JSM 2016 Online Program

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

4	Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W185bc
High-Dimensional Bayesian Statistics: Spike-and-Slab and Global-Local Shrinkage — Invited Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Anindya Bhadra, Purdue University
Chair(s): Jyotishka Datta, Duke University/Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
2:05 PM	Global-Local Shrinkage Priors for Variable Selection and an Oracle Property — Malay GHosh, University of Florida
2:30 PM	The Spike and Slab Lasso — Veronika Rockova, The Wharton School ; Edward I. George, The Wharton School
2:55 PM	Global-Local Shrinkage with Horseshoe Priors — Nicholas Polson, The University of Chicago
3:45 PM	Floor Discussion

9 !	Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W185d
Random Fields in Statistics and Applications — Invited Papers
IMS , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Yimin Xiao, Michigan State University
Chair(s): Yimin Xiao, Michigan State University
2:05 PM	Quadratic Estimation of Random Field Nonstationarity — Ethan Anderes, University of California at Davis
2:30 PM	Multiple Testing of Local Maxima for Detection of Peaks on the Sphere, with Applications in Astronomy — Dan Cheng, University of California at San Diego ; Armin Schwartzman, University of California at San Diego ; Valentina Cammarota, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" ; Domenico Marinucci, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" ; Yabebal Fantaye, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
2:55 PM	Intrinsic Random Functions on the Sphere — Chunfeng Huang, Indiana University ; Haimeng Zhang, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro ; Scott Robeson, Indiana University
3:20 PM	Infill Asymptotics for Multivariate Spatial Processes — Hao Zhang, Purdue University
3:45 PM	Floor Discussion

37 * !	Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W178a
Statistical and Computational Methods for Analysis of Rare Variant Association — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics , Biopharmaceutical Section , Royal Statistical Society
Chair(s): Yilong Zhang, New York University
2:20 PM	Statistical Methods for Rare Variant Test for Multiple Phenotypes — Diptavo Dutta ; Seunggeun Lee, University of Michigan
2:35 PM	Correcting for Population Stratification in Spatially Structured Populations for Sequencing Data — Ye Ting Du, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Xihong Lin, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2:50 PM	Searching for Gene Sets with Mutually Exclusive Mutations — Paul Ginzberg, Imperial College London ; Federico Giorgi, Columbia University ; Andrea Califano, Columbia University
3:05 PM	Sparse Signal Detection in the Presence of Rare Variants and Binary Phenotype — Sixing Chen, Harvard ; Xihong Lin, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:20 PM	Detection of Associations Between a Set of Rare Variants and Multiple Continuous Phenotypes — Zhonghua Liu, Harvard ; Xihong Lin, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Zilin Li, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:35 PM	A Powerful Statistical Test for Rare Variant Associations in Pedigree Studies — Keng-Han Lin, University of Michigan ; Sebastian Zoellner, University of Michigan

45	Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM	CC-W190a
Introductory Overview Lecture: Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis — Invited Special Presentation
ASA , ENAR , WNAR , IMS , SSC , International Chinese Statistical Association , International Indian Statistical Association , Korean International Statistical Society , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society , International Statistical Institute
Organizer(s): Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
Chair(s): Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University
4:05 PM	An Introduction to Spatio-Temporal Statistics: There Is No History Without Geography (and Vice Versa!) — Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
5:45 PM	Floor Discussion

47 !	Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM	CC-W183b
Making the Most of R Tools — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Computing , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee
Organizer(s): Wendy Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Jeffrey Gonzalez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
4:05 PM	Thinking with Data Using R and RStudio: Powerful Idioms for Analysts — Nicholas Jon Horton, Amherst College ; Randall Pruim, Calvin College ; Daniel Kaplan, Macalester College
4:35 PM	Transform Your Workflow and Deliverables with Shiny and R Markdown — Garrett Grolemund, RStudio
5:05 PM	Discussant: Hadley Wickham, Rice University
5:25 PM	Floor Discussion

48 * !	Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM	CC-W192a
Statistical Methods for Aging and Dementia — Invited Papers
Biometrics Section , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University
Chair(s): Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University
4:05 PM	Relevant Brain Region Selection for Predicting MCI to AD Conversion via Functional Data Analysis Approach — Ah Yeon Park, University of Cambridge ; John Aston, University of Cambridge ; Frederic Ferraty, Toulouse Jean Jaures University
4:30 PM	Dynamic Network Analysis in Resting-State fMRI for Alzheimer's Disease — Eric D. Kolaczyk, Boston University ; Heather Shappell, Boston University ; Yorghos Tripodis, Boston University ; Ron Killiany, Boston University
4:55 PM	Alzheimer's Disease Severity, Objectively Determined and Measured — Alden Gross, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Jeannie M. Leoutsakos, The Johns Hopkins University ; Marilyn Albert, The Johns Hopkins University ; Dan M. Mungas, University of California at Davis ; Richard Norman Jones, Brown University
5:20 PM	Discussant: Richard Kryscio, University of Kentucky
5:40 PM	Floor Discussion

