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CC-W = McCormick Place Convention Center, West Building,   CC-N = McCormick Place Convention Center, North Building
H = Hilton Chicago,   UC= Conference Chicago at University Center
* = applied session       ! = JSM meeting theme

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71
Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-W175b
Environmental Extremes — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics and the Environment , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Whitney Huang, Purdue University
4:05 PM Bivariate Quantile-Based Calibration of Numerical Model Outputs with Application to Climate Projections Brooke Alhanti, Emory University ; Howard Chang, Emory University
4:20 PM Detecting Change Points in Climatic Data Using Extreme Values Andrew Bartlett, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
4:35 PM Modeling the Frequency and Magnitude of Extreme Events Piyas Chakraborty, Purdue University ; Hao Zhang, Purdue University
4:50 PM Quantifying Waves of Extreme Weather Joshua French, University of Colorado Denver ; Piotr Kokoszka, Colorado State University ; Stilian Stoev, University of Michigan
5:05 PM Bayesian Clustering and Dimension Reduction in Multivariate Extremes Sabrina Vettori, KAUST ; Raphaël Huser, KAUST ; Marc Genton, KAUST
5:20 PM Censored Local Likelihood Inference for Modeling Nonstationarity in Spatial Extremes Daniela Castro, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ; Raphaël Huser, KAUST
5:35 PM Bayesian Modeling of Days in Risk Due to Concentration of PM10 in Kuwait Fahimah Alawadhi, Kuwait University
 
 

130
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W184d
Statistical Methods for Spatial Epidemiology — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Nicholas Beyler, Mathematica Policy Research
8:35 AM Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Multi-Pathogen Infectious Diseases Using Data from Multiple Sources Hunter Merrill, University of Florida ; Xueying Tang, University of Florida ; Yang Yang, University of Florida ; Nikolay Bliznyuk, University of Florida
8:50 AM Continuous Surface Modeling for Space-Time Infectious Disease Count Data Katherine Wilson, University of Washington ; Jonathan Wakefield, University of Washington
9:05 AM Spatial Model for Risk Prediction and Subnational Prioritization to Aid Poliovirus Eradication in Pakistan Laina Mercer, Institute for Disease Modeling ; Steve Kroiss, Institute for Disease Modeling ; Hil Lyons, Institute for Disease Modeling ; Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Institute for Disease Modeling
9:20 AM Spatial Variability in the Persistence of PCV-Targeted Pneumococcal Serotypes Among Adults Joshua Warren, Yale University ; S. Cassandra Pingali, Yale University ; Daniel Weinberger, Yale University
9:35 AM Generalized Linear Mixed Model to Predict a Spatially Correlated Poisson Variable in the Presence of an Auxiliary Variable, with an Application to the West Nile Virus Lynette Smith, University of Nebraska Medical Center ; David B. Marx, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
9:50 AM Novel Application of a Weighted Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Model in Modeling Count Data from a Complex Survey Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Medical University of South Carolina ; Lin Dai, Medical University of South Carolina
10:05 AM High-Dimensional Analysis of Spatial Count Data: A Penalized Estimating Equation Approach Rejaul Karim, Michigan State University ; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
 
 

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Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W183c
Benefit-Risk Evaluation in Medicine — Invited Papers
Section on Medical Devices and Diagnostics , International Chinese Statistical Association , Committee on Applied Statisticians , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Martin Ho, FDA/CDRH
Chair(s): Norberto Pantoja-Galicia, FDA/CDRH
10:35 AM An Overview of Structured Benefit-Risk Analysis Qi Jiang, Amgen ; Weili He, Merck
11:00 AM Bayesian Benefit Risk Assessments for Medical Products Telba Irony, FDA
11:25 AM Recent Developments in Benefit-Risk Evaluation for Diagnostic Tests Gene Pennello, FDA/CDRH/OSB/DBS ; Norberto Pantoja-Galicia, FDA/CDRH ; Scott Evans, Harvard
11:50 AM Discussant: Scott Evans, Harvard
12:10 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

