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CC = Vancouver Convention Centre
F = Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver
* = applied session ! = JSM meeting theme
Activity Details
22 * !
Sun, 7/29/2018,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-West 210
The World of Data Analysis Professionals — Topic Contributed Papers
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Business Analytics/Statistics Education Interest Group
Organizer(s): Nancy Wang, Celerion
Chair(s): Nancy Wang, Celerion
2:05 PM
Bridge the Gap Between Statistician and Data Analysis Professionals
Presentation
Ming Li, Amazon
2:25 PM
Boost Your Analytical Power by Utilizing Text Data
Danielle Boree, Johnson & Johnson Vision
2:45 PM
Statistics at Consumer Reports
Presentation
Michael Saccucci, Consumer Reports
3:05 PM
Developing a Data Science Program; Challenges and Outcomes
Presentation
Mahbubul Majumder, University of Nebraska at Omaha
3:25 PM
Discussant: Greg Valin, Amgen, Inc
3:45 PM
Floor Discussion
28
Sun, 7/29/2018,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-West 208
SPEED: A Mixture of Topics in Health, Computing, and Imaging — Contributed Speed
Mental Health Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Statistics in Imaging , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, SSC, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Lu Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Poster Presentations
for this session.
2:05 PM
Remote Perconditioning Enhances Neuro Protection and Collateral Blood Flow During Ischemia in Distal Cerebral Ischemic Rat Model (MCAo) Through AMPK-ENOS Pathways
Presentation
Abdul Salam, Hamad Medical Corporation ; Aijaz Parray, Hamad Medical Corporation; yonglie Ma, University of Alberta ; Naveed Akhter, Hamamd Medical Corporation; Sajitha VP, Hamad Medical Corporation; Ruth Priyanka, Hamamd Medical Corporation; Ian Winship, University of Alberta; Nosheen Shahid, Hamamd Medical Corporation; Ashfaq Shuaib, University of Alberta
2:10 PM
Polynomial Based Approximate Probability Distributions
Chris Elrod, Baylor University ; James Stamey, Baylor University
2:15 PM
Measurement Reliability in Mental Health Research: Critical Implications for Research Design and Analysis
Alessandro De Nadai, Texas State University ; Marieke Visser, Texas State University
2:30 PM
Tailoring PCA for Detecting Sparse Changes in Multi-Stream Data
Presentation
Martin Tveten, University of Oslo ; Ingrid Kristine Glad, University of Oslo
2:35 PM
Ranked Sparsity Methods for Transparent Model Selection
Presentation
Ryan Andrew Peterson, University of Iowa ; Joseph Cavanaugh, University of Iowa
2:40 PM
Image-On-Image Regression: a Spatial Bayesian Latent Factor Model for Predicting Task-Evoked Brain Activity Using Task-Free MRI
Presentation
Cui Guo, University of Michigan
2:45 PM
Fusion of the Semiparametric Models and Network Measures in the Study of Brain Dynamic Functional Connectivity
Maria Kudela, Takeda Pharmaceuticals ; Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University Bloomington; Mario Dzemidzic, Indiana University School of Medicine; Brandon Oberlin, Indiana University School of Medicine; David A Kareken, Indiana University School of Medicine; Joaquin Goni, Purdue University
2:50 PM
Fast Generalised Linear Models in a Database
Presentation
Thomas Lumley, University of Auckland
3:00 PM
A Deep Learning Approach to the Estimation of Bias and Variance in HARDI
Presentation
Allison Hainline, Vanderbilt University ; Hakmook Kang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University
3:05 PM
Creating Counting Process Intervals with Ease
Presentation
Cynthia Crowson, Mayo Clinic ; Terry M Therneau, Mayo Clinic; Elizabeth J Atkinson, Mayo Clinic
3:10 PM
Multi-Scale Vecchia Approximation of Gaussian Processes
Presentation
Jingjie Zhang, Texas A&M University ; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University
84
Sun, 7/29/2018,
4:00 PM -
4:45 PM
CC-West Hall B
SPEED: A Mixture of Topics in Health, Computing, and Imaging — Contributed Poster Presentations
Mental Health Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Statistics in Imaging , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, SSC, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
Oral Presentations
for this session.