50 * !	Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM	CC-W178a
Statistical Challenges and Power in Integrating Big and Complex Imaging Data — Invited Papers
SSC , Section on Statistics in Imaging , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association , Committee on Applied Statisticians
Organizer(s): Linglong Kong, University of Alberta
Chair(s): Linglong Kong, University of Alberta
4:05 PM	Estimation and Inference for Brain Connectivity Analysis — Lexin Li, University of California at Berkeley
4:30 PM	PDEs and Regularized Principal Component Analysis of Functional Connectivity Maps — Eardi Lila, University of Cambridge ; John Aston, University of Cambridge ; Laura Sangalli, Politecnico di Milano
4:55 PM	An Autologistic Regression Model for Binary Classification of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery — Charmaine Dean, University of Western Ontario ; Mark Wolters, Fudan University
5:20 PM	Functional Connectivity for Prediction and Classification: Characterization and Estimation — DuBois Bowman, Columbia University
5:35 PM	Floor Discussion

56 * !	Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM	CC-W184bc
Extraordinary Impact of Statistics — Invited Papers
Caucus for Women in Statistics , Royal Statistical Society , Committee on Career Development , Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences
Organizer(s): Jiayang Sun, Case Western Reserve University, Helen Zhang, University of Arizona
Chair(s): Jiayang Sun, Case Western Reserve University
4:05 PM	A Short History of Statistical Ideas — David Siegmund, Stanford University
4:30 PM	Cutting-Edge Research in Modern Statistical Sciences: Modern Tools and Impact in Data Science — Heike Hofmann, Iowa State University
4:55 PM	Women in Statistics: Past, Present, and Future — Sally Morton, University of Pittsburgh
5:20 PM	Discussant: Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard
5:40 PM	Floor Discussion

64 * !	Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM	CC-W184a
The World of Statistical Analysis Professionals — Topic Contributed Papers
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Section on Statistics in Marketing , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association , Caucus for Women in Statistics
Organizer(s): Nancy C. Wang, Celerion
Chair(s): Nancy C. Wang, Celerion
4:05 PM	Personalized Marketing and the Role of the Statistician in Retail — Rebecca Schulthess, Eastbay/Footlocker.com
4:25 PM	When Analytics Meet Marketing: Statistics in Action with Marketing Data — Huimin Liu, Ocwen Financial
4:45 PM	Searching for Statistical Evidence of Better Health: Working as a Statistician on the Campus of a Major Academic Health Center — Harlan Sayles, University of Nebraska Medical Center
5:05 PM	What Can a Statistician Do at an Airline? — Aleksandra Stein
5:25 PM	Expanding the Use of Statistics at a Financial Institution — Kristin Carney, Cabela's

213463	Sun, 7/31/2016, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	H-Grand Tradition
Reception for RSS Fellows — Other ICW
Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Peter J. Diggle, University of Lancaster

96	Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W375b
Introductory Overview Lecture: Causal Inference — Invited Special Presentation
ASA , ENAR , WNAR , IMS , SSC , International Chinese Statistical Association , International Indian Statistical Association , Korean International Statistical Society , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society , International Statistical Institute , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee
Organizer(s): Judea Pearl, University of California at Los Angeles
Chair(s): Wei (Peter) Yang, University of Pennsylvania
8:35 AM	Causal Inference in Statistics: A Gentle Introduction — Judea Pearl, University of California at Los Angeles ; Elias Bareinboim, Purdue University
10:05 AM	Floor Discussion

97 * !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W190a
Modern Slavery: The Importance of Statistical Approaches — Invited Papers
Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Bernard W. Silverman, Home Office, UK
Chair(s): Peter J. Diggle, University of Lancaster
8:35 AM	Modern Slavery Worldwide and the Global Slavery Index — Kevin Bales, University of Hull ; Jacqueline Joudo Larsen, Walk Free Foundation ; Monti Datta, University of Richmond ; Davina Durgana, Walk Free Foundation
9:00 AM	A Multiple Systems Estimate Approach to Quantifying Modern Slavery, in the Context of the UK Government's Strategy and Legislation — Bernard W. Silverman, Home Office, UK ; Olivia Hesketh, Home Office, UK
9:25 AM	Assessing the Predictors of Contemporary Slavery — Monti Datta, University of Richmond
9:50 AM	Discussant: John Picarelli, National Institute of Justice
10:10 AM	Floor Discussion

104 * !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W196a
Advanced Machine Learning Methods for Large-Scale Heterogeneous Data — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chair(s): Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:35 AM	Sparse Regression for Block Missing Data Without Imputation — Yufeng Liu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:00 AM	Automatic Summarization — Junhui Wang, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Xiaotong Shen, University of Minnesota ; Yiwen Sun, University of Minnesota ; Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:25 AM	Query-Specific Learning to Rank via Local Smoothing — Junhui Wang, City University of Hong Kong
9:50 AM	Is Manifold Learning (Finding Low-Dimensional Nonlinear Embeddings for High-Dimensional Data) Impractical for Large Data? — Dominique Perrault-Joncas, Google ; James McQueen, University of Washington ; Marina Meila, University of Washington ; Zhongyue Zhang, University of Washington ; Jake VanderPlas, University of Washington
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