168
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W176c
Credibility Analysis, Co-presented by the Society of Actuaries — Topic Contributed Panel
Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): R. Dale Hall, Society of Actuaries
Chair(s): Michael Pennell, The Ohio State University
10:35 AM Credibility Analysis: Theory, Practice, and Evolution
Panelists: Dale Hall, Society of Actuaries
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Illinois State University
Olivier Le Courtois, EM Lyon
Peng Shi, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Liang Hong, Robert Morris University
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

175
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W185a
Statistical Methods for Environmental Epidemiology — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Section on Risk Analysis , Statistics Without Borders
Chair(s): Min Chen, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences
10:35 AM Application of Principal Components Analysis to Blood Metal Exposures in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Data Po-Yung Cheng, CDC ; Mary Mortensen, CDC/NCEH ; Robert Jones, CDC/NCEH ; Kathleen Caldwell, CDC/NCEH
10:50 AM Predictive Geocoding Jie Fan, University of Miami ; J. Sunil Rao, University of Miami
11:05 AM Optimal Sampling Designs of Two-Compartment Nonlinear Regression Models Noa Molshatzki, University of Southern California ; Sandrah P. Eckel, University of Southern California
11:20 AM A Latent Variable Model with Scaled Nonlinear Effects for Multiple Outcomes Zhenzhen Zhang, University of Michigan ; Brisa N. Sanchez, University of Michigan
11:35 AM Survival Analysis with Measurement Error in a Cumulative Exposure Variable: Radon Progeny in Relation to Lung Cancer Mortality Polyna Khudyakov, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Jonathan Samet, University of Southern California ; Charles Wiggins, University of New Mexico ; Xiaomei Liao, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Angela Meisner, New Mexico Tumor Registry ; Donna Spiegelman, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
11:50 AM A Two-Stage Approach to Analysis of Health Effects of Environmental Chemical Mixtures: Informed Sparse Principal Component Analysis Followed by Segmented Regression Roman Jandarov, University of Cincinnati ; Susan Pinney, University of Cincinnati ; Liang Niu, University of Cincinnati
12:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

184
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W179b
Bayesian Modeling in Life Sciences and Medicine I — Contributed Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Biopharmaceutical Section , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Andrew Womack, Indiana University
10:35 AM A Spatio-Temporal Model for Protein Structure Evolution and Alignment Gary Larson, Duke University ; Scott Schmidler, Duke University
10:50 AM Nonparametric Survival Analysis Using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) Rodney Sparapani, Medical College of Wisconsin ; Brent Logan, Medical College of Wisconsin ; Robert McCulloch, The University of Chicago ; Purushottam Laud, Medical College of Wisconsin
11:05 AM Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) and Precision Medicine Brent Logan, Medical College of Wisconsin ; Rodney Sparapani, Medical College of Wisconsin ; Robert McCulloch, The University of Chicago ; Purushottam Laud, Medical College of Wisconsin
11:20 AM Robust Assessment of Trial Success Based on Co-Primary Endpoints by Bayesian and Bootstrapping Approaches with Discounting Option Zongjun Zhang, Eli Lilly and Company ; Fanni Natanegara, Eli Lilly and Company ; Karen Price, Eli Lilly and Company
11:35 AM Profiling Hospitals Based on Degree of Aggressiveness in Treating Patients with Advanced Cancer Tianyi Cai, Harvard ; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School ; Deborah Schrag, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ; Francesca Dominici, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
11:50 AM Bayesian Analysis of Quantal Bioassay Experiments Incorporating Historical Controls via Bayes Factors Luis Leon Novelo, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ; Andrew Womack, Indiana University ; Hongxiao Zhu, Virginia Tech ; Xiaowei Wu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
12:05 PM A Bayesian High-Dimensional Couple-Based Latent Risk Model with an Application to Infertility Zhen Chen, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ; Beom Seuk Hwang, Chung-Ang University ; Germaine M. Buck Louis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ; Paul Albert, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
 
 

Register 215
Mon, 8/1/2016, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM CC-W375a
Section on Risk Analysis P.M. Roundtable Discussion (Added Fee) — Roundtables PM Roundtable Discussion
Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Yishi Wang, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
ML26: Statistical Precursors to the 'New' Predictive Analytics Stanley Sclove, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
 

