Sessions Were Renumbered as of May 19.
Legend:
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
Activity Details
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
151 * !
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
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
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
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?
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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
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Jin Xia, GE Global Research ; Radu Neagu, GE Global Research
11:05 AM
Assessing Value at Risk in Mortgage Credit
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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
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Sharon Pedersen
11:35 AM
Macroeconomic Factors and Banks' Operational Risk Losses: Is There Any Connection?
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Vladimir Ladyzhets, Santander Bank/University of Connecticut
11:50 AM
Modeling Insurance Claims Using Skewed and Mixture Probability Distributions
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Mohammad Aziz, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire ; Aaron Leinwander, Security Health Plan
12:05 PM
Floor Discussion
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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
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Weili He, Merck
2:25 PM
Patient Preference in Benefit-Risk Analysis in Medical Device Trials
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Xuefeng Li, FDA
2:45 PM
Benefit-Risk Assessment via Case Studies
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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
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Haijun Ma ; Qi Jiang, Amgen
3:25 PM
Discussant: Martin Ho, FDA/CDRH
3:45 PM
Floor Discussion