105	Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W180
Graphical Markov Models: Extending, Combining, and Evaluating Concepts — Invited Papers
IMS , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Giovanni Maria Marchetti, University of Florence
Chair(s): Giovanni Maria Marchetti, University of Florence
8:35 AM	What Can Be Learned from the Graphical Lasso? Generalizations of the Gaussian Assumption — Po-Ling Loh, University of Pennsylvania
9:00 AM	A Complete Characterization of Graphical Probability Distributions — Kayvan Sadeghi, University of Cambridge
9:25 AM	Totally Positive Exponential Families, Graphical Models, and Convex Optimization — Piotr Zwiernik, Pompeu Fabra University ; Caroline Uhler, MIT ; Steffen Lauritzen, University of Copenhagen
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

106 * !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W196b
Applied Data Visualization in Industry and Journalism — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Graphics , Royal Statistical Society , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Committee on Applied Statisticians , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Hilary Parker, Stitch Fix
Chair(s): Hilary Parker, Stitch Fix
8:35 AM	Linked Brushing in R — Hadley Wickham, Rice University
8:55 AM	Creating Data Visualization Tools at Facebook — Andreas Gros, Facebook
9:15 AM	Cocktail Party Horror Stories About Data Vis for Clients — Lynn Cherny, Ghostweather R&D
9:35 AM	Visualizing the News at FiveThirtyEight — Andrei Scheinkman, FiveThirtyEight.com
9:55 AM	Teaching Data Visualization to 100k Data Scientists: Lessons from Evidence-Based Data Analysis — Jeffrey Leek, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

116 !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W183a
What's Wrong with P-Value? — Topic Contributed Papers
ENAR , IMS , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences , Royal Statistical Society , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Eugene Demidenko, Dartmouth College
Chair(s): James O'Malley, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
8:35 AM	On the Reproducibility of Psychology Experiments — Valen E. Johnson, Texas A&M University
8:55 AM	Problems with P-Value Reform: Who Can We Blame? — Regina Nuzzo, Gallaudet University
9:15 AM	P-Value Overdose in Medical Research: Problems and Solutions — J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:35 AM	The Death of the P-Value: What's the Chance? — Philip Sedgwick, University of London
9:55 AM	P, Sorry, D-Value — Eugene Demidenko, Dartmouth College
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

121 * !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W192b
The Policy Landscape for Statistics in the UK and U.S. — Topic Contributed Panel
Royal Statistical Society , Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
Organizer(s): Hetan Shah, RSS
Chair(s): Katherine K. Wallman, Office of Management and Budget
8:35 AM	The Policy Landscape for Statistics in the UK and the U.S.
Panelists:	Hetan Shah, RSS Steve Pierson, ASA Brian Harris-Kojetin, Committee on National Statistics
8:55 AM	Floor Discussion

142 !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W183a
The Extraordinary Impacts of Statistics in Genomics and Genetics — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
Chair(s): Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania
10:35 AM	Latent Variable Methods for the Analysis of Genomic Data — John D. Storey, Princeton
11:00 AM	Overcoming Bias and Batch Effects in RNAseq Data — Michael I. Love, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Rafael A. Irizarry, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
11:25 AM	Testing High-Dimensional Differential Matrices, with Applications to Detecting Schizophrenia Genes — Kathryn Roeder, Carnegie Mellon University ; Lingxue Zhu, Carnegie Mellon University ; Jing Lei, Carnegie Mellon University
11:50 AM	Graph-Restricted Mixture Models — Michael Newton, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Tien Vo, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Vamsi Ithapu, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Vikas Singh, University of Wisconsin - Madison
12:15 PM	Floor Discussion

147 !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W187b
Addressing Spatial Confounding — Invited Papers
WNAR , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Adam A. Szpiro, University of Washington
Chair(s): Paul D. Sampson, University of Washington
10:35 AM	Understanding the Scale of Spatial Confounding Adjustment — Joshua Keller, University of Washington ; Adam A. Szpiro, University of Washington
11:00 AM	Accounting for Unmeasured Spatial Autocorrelation in Epidemiological Studies Using Areal Unit Data — Duncan Lee, University of Glasgow
11:25 AM	Estimation and Prediction in the Presence of Spatial Confounding — Garritt L. Page, Brigham Young University ; Yajun Liu, Wells Fargo Bank ; Zhuoqiong He, University of Missouri ; Dongchu Sun, University of Missouri
11:50 AM	Modeling, Estimation, and Interpretion of Covariate Effects in the Presence of Spatial Confounding — Ephraim M. Hanks, Penn State University ; Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University ; Jennifer Hoeting , Colorado State University ; Erin Schliep, University of Missouri
12:15 PM	Floor Discussion

149 * !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W190a
Recent Advances and Challenges of Big Data Inference with Complex Structures — Invited Papers
International Chinese Statistical Association , Royal Statistical Society , Committee on Applied Statisticians , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee
Organizer(s): Zhao Ren, University of Pittsburgh
Chair(s): Zhao Ren, University of Pittsburgh
10:35 AM	Statistical Inference for High-Dimensional Linear Regression — Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania ; Zijian Guo, University of Pennsylvania
11:00 AM	Distributed Estimation and Inference with Statistical Guarantees — Heather Battey, Imperial College London ; Jianqing Fan, Princeton ; Han Liu, Princeton ; Junwei Lu, Princeton ; Ziwei Zhu, Princeton
11:25 AM	Phase Transitions in Semidefinite Programming and Graph Estimation — Andrea Montanari, Stanford University
11:50 AM	A General Framework for Bayes Structured Linear Models — Harrison Zhou, Yale University ; Chao Gao, Yale University
12:15 PM	Floor Discussion