244 *
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W175b
Data Fusion for Environmental Applications — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics and the Environment , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Karen Ryberg, U.S. Geological Survey
2:05 PM Spatio-temporal modeling for regional climate model comparison: application on perennial bioenergy crop impacts Meng Wang, Arizona State University ; Yiannis Kamarianakis, Arizona State University ; Alex Mahalov, Arizona State University ; Melissa Wagner, Arizona State University ; Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University ; Gonzalo Miguez-Macho, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela ; Mohamed Moustaoui, Arizona State University
2:20 PM Spatial Data Fusion for Large Non-Gaussian Remote Sensing Data Sets Hongxiang Shi, University of Cincinnati ; Emily Lei Kang, University of Cincinnati
2:35 PM Downscaling of Climate Model Projections of Temperature and Related Uncertainty Quantification — Ernst Linder, University of New Hampshire ; Yiming Liu, University of New Hampshire ; Meng Zhao, University of New Hampshire
2:50 PM Tales of Five Chinese Cities: PM2.5 Data Reliability and Compatibility in Air Quality Assessment Xuan Liang, Peking University ; Shuo Li, Peking University ; Shuyi Zhang, Peking University ; Hui Huang, Peking University ; Song Xi Chen, Peking University/Iowa State University
3:05 PM Stochastic Simulation of Predictive Space-Time Scenarios of Wind Speed Using Observations and Physical Models Julie Bessac, Argonne National Lab ; Emil Mihai Constantinescu, Argonne National Lab ; Mihai Anitescu, Argonne National Lab
3:20 PM Evaluating Climate Models Eric Gilleland, National Center for Atmospheric Research ; Barbara G. Brown, National Center for Atmospheric Research ; Caspar Ammann, National Center for Atmospheric Research ; William Gutowski, Iowa State University ; Tressa Fowler, National Center for Atmospheric Research ; John Halley Gotway, National Center for Atmospheric Research
3:35 PM Estimating Rate of Change of Carbon Dioxide Emission Using Functional Approach Ram Kafle, Sam Houston State University ; Netra Khanal, University of Tampa ; Chris P. Tsokos, University of South Florida
 
 

284 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W190a
Statistical Modeling for Climate Risk Assessment at the Interface of Climate Change and Insurance — Invited Papers
SSC , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Yulia R. Gel, The University of Texas at Dallas, Vyacheslav Lyubchich, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Chair(s): Yulia R. Gel, The University of Texas at Dallas
8:35 AM Developing an Index-Based Methodology to Forecast the Integrated Risk of Extreme Weather to Agricultural Production Systems Nathaniel Kenneth Newlands, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
9:05 AM U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Data Sources, Methods, Biases, and Uncertainty Adam B. Smith, NOAA/NCEI
9:35 AM The Effect of Climate Change on House Insurance: Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Flood-Related Damages and Claims — Yulia R. Gel, The University of Texas at Dallas ; Vyacheslav Lyubchich, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
10:05 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

287 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W185d
Machine Learning Methods for 21st-Century Toxicological Risk Assessment — Invited Papers
Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Matthew Wheeler, CDC/NIOSH
Chair(s): Edsel Aldea Pena, University of South Carolina
8:55 AM Network Analysis--Based Algorithm Nebula for Risk Evaluation of Chemicals Huixiao Hong, FDA
9:15 AM Predicting Chemical Dose-Response Toxicity Through Chemical Structure Activity Relationships Matthew Wheeler, CDC/NIOSH
9:35 AM Integrative Analysis of High-Throughput Toxicity Screening Data Eric F. Lock, University of Minnesota
9:55 AM Discussant: A. John Bailer, Miami University
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

289 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W179a
Environmental and Health Effects of Air Pollution in a Changing Climate — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics and the Environment , Royal Statistical Society , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Elizabeth Mannshardt, EPA
Chair(s): Kimberly Kaufeld
8:35 AM Statistical Methods for Projecting Future Ambient Air Quality Under a Changing Climate Howard Chang, Emory University ; Brooke Alhanti, Emory University ; Stefanie E Sarnat, Emory University ; Xinyi Zhao, Emory University
8:55 AM Implication of Nonlinear Air Pollutant Concentrations: Response Functions in Risk Assessment Ana G. Rappold, EPA ; James Crooks, National Jewish Health
9:15 AM Estimating Pathways and Health Benefits in Air Pollution Interventions Roger Peng, The Johns Hopkins University
9:35 AM A Dynamic Spatial Factor Model for Speciated Pollutants Montse Fuentes, North Carolina State University ; Maria Terres, Climate Corporation
9:55 AM Discussant: Elizabeth Mannshardt, EPA
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

