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Sunday, 07/29/2018
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Environmental Health Risk
Renjun Ma, University of New Brunswick; Edward Hughes, Edward Hughes Consulting


Image-On-Image Regression: a Spatial Bayesian Latent Factor Model for Predicting Task-Evoked Brain Activity Using Task-Free MRI
Cui Guo, University of Michigan


Multi-Scale Vecchia Approximation of Gaussian Processes
Jingjie Zhang, Texas A&M University; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University


Spatially Informed Variable Selection Priors and Application to Neuroimaging Data
Marina Vannucci, Rice University
2:05 PM

Cluster-Temporal Models for Disease Surveillance with an Application to Dengue Fever Infection in Taiwan
Pei-Sheng Lin
2:05 PM

High-Dimensional MCMC Diagnostics with Application to Spatial Text Clustering of Beer Flavours
David Alexander Campbell, Simon Fraser University; Subhash Lele, University of Alberta; Peter Solymos, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring
2:25 PM

Space and Space-Time Cluster Detection Using the LASSO in Disease Mapping
Ronald Gangnon, University of Wisconsin; Maria Kamenetsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Junho Lee, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Jun Zhu, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:25 PM

Image-On-Image Regression: a Spatial Bayesian Latent Factor Model for Predicting Task-Evoked Brain Activity Using Task-Free MRI
Cui Guo, University of Michigan
2:40 PM

Interacting Cluster Point Process Model for Epidermal Nerve Fibers
Guilherme Ludwig, University of Campinas; Nancy Lopes Garcia, University of Campinas; Peter Guttorp, University of Washington / Norwegian Computing Center
2:45 PM

Spatially Varying Coefficient Models for Point Pattern Analysis with Large Data Sets
Huiyan Sang, Texas A&M University
3:05 PM

Multi-Scale Vecchia Approximation of Gaussian Processes
Jingjie Zhang, Texas A&M University; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University
3:10 PM

Semiparametric Regression Methods for Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data with Application to Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Studies
Lily Wang, Iowa State University; Jingru Mu, Iowa State University; Guannan Wang, College of William & Mary
3:25 PM

Adaptively-Tuned Particle Swarm Optimization with Application to Spatial Design
Matthew Simpson, University of Missouri; Christopher K. Wikle, University of Missouri; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri/U.S. Census Bureau
4:05 PM

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

Spatial Bayesian Fusing Models for Sparse Networks and Health Risk
Andrew B Lawson, Medical University of South Carolina ; Raymond Boaz, Medical University of South Carolina
4:25 PM

Inferring Spatial Point Intensity of Geomagnetic Anomalies from Transect Sampling
Kenneth Flagg, Montana State University; Andrew Hoegh, Montana State University; Megan Higgs, Montana State University; John Borkowski, Montana State University
4:35 PM

A Procedure to Detect General Association Based on Concentration of Ranks
Fred Wright, North Carolina State University; Pratyaydipta Rudra, University of Colorado at Denver; Yi-Hui Zhou, North Carolina State University
4:45 PM

Spatial Statistics Approach to Develop Novel Protein Cancer Biomarkers
Inna Chervoneva, Thomas Jefferson University
4:50 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

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


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


A Pair Correlation Function for Non-Stationary Spatial Point Processes Which Depends on Covariates
Zhiji Tang, Florida State University


Statistical Challenges in the Analysis of Distributed Remote Sensing Data
Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory


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


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


Approximate Inference for Large Non-Gaussian Spatial Data
Daniel Zilber, Texas A&M University; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University


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


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


Uncertainty Quantification of Weather Forecasts
Yu Wang, University of British Columbia; Gong Zhang, University of British Columbia; Boyi Hu, University of British Columbia; Ho Yin Ho, University of British Columbia


A Bayesian Approach to Trend Filtering for Spatially Confounded Data
Adam Walder


Horizontal and Vertical Effects in a Logistic Regression Model
Diana Gonzalez, Arizona State University


Evaluating the Impact of Using Residential Histories When Estimating Environmental Exposure Effects
Anny-Claude Joseph, Virginia Commonwealth University; David C. Wheeler, Virginia Commonwealth University


Spatial Correlation in Weather Forecast Accuracy: A Functional Time Series Approach
Phillip Alexander Jang, Cornell University


