bayesian Spectral Modeling for Multivariate Spatial Distributions of Elemental Concentrations in Soil
Maria Antonia Terres, The Climate Corporation; Montserrat Fuentes, Virginia Commonwealth University; Dean Hesterberg, North Carolina State University; Matthew Polizzotto, North Carolina State University
10:35 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

Data-Driven Modeling and Forecast of Noisy Nonlinear Dynamics
Kyongmin Yeo, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; Youngdeok Hwang, Sungkyunkwan University; Eun Kyung Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
10:35 AM

The Impact of Different Sources of Heterogeneity on Loss of Accuracy from Genomic Prediction Models
Levi Waldron, CUNY School of Public Health
10:55 AM

Integrated Analysis of the Life-Cycle Interactions Between Health and Socioeconomic Status
Ivan Jeliazkov, University of California - Irvine; Angela Vossmeyer, Claremont McKenna College
10:55 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

Bayesian Inference for Sample Surveys in the Presence of High-Dimensional Auxiliary Information
Yutao Liu, Columbia University; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University; Qixuan Chen, Columbia University
11:15 AM

A Distance Method for Administrative Record Modeling in the 2020 Census
Vincent Mule, U.S. Census Bureau; Andrew Keller, U.S. Census Bureau; Scott Konicki, U.S. Census Bureau; Darcy Steeg Morris, U.S. Census Bureau
11:15 AM

Statistical Modeling for Pooling and Analyzing Multi-Site Data Sets Using Maximum Mean Discrepancy
Hao Zhou, University of Wisconsin Madison
11:20 AM

The Impact of Misspecification of Linear Modeling on the Prediction in SMART PK/PD Clinical Trials
Tian Zhao, Merck; Li Fan, Merck
11:20 AM

Horse for Courses: Empirical Vs Mechanistic Modeling for Spatio-Temporal Point Process Data
Peter John Diggle, Lancaster University
11:25 AM

Modeling Overall Survival Under Immuno-Oncology Therapies with Long-Term Survival Models
Junshui Ma, Merck & Co., Inc.; Keaven Anderson, Merck & Co., Inc.
11:35 AM

Modeling Allele-Specific Gene Expression by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing
Yuchao Jiang, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Nancy Zhang, University of Pennsylvania; Mingyao Li, University of Pennsylvania
11:50 AM

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

Functional Data Analysis in Dose-Adjusted Tacrolimus Trough Concentration Modeling: A New Method to Compare Intrapatient Variance Between Patient Cohorts
Janet Kim, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.; Sam Wilson, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.; Jason J Schwartz, Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
11:55 AM

Assessing Divide-and-Conquer Latent Class Analysis
Qiao Ma, NORC at the University of Chicago; Meimeizi Zhu, NORC at the University of Chicago; Edward Mulrow, NORC at the University of Chicago
12:05 PM

Lookalike Audience Modeling
Sam Hawala, Resonate-Networks
12:10 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

From Markov Models to Poisson Point Processes: Modeling Player Movement in the NBA
Jacob Mortensen, Simon Fraser University; Luke Bornn, Sacramento Kings and Simon Fraser University
2:05 PM

Modeling Count Data via Copulas: Comparison of Kendall's Tau and Spearman's Rho
Hadi Safari Katesari, Southern Illinois ?University, Carbondale; Samira Zaroudi, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University; Reza Safari Katesari, Payame Noor University; S. Yaser Samadi, Southern Illinois University
2:20 PM

Modeling Changes in the Age Distribution of Opioid Mortality
Patrick E Brown, University of Toronto; Ye Lennon Li, Public Health Ontario
2:20 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

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

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

Decision-Adjusted Predictive Modeling Approach for Driver Risk Assessment
Huiying Mao, Virginia Tech / VTTI; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech; Xinwei Deng, Virginia Tech
2:35 PM

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

Development of a Processed Cheese Food Safety Model Using a Response Surface Design and Parametric Survival Modeling
Francis Rossi, PepsiCo
2:45 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

Incorporating Auxiliary Information by Joint Modeling of Pseudo Data and Length Biased Data
Yidan Shi, University of Waterloo; Leilei Zeng, University of Waterloo; Mary E. Thompson, University of Waterloo; Suzanne Tyas, University of Waterloo
3:20 PM