21:
Remote Perconditioning Enhances Neuro Protection and Collateral Blood Flow During Ischemia in Distal Cerebral Ischemic Rat Model (MCAo) Through AMPK-ENOS Pathways
Abdul Salam, Hamad Medical Corporation ; Aijaz Parray, Hamad Medical Corporation; yonglie Ma, University of Alberta ; Naveed Akhter, Hamamd Medical Corporation; Sajitha VP, Hamad Medical Corporation; Ruth Priyanka, Hamamd Medical Corporation; Ian Winship, University of Alberta; Nosheen Shahid, Hamamd Medical Corporation; Ashfaq Shuaib, University of Alberta
22:
Polynomial Based Approximate Probability Distributions
Chris Elrod, Baylor University ; James Stamey, Baylor University
23:
Measurement Reliability in Mental Health Research: Critical Implications for Research Design and Analysis
Alessandro De Nadai, Texas State University ; Marieke Visser, Texas State University
27:
Tailoring PCA for Detecting Sparse Changes in Multi-Stream Data
Martin Tveten, University of Oslo ; Ingrid Kristine Glad, University of Oslo
28:
Ranked Sparsity Methods for Transparent Model Selection
Ryan Andrew Peterson, University of Iowa ; Joseph Cavanaugh, University of Iowa
29:
Image-On-Image Regression: a Spatial Bayesian Latent Factor Model for Predicting Task-Evoked Brain Activity Using Task-Free MRI
Cui Guo, University of Michigan
30:
Fusion of the Semiparametric Models and Network Measures in the Study of Brain Dynamic Functional Connectivity
Maria Kudela, Takeda Pharmaceuticals ; Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University Bloomington; Mario Dzemidzic, Indiana University School of Medicine; Brandon Oberlin, Indiana University School of Medicine; David A Kareken, Indiana University School of Medicine; Joaquin Goni, Purdue University
31:
Fast Generalised Linear Models in a Database
Thomas Lumley, University of Auckland
32:
A Deep Learning Approach to the Estimation of Bias and Variance in HARDI
Allison Hainline, Vanderbilt University ; Hakmook Kang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University
33:
Creating Counting Process Intervals with Ease
Cynthia Crowson, Mayo Clinic ; Terry M Therneau, Mayo Clinic; Elizabeth J Atkinson, Mayo Clinic
34:
Multi-Scale Vecchia Approximation of Gaussian Processes
Jingjie Zhang, Texas A&M University ; Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University
Oral Presentations
for this session.
87
Sun, 7/29/2018,
8:30 PM -
10:30 PM
CC-West Hall B
Invited ePoster Session: a Statistical Smörgåsbord — Invited Poster Presentations
SSC , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Nonparametric Statistics, Biometrics Section, Section on Statistics and the Environment, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Section on Statistics in Imaging, WNAR, Social Statistics Section, Astrostatistics Special Interest Group, Biopharmaceutical Section, ENAR, Section on Risk Analysis, Section on Statistical Consulting
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
1:
The LISA 2020 Program to Build Statistics Capacity in Developing Countries
Eric Vance, LISA-University of Colorado Boulder
2:
Conditions for the Uniqueness, Finiteness, and Possible Location of the Maximum Likelihood Estimate with a Log Binomial Model
Gurbakhshash Singh, University of Calgary ; Gordon Hilton Fick, University of Calgary
3:
Two Mixture-Based Clustering Approaches: Modeling an Automobile Insurance Portfolio
Tatjana Miljkovic, Miami University ; Daniel Fernandez, Victoria University of Wellington
4:
An Expectation Conditional Maximization Approach for Gaussian Graphical Models
Zehang Li, University of Washington ; Tyler McCormick, University of Washington
5:
A Bayesian Model for Multivariate Micro-Level Insurance Claims
Marie-Pier Côté, Universite Laval ; Christian Genest, McGill University; David A Stephens, McGill University
6:
Deep Learning for Statistical Inference in Infectious Disease Systems
Rob Deardon, University of Calgary ; Carolyn Augusta, University of Guelph; Graham Taylor, University of Guelph
7:
Flexible Accelerated Failure Time Model in Survival Analysis
Menglan Pang, McGill University ; Michal Abrahamowicz, McGill University; Robert W Platt, McGill University
8:
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Children and Adolescents' Emergency Department Use for Mental Health Reasons in Alberta, Canada
Michelle Thiessen, Simon Fraser University ; Joan Hu, Simon Fraser University; Rhonda J. Rosychuk, University of Alberta
9:
Approximate Bayesian Computation with Complex High-Dimensional Data and Limited Simulations
