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JSM 2015 Preliminary Program

Legend: Washington State Convention Center = CC, Sheraton Seattle = S, Grand Hyatt = GH and The Conference Center = TCC
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Activity Number	Title	Sponsor(s)	Type	Location
2	Medallion Lecture I: Computational Tradeoffs in Statistical Estimation	IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-4C2

3	* ! Making Better Decisions: Recent Statistical Advances and Challenges in Aging and Dementia Research	Biometrics Section ENAR Mental Health Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association Statistics Without Borders	Invited Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-617

4	Highlights from Bayesian Analysis	Section on Bayesian Statistical Science International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-401

5	* ! Emerging Statistical Challenges in Revealing Hidden Heritability	ENAR Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-608

11	* ! Big Data in Seattle	Council of Chapters International Indian Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee Section on Statistical Consulting Committee on Applied Statisticians	Invited Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-4C3

14	* ! Implicit Bias: What Statisticians Need to Know and Do	Caucus for Women in Statistics Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association Statistics Without Borders Section on Statistical Consulting Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee	Invited Panel	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-3B

17	* ! Theory and Methods for Massive Spatial Data	Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining International Indian Statistical Association Korean International Statistical Society	Topic Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-212

25	Recent Development in Personalized Medicine	Biometrics Section ENAR International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-616

29	Bayesian Theory and Foundations	Section on Bayesian Statistical Science International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-214

31	Special Session: Student Paper Award	Section on Nonparametric Statistics International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-310

36	* Advances in Survival Analysis with Health Applications	Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-615

37	Modern Approaches to Analysis of Correlated Data	Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-614

46	Introductory Overview Lecture: Personalized Medicine	ASA ENAR WNAR IMS SSC International Indian Statistical Association International Chinese Statistical Association Korean International Statistical Society International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Royal Statistical Society International Statistical Institute	Invited Special Presentation	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-4C2

47	! Recent Developments in Machine Learning and Data Mining	IMS International Indian Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee	Invited Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-310

61	* ! Classifier Development for Biomarker Discovery from Complex Feature Spaces	Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-609

70	Panel Data, Linear Models, and Testing	Business and Economic Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-205

71	Robust Methods for Estimation, Inference, and Computation	IMS International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-308

72	* Bayesian Methods in Genetics and Genomics	Section on Bayesian Statistical Science International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-307

81	Analysis of Ordinal Data	Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-617

82	Methods for Longitudinal Data with Nonstandard Distributions	Biometrics Section Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-616

84	Advances in R Software	Section on Statistical Computing Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Sun, 8/9 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-605

212320	IISA Executive Board meeting (By Invitation only)	International Indian Statistical Association	Other ICW	Sun, 8/9 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Room: S-Kirkland

102	Introductory Overview Lecture: New Perspectives in Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis	ASA ENAR WNAR IMS SSC International Indian Statistical Association International Chinese Statistical Association Korean International Statistical Society International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Royal Statistical Society International Statistical Institute International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Section on Statistics and the Environment Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee	Invited Special Presentation	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

116	* ! Spatial Statistics Applied to Environmental Health Problems	Section on Statistics and the Environment International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Section on Bayesian Statistical Science Government Statistics Section Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association Committee on Applied Statisticians	Topic Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-213

119	* ! Empirical Bayes Methods for Modern Data Analysis: Theoretical, Computational, and Practical Aspects	Section on Nonparametric Statistics Section on Bayesian Statistical Science International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-211

125	* Privacy-Preserving Data Analysis in Distributed Data Setting: What Can We Learn from Other Disciplines?	Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-615

127	* Using 'Real Data' for Teaching in the Health Sciences: Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities	Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Section on Statistical Education International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Panel	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-606

128	SPEED: Topics in Imaging Biostatistics, Computing, and Modeling	Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts Section on Statistical Education Section on Statistics and the Environment International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Speed	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-401

129	SPEED: Topics in Statistical Methods and Applications	Survey Research Methods Section Section on Statistics in Marketing Section on Statistics and the Environment Section on Statistics in Epidemiology International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Speed	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-4C1