195	Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-Hall F1 West
Contributed Poster Presentations: Royal Statistical Society — Contributed Poster Presentations
Royal Statistical Society
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University

217	Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W375b
Late-Breaking Session I: Invest in What Works: First Steps Toward Establishing Evidence-Based Policymaking Clearinghouse — Invited Special Presentation
ASA , ENAR , WNAR , IMS , SSC , International Chinese Statistical Association , International Indian Statistical Association , Korean International Statistical Society , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society , International Statistical Institute
Organizer(s): Sallie Keller, Virginia Tech, Amy O'Hara, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Stephanie Shipp, Virginia Tech
2:05 PM	The Evidence-Based Policy Commission Act and Its Implications for the Federal Statistical System — Shelly Wilkie Martinez, Office of Management and Budget
2:30 PM	The Role of the Census Bureau Linkage Infrastructure — Amy O'Hara, U.S. Census Bureau
2:55 PM	Pilot Evaluations Using the Census Bureau Linkage Infrastructure — Kathy Stack, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
3:20 PM	Involving the Community to Establish an Evidence-Based Clearinghouse — Jeri Metzger Mulrow, Bureau of Justice Statistics
3:45 PM	Floor Discussion

219 * !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W180
Memorial Session for Bruce Lindsay — Invited Papers
Memorial , IMS , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Lingzhou Xue, Penn State University
Chair(s): David Hunter, Penn State University
2:05 PM	Bruce Lindsay: A Life Defined by Clear and Original Thinking — Kathryn Roeder, Carnegie Mellon University
2:30 PM	Mixture Models with Mixed Effects in Their Component Distributions — Geoffrey John McLachlan, University of Queensland
2:55 PM	In Memory of Bruce Lindsay: Quadratic Inference Function — Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:20 PM	Geometry, Likelihood, and Inference — Nancy Reid, University of Toronto
3:45 PM	Floor Discussion

220 !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W183b
Optimal Experimental Design for Physical Models — Invited Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences , IMS , Royal Statistical Society , Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Antony Overstall, University of Glasgow
Chair(s): Antony Overstall, University of Glasgow
2:05 PM	Random Designs for Misspecified Regression Models — Tim Waite, University of Manchester ; David Woods, University of Southampton
2:30 PM	Sequential Experimental Design for Differential Equation Models via Approximate Dynamic Programming — Youssef Marzouk, MIT ; Xun Huan, MIT
2:55 PM	Using Computer Experiments and Gaussian Process Emulation to Facilitate Bayesian Optimal Design for Physical Models Derived from Ordinary Differential Equations — David Woods, University of Southampton ; Antony Overstall, University of Glasgow ; Benjamin Parker, University of Southampton
3:20 PM	Discussant: Roshan Joseph Vengazhiyil, Georgia Institute of Technology
3:40 PM	Floor Discussion

224 * !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W190a
Statistical Methods to Integrate Imaging and Genomics Data for Precision Medicine — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Imaging , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Arvind Rao, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Chair(s): Caprichia Jeffers, Emory University
2:05 PM	FVGWAS: Fast Voxelwise Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Large-Scale Imaging Genetic Data — Hongtu Zhu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:25 PM	Statistics on Tumor Images Using Trees and Shapes of Parameterized Curves — Karthik Bharath, University of Nottingham ; Veera Baladandayuthapani, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Arvind Rao, MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Sebastian A. Kurtek, The Ohio State University ; Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut
3:05 PM	Linking Image-Derived Radiophenotypes with Genomic Expression in Glioblastoma — Arvind Rao, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:25 PM	Discussant: Veera Baladandayuthapani, MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:45 PM	Floor Discussion

230 !	Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W192b
Effective Self-Promotion to Advance Your Career in Statistics — Invited Panel
Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences , Caucus for Women in Statistics , Committee on Women in Statistics , IMS , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association , Committee on Career Development , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Johanna G. Neslehova, McGill University
Chair(s): Johanna G. Neslehova, McGill University
2:05 PM	Effective Self-Promotion to Advance Your Career in Statistics
Panelists:	Charmaine Dean, University of Western Ontario Martha Gardner, General Electric Company Nicholas P. Jewell, University of California at Berkeley Nandini Kannan, National Science Foundation Michael R. Kosorok, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3:45 PM	Floor Discussion

280	Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W375b
Introductory Overview Lecture: Data Science — Invited Special Presentation
ASA , ENAR , WNAR , IMS , SSC , International Chinese Statistical Association , International Indian Statistical Association , Korean International Statistical Society , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society , International Statistical Institute , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): David A. van Dyk, Imperial College London
Chair(s): David A. van Dyk, Imperial College London
8:35 AM	On Mining Big Data and Social Network Analysis — Philip S. Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago
9:25 AM	On Computational Thinking and Inferential Thinking — Michael I. Jordan, University of California at Berkeley
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