Addressing Time of Measurement Bias in Records of Daily Temperature Extrema: A Spatio-Temporal Imputation Strategy
Maxime Rischard, Harvard Statistics; Natesh Pillai, Harvard Statistics; Karen A. McKinnon, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Descartes Labs


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

Spatial Correlation in Weather Forecast Accuracy: A Functional Time Series Approach
Phillip Alexander Jang, Cornell University
9:00 AM

Approximate Inference for Large Non-Gaussian Spatial Data
Daniel Zilber, Texas A&M University; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University
9:10 AM

Uncertainty Quantification of Weather Forecasts
Yu Wang, University of British Columbia; Gong Zhang, University of British Columbia; Boyi Hu, University of British Columbia; Ho Yin Ho, University of British Columbia
9:15 AM

Was It Raining the Day You Were Born?
William Kleiber, University of Colorado; Gregory Benton, University of Colorado
9:25 AM

The Myths About Weather Forecasting
Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Ying (Daisy) Yu, Simon Fraser University; Chuyuan (Cherlane) Lin, Simon Fraser University
9:40 AM

Fully Bayesian Spectral Methods for Imaging Data
Brian Reich, North Carolina State University; Joseph Guinness, NC State University; Simon Vandekar, University of Pennsylvania; Russell T Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania; Ana-Maria Staicu, NC State University
10:35 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 Bayesian Approach to Trend Filtering for Spatially Confounded Data
Adam Walder
10:40 AM

Horizontal and Vertical Effects in a Logistic Regression Model
Diana Gonzalez, Arizona State University
10:50 AM

Addressing Time of Measurement Bias in Records of Daily Temperature Extrema: A Spatio-Temporal Imputation Strategy
Maxime Rischard, Harvard Statistics; Natesh Pillai, Harvard Statistics; Karen A. McKinnon, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Descartes Labs
10:50 AM

BRISC: Bootstrap for Rapid Inference on Spatial Covariances
Arkajyoti Saha, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Abhi Datta, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
11:05 AM

Spatial Clustering Using Spatio-Temporal Network Data
Ashwini Venkatasubramaniam, University of Glasgow; Ludger Evers, University of Glasgow; Konstantinos Ampountolas, University of Glasgow
11:05 AM

WPSVM for Spatial Point Processes Directed by Gaussian Random Fields
Subha Datta, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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

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

Generalized Additive Models for Spatial Data Distributed on Complicated Domains
Shan Yu, Iowa State University; Lily Wang, Iowa State University
11:20 AM

Evaluating the Impact of Using Residential Histories When Estimating Environmental Exposure Effects
Anny-Claude Joseph, Virginia Commonwealth University; David C. Wheeler, Virginia Commonwealth University
11:55 AM

Correlation Tensor Decomposition and Its Application in Spatial Imaging Data
Yujia Deng, UIUC; Xiwei Tang, University of Virginia; Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:05 PM

Spatially Varying Coefficient Autoregressive Models
Jingru Mu, Iowa State University; Guannan Wang, College of William & Mary; Lily Wang, Iowa State University
12:05 PM

Bias Correction of Arctic Sea Ice Contours
Hannah Director, University of Washington; Adrian Raftery, University of Washington; Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington
2:05 PM

Bayesian Space-Time Partitioning by Sampling and Pruning Spanning Trees
Rosangela Loschi, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Leonardo Teixeira, Purdue University; Renato Assunção , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2:05 PM

A Location-Adjusted Approach to the Covariate-Adjusted Response-Adaptive Allocation Design in Multi-Center Trials
Brian S Di Pace, Virginia Commonwealth University; Roy T Sabo, Virginia Commonwealth University; David C. Wheeler, Virginia Commonwealth University
2:10 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

Statistical Inference for High-Dimensional Time Series
Ruey S Tsay, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
2:30 PM

Interval-Valued Kriging and Application in Climate Related Predictions
Brennan Bean, Utah State University; Yan Sun, Utah State University
2:50 PM

Controlled Automatic Detection of Detects in Dependent Image Data
Ansgar Steland, Institut Fuer Statistik Und Wirtschaftsmathematik RWTH Aachen
3:05 PM

Recent Advances in Dependent Random Partition Models
Garritt L Page, Brigham Young University; Fernando Quintana, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile
3:25 PM

The Spatial Wishart Process and Its Applications to Diffusion Tensor Images
Zhou Lan, North Carolina State University; Brian Reich, North Carolina State University; Joseph Guinness, NC State University; Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
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