342 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W185d
Algorithms for Detecting Defense and Intelligence Threats — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Nicole Mendoza, University of California at Santa Cruz
Chair(s): Abel Rodriguez, University of California at Santa Cruz
10:35 AM Bayesian Spatial Model Selection Using Mixtures of G-Priors and Markov Random Field Priors for Identifying Gas Plumes in Hyperspectral Data Nicole Mendoza, University of California at Santa Cruz ; Abel Rodriguez, University of California at Santa Cruz
10:55 AM Hyperspectral Video Analysis Using Graph-Clustering Methods Zhaoyi Meng
11:15 AM Quantifying Quality and Uncertainty in Forensic Pattern Matching Lucas Mentch, North Carolina State University ; Duy Thai, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
11:35 AM Information Criteria Approximations to the Value of Evidence for Forensic Identification of Source Problems Danica Ommen, South Dakota State University ; Christopher Saunders, MITRE/South Dakota State University
11:55 AM A Kernel-Based Method for the Forensic Inference of the Source of Small Particles Characterized Using Compositional Data Douglas Armstrong, San Diego State University ; Cedric Neumann, San Diego State University ; Christopher Saunders, MITRE/South Dakota State University ; David Stoney, Stoney Forensic
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

363 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W191
Statistical Methods with Applications in Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacovigilance — Contributed Papers
Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): John A. Wass, Quantum Cat Consultants
10:35 AM On the Perils and Pitfalls of PRR Analysis as Applied to Social Media Safety Surveillance Jeffery Painter, GlaxoSmithKline
10:50 AM Robust Ridge Regression Estimators for Nonlinear Models with Applications to High-Throughput Screening Assay Data Changwon Lim
11:05 AM The Estimation of Absolute IC50 and Its 95% Confidence Interval Qin Liu, The Wistar Institute ; Xiangfan Yin, The Wistar Institute ; Quentin McAfee, University of Pennsylvania ; Ravi Amaravadi, University of Pennsylvania ; Jeffery Winkler, University of Pennsylvania ; Meenhard Herlyn, The Wistar Institute
11:20 AM Alternatives to Nonproportional Hazards Ramin Arani, AstraZeneca ; Yifan Huang , AstraZeneca ; Andrew Stone, AstraZeneca
11:35 AM An Exposition to Integrated System Modeling of Patients' Safety Risk D. Purkayastha ; Sadhvi Khanna, Novartis
11:50 AM Performance Improvement of Parameter Estimation by Two-Step Analysis Incorporating Generalized Log-Rank Statistics Junji Moriya, Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development ; June Li, Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development
12:05 PM Evaluating In Vivo-In Vitro Correlation Using a Bayesian Approach Junshan Qiu, FDA ; Marilyn Martinez, FDA ; Ram Tiwari, FDA/CDER/OT/OB
 
 

423 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W187b
Bayesian Methods for Complex Spatial Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Candace Berrett, Brigham Young University
Chair(s): Candace Berrett, Brigham Young University
2:05 PM Urban Heat Risk Mapping of Houston, Texas, Using Multiple Point Patterns Jacob Mortensen, Brigham Young University ; Matthew J. Heaton, Brigham Young University ; Olga Wilhelmi, National Center for Atmospheric Research
2:25 PM Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification for CO2 Retrieval Jenny Brynjarsdottir, Case Western Reserve University ; Jonathan Hobbs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2:45 PM Spatial-Temporal Pareto Modeling of Extreme Value Data Gabriel Huerta, University of New Mexico ; Luis Enrique Nieto Barajas, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
3:05 PM Point Pattern Analysis of Geological Surface Features on Io E. Neeley Tass, Brigham Young University ; Jani Radebaugh, Brigham Young University
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