131	Statistical Modeling for Complex Structures	International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-2B

132	Recent Advances in Theory and Methods for Hypothesis Test, Sampling, and Dimension Reduction	Korean International Statistical Society International Indian Statistical Association Section on Statistical Consulting	Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-210

147	Late-Breaking Session I: The VA Secretary Bans a Statistics Book	ASA ENAR IMS SSC WNAR International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Korean International Statistical Society Royal Statistical Society International Statistical Institute Statistics Without Borders	Invited Special Presentation	Mon, 8/10 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

148	Le Cam Lecture	IMS International Indian Statistical Association Section on Statistical Consulting	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-4C3

159	* JASA (Theory and Methods) Invited Paper and Discussions	JASA, Theory and Methods Korean International Statistical Society International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-4C2

167	Modern Techniques for Handling Missing Data	Survey Research Methods Section Korean International Statistical Society Mental Health Statistics Section Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association Section on Statistical Consulting	Topic Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-612

183	* SIE CP14: EPI Methods	Section on Statistics in Epidemiology Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-620

187	Informative Observation and Missingness Mechanisms	Biometrics Section International Chinese Statistical Association Mental Health Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-306

190	High-Dimensional Clustering	Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-603

216	Medallion Lecture II: Causal Discovery with Confidence Using Invariance Principles	IMS Korean International Statistical Society International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

218	Inference Under Shape Constraints	IMS International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-310

221	! Memorial Session for Leo Breiman	Memorial IMS International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-618

226	! Model Selection and Prediction for Complex Data	International Indian Statistical Association Government Statistics Section SSC	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-2B

237	* ! Leadership and Women in Statistics	Social Statistics Section Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences Caucus for Women in Statistics Statistics Without Borders Section on Statistical Consulting Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee	Topic Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-211

241	* ! Crowd-Sourcing Big Data from Smartphone Apps for Transportation Research: Role of Statistics and Challenges	Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association Transportation Statistics Interest Group	Topic Contributed Panel	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-206

255	Experimental Designs I	Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences Quality and Productivity Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-401

258	Applications in Big Data	Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining Section on Statistical Computing Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Mon, 8/10 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: TCC-202

272	ASA President's Invited Address	ASA ENAR IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Korean International Statistical Society SSC WNAR Royal Statistical Society Statistics Without Borders	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-Ballroom 6ABC

212296	IISA General Body Meeting & Mixer (Open to all)	International Indian Statistical Association	Other ICW	Mon, 8/10 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Room: TCC-101

273	IMS Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony	IMS International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Mon, 8/10 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

282	Introductory Overview Lecture: Statistical Issues in Computational Neuroscience	ASA ENAR WNAR IMS SSC International Indian Statistical Association International Chinese Statistical Association Korean International Statistical Society International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Royal Statistical Society International Statistical Institute	Invited Special Presentation	Tue, 8/11 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

291	* Statistical Innovations for Genetic Association Studies	International Chinese Statistical Association Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-4C2

292	* New Horizons in Phylogenetic Inference	International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-310

293	! Statistics in Practice for National Security Risk Analysis	Section on Risk Analysis Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security International Indian Statistical Association Committee on Applied Statisticians	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-608

325	Multiple Testing Procedures	Biopharmaceutical Section Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Tue, 8/11 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-613

336	! Annals of Statistics Special Invited Session: Recent Advances in Estimation of High-Dimensional Matrix	IMS Korean International Statistical Society International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

344	! New Horizons of Quantile Regression Analysis: Longitudinal and Recurrent Event Data	Korean International Statistical Society International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Tue, 8/11 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-201

346	Modern Statistical Method for Survival Analysis	ENAR Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Tue, 8/11 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-612

393	* Medallion Lecture III: Recent Developments in Machine Learning for Personalized Medicine	IMS Korean International Statistical Society Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

396	* ! Advances in Space-Time Covariance Estimation and Serially Dependent Extremes	JABES-Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Korean International Statistical Society Section on Statistics and the Environment International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-4C2

419	Time Series, Regression, Quantiles, and Interval-Valued Data	Business and Economic Statistics Section Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Tue, 8/11 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-308

