Legend: 
        CC  = Baltimore Convention Center,    
H  = Hilton Baltimore
		
		* = applied session       ! = JSM meeting theme
	
 
Activity Details 
	
		
					
						
			2 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-315 
		 
	 
	
		
			Phase Variation (Curve Registration) in Functional Data Analyzing — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Nonparametric Statistics   , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistical Computing 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): J. S.  (Steve) Marron, University of North Carolina 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jan  Gertheiss, Clausthal University of Technology 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Clustering Misaligned Dependent Curves  
							— 
							 Piercesare  Secchi, Politecnico di Milano   ; Konrad  Abramowicz, Umea University ; Per   Arnqvist, Umea University ; Sara  Sj¨ostedt de Luna, Umea University ; Simone  Vantini, Politecnico di Milano ; Valeria  Vitelli, University of Oslo 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:30 PM 
						 
						
							Spatial Modeling of Object Data: Analysing Dialect Sound Variations Across the UK  
							— 
							 Shahin  Tavakoli, University of Cambridge   ; Davide  Pigoli, University of Cambridge ; John AD  Aston, University of Cambridge 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:55 PM 
						 
						
							Data driven estimates of PDE parameters: an application to image registration  
							— 
							 Michelle  Carey, University College Dublin   ; James O. Ramsay, McGill University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							Registration of Functional Data Using the Fisher-Rao Metric  
							— 
							 Sebastian  Kurtek, The Ohio State University   ; Anuj  Srivastava, Florida State University ; Wei  Wu, Florida State University ; Eric  Klassen, Florida State University ; J. S.  (Steve) Marron, University of North Carolina 
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				3:45 PM
			 
			
				Discussant:  J. S.  (Steve) Marron, University of North Carolina
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			6 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-316 
		 
	 
	
		
			New Methods and Software for Adaptive Designs — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Biopharmaceutical Section   , Biometrics Section , Section on Statistical Computing 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Jon  Steingrimsson, Johns Hopkins University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jon  Steingrimsson, Johns Hopkins University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Subgroup Inference for Multiple Treatments and Multiple Endpoints  
							— 
							 Brad  Carlin, University of Minnesota   ; Patrick  Schnell, University of Minnesota ; Peter  Mueller, UT Austin ; Qi  Tang, AbbVie, Inc. 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:25 PM 
						 
						
							An Optimized Adaptive Enrichment Design for Multi-Arm Trials  
							— 
							 Michael  Rosenblum, Johns Hopkins University   ; Aaron  Fisher, Johns Hopkins University ; Jon  Steingrimsson, Johns Hopkins University ; Joshua A Betz, Johns Hopkins University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:45 PM 
						 
						
							Bayesian Interval Based Dose Finding Designs and a Web-Based Statistical Tool  
							— 
							 Yuan  Ji, NorthShore University HealthSystem/University of Chicago   ; Sue-Jane  Wang, FDA ; Shengjie  Yang, NorthShore University HealthSystem 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:05 PM 
						 
						
							Open Source R, Shiny Interface and R Markdown: Applications for Group Sequential Design  
							— 
							 Keaven  Anderson, Merck Research Laboratories   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				3:25 PM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Scott  Emerson, University of Washington 
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			9 *  
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-336 
		 
	 
	
		
			When Location Is Random: Advances in Statistical Modeling and Inference for Spatial Point Processes — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistics and the Environment   , Section on Statistical Computing , Association of American Geographers , Statistics Without Borders 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Veronica J Berrocal, University of Michigan 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Veronica J Berrocal, University of Michigan 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Nonparametric Inference for Point Processes  
							— 
							 Tailen  Hsing, University of Michigan   ; Jinqi  Shen, University of Michigan 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:30 PM 
						 
						
							Spatial Point Processes on the Sphere  
							— 
							 Ege  Rubak, Aalborg University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:55 PM 
						 
						
							A New Clustered Temporal Point Process Model with Application to Social Media Data   
							— 
							Jingfei  Zhang, University of Miami ;  Yongtao  Guan, University of Miami   ; Hansheng  Wang, Peking University ; Xuening  Zhu, Peking University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							Multivariate Spatial Point Patterns via Correlated Bernoulli Indicators  
							— 
							 Matthew  Heaton, Brigham Young University   ; Matthew  Bekker, Brigham Young University 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			24 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-341 
		 
	 
	
		
			Statistical Computing and Graphics Student Awards — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section on Statistical Graphics , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Patrick  Breheny, University of Iowa 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Patrick  Breheny, University of Iowa 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Acc: An R Package to Process, Visualize, and Analyze Accelerometer Data  
							— 
							 Jae Joon  Song, University of Texas Health Science Center   ; Michael  Swartz, The University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston, School of Public Health ; Matthew G.  Cox, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ; Karen  Basen-Engquist, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:25 PM 
						 
						
							The Biglasso Package: a Memory- and Computation-Efficient Solver for Lasso Model Fitting with Big Data in R  
							— 
							 Yaohui  Zeng, University of Iowa   ; Patrick  Breheny, University of Iowa 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:45 PM 
						 
						
							Scalable Bayesian Learning for Sparse Logistic Models  
							— 
							 Xichen  Huang   ; Feng  Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:05 PM 
						 
						
							The Self-Multiset Sampler and Its Generalization  
							— 
							 Weihong  Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   ; Juan  Shen, Fudan University ; Yuguo  Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:25 PM 
						 
						
							Chambers Award Recipient: Carson Sievert  
							— 
							 Carson  Sievert, Carson Sievert   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			50 ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				4:00 PM -
				5:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-327 
		 
	 
	
		
			Machine Learning and Statistical Inference: Building Breiman's Bridge — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science   , Section on Nonparametric Statistics , Section on Statistical Computing 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Lucas K Mentch, University of Pittsburgh 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Giles  J Hooker, Cornell University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							4:05 PM 
						 
						
							Walk on Random Forests  
							— 
							 Erwan  Scornet, Ecole Polytechnique   ; Gérard  Biau, University Paris 6 ; Jean-Philippe  Vert, Mines Institut Curie 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:30 PM 
						 
						
							Central Limit Theorems and Hypothesis Tests for Random Forests  
							— 
							 Lucas K Mentch, University of Pittsburgh   ; Giles  J Hooker, Cornell University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:55 PM 
						 
