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216485
Sun, 7/29/2018, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM F-Waterfront Ballroom B
IISA Executive Committee Business Meeting — Other ICW
International Indian Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Somnath Datta, University of Florida
 
 

141 * !
Mon, 7/30/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-West 306
Recent Advances in High-Dimensional Bayesian Model Selection — Invited Papers
International Indian Statistical Association, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science
Organizer(s): Naveen Naidu Narisetty, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Chair(s): Naveen Naidu Narisetty, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
10:35 AM Fully Bayesian Spectral Methods for Imaging Data
Presentation
Brian Reich, North Carolina State University; Joseph Guinness, NC State University; Simon Vandekar, University of Pennsylvania; Russell T Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania; Ana-Maria Staicu, NC State University
11:00 AM Neuronized Priors for A Unified Sparsity Inference
Presentation
Ismael Castillo, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6; Minsuk Shin, Harvard University
11:25 AM Statistical Properties of Variational Bayes
Presentation
Anirban Bhattacharya, Texas A&M University; Debdeep Pati, Texas A&M University; Yun Yang, Florida State University
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

218 * !
Mon, 7/30/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 213
Statistical Advances in the Design and Analysis of Sequence-Based Genetic Association Studies — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics, International Indian Statistical Association, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, SSC
Organizer(s): Debashree Ray, Johns Hopkins University
Chair(s): Haoyu Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
2:05 PM Statistical Issues in the Design and Analysis of Sequencing Studies
Presentation
Danyu Lin, University of North Carolina
2:30 PM Analysis of Quantitative Traits in Sequencing Studies with Outcome-Dependent Sampling
SAONLI BASU, University of Minnesota
2:55 PM Post-Selection Estimation and Testing Following Aggregated Association Tests
Presentation
Ruth Heller, Tel-Aviv University; Amit Meir, University of Washington; Nilanjan Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University
3:20 PM On the Design of Sequence-Based Case-Control Studies with External Controls
Debashree Ray, Johns Hopkins University; Pranav Yajnik, University of Michigan; Michael Lee Boehnke, University of Michigan
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

227 * !
Mon, 7/30/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 203
Bayesian Variable Selection and Shrinkage in Epidemiology Studies — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, International Indian Statistical Association, WNAR
Organizer(s): Jaya M Satagopan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Chair(s): Sujata M Patil, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2:05 PM A Bayesian Hierarchical Framework for Pathway Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Studies
Swati Biswas, University of Texas at Dallas; Lei Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas; Pankaj Choudhary, University of Texas at Dallas
2:25 PM A Default Prior for the Intercept Parameter in Logistic Regression
Presentation
Philip Boonstra, University of Michigan; Ananda Sen, University of Michigan
2:45 PM Dynamic Variable Selection with Spike-And-Slab Process Priors
Presentation
Kenichiro McAlinn, University of Chicago; Veronika Rockova, University of Chicago
3:05 PM Multiethnic Joint Analysis of Marginal SNP Effects
Presentation
David Conti, University of Southern California; Kan Wang, University of Southern California; Chris Haiman, University of Southern California; Paul Newcombe, MRC Biostatistics Unit
3:25 PM Penalized Shrinkage Estimation in Reduced-Rank Time-To-Event Data
Presentation
Ananda Sen, University of Michigan
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

216486
Mon, 7/30/2018, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CC-East 4
IISA General Body Meeting — Other ICW
International Indian Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Somnath Datta, University of Florida
 
 

327 * !
Tue, 7/31/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-West 215/216
Statistical Leadership: Insights from Experiences of Prominent Leaders — Invited Panel
Caucus for Women in Statistics, International Indian Statistical Association, Section on Statistical Consulting
Organizer(s): Vaneeta Kaur Grover, GlaxoSmithKline
Chair(s): Vaneeta Kaur Grover, GlaxoSmithKline
10:35 AM Statistical Leadership: Insights from Experiences of Prominent Leaders
Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3
Panelists: G. David Williamson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Charmaine B Dean, University of Waterloo
Bonnie LaFleur, HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.
William Brenneman, The Procter & Gamble Company
12:10 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

391 * !
Tue, 7/31/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 224
Statistical Advancements in Forestry, Ecology and Climate Modeling — Invited Papers
International Indian Statistical Association, Section on Statistics and the Environment, Section on Statistical Computing
Organizer(s): Abhi Datta, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Chair(s): Joshua Keller, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2:05 PM Hierarchical Spatial Model for Creating Global Maps of Plant Trait Distribution
Abhi Datta, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2:30 PM A Stochastic Generator of Global Monthly Wind Energy with Tukey G-and-H Autoregressive Processes
Marc G Genton, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Jaehong Jeong, KAUST; Yuan Yan, KAUST; Stefano Castruccio, University of Notre Dame
2:55 PM Bayesian Spatial Process Models for High-Dimensional Finite Population Sampling
Sudipto Banerjee, UCLA School of Public Health; Alec Goldstein-Chan, University of California Los Angeles
3:20 PM Large and Non-Stationary Spatial Fields: Quantifying Uncertainty in the Pattern Scaling of Climate Models
Douglas William Nychka, NCAR
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

464 !
Wed, 8/1/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-West 304/305
New Directions in Personalized Treatment Selection — Topic Contributed Papers
International Indian Statistical Association, ENAR, Biometrics Section
Organizer(s): Chathura Siriwardhana, University of Hawaii
Chair(s): Robert Lund, Clemson University
8:35 AM Multiplicity-Controlled Benefiting Subgroup Identification via Credible Subgroups
Patrick Schnell, Ohio State University; Qi Tang, Sanofi; Peter Müller, University of Texas Austin; Brad Carlin, University of Minnesota
8:55 AM Q-Learning with Missing Data
Presentation
Lin Dong, North Carolina State University; Eric Laber, North Carlina State University
9:15 AM A Probability Based Method for Selecting the Optimal Personalized Treatment from Multiple Treatments
Presentation
Karunarathna B Kulasekera, University of Louisville; Chathura Siriwardhana, University of Hawaii; Somnath Datta, University of Florida
9:35 AM Constructing Stabilized Dynamic Treatment Regimes
Presentation
Guanhua Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ruoqing Zhu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yingqi Zhao, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Yingye Zheng, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
9:55 AM Selection of the Optimal Personalized Treatment from Multiple Treatments with Multivariate Outcome Measures
Presentation
Somnath Datta, University of Florida; Chathura Siriwardhana, University of Hawaii; Karunarathna B Kulasekera, University of Louisville
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

567 * !
Wed, 8/1/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 211
Are We (Academia) Producing Leaders with Necessary Statistical Skills? — Invited Panel
Mu Sigma Rho, International Indian Statistical Association, Korean International Statistical Society
Organizer(s): Charles Eugene Smith, North Carolina State University
Chair(s): Charles Eugene Smith, North Carolina State University
2:05 PM Are We (Academia) Producing Leaders with Necessary Statistical Skills?
Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3
Panelists: Christine Franklin, Univ. of Georgia, American Statistical Association K-12 Ambassador,
Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University
Amarjot Kaur, Merck & Co.
Donsig Jang, NORC at the University of Chicago
Gang Li, Johnson & Johnson
3:40 PM Floor Discussion