Taylor Gene Pospisil, Carnegie Mellon University
10:
Zero Counts in Single Cell RNA-Seq Data
Zhijin Wu, Brown University
11:
Quasi-Oracle Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
Xinkun Nie, Stanford University ; Stefan Wager, Stanford University
12:
Estimation of Fire Duration Distribution with Missing Start Time
Yi Xiong, Simon Fraser University ; John Braun, University of British Columbia ; Joan Hu, Simon Fraser University
13:
Bayesian Nonparametric Hierarchical Models for Lightcurve Classification and Observation Decisions
David Edward Jones, Duke University and SAMSI ; Sujit Ghosh, North Carolina State Univ.; Ana-Maria Staicu, NC State University; Ashish Mahabal, Caltech
14:
Approximate Bayesian Computation for the Stellar Initial Mass Function
Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, Yale University ; Chad Schafer, Carnegie Mellon University; Grant Weller, Savvysherpa; David Hogg, New York University
15:
A Novel Bayesian Framework to Probe Closed Box Nature of Galaxy Clusters
Arya Farahi, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
16:
Statistical Approaches to Decreasing the Discrepancy of Non-Detects in QPCR Data
Love Tanzy, University of Rochester Medical Center ; Matthew N. McCall, University of Rochester Medical Center
17:
Generalized Statistical Inference for Astrophysical Discoveries
Sara Algeri, Imperial College London ; David A van Dyk, Imperial College London; Jan Conrad, Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics
18:
Nonparametric Causal Effects Based on Incremental Propensity Score Interventions
Edward Kennedy, Carnegie Mellon University ; Matteo Bonvini, Carnegie Mellon University
19:
Addressing Overfitting in Mixtures of Factor Analyzers
Jeffrey L Andrews, University of British Columbia Okanagan
20:
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Environmental Health Risk
Renjun Ma, University of New Brunswick ; Edward Hughes, Edward Hughes Consulting
21:
Probabilistic Partial Least Squares Regression Applied to Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Compositional Data
Peter A Tait, McMaster Univeristy ; Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
22:
Detection of Trend Onset in Environmental Time Series
Ying Zhang, Acadia University
23:
The Analysis of Face Perception MEG and EEG Data Using a Potts-Mixture Spatiotemporal Joint Model
Yin Song, University of Victoria ; Farouk Nathoo; Arif Babul, University of Victoria
24:
Infere
Steven Cumming, Université Laval
25:
Functional Partial Linear Quantile Regression Based on Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Peng Liu, University of Alberta ; Linglong KONG, University of Alberta; Bei JIANG, University of Alberta; Nan Zhang, Fudan University; Jianhua Z. Huang, Texas A&M University
26:
Gaussian Process Regression with Large Data Sets: Has the Problem Been Solved?
Sonja Surjanovic, University of British Columbia ; William Welch, University of British Columbia
27:
Sparse Estimation for Functional Semiparametric Additive Model
Peijun Sang, Simon Fraser University ; Richard Lockhart, Simon Fraser University; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University
28:
Analysis of Paired Binary Data Subject to Misclassification Using a Random Effect Model
Hua Shen, University of Calgary ; Richard John Cook, University of Waterloo
29:
A Grouped Weighted Quantile Regression Approach to Modeling Environmental Chemical Mixtures and Childhood Leukemia Risk
David C. Wheeler, Virginia Commonwealth University
30:
Efficient Robust Doubly Adaptive Regularized Regression with Application to fMRI Data
Wei Tu, University of Alberta
31:
A Model-Based Clustering to Identify Disease-Associated SNPs
Li Xing, University of Victoria ; Xuekui Zhang, University of Victoria; Yan Xu, University of Victoria; Weiliang Qiu, Brigham and Women's Hosptial/Harvard Medical School
32:
The Consequences of Requiring 'Greater Statistical Stringency' for Scientific Publication
Harlan Campbell, University of British Columbia ; Paul Gustafson, University of British Columbia
33:
Mixtures of Contaminated Shifted Asymmetric Laplace Factor Analyzers
Brian C Franczak, MacEwan University
34:
Uncertainty Quantification of Stochastic Computer Model for Binary Black Hole Formation
Luyao Lin, Simon Fraser University ; Jim Barrett, University of Birmingham; Derek Bingham, Simon Fraser University; Ilya Mandel, University of Birmingham
35:
Network Meta-Analysis of Disconnected Networks: How Dangerous Are Random Baseline Treatment Effects?