						
							Detecting Local Sparsity and High-Order Interactions with Iterative Random Forests  
							— 
							 Sumanta  Basu, Cornell University   ; James Bentley Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ; Bin  Yu, University of California, Berkeley 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:20 PM 
						 
						
							Urban Analytics Using Tree Models  
							— 
							 Shane  Jensen, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			5:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			56 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				4:00 PM -
				5:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-318 
		 
	 
	
		
			The Path from Big Data to Precision Medicine Is Paved with Statistics — Invited Panel 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics , American Medical Informatics Association , Stats. Partnerships Among Academe, Indust. & Govt. Committee 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Emma  Huang, Janssen R&D 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Pippa  Simpson, Medical College of Wisconsin 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							
                            4:05 PM
						 
						
							The Path from Big Data to Precision Medicine Is Paved with Statistics  
						 
					 
					
						
							Panelists:
						 
						
						
							Emma  Huang, Janssen R&D Hae Kyung Im, University of Chicago Patrick  Ryan, Janssen R&D Haochang  Shou, University of Pennsylvania Vadim  Zipunnikov, Johns Hopkins University Michelle  Dunn, National Institutes of Health  
					 
				
	
		
			5:40 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			60 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Sun, 7/30/2017, 
				4:00 PM -
				5:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-316 
		 
	 
	
		
			Adaptive Design and Statistical Consideration in Clinical Trials — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Biopharmaceutical Section   , Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Medical Devices and Diagnostics 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Grace  Liu, Johnson & Johnson 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Grace  Liu, Johnson & Johnson 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							4:05 PM 
						 
						
							Investigation on Combining Phase II Proof-Of-Concept Trial with Dose Finding Trial  
							— 
							 Yutao  Liu, Columbia University   ; Qiqi  Deng, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ; Ken  Cheung, Deptment of Biostatistics, Columbia University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:25 PM 
						 
						
							Adaptive Design and Statistical Consideration in Clinical Trials  
							— 
							 Steven  Sun   ; Grace  Liu, Johnson & Johnson ; Tianmeng  Lyu, Univ. Minnesota Biostatistics Dept. 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:45 PM 
						 
						
							Basket Trial Considerations in Phase Ib/IIa Oncology Studies of Targeted Therapy  
							— 
							 Yihua  Zhao, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:05 PM 
						 
						
							Evaluation of Adaptive Sample Size Re-estimation (SSR) Designs:start small then ask for more?  
							— 
							 Chaofeng  Liu   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:25 PM 
						 
						
							Design of Dose Finding Studies Under MCP-Mod  
							— 
							 Jose  Pinheiro, Johnson & Johnson   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				
			 
			
				Discussant:  Sudhakar   Rao
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			5:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			91 ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-340 
		 
	 
	
		
			Statistical Methods for Analysis of Time-Varying Network Data — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Nonparametric Statistics   , IMS , Section on Statistical Computing 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Marianna  Pensky, University of Central Florida 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Aurore  Delaigle, University of Melbourne 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Summaries of Networks in Time  
							— 
							 Sofia  Olhede, UCL   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:00 AM 
						 
						
							Oracle Inequalities for the Dynamic Stochastic Block Model and Time-Dependent Graphon  
							— 
							 Marianna  Pensky, University of Central Florida   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:25 AM 
						 
						
							Nonparametrics, Network Information and Efficient Estimation   
							— 
							 Patrick  Wolfe, University College London   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:50 AM 
						 
						
							The Block Point Process Model for Continuous-Time Event-Based Dynamic Networks  
							— 
							 Kevin Shuai Xu, University of Toledo   ; Ruthwik  Junuthula, University of Toledo ; Haghdan  Maysam, University of Toledo ; Devabhaktuni  Vijay, University of Toledo 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			96 ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-344 
		 
	 
	
		
			New Statistical Methods with Distributed and Parallel Algorithms — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science   , International Chinese Statistical Association , Section on Statistical Computing 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Xiaoming  Huo, Georgia Institute of Technology 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Manjari  Narayan, Stanford University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Embracing Blessing of Massive Scale in Big Data  
							— 
							 Guang  Cheng, Purdue   ; Stanislav  Volgushev, Univ of Toronto ; Shih-Kang  Chao, Purdue 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:05 AM 
						 
						
							High-Dimensional Non-Standard Regression  
							— 
							 Hui  Zou, University of Minnesota   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				9:35 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Xiaoming  Huo, Georgia Institute of Technology
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			10:05 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			107 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-343 
		 
	 
	
		
			Quantum Computing and Its Application in Health Care — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section on Statistical Computing , Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Sergei  Leonov, ICON Clinical Research 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Reinhard  Eisebitt, ICON Clinical Research 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							An Overview of Quantum Computing Concepts and Applications in Healthcare  
							— 
							 Steve  Adachi, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:55 AM 
						 
						
							Compute Principal Components on an Adiabatic Quantum System?  
							— 
							 George  Ostrouchov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:15 AM 
						 
						
							Quantum Computing and Numerical Statistic  
							— 
							 Valerii  Fedorov, ICONplc   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				9:35 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Alexei  Ashikhmin, Nokia Bell Labs
			 
		 	
	
		
			
				9:55 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Sergei  Leonov, ICON Clinical Research
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			118 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-322 
		 
	 
	
		
			SPEED: Data Challenge — Contributed Speed 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Government Statistics Section   ,  Section on Statistical Computing   ,  Section on Statistical Graphics   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Thesia  Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Income and Expenditure in US Households: a Multivariate Analysis of Consumer Expenditure Fmli161 Dataset  
							— 
							 Mingzhao  Hu, University of Wisconsin - Madison   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:40 AM 
						 
						
							Creation of a Web-Enabled Framework of a Taxonomy of Terms at the Bureau of Labor Statistics  
							— 
							 Randall  Powers, US Bureau of Labor Statistics   ; Daniel  Gillman, Bureau of Labor Statistics 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:45 AM 
						 
						
							Consumer Spending and Federal Reserve  
							— 
							 Gaurav  Sharma, The EMMES Corporation   ; Bhanu  Shandilya, Mixpanel ; Aditi Pradeep  Sharma, UMBC 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:50 AM 
						 