Small Scale Analysis with Big Data - Enriching the Panel Study
Jonas Beste, Institute for Employment Research; Sebastian Bähr, Employment Research (IAB)


Consistency of Spectral Clustering in fMRI data
Jessie Moon, FDA


A Location-Adjusted Approach to the Covariate-Adjusted Response-Adaptive Allocation Design in Multi-Center Trials
Brian S Di Pace, Virginia Commonwealth University; Roy T Sabo, Virginia Commonwealth University; David C. Wheeler, Virginia Commonwealth University


A Joint Model of Opioid Treatment Admissions and Deaths for Adults and Adolescents in Ohio Counties
David Kline, Ohio State University; Staci Hepler, Wake Forest University


Adjusting a Finite Population Block Kriging Estimator for Imperfect Detection
Matthew Higham


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


Spatial-Temporal Latent Variable Models: a Potential Waste of Space and Time?
Francis Hui, Mathematical Sciences Institute
8:35 AM

Multi-Resolution Approximations of Gaussian Processes for Multivariate Spatial Data
Wenlong Gong, Texas A&M University
8:35 AM

Finding Hotspots
Sucharita Ghosh, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
8:55 AM

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

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

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

A Joint Model of Opioid Treatment Admissions and Deaths for Adults and Adolescents in Ohio Counties
David Kline, Ohio State University; Staci Hepler, Wake Forest University
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

Conditional Normal Copulas and Their Use in Applications
Pavel Krupskiy, University of British Columbia; Harry Joe, University of British Columbia; Marc G Genton, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
9:25 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

Adjusting a Finite Population Block Kriging Estimator for Imperfect Detection
Matthew Higham
10:50 AM

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

Estimating Small Area Life Expectancy Using Hellinger Distance Spatial Correlation
Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University; Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University
11:05 AM

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

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

Time-Stratified LOESS Smoothers for Estimating and Testing Temporal Heterogeneity in Spatial Risk Patterns
Yannan Tang, UCI
11:35 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

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

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

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

Bayesian Spatial Clustering with Particle Optimization
Sameer Deshpande, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Statistics; Cecilia Balocchi, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Statistics; Shane Jensen, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Edward George, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
2:20 PM

Changes in Spatiotemporal Precipitation Patterns in Changing Climate Conditions
Won Chang, University of Cincinnati; Michael Stein, University of Chicago, Dept. of Statistics; Jiali Wang, Argonne National Laboratory; V. Rao Kotamarthi, Argonne National Laboratory; Elisabeth J. Moyer, University of Chicago
2:45 PM

Bayesian Spatial Process Models for High-Dimensional Finite Population Sampling
Sudipto Banerjee, UCLA School of Public Health; Alec Goldstein-Chan, University of California Los Angeles
2:55 PM

Fusing Multiple Existing Space-Time Land Cover Products
Amanda Hering, Baylor University; Nicolás Rodríguez-Jeangros, Colorado School of Mines; John McCray, Colorado School of Mines; Timothy Kaiser, Colorado School of Mines
3:05 PM

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

Large and Non-Stationary Spatial Fields: Quantifying Uncertainty in the Pattern Scaling of Climate Models
Douglas William Nychka, NCAR
3:20 PM

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

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

Spatial Factor Models for High-Dimensional and Large Spatial Data: An Application in Forest Variable Mapping
Daniel Taylor Rodriguez, Portland State University; Andrew Oliver Finley, Michigan State University; Abhi Datta, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Chad Babcock, University of Washington; Hans-Erik Andersen, USDA Forest Service; Bruce Douglas Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Douglas C Morton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Sudipto Banerjee, UCLA School of Public Health
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


Spatial Proximity Between Bank Branch Closures and Openings: Where Are the New Underserved Banking Areas Located?
Anna Tranfaglia


Impact of Distance Calculation Methods on Geospatial Analysis of Healthcare Access
Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University; Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University


Bayesian Spatial Quantile Regression for Areal Count Data, with Application on Substitute Care Placements in Texas
Clay King, Colorado Mesa University; Joon Jin Song, Baylor 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


Approximate Bayesian Inference for Big Spatial Data Using Non-Stationary Spectral Simulation
Hou-Cheng Yang
8:35 AM

Spatial Proximity Between Bank Branch Closures and Openings: Where Are the New Underserved Banking Areas Located?
Anna Tranfaglia
8:50 AM