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

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

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
State-, County-, and Individual-Level Factors Associated with Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adults Based on a Multilevel Modeling Approach, BRFSS 2015
Alissa O'Halloran, CDC; Pengjun Lu, CDC/NCIRD/ISD/AB; Anup Srivastav, Leidos; David Yankey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Walter Williams, CDC; James Singleton , CDC


Testing Differential Gene Expression from Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data Using Bayes Deconvolusion
Jingyi Zhai, University of Michigan; Hui Jiang, University of Michigan


Fast Bayesian Sparse Learning via Thresholding Priors
Andrew Whiteman, University of Michigan; Jian Kang, University of Michigan


Modeling the Progression of HIV/AIDS by a Hidden Markov Model(HMM)
Sanam Sanei, Penn State; Shanglun Li, Penn State; Le Le Bao, Penn State University


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


Modeling Missingness to Reduce Bias in Single-Cell DNA Methylation Data
Divy Kangeyan, Harvard University; Martin Aryee, Harvard University


Collaboration Techniques for Successfully Identifying and Modeling Sources of Variation
Jonathan Stallings, North Carolina State University


Modeling Vertical Transmission of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Foxhounds in the United States
Marie Ozanne, University of Iowa


One Direction? On the Modeling of Circular Data Using Projected Normal Distributions
Jolien Cremers, Utrecht University; Irene Klugkist, Utrecht University


A Spatially Correlated Auto-Regressive Model for Count Data with Applications for Modeling Crime
Nicholas Clark, Iowa State University; Philip M Dixon, Iowa State University


Estimating Efficacies of Supplementary Immunization Activities via Discrete Time Modeling of Disease Incidence Time Series
Qi Dong, University of Washington; Jon Wakefield, Univ of Washington; Kevin McCarthy, Institute for Disease Modeling; Niket Thakkar, Institute for Disease Modeling; Kurt Frey, Institute for Disease Modeling


Model-Based Socio-Economic Health Measures Using Causal Modeling
F. Swen Kuh, Australian National University; Anton H. Westveld, Australian National University; Grace S Chiu, Australian National University


Challenges from Modeling Open Online Assessment Data
Yan Liu, The University of British Columbia; Henrike Besche, Harvard Medical School; Audrey Béliveau, University of Waterloo; Xingyu Zhang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Edward Kroc, The University of British Columbia; Melanie Stefan, Edinburgh Medical School; Johanna Gutlerner, Harvard Medical School; Chanmin Kim, Boston University School of Public Health


Modeling Covariance Structure for Longitudinal Data
Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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

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

Prediction of Warranty Returns Based on Modeling Seasonal Recurrent Event Data
Qianqian Shan; William Meeker, Iowa State University
8:35 AM

Challenges from Modeling Open Online Assessment Data
Yan Liu, The University of British Columbia; Henrike Besche, Harvard Medical School; Audrey Béliveau, University of Waterloo; Xingyu Zhang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Edward Kroc, The University of British Columbia; Melanie Stefan, Edinburgh Medical School; Johanna Gutlerner, Harvard Medical School; Chanmin Kim, Boston University School of Public Health
9:00 AM

A Spatially Correlated Auto-Regressive Model for Count Data with Applications for Modeling Crime
Nicholas Clark, Iowa State University; Philip M Dixon, Iowa State University
9:05 AM

Modeling Vertical Transmission of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Foxhounds in the United States
Marie Ozanne, University of Iowa
9:10 AM

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

Estimating Efficacies of Supplementary Immunization Activities via Discrete Time Modeling of Disease Incidence Time Series
Qi Dong, University of Washington; Jon Wakefield, Univ of Washington; Kevin McCarthy, Institute for Disease Modeling; Niket Thakkar, Institute for Disease Modeling; Kurt Frey, Institute for Disease Modeling
9:20 AM

Model-Based Socio-Economic Health Measures Using Causal Modeling
F. Swen Kuh, Australian National University; Anton H. Westveld, Australian National University; Grace S Chiu, Australian National University
9:20 AM

Complex Interaction Modeling with Liquid Association
Ker-Chau Li, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica
9:25 AM

Longitudinal Dynamic Functional Regression: Modeling and Inference
Md Islam, North Carolina State University; Ana-Maria Staicu, NC State University; Eric van Heugten, North Carolina State University
9:25 AM

A Comparison of Multiple Imputation by Fully Conditional Specification and Joint Modeling for Generalized Linear Models with Covariates Subject to Detection Limits
Paul Bernhardt, Villanova University
9:35 AM