						
							Correlating Alcohol and Tobacco Use with Socio-Economic Status and Human Capital Investment  
							— 
							 Dooti  Roy, University of Connecticut   ; Bibaswan  Chatterjee, University of Buffalo 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:55 AM 
						 
						
							Effect of Mode Choice and Respondent Characteristics on Data Quality - Profiling Respondents to BEA's Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States  
							— 
							 Ricardo  Limes, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:00 AM 
						 
						
							An Analysis of Consumer Budgeting and the Great Recession  
							— 
							 Robert  Garrett, Miami University - Oxford, OH   ; Thomas  Fisher, Miami University ; Ritu  Narahari, Miami University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:05 AM 
						 
						
							CE-Based Consumer Expenditure Behaviors Study  
							— 
							 Zhicong  Zhao, Mississippi State University   ; Fuyuan  Li, George Washington University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:10 AM 
						 
						
							Rising to the Challenge: Winner from the BU MS in Statistical Practice Program  
							— 
							 Eric  Kolaczyk, Boston University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:15 AM 
						 
						
							Public Use vs. Restricted Use: a Case Study Using the American Community Survey  
							— 
							 Satkartar  Kinney, RTI International   ; Alan  Karr, RTI International 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:20 AM 
						 
						
							Energy Expenditure Patterns in the United States  
							— 
							 Joyance  Meechai   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:30 AM 
						 
						
							Interactive Visualization of Consumer Expenditure Public-Use Microdata  
							— 
							 Nathan  James   ; Jacquelyn  Neal, Vanderbilt University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:40 AM 
						 
						
							An Analysis of Selected Income and Expenditure Data by Education Level  
							— 
							 John  Hanes, Regent University   ; Edith  Britton, Regent University ; Brian  Collins, Regent University ; Senovia  Cones, Regent University ; Lawrence  Cooper, Regent University ; Emily  Grad, Regent University ; Ashley  Hall, Regent University ; Robin  Robertson, Regent University ; Gloria  Robinson-Sessoms, Regent University ; Destiny  Simms, Regent University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:45 AM 
						 
						
							Identification of Potentially Problematic Prescribing to a Vulnerable Population  
							— 
							 Ryan  Jarrett   ; Richard  Epstein, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago ; Michael  Cull, Vanderbilt University ; David  Schlueter, Vanderbilt University ; Kathy  Gracey, Vanderbilt University ; Molly  Butler, Vanderbilt University ; Rameela  Chandrasekhar, Vanderbilt University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:50 AM 
						 
						
							Jointly Modeling the Patient and Consumer Centeredness of Health Care Spending  
							— 
							Frank  Yoon, IBM Watson Health ; Eli  Cutler, IBM Watson Health ; Brian  Hochrein, IBM Watson Health ; Gary  Pickens, IBM Watson Health ; Hal  Skinner, IBM Watson Health ;  Michael A Head, IBM Watson Health   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:55 AM 
						 
						
							Tracking Expenditures  
							— 
							 Michael  Jadoo, Bureau of Labor Statistics   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			10:00 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			143 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-316 
		 
	 
	
		
			Advancing Translational Research Using Novel Statistical Analyses for Complex and Omics Data — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics   , WNAR , Section on Statistical Computing 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Lynn  Lin, Pennsylvania State University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Ethan  Fang, Pennsylvania State University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Composition Estimation from Sparse Count Data via a Regularized Likelihood  
							— 
							 Hongzhe  Li, University of Pennsylvania   ; Yuanpei   Cao, University of Pennsylvania ; Anru  Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:00 AM 
						 
						
							West African Ebola, Zika in the Americas and Direct Likelihood-Based Inference for Stochastic Compartmental Models  
							— 
							 Marc A. Suchard, University of California, Los Angeles   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:25 AM 
						 
						
							ODE Reconstruction of High-Dimensional Genetic Networks Through Game Theory   
							— 
							 Rongling  Wu, Pennsylvania State University   ; Libo  Jiang, Beijing Forestry University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Expression Recovery in Single Cell RNA Sequencing  
							— 
							Mo R Huang, University of Pennsylvania ; Mingyao R Li, University of Pennsylvania ;  Nancy Ruonan Zhang, Wharton School , University of Pennsylvania   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			172 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-345 
		 
	 
	
		
			Machine Learning and Algorithms — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Nicholas  Meyer, North Carolina State University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							There Has to Be an Easier Way: a Simple Alternative for Parameter Tuning of Supervised Learning Methods  
							— 
							 Jill  Lundell   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							Streaming Matrix Completion with Automated Rank Selection  
							— 
							 Milo  Page, JMP/NCSU   ; Christopher M Gotwalt, JMP ; Alyson  Wilson, North Carolina State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							On Data Integration Problems with Manifolds  
							— 
							 Kenneth  Ryan, WVU   ; Mark  Culp, West Virginia University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							A Moment-Based Estimation Procedure for Deeply-Nested Hierarchical Models  
							— 
							 Ningshan  Zhang, New York University   ; Patrick  Perry, New York University ; Kyle  Schmaus, Stitch Fix 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Online Anomaly Detection on Multi-Gigabit Network Streams  
							— 
							 Zheng  Gao, University of Michigan   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Visualizing the Effects of Predictor Variables in Black Box Supervised Learning Models  
							— 
							 Daniel  Apley, Northwestern University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							12:05 PM 
						 
						
							Matrix-Free Computation of Spatial-Temporal Gaussian Autoregressions and Related Stat-Space Models  
							— 
							 Chunxiao  Wang, Oregon State University   ; Debashis  Mondal, Oregon State University 
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			182 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				11:15 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-Halls A&B 
		 
	 
	
		
			SPEED: Data Challenge — Contributed Poster Presentations 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Government Statistics Section   ,  Section on Statistical Computing   ,  Section on Statistical Graphics   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jessi  Cisewski, Yale University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							1:
							  
						 
						
							Income and Expenditure in US Households: a Multivariate Analysis of Consumer Expenditure Fmli161 Dataset  
							— 
							 Mingzhao  Hu, University of Wisconsin - Madison   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:
							  
						 
						
							Rising to the Challenge: Winner from the BU MS in Statistical Practice Program  
							— 
							 Eric  Kolaczyk, Boston University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:
							  
						 
						