426 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W177
Financial Risk Analysis — Contributed Papers
Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Mary Louie, Verisk Analytics
2:05 PM Alternative Methods to Estimate Major Banks' Residential and Commercial Mortgage Loan Delinquency Rates for CCAR (Stress Testing) 'Baseline' Scenario Vadim Melnitchouk, Metropolitan State University ; Andrey Vashurin, University of Telecommunications
2:20 PM Trading Strategy Using Stock Moves Prediction and Sentiment Analysis Brahim Brahim, Big Data Visualizations Inc. ; Sun Makosso-Kallyth, McMaster University
2:35 PM A Two-Dimensional Poisson Autoregression with Application to Association Study of Two Financial Markets Ke Wang ; Haipeng Xing, SUNY Stony Brook
2:50 PM Sparse Bayesian Graphical Vector Autoregression For Risk Analysis Daniel Felix Ahelegbey, Boston University ; Monica Billio, University of Venice ; Roberto Casarin, University of Venice
3:05 PM Strictly Archimedean Copula with Complete Association for Multivariate Dependence Based on the Clayton Family Kahadawala Cooray , Central Michigan University
3:20 PM Factors Associated with Systemic Risk: A CoVaR Approach Zhiruo Liu
3:35 PM Pricing Variance Swap by Estimating Risk Neutral Density Liyuan Jiang ; Keren Li, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Fangfang Wang, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Jie Yang, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
 

429 *
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W184d
Statistical Analysis of Air Pollution Data — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics and the Environment , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Joshua French, University of Colorado Denver
2:05 PM Spatial Prediction of Naturally Occurring Indoor Gamma Radiation Dose Rates in Great Britain Mark Peter Little, National Cancer Institute ; Pavel Chernyavskiy, National Cancer Institute ; Gerald M. Kendall, University of Oxford ; Philip S. Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute ; Richard Wakeford, University of Manchester
2:20 PM Bayesian Spatial Multivariate Receptor Modeling for Multisite Multipollutant Data Eun Sug Park, Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech ; Shuman Tan, Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
2:35 PM The Positive Effects of Population-Based Preferential Sampling in Environmental Epidemiology Joseph Antonelli, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Matthew Cefalu, RAND Corporation ; Luke Bornn, Simon Fraser University
2:50 PM Analysis of Methane Data Collected by Google Street View Vehicles Zachary Weller ; Jennifer Hoeting , Colorado State University ; Adam Gaylord, Colorado State University ; Joe von Fischer, Colorado State University
3:05 PM Dynamic PCA for Multiple Air Pollutants Oleg Melnikov, Rice University ; Katherine B. Ensor, Rice University ; Loren Raun, Rice University
3:20 PM A Comparison of Spatial Prediction Models for Traffic-Related Air Pollution Data Zheng Zhu ; Roman Jandarov, University of Cincinnati
3:35 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

443
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-Hall F1 West
Contributed Poster Presentations: Section on Risk Analysis — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
14: An Approximation for a Collective Risk Model Ranee Thiagarajah, Illinois State University
15: An Exploratory Study on Customer Adherence from Customer Behavior Sequence Data Mingfei Li, Bentley University
16: The ABCs of Risk Score Calibration Sitaram Vangala, University of California at Los Angeles Health System
17: GARCH Modeling for Five Popular Commodities Stephen Chan, University of Manchester
19: Small Noise Asymptotics in High-Frequency Financial Econometrics Daisuke Kurisu, University of Tokyo
20: Application of Data Mining Techniques to Pesticide Risk Assessment Ayona Chatterjee, California State University at East Bay ; Arjun Panda, California State University at East Bay ; Jacob Holmab, California State University at East Bay ; Eric Suess, California State University at East Bay
21: A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm to Allocate U.S. Regional Blood Transfers in Simulated Earthquakes Arianna Simonetti, FDA/CBER ; Hussein Ezzeldin, FDA/CBER ; Richard Forshee, FDA/CBER
22: Applying Statistics in Auto Insurance Philip Wong, CSAA IG ; Lavinia Museteanu, CSAA IG
 
 

213604
Tue, 8/2/2016, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM H-Stevens Salon C 8
Section on Risk Analysis Mixer — Other Cmte/Business
Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Alexandra Kapatou, American University
 