Bayesian Regression Models for Big Spatially or Longitudinally Correlated Functional Data
Jeffrey S Morris, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Lin Zhang, University of Minnesota; Hongxiao Zhu, Virginia Tech University; Veera Baladandayuthapani, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center; Hojin Yang, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Wonyul Lee, Food and Drug Administration; Michelle Miranda, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Philip Rausch, Humboldt University
9:50 AM

One Direction? On the Modeling of Circular Data Using Projected Normal Distributions
Jolien Cremers, Utrecht University; Irene Klugkist, Utrecht University
9:55 AM

Efficient MCMC for Spatial Population Modeling
Daniel B. Turek, Williams College
10:05 AM

Future Events Prediction with a Forward Intensity Function Approach
Lili Zhu, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Temple University; Cheng Yong Tang, Temple University
10:05 AM

Assessment of Treatment Effect on Overall Survival in the Presence of Treatment Switching: a Bridging Approach Across Various Modeling Methods
Yiyun Tang, Pfizer, Inc.; Selaru Paulina, Pfizer Inc.; Xin Huang, Pfizer Inc.
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

Direction Dependence Modeling: a Diagnostic Framework to Test the Causal Direction of Effects in Linear Models
Wolfgang Wiedermann, University of Missouri; Xintong Li, University of Missouri
10:35 AM

Bayesian IRT and Factor Modeling with Missing Values
Thorsten Schnapp, University of Bamberg; Christian Aßmann, University of Bamberg
10:35 AM

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

Real-World Learning Analytics: Modeling Student Academic Practices and Performance
Chantal D. Larose, Eastern Connecticut State University; Kim Y. Ward, Eastern Connecticut State University
10:50 AM

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

Big Data, Google, and Infectious Disease Prediction: a Statistical Perspective
Shihao Yang; S. C. Kou, Harvard University; Mauricio Santillana, Harvard University
11:05 AM

Uniformity of Personalized Treatment
Georgiy Bobashev, Research Triangle Institute; Barry Eggleston, RTI International; Benjamin Carper, RTI International
11:05 AM

Hybrid Imputation Models Through Blocks
Stef van Buuren, TNO
11:15 AM

Flexible Dynamic Modeling of Correlation and Covariance Matrices for Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis
Babak Shahbaba, UCI; Andrew James Holbrook, UC Irvine; Gabriel Elias, UC Irvine; Norbert J. Fortin, UC Irvine; Hernando Ombao, UC Irvine; Shiweil Lan, CalTech
11:15 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

Automatic Anomaly Detection in Modeling Real-Time Sensor Data
Bei Chen, IBM Research; Beat Buesser, IBM Research
11:35 AM

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

Predictive Modeling Applied in National Reporter Cleaning
Xuemei Pan; Mary Pritts, IBM; COBY LU, IBM
11:35 AM

Bayesian Variable Selection Using Spike and Slab Prior with Application to High-Dimensional EEG Data by Local Modeling
Shariq Mohammed, University of Connecticut; Dipak Kumar Dey, University of Connecticut; Yuping Zhang, University of Connecticut
11:50 AM

Assessing Authorship of Beatles Songs from Musical Content: Bayesian Classification Modeling from Bags-Of-Words Representations
Mark Glickman, Harvard University; Jason Brown, Dept of Mathematics, Dalhousie University; Ryan Song, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
12:05 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

On Modeling of Asymmetric Dependencies
Milan Stehlik, Johannes Kepler University and University of Valparaiso
2:05 PM

Context Modeling by Discriminative Random Fields for Robust Target Identification from Multi-Modal Sensors
Pranab Banerjee, Boston Fusion Corp.
2:20 PM

Semiparametric Modeling of Structured Point Processes Using Multi-Level Log-Gaussian Cox Processes
Yongtao Guan; Jingfei Zhang, University of Miami
2:45 PM

Real World Data Analysis to Inform Clinical Trial Modeling and Simulation
Zhaoling Meng, sanofi; Dimple Patel, sanofi; Qi Tang, Sanofi; Nadia Gaudel-Dedieu, sanofi; James Rogers, Metrum Research Group
2:45 PM

Sure Independent Screening for Ultra-high Longitudinal Data
Yafei Zhang, Virginia Tech; Pang Du, Virginia Tech
2:50 PM

Leading Policy with Localized Item Response Theory: Detection of Differential Item Functioning Across Space
Samantha Robinson, University of Arkansas
3:05 PM

