Friday, February 21

Fri, Feb 21
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom Foyer

Registration
Registration

Fri, Feb 21
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Regency EF

Continental Breakfast
Other

Fri, Feb 21
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Regency EF

Exhibits Open
Exhibits

Fri, Feb 21
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Regency BC

GS1 - Keynote Address
General Session

8:05 AM

The Ethical Statistician and Data Scientist
View Presentation Wendy L. Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Fri, Feb 21
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Regency C

CS01 - Fit Data, Fit Analysis
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Megan Elyse Lutz, University of Georgia

9:20 AM

Q&A with Wendy Martinez
Wendy L. Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics

10:05 AM

Quality as Fitness for Use
View Presentation Andrea Lee Ness, Statistics Canada

Fri, Feb 21
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Regency B

CS02 - Feature Identification in Complex Multivariate Systems
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Cheryl Vanier, Touro University Nevada

9:20 AM

Mediation Analysis with an Ordinal Outcome Using Empirical Data
View Presentation Kristina P Vatcheva, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

10:05 AM

A Severe Weather Index Based on the Historic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Data
View Presentation Thilini Vasana Mahanama, Texas Tech University

Fri, Feb 21
9:15 AM - 9:50 AM
Regency A

CS03 - The Birds and the ps
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Chris Barker, Statistical Planning and Analysis Services, Inc.

9:20 AM

The birds and the ps. Giving THE TALK to collaborators.
View Presentation Mary J Kwasny, Northwestern University

Fri, Feb 21
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Regency D

CS04 - Pipeline and Parallel Computing Using R
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Frost Hubbard, Westat

9:20 AM

Data Delivery: From Paper to Pipeline Using R
View Presentation Danielle Beaulieu, Origent Data Sciences

10:05 AM

Embarrassingly Parallel R: Getting Started with Parallelization in R
View Presentation Jonathan Kane Storey, Mississippi State University Institute for Systems Engineering Research

Fri, Feb 21
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Regency A

CS05 - Adventuring Beyond P < 0.05
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Zach Weller, Colorado State University

10:05 AM

Adventuring Beyond P < 0.05
View Presentation Karen Grace-Martin, The Analysis Factor; Tom Gwise, FDA; Megan Higgs, Independent consultant; Dan Jeske, UC-Riverside; Ruixiao Lu, Genomic Health; Wendy L. Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Fri, Feb 21
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Regency EF

Refreshment Break
Other

Fri, Feb 21
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Regency B

CS06 - Adventures in Regression
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Qiao Ma, Google

11:05 AM

Multilevel Regression with Poststratification for Local Estimation: An Example and Lessons Learned
View Presentation Travis Loux, Saint Louis University

11:50 AM

Counterfactual Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data Using Quantile Process Regression
View Presentation Yonggang Yao, SAS Institute, Inc.

Fri, Feb 21
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Regency C

CS07 - Mining with Machine Learning
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Lazarus K Mramba, University of Kansas Medical Center

11:05 AM

Statistical Image Processing for Machine Learning
View Presentation Vikram Krishnamurthy, Alliance Innovation Lab Silicon Valley

11:50 AM

Finding the Source of Grandma’s Chili: Investigative Text Mining
View Presentation Scott Lee Wise, SAS Institute, Inc.

Fri, Feb 21
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Regency D

CS08 - Making a Difference in the Real World? Applications of Meta-Analysis
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Grant Innerst, Shippensburg University

11:05 AM

How to Use Meta-Analysis to Solve Real-World Problems?
Qing Wu, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

11:50 AM

WITHDRAWN: Thinking Statistically in Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Research: An Example of Meta-Analysis of Foreign Language Classroom Assessment Using R
SONGTAO WANG, University of Victoria

Fri, Feb 21
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch (On Own)
Other

Fri, Feb 21
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Regency A

CS09 - Leading with Statistics
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Jeffrey C. Farmer, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

2:05 PM

Project Management for Statisticians
View Presentation Kathleen A Jablonski, The George Washington University

2:50 PM

Beyond Influencing, Toward Leading: Statisticians as Organization Leaders
View Presentation Monica L Johnston, M. Lee & Company

Fri, Feb 21
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Regency B

CS10 - Interval Estimation
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Melissa Innerst, Juniata College

2:05 PM

Physically Plausible PDFs for Intervals Between Geyser Eruptions
View Presentation Gordon R Bower, Excelsior Statistics and Optimization

2:50 PM

Identifying Latent Effect in Time-Series Data with Applications to Problems in Economics and Veterinary Parasitology
Anand N Vidyashankar, George Mason University

Fri, Feb 21
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Regency C

CS11 - Big Data - Big Problems
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Sumihiro Suzuki, UNT Health Science Center

2:05 PM

Innovative Approaches to Reduce Census Nonresponse Follow-Up
View Presentation Monique Sidebottom, Statistics Canada

2:50 PM

WITHDRAWN: Ensemble Imputation for DNA Methylation Levels Across Platforms
Gang Li, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fri, Feb 21
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Regency D