							Public Use vs. Restricted Use: a Case Study Using the American Community Survey  
							— 
							 Satkartar  Kinney, RTI International   ; Alan  Karr, RTI International 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:
							  
						 
						
							Household Energy Expenditure and Consumption Patterns in the United States  
							— 
							 Joyance  Meechai   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:
							  
						 
						
							Interactive Visualization of Consumer Expenditure Public-Use Microdata  
							— 
							 Nathan  James   ; Jacquelyn  Neal, Vanderbilt University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							7:
							  
						 
						
							An Analysis of Selected Income and Expenditure Data by Education Level  
							— 
							 John  Hanes, Regent University   ; Edith  Britton, Regent University ; Brian  Collins, Regent University ; Senovia  Cones, Regent University ; Lawrence  Cooper, Regent University ; Emily  Grad, Regent University ; Ashley  Hall, Regent University ; Robin  Robertson, Regent University ; Gloria  Robinson-Sessoms, Regent University ; Destiny  Simms, Regent University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:
							  
						 
						
							Identification of Potentially Problematic Prescribing to a Vulnerable Population  
							— 
							 Ryan  Jarrett   ; Richard  Epstein, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago ; Michael  Cull, Vanderbilt University ; David  Schlueter, Vanderbilt University ; Kathy  Gracey, Vanderbilt University ; Molly  Butler, Vanderbilt University ; Rameela  Chandrasekhar, Vanderbilt University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:
							  
						 
						
							Jointly Modeling the Patient and Consumer Centeredness of Health Care Spending  
							— 
							Frank  Yoon, IBM Watson Health ; Eli  Cutler, IBM Watson Health ; Brian  Hochrein, IBM Watson Health ; Gary  Pickens, IBM Watson Health ; Hal  Skinner, IBM Watson Health ;  Michael A Head, IBM Watson Health   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:
							  
						 
						
							Tracking Expenditures  
							— 
							 Michael  Jadoo, Bureau of Labor Statistics   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:
							  
						 
						
							Creation of a Web-Enabled Framework of a Taxonomy of Terms at the Bureau of Labor Statistics  
							— 
							 Randall  Powers, US Bureau of Labor Statistics   ; Daniel  Gillman, Bureau of Labor Statistics 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							12:
							  
						 
						
							Consumer Spending and Federal Reserve  
							— 
							 Gaurav  Sharma, The EMMES Corporation   ; Bhanu  Shandilya, Mixpanel ; Aditi Pradeep  Sharma, UMBC 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							13:
							  
						 
						
							Correlating Alcohol and Tobacco Use with Socio-Economic Status and Human Capital Investment  
							— 
							 Dooti  Roy, University of Connecticut   ; Bibaswan  Chatterjee, University of Buffalo 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							14:
							  
						 
						
							Effect of Mode Choice and Respondent Characteristics on Data Quality - Profiling Respondents to BEA's Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States  
							— 
							 Ricardo  Limes, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							15:
							  
						 
						
							An Analysis of Consumer Budgeting and the Great Recession  
							— 
							 Robert  Garrett, Miami University - Oxford, OH   ; Thomas  Fisher, Miami University ; Ritu  Narahari, Miami University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							16:
							  
						 
						
							CE-Based Consumer Expenditure Behaviors Study  
							— 
							 Zhicong  Zhao, Mississippi State University   ; Fuyuan  Li, George Washington University 
						 
					 				
				
			
				
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			203 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-331/332 
		 
	 
	
		
			Emerging Statistical Methods for Big Tensor Data in Chemometrics and Related Fields — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences   , Quality and Productivity Section , Section on Statistical Computing 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Ping  Ma, University of Georgia 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Ping  Ma, University of Georgia 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Tensor Sufficient Dimension Reduction  
							— 
							 Wenxuan  Zhong, University of Georgia   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:30 PM 
						 
						
							SPARSE LOW-RANK TENSOR RESPONSE REGRESSION  
							— 
							 Will Wei  Sun, University of Miami   ; Lexin  Li, University of California at Berkeley 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:55 PM 
						 
						
							Multiway Component Analysis with Functional and Structural Constraints  
							— 
							 Nathaniel  Helwig, University of Minnesota   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							Novel Statistical Approaches for Mining Big Text Data  
							— 
							 Ke  Deng, Tsinghua University   ; Jun  Liu, Harvard University 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:35 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			207 ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-338 
		 
	 
	
		
			Experiments and Inference for Social Networks — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistics in Marketing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Daniel L Sussman, Boston University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Elizabeth L Ogburn, Johns Hopkins University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Massive Meta-Analysis with Experiments as Instruments: Applications to Peer Effects in Networks  
							— 
							 Dean  Eckles, MIT   ; Alexander  Peysakhovich, Facebook 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:30 PM 
						 
						
							Unbiased Estimation Under Network Interference  
							— 
							 Daniel L Sussman, Boston University   ; Edoardo M. Airoldi, Harvard University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:55 PM 
						 
						
							Design of Experiments for Networks with Interference  
							— 
							 Alexander  Volfovsky, Duke University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							A Computational Perspective of Information Propagation in Social Networks   
							— 
							 Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, University of British Columbia   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			240 
			 
		 
		
			 Mon, 7/31/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-347 
		 
	 
	
		
			Computationally Intensive Methods for Estimation and Inference — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Eric  Rose, NC State University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							An Effecient Method for Quantile Regression  
							— 
							 Mei Ling  Huang, Brock University   ; Ramona  Rat, Brock University ; Wai Kong  Yuen, Brock University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:20 PM 
						 
						
							A Novel Exact Method for Significance of Higher Criticism via Steck's Determinant  
							— 
							 Jeffrey  Miecznikowski, SUNY At Buffalo   ; Jiefei   Wang, SUNY University at Buffalo ; Daniel  Gaile , SUNY University at Buffalo ; David  Tritchler, SUNY University at Buffalo 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:35 PM 
						 
						
							Exponential Random Graph Models with Big Networks: Maximum Pseudolikelihood Estimation and the Parametric Bootstrap  
							— 
							 Christian  Schmid, The Pennsylvania State University   ; Bruce  Desmarais, The Pennsylvania State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:50 PM 
						 