Audrey Béliveau, University of Waterloo ; Sarah Goring, SMG Outcomes Research; Robert W Platt, McGill University; Paul Gustafson, University of British Columbia
36:
Nonparametric Measures of Local Causality and Tests of Local Non-Causality in Time Series
Felix Camirand Lemyre, School of mathematics and statistics, University of Melbourne ; Taoufik Bouezmarni, Université de Sherbrooke; Jean-François Quessy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
37:
Sparse Functional Principal Component Analysis in a New Regression Framework
YUNLONG NIE, Simon Fraser University ; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University
38:
Inference of Introgressive Hybridization in Anopheles Mosquito Genomes
Jingxue(Grace) Feng, Simon Fraser University ; Liangliang Wang, Simon Fraser University; Cedric Chauve, Simon Fraser University
39:
Statistical Methods for Addressing Missing Data in HIV/AIDS Surveillance Systems
Sahar Zangeneh, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Ying Qing Chen, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Deborah Donnell, Fred Hutch
40:
Latent Mixtures of Functions to Characterize the Complex Exposure Relationships of Pesticides on Cancer Incidence
Sung Duk Kim, National Cancer Institute ; Paul S Albert, National Cancer Institute
104 !
Mon, 7/30/2018,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-West 110
Visualization and Reproducibility - Challenges and Best Practices — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Graphics , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing, SSC
Organizer(s): Wendy L Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): John L. Eltinge, United States Census Bureau
8:35 AM
EDA: A Historical Perspective and a Path Forward
Dianne Cook, Monash University
9:05 AM
The Extended Reproducibility Phenotype - Interactive Graphics Edition
Gabriel Becker, Genentech Research ; Vivek Ramaswamy, Genentech Research; Nolan Nichols, Genentech Research; Altaf Kassam, Genentech Research; Dinakar Kulkarni, Genentech Research
9:35 AM
A Unified Approach to Exploration, Authoring, and Communication with Reproducible Visualizations
Nils Gehlenborg, Harvard Medical School
10:05 AM
Floor Discussion
117 * !
Mon, 7/30/2018,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-West 118
Four Decades of Statistical Consulting — Topic Contributed Panel
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Biopharmaceutical Section, Section on Statistical Consulting, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Organizer(s): Kent Koprowicz, Axio Research LLC
Chair(s): Vipin Arora, Eli Lilly and Company
8:35 AM
Four Decades of Statistical Consulting
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3
Presentation 4
Panelists:
Kent Koprowicz, Axio Research LLC Steve Kirby, Covance Inc. Natasa Rajicic, Cytel Inc. Lisa Weissfeld, Statistics Collaborative
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
119
Mon, 7/30/2018,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-West 213
SPEED: Government and Health Policy — Contributed Speed
Health Policy Statistics Section , Government Statistics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Mojca Bavdaz, University of Ljubljana
Poster Presentations
for this session.
8:35 AM
DataSifter: Statistical Obfuscation of Electronic Health Record and Other Sensitive Data Sets
Nina Zhou, University of Michigan ; Simeone Marino, Statistics Online Computational Resource, University of Michigan; Lu Wang, University of Michigan; Yiwang Zhou, University of Michigan; Ivo Dinov, Statistics Online Computational Resource, University of Michigan
8:40 AM
Deep Learning on Small Data - Experiences in Transfer Learning for Healthcare
Presentation
Dennis Murphree
8:45 AM
Doing More with Less - Eliminating the Long Survey Forms from the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey
Presentation
Carrie K. Jones, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:00 AM
Statistically Supporting Health Policy Decision-Making
Presentation
Frank Yoon, IBM Watson Health
9:05 AM
Intravenous Fluid Treatments for Ebola Patients: The Risk and the Reward
Presentation
Derrick Yam, Brown University ; Tao Liu, Brown University; Adam Levine, Brown University; Adam Aluisio, Brown University; Shiromi Peters, International Medical Corps; Suzanne Averill, International Medical Corps; Stephen Kennedy, Ministry of Health, Liberia; Fodey Sahr, Sierra Leone Ministry of Defence; Jillian Peters, Brown University; Daniel Cho, Brown University
9:10 AM
Comparison of Methods for Predicting High-Cost Patients Captured Within the Oncology Care Model (OCM): a Simulation Study
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Jung-Yi Lin, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ; Wei Zhang, UALR; Mark Liu, Mount Sinai Health System; Mark Sanderson, Mount Sinai Health System; Luis Isola, Mount Sinai Health System; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Liangyuan Hu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:15 AM
Intervening on the Data to Improve the Performance of Health Plan Payment Methods
Presentation
Savannah Bergquist, Harvard University ; Tim Layton, Harvard Medical School; Tom McGuire, Harvard Medical School; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School
9:20 AM
Developing and Evaluating Methods for Estimating Race/Ethnicity in an Incomplete Dataset Using Address, Surname and Family Race
Presentation
Gabriella Christine Silva, Brown University ; Roee Gutman, Brown University
9:30 AM
Can Post-Stratification Weighting Eliminate the Need for Additional Weights Adjustments?