A General Framework for Vecchia Approximations of Gaussian Processes
Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University; Joseph Guinness, North Carolina State University
9:05 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

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

Bayesian Spatial Quantile Regression for Areal Count Data, with Application on Substitute Care Placements in Texas
Clay King, Colorado Mesa University; Joon Jin Song, Baylor University
9:10 AM

Partially Specified Spatial Autoregressive Model with Artificial Neural Network
Wenqian Wang, Northwestern University; Beth Andrews, Northwestern University
9:35 AM

Bayesian Inference for Geometrically Anisotropic Spatial Random Fields on Regular Lattice
Fan Dai; Somak Dutta, Iowa State 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

Impact of Distance Calculation Methods on Geospatial Analysis of Healthcare Access
Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University; Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University
9:50 AM

Statistical Analysis of Housing Prices in Georgia
Mitra Devkota
9:50 AM

Efficient MCMC for Spatial Population Modeling
Daniel B. Turek, Williams College
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

A Bayesian Spatial-Temporal Model with Latent Multivariate Log-Gamma Random Processes with Application to Earthquake Magnitudes
Guanyu Hu, University of Connecticut; Jonathan R Bradley, Florida State University
10:35 AM

Spatial Statistical Downscaling for Constructing High-Resolution Nature Runs in Global Observing System Simulation Experiments
Pulong Ma, University of Cincinnati; Emily L. Kang, University of Cincinnati; Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Hai Nguyen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
10:55 AM

New Statistical Methods for Analyzing Whole Brain Metabolites Using High-Resolution MRS Data
Shuo Chen, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
10:55 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

A Test for Isotropy on a Sphere Using Spherical Harmonic Functions
Indranil Sahoo, North Carolina State University; Joseph Guinness, NC State University; Brian Reich, North Carolina State University
11:15 AM

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

Identification of Management Zone Using a Spatial Clustering Time-Varying Lattice Models
Youngdeok Hwang, Sungkyunkwan University; Huijing Jiang, IBM Research; Rodrigue Ngueyep, IBM Research
11:55 AM

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

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

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

Model-Based Sampling Design for Multivariate Spatial Prediction on a Stream Network
Dale Zimmerman, American Statistical Association
3:20 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Spatial Statistics for Improving Collective Estimates of Extreme Precipitation at Weather Stations
Mark Risser, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Christopher Paciorek, University of California, Berkeley; Michael F Wehner, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
8:35 AM

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

A Spatial Group Sparse Multi-Task Regression Model for Imaging Genetics
Farouk Nathoo; Yin Song, University of Victoria; Shufei Ge, Simon Fraser University; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University
8:55 AM

Real Time PM2.5 Mapping and Anomaly Detection from AirBoxes in Taiwan
Guowen Huang, National Tsing Hua University
9:00 AM

Geospatial Data Anonymization Methods in Support of Transportation Planning
William Bachman, Westat
9:15 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

Virtual Listing: GIS Approaches to Improve Survey Listing Efficiency
Michael Giangrande, Westat; J. Michael Brick, Westat; David Morganstein, Westat; Katie Lewis, U.S. Energy Information Administration
9:20 AM

Probabilistic Predictive Principal Component Analysis for Spatially-Misaligned and High-Dimensional Air Pollution Data with Missing Observations
Phuong T Vu, University of Washington; Adam A Szpiro, University of Washington
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

Spatial Cluster Detection of Regression Coefficients in a Mixed Effect Model
Junho Lee, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Ying Sun, KAUST; Howard Chang, Emory University
10:35 AM

Are Zero-Modified Models the Panacea for Epidemiological Data with Excess Zeroes?
Ali Arab, Georgetown University; Frederic Mortier, CIRAD, UPR Forests and Societies/Forests and Societies, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD
10:50 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

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

Penalized Local Polynomial Regression for Spatial Data
Wu Wang, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Ying Sun, KAUST
11:20 AM

Distance Correlation as a Measure for Dependence of Distance Matrices with Complex Spatial Patterns: An Alternative to Mantel Test
Deniz Yenigun, Istanbul Bilgi University; Maria Rizzo, Bowling Green State University
11:35 AM

Sub-Asymptotic Models for Spatial Extremes Using Random Effects
Benjamin Shaby, Penn State University
11:35 AM

Fast Maximum Likelihood Inference for Spatial Generalized Linear Mixed Models
Yawen Guan, The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute; Murali Haran, Penn State University
11:50 AM