286 *	Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W187b
Women in Statistics: Past, Present, Future — Invited Papers
Committee on Women in Statistics , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association , Caucus for Women in Statistics , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Satkartar Kinney, RTI International
Chair(s): Telba Irony, FDA
8:35 AM	Gender Realities in Cyberspace — Susmita Datta, University of Florida
9:00 AM	Women in the ASA: Past, Present, Future — Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, RAND Corporation
9:25 AM	Leaning In: What Does a Conference for Women in Statistics Accomplish? — Dalene K. Stangl, Duke University
9:50 AM	Discussant: Sally Morton, University of Pittsburgh
10:10 AM	Floor Discussion

288 * !	Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W184bc
Economic and Business Applications in High-Dimensional and Big Data Contexts — Invited Papers
Business and Economic Statistics Section , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
Chair(s): Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
8:35 AM	Variable Selection in Empirical Economics: Potential Pitfalls and Solutions — Christian Hansen, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business ; Esther Duflo, MIT ; Victor Chernozhukov, MIT ; Maddie McKelway, MIT
9:00 AM	Functional Regression Models for Large Spatial Data with Endogeneity and Unstructured Dependence — Arnab Bhattacharjee, Heriot-Watt University ; Tapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University
9:25 AM	Autoregression on Multiple, Adaptively Detected Timescales for the Modeling of High-Frequency Returns — Rafal Baranowski, London School of Economics ; Piotr Fryzlewicz, London School of Economics
9:50 AM	Inherently High-dimensional Analysis with Indicator Saturation — Neil R. Ericsson, Federal Reserve Board
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

295 * !	Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W186c
Statistical Developments in the Application of Functional Data Analysis to Environmental Satellite Remote Sensing Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Claire Miller, University of Glasgow
Chair(s): Duncan Lee, University of Glasgow
8:55 AM	GloboLakes: Functional Clustering of MERIS and AATSR Lake Quality and Temperature Data — Ruth O'Donnell, University of Glasgow ; Claire Miller, University of Glasgow ; Marian Scott, University of Glasgow
9:15 AM	Integrated Framework for Analyzing Spatially Correlated Functional Data — Surajit Ray, University of Glasgow
9:35 AM	Functional Regression and Model Calibration for Air Pollution Data — Marian Scott, University of Glasgow ; Alan Hills, Scottish Environment Protection Agency ; Lauren sim, University of Glasgow
9:55 AM	Discussant: Claire Miller, University of Glasgow
9:55 AM	Floor Discussion

325	Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W375b
Late-Breaking Session II: Data Journalism and Statistical Expertise: An Urgent Need for Writers, Bloggers, and Journalists to Be Statistically Savvy — Invited Special Presentation
ASA , ENAR , WNAR , SSC , IMS , International Chinese Statistical Association , International Indian Statistical Association , Korean International Statistical Society , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society , International Statistical Institute
Organizer(s): Rebecca Goldin, George Mason University
Chair(s): Rebecca Goldin, George Mason University
10:35 AM	Data Journalism and Statistical Expertise: An Urgent Need for Writers, Bloggers, and Journalists to Be Statistically Savvy — Regina Nuzzo, Gallaudet University ; Alberto Cairo, University of Miami ; Mark Hansen, David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation/Columbia University ; Carl Bialik, FiveThirtyEight.com ; Katherine Hobson, Freelance Health and Science Writer
12:10 PM	Floor Discussion

331 !	Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W183a
Robust Variable Selection Approaches in a Large Model Space — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Computing , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Terrance Savitsky, Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:35 AM	Particle EM for Variable Selection — Veronika Rockova, The Wharton School
11:05 AM	Hypothesis Testing in High Dimensions with the Lasso — Ali Shojaie, University of Washington ; Sen Zhao, University of Washington
11:35 AM	Robust Variable Selection with Two-Piece Distributions — David Rossell, University of Warwick ; Francisco Javier Rubio, University of Warwick
12:05 PM	Floor Discussion

399 !	Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W187a
Estimation and Inference for Massive Data Sets — Invited Papers
IMS , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan
Chair(s): George Michailidis, University of Florida
2:05 PM	Learning High-Dimensional Discrete Multivariate Auto-Regressive Models — Garvesh Raskutti, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:30 PM	Sample Splitting in Non-Standard Problems — Bodhisattva Sen, Columbia University ; Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan ; Cecile Durot, University Paris Ouest Nanterre Defense
2:55 PM	Computationally Efficient Nonparametric Testing — Guang Cheng, Purdue University ; Zuofeng Shang, Binghamton University
3:20 PM	Discussant: Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan
3:40 PM	Floor Discussion

400 *	Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W190b
Assessing Instrumental Variables Assumptions in Causal Inference — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Hyunseung Kang, Stanford University
Chair(s): Hyunseung Kang, Stanford University
2:05 PM	Graphical Tools to Detect and Adjust for Invalid Instruments in Mendelian Randomization — Jack Bowden, University of Bristol
2:30 PM	Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Models for Categorical Data — Thomas Richardson, University of Washington ; James Robins, Harvard
2:55 PM	Instrumental Variable Estimation in Observational Studies — Miguel Hernan, Harvard
3:20 PM	Discussant: Dylan Small, University of Pennsylvania
3:40 PM	Floor Discussion