						
							A Missing Technique for Estimating Univariate Multiple Missing Values-An Advanced Re-sampling Method for Correlated Observations  
							— 
							 Silvia  Sharna, Ball State University   ; Mian  Adnan, Ball State University ; Rahmatullah  Imon, Ball State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:05 PM 
						 
						
							Efficient Solution of Large Fixed Effects Problems with Clustered Standard Errors  
							— 
							 Thomas  Balmat, Duke University   ; Jerry  Reiter, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							Maximum Likelihood Versus Alternative Regularized Estimators for Logistic Regression Models  
							— 
							 Gabriel  Ruiz, Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside   ; Subir  Ghosh, Department of Statistics, University of California, Riverside 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:35 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			266 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-314 
		 
	 
	
		
			Novel Approaches to First Statistics / Data Science Course — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Education   , Section on Statistical Computing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group , Caucus for Women in Statistics 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Mine  Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Andrew   Bray, Reed College 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Three Methods Approach to Statistical Inference  
							— 
							 Benjamin  Baumer, Smith College   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:55 AM 
						 
						
							Lessons Learned in Transitioning from "Intro to Statistics" to "Reasoning with Data"  
							— 
							 Rebecca  Nugent, Carnegie Mellon Statistics   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:15 AM 
						 
						
							A First-Year Undergraduate Data Science Course  
							— 
							 Mine  Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:35 AM 
						 
						
							Teaching Stats for Data Science  
							— 
							 Daniel  Kaplan, Macalester College   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				9:55 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Dick  DeVeaux, Williams College
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			293 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-326 
		 
	 
	
		
			SPEED: Computing, Graphics, and Programming Statistics — Contributed Speed 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   ,  Section on Statistical Graphics   ,  Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts   , Quality and Productivity Section , Section on Statistical Consulting , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Collin  Eubanks, Carnegie Mellon University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Where Does All the Time Go? Measuring Clients' Service Utilization via Time-Tracking Software  
							— 
							 Dou-Yan  Yang, University of Wisconsin--Madison   ; Jeff  Havlena, University of Wisconsin--Madison 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:40 AM 
						 
						
							Persistence Terrace for Topological Inference of Point Cloud Data  
							— 
							 Chul  Moon, University of Georgia   ; Noah  Giansiracusa, Swarthmore College ; Nicole  Lazar, University of Georgia 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:50 AM 
						 
						
							Generalized Bi-Plots for Visualized Multidimensional Projections  
							— 
							 James  Fry, Virginia Tech   ; Matt  Slifko, Virginia Tech ; Scotland  Leman, Virginia Tech 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:55 AM 
						 
						
							Dynamic Network Community Discovery  
							— 
							 Shiwen  Shen   ; Edsel Aldea Pena, University of South Carolina 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:05 AM 
						 
						
							Maintaining Trial Integrity for Randomized Open-Label Trials  
							— 
							 Wenyun  Ji, Amgen, Inc.   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:10 AM 
						 
						
							A Mixture-Of-Regressions Model with Measurement Errors in the Response  
							— 
							 Xiaoqiong  Fang, University of Kentucky   ; Derek  Young, University of Kentucky 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:15 AM 
						 
						
							A SAS Macro to Create Summary Tables   
							— 
							 Amy  Gravely, VA Medical Center   ; Barbara  Clothier, CCDOR MVAHCS 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:20 AM 
						 
						
							Sequential Computer Experiments for Failure Probability Estimation --- a Floor System Example  
							— 
							 Hao  Chen, University of British Columbia   ; William  James Welch, University of British Columbia 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:30 AM 
						 
						
							A Network-based Algorithm for Clustering Multivariate Longitudinal Data  
							— 
							 Matthew  Koslovsky, KBRwyle   ; Millennia   Young, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Caroline  Schaefer, MEI Technologies ; John  Arellano, MEI Technologies ; Al  Feiveson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			9:35 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			302 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-311 
		 
	 
	
		
			Bayesian Modeling — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Susheela  Singh, North Carolina State University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Infinite Mixture of Multinomial Distribution Approximation for Incomplete Categorical Data  
							— 
							 Chaojie  Wang, The Chinese Univ of Hong Kong   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:50 AM 
						 
						
							A Mixture of Gaussian and Student's T Errors for a Robust and Accurate Parameter Estimation  
							— 
							 Hyungsuk  Tak, SAMSI   ; Justin A. Ellis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; Sujit K Ghosh, North Carolina State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:05 AM 
						 
						
							Sequential Monte Carlo for Dynamic Latent Space Networks  
							— 
							 Kathryn  Turnbull, Lancaster University   ; Matthew  Nunes, Lancaster University ; Christopher  Nemeth, Lancaster University ; Tyler  McCormick, University of Washington 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:20 AM 
						 
						
							Bayesian Inference in the Presence of Intractable Normalizing Functions  
							— 
							 Jaewoo  Park, Penn State University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:35 AM 
						 
						
							Hybrid Adaptive MCMC Block Sampling  
							— 
							 Daniel  Turek, Williams College   ; Nicholas  Michaud, University of California, Berkeley 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:50 AM 
						 
						
							The LGM Split Sampler: An Efficient MCMC Sampler for Latent Gaussian Models  
							— 
							 Birgir  Hrafnkelsson, University of Iceland   ; Dan  Simpson, University of Bath ; Oli Pall Geirsson, University of Iceland 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:05 AM 
						 
						
							A Simple, Fast Sampler for Simulating Spatial Data and Other Markovian Data Structures  
							— 
							 Andrea  Kaplan, Iowa State University   ; Mark  Kaiser, Iowa State University ; Soumendra N Lahiri, North Carolina State University ; Daniel  Nordman, Iowa State University 
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			303 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-312 
		 
	 
	
		
			Big Data — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): James  Gilman, NC State University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							What's in a Vector? Major Improvements on the Horizon for R and What They Mean for You  
							— 
							 Gabriel  Becker, Genentech Research   ; Luke  Tierney, University of Iowa 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:50 AM 
						 
						
							A Divide-And-Conquer Approach for Survival Analysis in Big Data  
							— 
							 Shou-En  Lu, Rutgers Department of Biostatistics   ; Jerry Q. Cheng, Rutgers Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey ; Minge  Xie, Rutgers University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:05 AM 
						 