 

467 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W175a
Using the Extraordinary Power of Statistics for Transportation Safety Research at the Federal Highway Administration — Invited Papers
Transportation Statistics Interest Group , Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Matthew J. Heaton, Brigham Young University
Chair(s): David Banks, Duke University
8:35 AM The Naturalistic Driving Study and Statistical Modeling Challenges Feng Guo, Virginia Tech
9:00 AM Spatial Modeling of Highway Crash Risk Matthew J. Heaton, Brigham Young University
9:25 AM Causal Inference Methods in Traffic Safety Research Fan Li, Duke University
9:50 AM Discussant: Carol Tan, Federal Highway Administration
10:10 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

493 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W193a
Risk Prediction and Risk Assessment Models — Contributed Papers
Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Mark Burch, The Ohio State University
8:35 AM Modeling Survival and Growth Outcomes in a Toxicology Study Jing Zhang ; A. John Bailer, Miami University ; James T. Oris, Miami University ; Scott E. Belangerz, Procter & Gamble
8:50 AM Bayesian Prospective Detection of Small-Area Health Anomalies Using Kullback-Leibler Divergence Chawarat Rotejanaprasert, Medical University of South Carolina
9:05 AM Augmented Estimation for T-Year Survival with Censored Regression Models Yu Zheng, Harvard ; Tianxi Cai, Harvard
9:20 AM Improvements in Estimation of Measures of Prediction Increment Danielle Enserro ; Ralph D'Agostino, Boston University ; Michael Pencina, Duke University ; Martin G. Larson, Boston University
9:35 AM Design and Analyses of Two-Phase Studies for Predicting Binary Outcomes Xinglei Chai, University of Pennsylvania ; Jinbo Chen, University of Pennsylvania
9:50 AM Asymptotic Distribution of Delta AUC, NRI, and IDI Based on U-Statistics Theory Olga Demler, Harvard Medical School ; Michael Pencina, Duke University ; Ralph D'Agostino, Boston University
10:05 AM Analyzing fatal accidents in aviation using extreme value theory Kumer Das, Lamar University ; Asim Dey, The University of Texas at Dallas
 
 

504
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W184a
Risk, Prediction, and Financial Econometrics — Contributed Papers
Business and Economic Statistics Section , Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Lei Jin, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
8:35 AM Confidence Intervals for Unknown Means of Both Skewed and Long-Range Dependent Populations Kyungduk Ko, Boise State University
8:50 AM Extracting Risk-Neutral Distributions Using CDS Spreads and Option Prices Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, Federal Reserve Board ; Sirio Aramonte, Federal Reserve Board ; Sam Rosen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; John Schindler, Federal Reserve Board
9:05 AM Dynamic Modeling of Factor Risks in Multi-strategy Hedge Fund Investment Portfolios Weiren Chang, JP Morgan
9:20 AM Exchange Traded Funds with Variable Leverage Valmira Hoxhaj, Oakland University ; Ravindra Khattree, Oakland University
9:35 AM Asymptotic Expansion of One-Factor Merton Models with Non-Gaussian and Serially Correlated Innovations Takayuki Shiohama, Tokyo University of Science
9:50 AM Variable Selection for Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction: A Generalized Single-Index Approach Shaobo Li, University of Cincinnati ; Yan Yu, University of Cincinnati
10:05 AM Zero-Inflated Models vs. Hurdle Models in Modeling Auto Insurance Claims in an Emerging Market: A Case Study of Nigeria Mary Akinyemi, University of Lagos ; Bisola Adijat Rufai, University of Lagos
 
 