CS12 - Toward Automation: Safety Studies and Dose-Finding Designs
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Kim Love, K. R. Love Quantitative Consulting and Collaboration

2:05 PM

A Practical Approach to Achieving Person-Years Needed in Post-Marketing Long-Term Safety Studies
View Presentation Raghava Danwada, AbbVie

2:50 PM

Iadapt: An R Package and Shiny App for Simulation and Implementation of Early Phase Dose-Finding Designs Incorporating Toxicity and Continuous Efficacy Outcomes
View Presentation Alyssa M Vanderbeek, Columbia University

Fri, Feb 21
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Regency EF

Refreshment Break
Other

Fri, Feb 21
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Regency A

CS13 - Statistics in a Modern World
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Thor D. Osborn, Sandia National Laboratories

3:50 PM

Ways to Increase Effectiveness and Reduce Feelings of Isolation When Working Remotely
View Presentation Frost Hubbard, Westat

4:35 PM

Developing the Modern Statistician in a National Statistical Office (NSO)
View Presentation Pierre Caron, Statistics Canada

Fri, Feb 21
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Regency B

CS14 - Communication with ADEPT and Methods for Sparse Data
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Craig N. Refugio, Negros Oriental State University, Philippines

3:50 PM

The ADEPT Framework for Communicating Statistical Concepts to Non-Statisticians: A Mini-Workshop
View Presentation Karen Grace-Martin, The Analysis Factor

4:35 PM

Bayesian Analysis of Sparse Multivariate Matched Proportions Data
View Presentation Mark J Meyer, Georgetown University

Fri, Feb 21
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Regency C

CS15 - CSP Themes. Is it time to refocus? An interactive panel
Concurrent Session

3:50 PM

CSP Themes. Is it time to refocus? An interactive panel
David J. Corliss, Peace-Work; Mary J Kwasny, Northwestern University; Michael Regier, Verisk Analytics; Eric Vance, LISA-University of Colorado Boulder

Fri, Feb 21
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Regency D

CS16 - Data Visualization and Output for Reporting
Concurrent Session

Chair(s): Darius Singpurwalla, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

3:50 PM

SAS Output Delivery System (ODS): Practical Examples of Various Destinations: Excel, PDF, RTF, PowerPoint, and Output
View Presentation DANY GUERENDO CHRISTIAN, STATProg Inc.

4:35 PM

Data Visualization Using Power BI for Statistics Canada’s Monthly Survey of Manufacturing
View Presentation Michelle Caruso, Statistics Canada

Fri, Feb 21
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM
Regency EF

PS2 - Poster Session 2 and Refreshments
Poster Session

Chair(s): Alok Kumar Dwivedi, Texas Tech University

Monotonic Nonparametric Dose Response Model
Faten Alamri , Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University/Virginia Commonwealth University

Detecting Data Falsification in Surveys
Dhafer Malouche, Yale University

A Machine-Based Approach to Preoperatively Identify Patients with the Most and Least Benefit Associated with Resection for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
Rittal Mehta, The Ohio State University James Cancer Center

Comparing Methods for Regression Models in Which the Dependent Variable Is Based on Estimates
View Presentation Yi Mu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Zero-Inflated Covariates: Should We Care About It?
View Presentation Milan Bimali, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

An Algorithm for Post-Processing Medication Information Extracted by Natural Language Processing Systems from Electronic Health Records
View Presentation Leena Choi, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Modeling and Forecasting Mortality Rates Data from Upper-Middle-Income Economies: A Machine Learning Approach
View Presentation Ahmad Talafha, Western Michigan University; Emmanuel Thompson, Southeast Missouri State University

Visualization of Affinity Maturation Based on Next-Generation Sequencing B Cell Receptor Sequencing Data
View Presentation Hai Yang, University of California, San Francisco

Adaptive 3D Segmentation of LiDAR Data for Object Detection and Localization for Autonomous Vehicles and Robots
Rita Chattopadhyay, Intel

Evaluation of Multivariate Classification Models for Analyzing NMR Metabolomics Data
Thao T. Vu, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Classifying Symptom Trajectories in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
View Presentation Sudeshna Paul, Emory University

Arcus Education: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Individualized, Quasi-Flipped, Modular, Up-Scaled Education Strategy
View Presentation Sheila Anne Braun, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

A Computationally Efficient Method for Selecting a Split Questionnaire Design
View Presentation Matthew Stuart, Iowa State University

Modeling Longitudinal Change in Biomarkers in the Presence of Disease Treatment with Application to the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
View Presentation Nicole Butera, The George Washington University

Comparison of Methods to Analyze Clustered Time-to-Event Data with Competing Risks
View Presentation Wenhan A Lu, Yale University; Zehua Pan, Yale University

WITHDRAWN: Business Planning with Caseload Forecasting Models and Spatial Analysis

Using Machine Learning to Model Cancellation in Leadership Training Programs
View Presentation Sarah J. Pearsall, Center for Creative Leadership; Philip Turk, Western Data Analytics, LLC

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