						
							Big Health Data Using Probabilistic Record Linkage   
							— 
							 Bong-Jin  Choi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   ; Ke  Meng, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Tzy-Mey   Kuo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Adrian  Meyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Laura  Green, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Christopher  Baggett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Anne-Marie  Meyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; YunKyung  Chang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:20 AM 
						 
						
							Multi-Resolution Approximations of Gaussian Processes for Big Spatial Data  
							— 
							 Wenlong  Gong, Texas A&M University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:50 AM 
						 
						
							A Randomized Algorithm for Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Spatial Autoregressive Models  
							— 
							 Miaoqi  Li, University of Cincinnati   ; Emily L. Kang, University of Cincinnati 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:05 AM 
						 
						
							Sparse Group Fused Lasso in High Dimension  
							— 
							 David  Degras, University of Massachusetts Boston   
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			307 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-344 
		 
	 
	
		
			Bayesian Computational Advances for Complex and Large-Scale Data — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Naveen N Narisetty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Alexander  Giessing, University of Michigan 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Bayesian Neural Networks for High-Dimensional Nonlinear Variable Selection  
							— 
							 Faming  Liang, University of Florida   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:00 AM 
						 
						
							Multivariate Output Analysis for Markov Chain Monte Carlo  
							— 
							 Galin  Jones, University of Minnesota   ; Dootika  Vats, University of Minnesota ; James  Flegal, University of California, Riverside 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:25 AM 
						 
						
							High-Dimensional Bayesian Computation for Censored Quantile Regression   
							— 
							 Naveen N Narisetty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   ; Xuming  He, University of Michigan 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							A Variational Bayesian Algorithm for Sparse PCA  
							— 
							 Feng  Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   ; Yunbo  Ouyang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ; Jianjun  Hu, Union Bank 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			345 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-345 
		 
	 
	
		
			Computationally Intensive Methods — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Kristin  Linn, University of Pennsylvania 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							GENERALIZED CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON LIFETIME PERFORMANCE INDEX FOR THE TWO-PARAMETER EXPONENTIAL LIFETIME MODEL WITH A RIGHT TYPE II CENSORED SAMPLE  
							— 
							 Danush  Wijekularathna, Troy University   ; SUMITH  GUNASEKERA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							A Two-Stage Algorithm for Computation of the Exact Distribution of Sums of Spacings  
							— 
							 Chien-Tai  Lin, Tamkang University   ; Chung-Tao  Lu, E.Sun Bank 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							An EM Algorithm for Fitting the Generalized Odds-Rate Model to Interval Censored Data  
							— 
							 Jie  Zhou   ; Jiajia  Zhang, University of South Carolina ; Wenbin  Lu, North Carolina State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							A Comparison Study of Some Competing Accelerated Life Testing Models, with Applications to Class-H Insulation Data  
							— 
							 Debaraj  Sen, Concordia University   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			11:50 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			359 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				11:35 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-Halls A&B 
		 
	 
	
		
			SPEED: Computing, Graphics, and Programming Statistics — Contributed Poster Presentations 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   ,  Section on Statistical Graphics   ,  Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts   , Quality and Productivity Section , Section on Statistical Consulting , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jessi  Cisewski, Yale University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							1:
							  
						 
						
							Where Does All the Time Go? Measuring Clients' Service Utilization via Time-Tracking Software  
							— 
							 Dou-Yan  Yang, University of Wisconsin--Madison   ; Jeff  Havlena, University of Wisconsin--Madison 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:
							  
						 
						
							Persistence Terrace for Topological Inference of Point Cloud Data  
							— 
							 Chul  Moon, University of Georgia   ; Noah  Giansiracusa, Swarthmore College ; Nicole  Lazar, University of Georgia 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							4:
							  
						 
						
							Generalized Bi-Plots for Visualized Multidimensional Projections  
							— 
							 James  Fry, Virginia Tech   ; Matt  Slifko, Virginia Tech ; Scotland  Leman, Virginia Tech 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							5:
							  
						 
						
							Dynamic Network Community Discovery  
							— 
							 Shiwen  Shen   ; Edsel Aldea Pena, University of South Carolina 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							6:
							  
						 
						
							Maintaining Trial Integrity for Randomized Open-Label Trials  
							— 
							 Wenyun  Ji, Amgen, Inc.   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							7:
							  
						 
						
							A Mixture-Of-Regressions Model with Measurement Errors in the Response  
							— 
							 Xiaoqiong  Fang, University of Kentucky   ; Derek  Young, University of Kentucky 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:
							  
						 
						
							A SAS Macro to Create Summary Tables   
							— 
							 Amy  Gravely, VA Medical Center   ; Barbara  Clothier, CCDOR MVAHCS 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:
							  
						 
						
							Sequential Computer Experiments for Failure Probability Estimation --- a Floor System Example  
							— 
							 Hao  Chen, University of British Columbia   ; William  James Welch, University of British Columbia 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:
							  
						 
						
							A Network-based Algorithm for Clustering Multivariate Longitudinal Data  
							— 
							 Matthew  Koslovsky, KBRwyle   ; Millennia   Young, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Caroline  Schaefer, MEI Technologies ; John  Arellano, MEI Technologies ; Al  Feiveson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
						 
					 				
				
			
				
					The Speed portion will take place during  Session 214531
 
  
				  
			 
		
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			384 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-337 
		 
	 
	
		
			Bayes, Frequentist, Fiducial: BFF in Action — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 General Methodology   , Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Nils Lid Hjort, University of Oslo 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Nils Lid Hjort, University of Oslo 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Confidence Inference Function in Big Data  
							— 
							 Peter XK Song, University of Michigan,   ; Ling  X.K. Zhou, University of Michigan 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:30 PM 
						 
						
							Application of Generalized Fiducial Inference to Biological Sciences  
							— 
							 Jan  Hannig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:55 PM 
						 
						
							Combining Diverse Information Sources with the II-CC-FF Paradigm  
							— 
							 Céline  Cunen, University of Oslo   ; Nils Lid Hjort, University of Oslo 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							A Sequential Split-Conquer-Combine Approach for Gaussian Process Modeling in Computer Experiments   
							— 
							 Ying  Hung   ; Minge  Xie, Rutgers University ; Chengrui  Li, Rutgers University 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			3:45 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			414 
			 
		 
		