515 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W187b
Recent Advancements in Spatio-Temporal Infectious Disease Modeling — Invited Papers
WNAR , International Chinese Statistical Association , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Aaron T. Porter, Colorado School of Mines
Chair(s): Jacob J. Oleson, University of Iowa
10:35 AM Approximate Bayesian Computation for Compartmental Epidemic Models: Methods and Software Grant Donald Brown, University of Iowa ; Aaron T. Porter, Colorado School of Mines ; Jacob J. Oleson, University of Iowa
10:55 AM Parameter Inference and Model Selection in Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamical Models Jennifer Hoeting , Colorado State University ; Libo Sun, Janssen R&D ; Chihoon Lee, Stevens Institute of Technology
11:15 AM Gaussian Process Emulator-Based Inference for Spatial Models of Infectious Disease Systems Rob Deardon, University of Calgary ; Gyanendra Pokharel, University of Calgary
11:35 AM A Robust SEIR Model for Epidemics on Unobserved Graphs Aaron T. Porter, Colorado School of Mines ; Grant Donald Brown, University of Iowa
11:55 AM Integrating Independent Spatio-Temporal Models to Assess Population Trends John VanBuren, University of Iowa ; Jacob J. Oleson, University of Iowa
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

538 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W186a
Methods for Risk Prediction — Contributed Papers
Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Risk Analysis
Chair(s): Rebecca Scherzer, University of California at San Francisco
10:35 AM Dynamic Scheduling of the Next Exam in Cancer Screening Dongfeng Wu, University of Louisville
10:50 AM Evaluating Probability Forecasts Shulamith Gross, Baruch College
11:05 AM Comparisons of Statistical Methods for Determining Gene Expression Signatures to Predict Prostate Cancer Response — Dirk Moore, Rutgers School of Public Health ; Qian Dong, Celgene
11:20 AM Estimating HIV Relative Risk in India Using CAR Models Kaushik Ghosh, University of Nevada, Las Vegas ; Chandrasekaran Kandhasamy, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
11:35 AM A Latent-Variable Approach to Derive a Pediatric Cardiac Inotrope Score Associated with Congenital Heart Surgery Mallikarjuna Rettiganti, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ; Avishek Chakraborty, University of Arkansas ; Punkaj Gupta, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
11:50 AM Semiparametric Estimation and Inference for Partial AUC of Biomarkers Subject to Limit of Detection Lixuan Yin, George Mason University ; Guoqing Diao, George Mason University ; Aiyi Liu, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
12:05 PM Missing Data and Prediction Models Sarah Fletcher, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine ; Jeffrey David Blume, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
 
 

550
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W194b
Risk Estimation — Contributed Papers
Business and Economic Statistics Section , Section on Risk Analysis , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Daniel McDonald, Indiana University
10:35 AM What Is the Best Model to Predict Real Failure of Hedge Funds? Jose Faias, Catolica Lisbon SBE ; Leila Amorim, UFBA
10:50 AM Goodness-of-Fit Assessment of Generalized Linear Models with Binary Response When Overdispersion Presents Jin Xia, GE Global Research ; Radu Neagu, GE Global Research
11:05 AM Assessing Value at Risk in Mortgage Credit Robert Kevin Winkler, George Mason University ; James E. Gentle, George Mason University
11:20 AM Cluster Analysis of Financial Institution Fraud: The Role of Civil Money Penalties Sharon Pedersen
11:35 AM Macroeconomic Factors and Banks' Operational Risk Losses: Is There Any Connection? Vladimir Ladyzhets, Santander Bank/University of Connecticut
11:50 AM Modeling Insurance Claims Using Skewed and Mixture Probability Distributions Mohammad Aziz, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire ; Aaron Leinwander, Security Health Plan
12:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

597 *
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W185bc
Emerging Topics in Benefit-Risk Assessment in Clinical Development Decision Making — Topic Contributed Papers
Biopharmaceutical Section , Committee on Applied Statisticians , Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Weili He, Merck
Chair(s): Jonathan Norton, MedImmune
2:05 PM Practical Considerations for Benefit Risk Assessment and Implementation: Vorapaxar TRA-2P TIMI 50 Case Study Weili He, Merck
2:25 PM Patient Preference in Benefit-Risk Analysis in Medical Device Trials Xuefeng Li, FDA
2:45 PM Benefit-Risk Assessment via Case Studies George Quartey, Genentech ; Qi Jiang, Amgen ; Weili He, Merck
3:05 PM Some Consideration on Endpoint Selection, Weighting Determination, and Uncertainty Evaluation in the Benefit-Risk Assessment in Pharmaceutical Drug Development Haijun Ma ; Qi Jiang, Amgen
3:25 PM Discussant: Martin Ho, FDA/CDRH
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 
 
 
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