464	Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W375b
Introductory Overview Lecture: Adaptive Clinical Trial Design — Invited Special Presentation
ASA , ENAR , WNAR , IMS , SSC , International Chinese Statistical Association , International Indian Statistical Association , Korean International Statistical Society , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society , International Statistical Institute
Organizer(s): Scott Berry, Berry Consultants
Chair(s): Brian Hobbs, MD Anderson Cancer Center
8:35 AM	Bayesian Adaptive Designs — Scott Berry, Berry Consultants
10:05 AM	Floor Discussion

466	Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W185bc
Model Selection — Invited Papers
IMS , Royal Statistical Society , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Organizer(s): Gerda Claeskens, KU Leuven
Chair(s): Gerda Claeskens, KU Leuven
8:35 AM	An Optimality of the L_0 Penalty and Dual Achievability of Model Selection — Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota
9:00 AM	Sparse Variable Selection Aiming at Minimum Prediction Error — Maarten Jansen, Université Libre de Bruxelles
9:25 AM	Goodness-of-Fit Tests for High-Dimensional Linear Regression — Rajen Dinesh Shah, University of Cambridge ; Peter Bühlmann, ETH Zurich
9:50 AM	Comparison of State Structures in Models of Disease Progression — Howard Thom, University of Bristol ; Chris Jackson, Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit ; Linda Sharples, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research ; Daniel Commenges, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ; Nicky Welton, University of Bristol
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

468 !	Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W196b
Uncertainty Estimation for Massive Data Sets — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Computing , IMS , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Wendy Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): David A. van Dyk, Imperial College London
8:35 AM	How to Ask Questions of Huge Data with Few Samples — David Dunson, Duke University
9:05 AM	Divide-and-Conquer and Statistical Inference — Michael I. Jordan, University of California at Berkeley
9:35 AM	A Variational Bayesian Analysis of Stochastic Gradient Methods — Matt D. Hoffman, Princeton
10:05 AM	Floor Discussion

477 * !	Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W176c
Extraordinary Power of Remote Collaboration and Team Science — Invited Panel
WNAR , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association , Caucus for Women in Statistics , Committee on Applied Statisticians , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Amanda Golbeck, University of Montana, Motomi Mori, Oregon Health & Science University
Chair(s): Amanda Golbeck, University of Montana
8:35 AM	Extraordinary Power of Remote Collaboration and Team Science
Panelists:	Motomi Mori, Oregon Health & Science University Mimi Kim, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Antje Hoering, Cancer Research and Biostatistics William Sollecito, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Brisa N. Sanchez, University of Michigan
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

498	Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W194a
Community, Social, and Anomaly Detection in Networks — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Royal Statistical Society
Chair(s): Georgiy Bobashev, RTI International
8:35 AM	Self-Similarity Estimation for Cyber-Security — Marina Evangelou, Imperial College London ; Niall Adams, Imperial College London
8:50 AM	Analysis of Community Evolution in Networks — Giuliana Pallotta, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ; Goran Konjevod, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:05 AM	Anomaly Detection in Time-Evolving Networks Using Tensor Spectrum — Ruikai Cao, The University of Texas at Dallas ; Yulia R. Gel, The University of Texas at Dallas
9:20 AM	Structural Balance in Village Social Networks with Antagonistic Ties — Derek Feng, Yale University
9:35 AM	Learning the Underlying Social Network from Continuous-Time Pairwise Interaction Data — Wesley Lee, University of Washington ; Bailey Fosdick, Colorado State University ; Tyler McCormick, University of Washington
9:50 AM	An ROC Approach to Estimating Interpersonal Networks — Deniz Yenigun, Istanbul Bilgi University ; Gunes Ertan, Koc University ; Michael Siciliano, University of Illinois at Chicago
10:05 AM	Floor Discussion

513 * !	Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W175a
Recent Advances in Functional Data Analysis — Invited Papers
IMS , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Fang Yao, University of Toronto
Chair(s): Fang Yao, University of Toronto
10:35 AM	The Statistical Analysis of Dead Bodies: Inverting Entomological Growth Curves Using FDA — John Aston, University of Cambridge ; Anjali Mazumder, University of Warwick ; Frederic Ferraty, Toulouse Jean Jaures University ; Davide Pigoli, University of Cambridge ; Martin Hall, Natural History Museum
11:00 AM	An Estimating Equation Approach to Dimension Reduction in Longitudinal Data — Liping Zhu, Renmin University of China ; Li Jin, Fudan University ; Kelin Xu, Fudan University ; Wensheng Guo, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine ; Momiao Xiong, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
11:25 AM	Frechet Regression for Random Objects — Hans-Georg Mueller, University of California at Davis ; Alexander Petersen, University of California at Davis
11:50 AM	Role of Functional Data Analysis in the Big Data Era: Applications to Precision Medicine — Hulin Wu, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
12:15 PM	Floor Discussion