			 Tue, 8/1/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-338 
		 
	 
	
		
			Model Building and Selection — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Harold  Gomes, US Bureau of Labor Statistics 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							Local Variable Selection in Sequential Optimization  
							— 
							 Munir  Winkel, North Carolina State University   ; Brian  Reich, NCSU ; Jonathan W. Stallings, North Carolina State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:20 PM 
						 
						
							Model-Selection Consistency of Forward Selection in High-Dimensional Regression  
							— 
							 Jerzy  Wieczorek, Carnegie Mellon University   ; Jing  Lei, Carnegie Mellon University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:35 PM 
						 
						
							Number of Samples Needed for Model Selection with Confidence  
							— 
							 Sean  Carver, American University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							2:50 PM 
						 
						
							Copula Modeling for Data with Ties  
							— 
							 Yichen  Qin, University of Cincinnati   ; Yan  Li, University of Connecticut ; Yang  Li, Renmin University of China ; Jun  Yan, University of Connecticut 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:05 PM 
						 
						
							A Data-Driven Approach to the Problem of Multiple Testing  
							— 
							 Nasrine  Bendjilali, Rowan University   ; Boualem  Bendjilali, RVCC ; Wei-Min  Huang, Lehigh University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:20 PM 
						 
						
							Generalized Mixed Effects Regression Tree for Longitudinal Count Data  
							— 
							 Xiaoqin  Xiong, Food and Drug Administration   ; Joel A Dubin, University of Waterloo 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:35 PM 
						 
						
							Gaussian Mixture Modeling Under Measurement Uncertainty  
							— 
							 Shuchismita  Sarkar, University of Alabama   ; Volodymyr  Melnykov, The University of Alabama ; Rong  Zheng, University of Alabama 
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			475 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-347 
		 
	 
	
		
			Statistical Computing and Inference — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Nasrine  Bendjilali, Rowan University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							Bootstrapping General ARIMA Models  
							— 
							 Maher  Qumsiyeh   ; Dalton  Gannon, University of Dayton 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							8:50 AM 
						 
						
							Approximating Probability Distributions in an Extreme Renewal Process  
							— 
							 Percy  Brill, University of Windsor   ; Mei Ling  Huang, Brock University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:05 AM 
						 
						
							SUFFICIENT WEIGHTED BOOTSTRAPPING  
							— 
							 Khairul  Islam, Eastern Michigan University   ; Sarjinder   Singh, Texas A&M University-Kingsville 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:20 AM 
						 
						
							Copula Importance Sampling  
							— 
							 Douglas  VanDerwerken, United States Naval Academy   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:35 AM 
						 
						
							Simulation and Power Analysis of Generalized Linear Mixed Models  
							— 
							 Brandon  LeBeau, University of Iowa   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:50 AM 
						 
						
							Inference for COM-Poisson Cure Rate Model with Interval Censored Data  
							— 
							 Suvra  Pal, University of Texas Arlington - Arlington, TX   ; Narayanaswamy  Balakrishnan, McMaster University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:05 AM 
						 
						
							Studying Crime Trends in the United States in the XXI Century  
							— 
							 Xuwen  Zhu, The University of Louisville   ; Volodymyr  Melnykov, The University of Alabama 
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			480 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-341 
		 
	 
	
		
			Modernizing the Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Education   , Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences , Section on Statistical Computing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Mine  Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Mine  Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Modernizing the Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum  
							— 
							 Nicholas J Horton, Amherst College   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:55 AM 
						 
						
							Industry Expectations for Statistics Graduates  
							— 
							 Hilary  Parker, Stitch Fix   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:15 AM 
						 
						
							Expectations and Skills for Undergraduate Students Doing Research in Statistics and Data Science  
							— 
							 Jo  Hardin, Pomona College   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Moving Away from Ad Hoc Statistical Computing Education  
							— 
							 Colin  Rundel, Duke University Statistical Science   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				11:55 AM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Rob  Gould, UCLA
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			487 *  
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-326 
		 
	 
	
		
			Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments for Complex Systems  — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences   , Section on Statistical Computing , IMS 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Ying  Hung 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Ying  Hung 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Replication or exploration? Sequential design for stochastic simulation experiments.  
							— 
							 Robert  Gramacy, Virginia Tech Department of Statistics   ; Bickael  Binois, The University of Chicago ; Mike  Ludkovski, University of California, Santa Barbara 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:00 AM 
						 
						
							Analysis of dimension reduction in Gaussian process regression  
							— 
							 Minyong  Lee, Stanford University   ; Art  Owen, Stanford University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:25 AM 
						 
						
							Stabilizing Gradient Enhanced Emulators with Sparsity Constraints  
							— 
							 Peter   Qian, University of Wisconsin-Madison   ; Jared   Huling, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							Sequential learning of deformation models in additive manufacturing through calibration of simulation models  
							— 
							 Tirthankar  Dasgupta, Rutgers University   ; Ying  Hung 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			518 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-347 
		 
	 
	
		
			Software for Statistical Computing — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Yichi  Zhang, Harvard University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							EyeTrVis: An R Package for the Extraction and Visualization of Eye Tracking Data from People Looking at Posters  
							— 
							 Chunyang  Li   ; Jurgen  Symanzik, Utah State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							Eye-Tracking in Practice: A First Analysis of a Study on Human Postures  
							— 
							 Jurgen  Symanzik, Utah State University   ; Chunyang  Li ; Boyu  Zhang, Utah State University ; Breanna  Studenka, Utah State University ; Eric  McKinney, Utah State University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							Likelihood-Ratio and $C(\Alpha)$ Tests for ODE Models  
							— 
							 Yuping  Yang, Simon Frase University   ; Richard  Lockhart, Simon Fraser University ; Jiguo  Cao, Simon Frase University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							Turning the Tables on Probability Distributions  
							— 
							 Stephen  Mansour, University of Scranton   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Standardizing Assessment of Time-Series Forecasting Models  
							— 
							Nicholas G. Reich, University of Massachusetts Amherst ;  Joshua  Kaminsky, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health   ; Lindsay  Keegan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Stephen  Lauer, University of Massachusetts - Amherst ; Krzysztof  Sakrejda, University of Massachusetts - Amherst ; Justin  Lessler, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:50 AM 
						 