Population-Based Disease Risk Prediction Modeling Using National Survey, Clinical, and Registry Data: Application to Risk Prediction for Oropharyngeal Cancer in the US Population
Barry Ira Graubard, National Cancer Institute; Anil Chaturvedi, National Cancer Institute; Joseph Tota, National Cancer Institute; Hormuzd A. Katki, Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
3:20 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Modeling Preferential Site Selection in Networks Used to Monitor Environmental Spatio-Temporal Processes
Jim Zidek, University of British Columbia; Joe Watson, UBC; Gavin Shaddick , University of Exeter
8:35 AM

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

Non-Gaussian Translation Processes in Dynamic Space-Time Modeling
Robert Richardson, Brigham Young University
8:55 AM

Mathematical Modeling Identifies Optimum Lapatinib Dosing Schedules for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Patients
Shayna Stein, Harvard University; Franziska Michor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
9:05 AM

Emulating Satellite Drag from Large Simulation Experiments
Furong Sun, Virginia Tech; Robert Gramacy, Virginia Tech; Benjamin Haaland, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah; Earl Christopher Lawrence, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Andrew Walker, Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:05 AM

Clustered-Temporal Bayesian Model for Brain Connectivity in Neuroimaging Data
Nairita Ghosal, University of Illinois at Chicago; Sanjib Basu, University of Illinois at Chicago
9:20 AM

Additive Modeling for Longitudinal Data via Classical Backfitting
Suneel Babu Chatla; Li-Shan Huang, Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, TAIWAN
9:35 AM

Spatial Modeling of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data from a Cocaine Addiction Study
Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University; Zhou Lan, North Carolina State University; Brian Reich, North Carolina State University; Joseph Guinness, NC State University
9:55 AM

Uncontrolled Studies and Health Technology Appraisal ? The Need for Methods, Modeling, and Further Research
Anthony Hatswell, University College London
9:55 AM

CRSP: Modeling Stochastically Intransitive Relationships Between NBA Teams
Ryan Patrick Alexander McShane, Southern Methodist University; Ian Harris, Southern Methodist University
10:05 AM

Data for Good: Designing for Impact
Jake Porway, DataKind
10:35 AM

A Simulation Study Comparing MCP-Mod and a Model-Based Approach in Phase 2a Clinical Trials
Hongtao Zhang; Alan Hartford, AbbVie Inc
10:35 AM

Competing Effects of Indirect Protection and Clustering on the Power of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Vaccine Trial
Matthew Hitchings, Harvard School of Public Health
10:35 AM

Three Little Models and the Big Bad Data: a Three-Model Approach to Causal Analysis with Observational Clinical Data
Kayla Nowak, RTI International; Tracy Nolen, RTI International
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

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

TEXT MINING VISUALIZATIONS
Kellie Keeling, University of Denver
11:05 AM

User-Guided Topic Modeling Through Interactive Visualization
Nathan Wycoff, Virginia Tech; Scotland Leman, Virginia Tech; Ian Crandell, Virginia Tech; Peter Hauck, Virginia Tech; Michelle Dowling, Virginia Tech
11:20 AM

Modeling Social Contact Networks in Niakhar, Senegal
Gail Potter, The Emmes Corporation; Jimmy Wong, FDA; Jonathan Sugimoto, Fred Hutch; Aldiouma Diallo, IRD; John Chris Victor , PATH; Kathleen Neuzil, University of Maryland ; M Elizabeth Halloran, Fred Hutch , University of Washington
11:20 AM

Trajectory Quantile Regression for Longitudinal Data
Huijuan Ma, Emory University; Limin Peng, Emory University; Haoda Fu, Eli Lilly and Company
11:25 AM

Survival Analysis of Recurrent Events on Prostate Cancer: Facts from Cancer Genome
Munni Begum, Ball State University
11:35 AM

Improved Modeling of Imbalanced Data for Dietary Lapse Prediction
Fengqing Zhang, Drexel University; Tinashe M Tapera , Drexel University; Stephanie P Goldstein, Drexel University; Evan Forman, Drexel University
11:35 AM

Noise Modeling and Denoising of UMI-Based Single Cell RNA Sequencing Data
Nancy Zhang; Mo Huang, University of Pennsylvania; Mingyao Li, University of Pennsylvania; Jingshu Wang, University of Pennsylvania
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