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*458 !**	Wed, 8/1/2012, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-Room 30A
Enhancing the EM Algorithm by Leveraging Modern Advances in Computing — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Computing , International Indian Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Ravi Varadhan, The Johns Hopkins University
Chair(s): Ravi Varadhan, The Johns Hopkins University
8:35 AM	Expectation Maximization for Distributed Computing — Glen DePalma, Purdue University ; Sanvesh Srivastava, Purdue University ; Chuanhai Liu, Purdue University
8:55 AM	GPUs in High-Dimensional Statistical Computing — Hua Zhou, North Carolina State University ; Kenneth Lange, University of California at Los Angeles ; Marc A Suchard, University of California at Los Angeles
9:15 AM	Integration and Benchmarking of State-of-Art Convergence Accelerators of the EM Algorithm — Jennifer Bobb, Harvard School of Public Health
9:35 AM	Leveraging Hadoop for Escaping the Local Maxima Traps in EM Algorithms — Putra Manggala
9:55 AM	Floor Discussion

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