						
							RCAP Designer: Creating Analytical Dashboards on the RCloud Platform  
							— 
							 Robert  Archibald, Macrosoft Inc   ; Ganesh  Subramaniam, AT&T ; Simon  Urbanek, AT&T Labs Research 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							12:05 PM 
						 
						
							In with the New: a Shiny App for Exploring Summary Data Tables from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey  
							— 
							 Emily  Mitchell, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality   
						 
					 				
				
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			548 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Wed, 8/2/2017, 
				2:00 PM -
				3:50 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-341 
		 
	 
	
		
			The Evolution and Future Direction of Statistical Computing and Visualization — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Caucus for Women in Statistics , Section on Statistical Graphics , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Statistics Without Borders 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Nusrat  Jahan, James Madison University 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jiayang   Sun, Case Western Reserve University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							2:05 PM 
						 
						
							A girl geek's guide to new research on interactive data visualization for statistics with lots of data  
							— 
							 Dianne  Cook, Monash University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							3:30 PM 
						 
						
							Practical Data Analysis: An Algorithmic Approach  
							— 
							 Leland  Wilkinson, H2O.ai   
						 
					 				
				
		
			
				2:55 PM
			 
			
				Discussant:  Dalene K. Stangl, Duke University
			 
		 	
	
	
		
			3:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			600 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-340 
		 
	 
	
		
			High-Dimensional Time Series and Applications in Social and Biological Sciences — Invited Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 WNAR   , Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Ali  Shojaie, University of Washington 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Ali  Shojaie, University of Washington 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							8:35 AM 
						 
						
							A Flexible Non-parametric Framework for High-Dimensional Multi-way Data  
							— 
							 Zhaoxia  Yu, University of California, Irvine   ; Tong  Shen, University of California, Irvine ; Dustin  Pluta, University of California, Irvine ; Hernando  Ombao, University of California, Irvine; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:00 AM 
						 
						
							Granger Causality Networks for Categorical Time Series: Convex Mixture Transition Distribution   
							— 
							 Alex  Tank, University of Washington   ; Ali  Shojaie, University of Washington ; Emily  Fox, University of Washington 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:25 AM 
						 
						
							Leaning Multivariate High-Dimensional Point Process Models  
							— 
							 Garvesh  Raskutti, University of Wisconsin-Madison   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							9:50 AM 
						 
						
							Eigenvalues of Covariance Matrices of High-Dimensional Time Series  
							— 
							 Alexander  Aue, University of California, Davis   ; Haoyang  Liu, University of California, Berkeley ; Debashis  Paul, University of California, Davis 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			10:15 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			602 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				8:30 AM -
				10:20 AM  
		 
		
			
			CC-321 
		 
	 
	
		
			Bridging the Gap Between Statistics and Other Data Sciences: Where's the Bridge? Where's the Gap? — Invited Panel 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Consulting   , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistical Computing , Statistics Without Borders , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Jason  Brinkley, American Institutes for Research 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Jason  Brinkley, American Institutes for Research 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							
                            8:35 AM
						 
						
							Bridging the Gap Between Statistics and Other Data Sciences: Where's the Bridge? Where's the Gap?  
						 
					 
					
						
							Panelists:
						 
						
						
							Edward  Boone, Virginia Commonwealth University Randy  Bartlett, Blue Sigma Analytics Mark  Lancaster, Northern Kentucky University Andrew  Ekstrom, University of Michigan - Dearborn Fred  Hulting, General Mills  
					 
				
	
		
			10:10 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			649 *  ! 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-319 
		 
	 
	
		
			Advances in Finite Mixture Modeling and Model-Based Clustering — Topic Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Organizer(s): Xuwen  Zhu, The University of Louisville 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Xuwen  Zhu, The University of Louisville 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							Doubly Smoothed MLE in Semiparametric Mixtures  
							— 
							 Byungtae  Seo, Sungkyunkwan University   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:55 AM 
						 
						
							A Novel Algorithm for Clustering of Data on the Unit Sphere via Mixture Models  
							— 
							 Hien  Nguyen, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:15 AM 
						 
						
							Merging K-Means Solutions for Clustering  
							— 
							 Semhar  Michael, South Dakota State University   ; Volodymyr  Melnykov, The University of Alabama 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							A Finite Mixture Model Approach to Regression Under Covariate Misclassification  
							— 
							 Jingyu  He   ; P. Richard Hahn, University of Chicago Booth School of Business ; Michelle  Xia, Northern Illinois University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:55 AM 
						 
						
							Model-Based Clustering of Big Data  
							— 
							 Paul  McNicholas, McMaster University   
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			12:15 PM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion 
		 
	 
	
	
		  
	 		
	
		  
	 		
	
		
					
						
			670 
			 
		 
		
			 Thu, 8/3/2017, 
				10:30 AM -
				12:20 PM  
		 
		
			
			CC-312 
		 
	 
	
		
			Statistical Computing in Data Science — Contributed Papers 
		 
	 
	
		
			 Section on Statistical Computing   , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts 
		 
	 
	
	
		
			Chair(s): Wenhao  Hu, North Carolina State University 
		 
	 
	
					
						
							10:35 AM 
						 
						
							What Is the the Best and Safest for Me? Data Science Methods Applied to Medical Products and Treatments  
							— 
							 Carolyn  Carroll, Stat Tech, Inc.   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							10:50 AM 
						 
						
							Automated Detection of Data Quality Anomalies in 3rd Party Administrative Data  
							— 
							 Thomas  George, Vidoori   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:05 AM 
						 
						
							Statistical Calculations Through Rational Arithmetic and Conversions  
							— 
							 Timothy  Hall, PQI Consulting   
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:20 AM 
						 
						
							Florida Public Hurricane Model - Estimation of Extreme Losses  
							— 
							 Florence  George, Florida International University   ; Sneh  Gulati, Florida International University ; Shahid  Hamid, Florida International University 
						 
					 				
				
					
						
							11:35 AM 
						 
						
							Trends and Volatility of Stock Prices Following Occurrence of Specific Technical Patterns  
							— 
							 James  Shine, US Army (retired)   ; James  Gentle, George Mason University ; Charles   Perry, USDA retired 
						 
					 				
				
	
		
			11:50 AM
		 
		
			Floor Discussion