451	Deming Lecture	ASA Deming Lectureship Committee ENAR IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Korean International Statistical Society SSC WNAR Royal Statistical Society Statistics Without Borders Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-Ballroom 6ABC

452	* ! Wald Lecture I	IMS Korean International Statistical Society International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

453	! ASA President's Address and Founders and Fellows Recognition	ASA ENAR IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Korean International Statistical Society SSC WNAR Royal Statistical Society Statistics Without Borders Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee	Invited Papers	Tue, 8/11 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM Room: CC-Ballroom 6ABC

461	Introductory Overview Lecture: Recent Advances in Machine Learning and Data Mining	ASA ENAR WNAR IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association Korean International Statistical Society International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Royal Statistical Society International Statistical Institute SSC Section on Statistical Consulting	Invited Special Presentation	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-4C2

462	Late-Breaking Session II: Meeting the Challenges of a Pandemic: The Statistical Aspects of Dealing with Ebola	ASA ENAR IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association International Statistical Institute International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Korean International Statistical Society Royal Statistical Society SSC WNAR Statistics Without Borders Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee	Invited Special Presentation	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

465	* ! Post-Selection Inference	IMS International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-610

468	* ! The Fifth 'V' in Big Data Is Variables	Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining Section on Statistics in Sports Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-4C4

475	* Recent Progress in Longitudinal Data Analysis	ENAR Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-613

476	Recent Advances in Statistical Inference for High-Dimensional and Functional Time Series	International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association Business and Economic Statistics Section	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: TCC-204

480	* ! Statistics at Scale: Applications from Tech Companies	Section on Statistical Computing Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-204

482	* ! History of Clinical Trials in the Last Fifty Years with Recent Advances	Committee on ASA Archives and Historical Materials Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: TCC-202

491	IISA-Sponsored Session	International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-212

519	Noether Award	Noether Award Committee ASA International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Wed, 8/12 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-3B

524	* ! Advances in Bayesian Computation Motivated by Applications	IMS Section on Bayesian Statistical Science International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-210

527	* ! Modern Nonparametric Methods for Complex Data	Section on Nonparametric Statistics International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-212

528	* Functional, Missing, and High-Dimensional Covariates in Mixed Models	International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-304

541	Weighting and Design Effects	Survey Research Methods Section Government Statistics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-610

573	Medallion Lecture IV: New Approaches to Spectral Clustering, with Applications to Gene Microarrays and Social Network Community Detection	IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Wed, 8/12 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC- Ballroom 6E

584	Marvin Zelen: Statistical Scientist, Leader, Mentor, and Advocate	Memorial IMS International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Panel	Wed, 8/12 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-606

585	* ! Leadership Opportunities Within ASA: A Guide for the Young in Body or Spirit	Committee on Career Development International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association Statistics Without Borders Section on Statistical Consulting Committee on Applied Statisticians	Invited Panel	Wed, 8/12 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-3B

592	! Response-Adaptive Randomization: Recent Developments and Controversies	Biopharmaceutical Section International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-615

594	* Statistical Phylogenetics	Biometrics Section WNAR Section on Bayesian Statistical Science International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Wed, 8/12 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM Room: CC-619

618	COPSS Awards and Fisher Lecture	ASA ENAR IMS International Chinese Statistical Association International Indian Statistical Association International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) Korean International Statistical Society SSC WNAR Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Royal Statistical Society	Invited Papers	Wed, 8/12 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM Room: CC-Ballroom 6ABC

638	* Advances in Finite Mixture Modeling with Applications	Section on Statistical Computing International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Thu, 8/13 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-205

641	* ! Challenges in Large Epidemiological Studies: Applications of Survival Analytical Methods	ENAR Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Topic Contributed Papers	Thu, 8/13 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM Room: CC-615

661	* ! Shedding Light on the Biology of Complex Diseases Using Cutting-Edge Statistical Methods for Family Data	Biometrics Section International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Thu, 8/13 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-609

663	* ! Wald Lecture III	IMS International Indian Statistical Association	Invited Papers	Thu, 8/13 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM Room: CC-4C2

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