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			 Wed, 8/3/2016, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-W176b  
	 
	
		
			Nonparametric Models — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Nonparametric Statistics   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Vanda  Lourenco, Universidade Nova de Lisboa 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Eigenvalue Concentration in the Finite-Dimensional Random Dot Product Graph Model  
							— 
							 Joshua  Cape, The Johns Hopkins University   ; Minh  Tang, The Johns Hopkins University ; Carey  Priebe, The Johns Hopkins University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							Optimal Estimation of Derivatives in Nonparametric Regression  
							— 
							 Wenlin  Dai, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology   ; Marc  Genton, KAUST ; Tiejun  Tong, Hong Kong Baptist University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							Reduced Sample-Compressed Learning of Big Probability Distributions  
							— 
							 Subhadeep  Mukhopadhyay, Temple University Fox School of Business   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							Semiparametric Generalized Linear Models for Time-Series Data  
							— 
							 Thomas  Fung, Macquarie University   ; Alan  Huang, University of Queensland 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Estimation and Variable Selection for the Quantile Partially Linear Single-Index Model  
							— 
							 Yuankun  Zhang, University of Cincinnati   ; Heng  Lian, University of New South Wales ; Yan  Yu, University of Cincinnati 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Rank-Based Group Variable Selection  
							— 
							 Brice Merlin  Nguelifack, U.S. Naval Academy   
						 
					 				
				
	
		12:05 PM
	 
	
		Floor Discussion