517 * !	Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W181a
Do Courts Appreciate the Power of Statistical Evidence? — Invited Papers
Royal Statistical Society , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Committee on Applied Statisticians , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Joseph L. Gastwirth, The George Washington University
Chair(s): Joseph L. Gastwirth, The George Washington University
10:35 AM	Detecting and Correcting Publication Bias in Legal Cases — Edward K. Cheng, Vanderbilt University
11:00 AM	Recent Statistical Issues in U.S. Courts — Qing Pan, The George Washington University ; Joseph L. Gastwirth, The George Washington University ; Weiwen Miao, Haverford College
11:25 AM	The Misuse of Statistical Evidence in Tort Law — Claire McIvor, University of Birmingham, UK
11:50 AM	Expert Evidence for Civil Cases in Australia, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, USA, and South Africa: Examples and Ethical Challenges — Jane Luise Hutton, University of Warwick
12:15 PM	Floor Discussion

523	Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W175c
Algebraic and Geometric Methods in Inference: Two Decades of Algebraic Statistics — Topic Contributed Papers
IMS , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Caroline Uhler, MIT
Chair(s): Sonja Petrovic, Illinois Institute of Technology
10:35 AM	Fitting Convex Sets to Data via Matrix Factorization — Venkat Chandrasekaran
10:55 AM	Statistical Inference for Networks Using Computational Algebraic Geometry — Elizabeth Gross
11:15 AM	Non-Negative Rank and the EM Algorithm — Elina Robeva, University of California at Berkeley ; Kaie Kubjas, Aalto University ; Bernd Sturmfels, University of California at Berkeley
11:35 AM	The LCM Filtration for the Cut Distribution of Networks and Its Dual — Henry Wynn, London School of Economics and Political Science
11:55 AM	Discussant: Steffen Lauritzen, University of Copenhagen
12:15 PM	Floor Discussion

551 * !	Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W181b
Statistical Methodologies for Identifying and Modeling Structure — Contributed Papers
Royal Statistical Society
Chair(s): Bernard W. Silverman, Home Office, UK
10:35 AM	Pattern Discovery of Health Curves with an Ordered Probit Model and Functional PCA — Shijia Wang, Simon Fraser University ; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University ; Jason Sutherland, University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health
10:50 AM	Trinary Framework for Modeling Multiple Parameters and Cluster-Based Interactionss — Turkan Gardenier, Pragmatica Corp. ; John Stark Gardenier, CDC/NCHS (Retired)
11:05 AM	Utilizing Bootstrapping to Identify Spectral and Phasic Knee Biomechanics in Healthy and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructed Populations — Kristin Denise Morgan, University of Kentucky ; Heather Bush, University of Kentucky ; Brian Noehren, University of Kentucky
11:20 AM	Dating Structural Breaks in Functional Data Without Dimension Reduction — Ozan Sonmez, University of California at Davis ; Alex Aue, University of California at Davis ; Gregory Rice, University of Waterloo
11:35 AM	Simultaneous and Temporal Autoregressive Network Models — Daniel Sewell, University of Iowa
11:50 AM	Partial Order Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Bayesian Networks — James Henderson, University of Michigan ; George Michailidis, University of Florida
12:05 PM	Edge Exchangeability: A New Foundation for Modeling Network Data — Harry Crane, Rutgers University ; Walter Dempsey, University of Michigan

584 !	Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W375b
Medallion Lecture II: Model Averaging and Post-Model Selection — Invited Papers
IMS , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Jan Hannig, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chair(s): Jean Opsomer
2:05 PM	Model Averaging and Post-Model Selection — Gerda Claeskens, KU Leuven
3:45 PM	Floor Discussion

609	Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM	CC-W181b
Spatio-Temporal Models, Prediction, and Anomaly Detection — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Royal Statistical Society
Chair(s): Sarah Kalicin, Intel Corporation
2:05 PM	Point Process Modeling with Spatiotemporal Covariates for Predicting Crime — Alex Reinhart, Carnegie Mellon University ; Xizhen Cai, Carnegie Mellon University ; Joel Greenhouse, Carnegie Mellon University
2:20 PM	Identification of Homogeneous Areas Through Lattice-Based Spatio-Temporal Clustering — Rodrigue Ngueyep Tzoumpe, IBM Research ; Huijing Jiang, IBM ; YoungDeok Hwang, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
2:35 PM	Generalized Difference in Difference Models with Gaussian Processes — William Herlands, Carnegie Mellon University ; Daniel B. Neill, Carnegie Mellon University ; Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University ; Seth Flaxman, University of Oxford ; Kun Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
2:50 PM	Identifying Typical Patterns and Atypical Behavior in Copious Amounts of Streaming Data — Brett Amidan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ; James Follum, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3:05 PM	Archetypal Analysis: Three Case Studies — Anna Quach ; Adele Cutler, Utah State University
3:20 PM	Vertex Nomination via Seeded Graph Matching — Heather Patsolic, The Johns Hopkins University ; Vince Lyzinski, The Johns Hopkins University ; Carey Priebe, The Johns Hopkins University
3:35 PM	Efficient Discovery of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Randomized Experiments via Anomalous Pattern Detection — Edward McFowland, Carlson School of Management ; Sriram Somanchi, University of Notre Dame ; Daniel B. Neill, Carnegie Mellon University

633 * !	Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W196a
Can Confounders Be Estimated? How and Why? The Case of Age-Period-Cohort — Invited Papers
Social Statistics Section , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
Chair(s): Yu Zhu, Purdue University
8:35 AM	Age-Period-Cohort Models: Solution Lines, Bounds, and Mechanisms — Ethan Fosse, Harvard ; Christopher Winship, Harvard
9:00 AM	Confusions About the APC Confounding. What Have We Missed? How Can We Do Better? — Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
9:25 AM	Toward a Proper Apportionment of Period and Cohort Slopes in Age-Period-Cohort Analysis — Wen-Chung Lee, National Taiwan University
9:50 AM	Discussant: Jiming Jiang, University of California at Davis
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

636	Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W175a
Memorial Session for Peter Hall — Invited Papers
Memorial , IMS , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Hans-Georg Mueller, University of California at Davis
Chair(s): Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania
8:35 AM	Peter Hall in Australia Nonparametric Deconvolution Problems — Aurore Delaigle, University of Melbourne
9:00 AM	A Personal Remembrance of Peter Hall — Raymond Carroll, Texas A&M University
9:25 AM	Hall's Contribution to Bootstrap and Personal Reminiscences — Song Xi Chen, Peking University/Iowa State University
9:50 AM	Peter Hall at UC Davis and Functional Data Analysis — Hans-Georg Mueller, University of California at Davis
10:15 AM	Floor Discussion

660 * !	Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM	CC-W184a
Deep Dive: Exploring Testing Procedures in the Biopharmaceutical Statistician's Toolbox — Contributed Papers
Biopharmaceutical Section , Royal Statistical Society
Chair(s): Thomas Kelleher, Bristol-Myers Squibb
8:35 AM	Efficient Study Designs in Clinical Research — Steven Julious, University of Sheffield
8:50 AM	Statistical Testing in the Presence of Nonproportional Hazards — Amarjot Kaur, Merck ; Yabing Mai, Merck Research Laboratories ; Ziliang Li, MRL ; Xia Xu, MRL ; Wen-Chi Wu, MRL
9:05 AM	The Impact of Sensitivity and Specificity of Case Definition on Vaccine Efficacy Trial Design — Xiaohua Sheng, Sanofi Pasteur ; Steven Self, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Ehab Bassily, Sanofi Pasteur ; Joshua Chen, Sanofi Pasteur
9:20 AM	Evaluation of Logistic and Cox Regression Models Using Simulated Survival Data and Clinical Practice Research Datalink — Jessica Kim , FDA ; Chenyi Pan, University of Virginia ; Clara Y. Kim, FDA/CDER ; Esther Zhou, FDA/CDER
9:35 AM	Challenges in Disease Prevention Studies That Utilize Continuous Diagnostic Endpoints — Norman Bohidar, Johnson & Johnson ; George Capuano, Johnson & Johnson
9:50 AM	Why the Likelihood Ratio Test Is Inappropriate to Test Dose-Response and Sharing of Information Among Antibody Therapies for Dose Selection — Russell Reeve, Quintiles
10:05 AM	Asymmetric Margins for Equivalence Tests — Somesh Chattopadhyay

669 * !	Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W178a
Showcasing Statistics and Public Policy — Invited Papers
Statistics and Public Policy , Royal Statistical Society , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
Organizer(s): David Banks, Duke University
Chair(s): Michael Cohen, Committee on National Statistics
11:00 AM	A Commentary on Statistical Assessment of Violence Recidivism Risk — Peter B. Imrey, Cleveland Clinic ; Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge
11:25 AM	Using Student Test Scores for Teacher Evaluations: The Pros and Cons of Student Growth Percentiles — J.R. Lockwood, Educational Testing Service ; Katherine E. Castellano, Educational Testing Service ; Daniel F. McCaffrey, Educational Testing Service
11:50 AM	Discussant: David Banks, Duke University
12:10 PM	Floor Discussion

673	Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W192b
Accelerating Bayesian Computation by Intersecting Monte Carlo and Optimization — Invited Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Royal Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Luke Bornn, Simon Fraser University, Mathieu Gerber, Harvard
Chair(s): Iavor Bojinov, Harvard
10:35 AM	Diversifying Sparsity Using Variational Determinantal Point Processes — Kayhan Batmanghelich, MIT
11:05 AM	Coupling of Particle Filters with Applications to Score and Smoothing Estimators — Pierre E. Jacob, Harvard ; Fredrik Lindsten, Uppsala University ; Thomas Schön, Uppsala University
11:35 AM	Scalable Discrete Sampling as a Multi-Armed Bandit Problem — Yutian Chen, Google DeepMind ; Zoubin Ghahramani, University of Cambridge
12:05 PM	Floor Discussion

679 * !	Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM	CC-W182
Topics in Modern Multivariate Analysis: Some Recent Results — Topic Contributed Papers
Royal Statistical Society , Section on Statistical Computing , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee
Organizer(s): Sucharita Ghosh, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Chair(s): Sucharita Ghosh, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
10:35 AM	Approximations to Permutation Tests of Independence Between Random Vectors — Martin Bilodeau ; Aurelien Guetsop, Université de Montréal
10:55 AM	Robust Semiparametric Estimation with Missing Responses — Francesco Bravo
11:15 AM	Exact Subset Selection in Regression via Modern Optimization — Rahul Mazumder, MIT
11:35 AM	Discussant: David Scott
11:55 AM	Discussant: Jan Beran, University of Konstanz
11:35 AM	Floor Discussion

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