Chrishelle Lawrence, U.S. Energy Information Administration
9:35 AM
Open Data Sharing and Its Statistical Limitations
Presentation
Pooja Iyer, RTI International ; Barbara Do, RTI International
9:40 AM
Predictors of Hospitalization During a Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Stay
Presentation
Fei Han, The Hilltop Institute ; Ian Stockwell, The Hilltop Institute
9:45 AM
Comparison of Treatment Policies Using Bayesian Nonparametric G-Formula
Presentation
Yizhen Xu, Brown University ; Tao Liu, Brown University; Rami Kantor, Brown University; Joseph W Hogan, Brown University School of Public Health
9:50 AM
Optimal Matching Approaches in Health Policy Evaluations Under Rolling Enrollment
Presentation
Jonathan Gellar, Mathematica Policy Research ; Jiaqi Li, Mathematica Policy Research; Lauren Vollmer, Mathematica Policy Research
9:55 AM
Assessing Health Care Interventions via an Interrupted Time Series Model: Study Power and Design Considerations
Presentation
Maricela Cruz, University of California, Irvine ; Miriam Bender, University of California, Irvine; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine; Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
10:00 AM
Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence: a Better Parallel Trends Test
Presentation
Alyssa Bilinski, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ; Laura Hatfield, Harvard Medical School
10:05 AM
New Applications of Machine Learning to Estimating Large Physician Demand Models
Presentation
Bryan Sayer, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. ; William Encinosa, Agency for Health Care Quality and Research
10:10 AM
On Utilizing Published Prevalence Estimates to Perform Difference-In-Difference Tests: Testing the Impact of Recreational Marijuana Laws
Presentation
Christine Mauro, Columbia University ; Chen Chen, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Silvia Martins, Columbia University; Magda Cerdá, University of California, Davis; Melanie M. Wall, Columbia University
10:15 AM
Community Detection with Dependent Connectivity
Yubai Yuan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
197
Mon, 7/30/2018,
10:30 AM -
11:15 AM
CC-West Hall B
SPEED: Government and Health Policy — Contributed Poster Presentations
Health Policy Statistics Section , Government Statistics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
Oral Presentations
for this session.
21:
DataSifter: Statistical Obfuscation of Electronic Health Record and Other Sensitive Data Sets
Nina Zhou, University of Michigan ; Simeone Marino, Statistics Online Computational Resource, University of Michigan; Lu Wang, University of Michigan; Yiwang Zhou, University of Michigan; Ivo Dinov, Statistics Online Computational Resource, University of Michigan
22:
Deep Learning on Small Data - Experiences in Transfer Learning for Healthcare
Dennis Murphree
23:
Doing More with Less - Eliminating the Long Survey Forms from the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey
Carrie K. Jones, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
26:
Statistically Supporting Health Policy Decision-Making
Frank Yoon, IBM Watson Health
27:
Intravenous Fluid Treatments for Ebola Patients: The Risk and the Reward
Derrick Yam, Brown University ; Tao Liu, Brown University; Adam Levine, Brown University; Adam Aluisio, Brown University; Shiromi Peters, International Medical Corps; Suzanne Averill, International Medical Corps; Stephen Kennedy, Ministry of Health, Liberia; Fodey Sahr, Sierra Leone Ministry of Defence; Jillian Peters, Brown University; Daniel Cho, Brown University
28:
Comparison of Methods for Predicting High-Cost Patients Captured Within the Oncology Care Model (OCM): a Simulation Study
Jung-Yi Lin, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ; Wei Zhang, UALR; Mark Liu, Mount Sinai Health System; Mark Sanderson, Mount Sinai Health System; Luis Isola, Mount Sinai Health System; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Liangyuan Hu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
29:
Intervening on the Data to Improve the Performance of Health Plan Payment Methods
Savannah Bergquist, Harvard University ; Tim Layton, Harvard Medical School; Tom McGuire, Harvard Medical School; Sherri Rose, Harvard Medical School
30:
Developing and Evaluating Methods for Estimating Race/Ethnicity in an Incomplete Dataset Using Address, Surname and Family Race
Gabriella Christine Silva, Brown University ; Roee Gutman, Brown University
31:
Can Post-Stratification Weighting Eliminate the Need for Additional Weights Adjustments?
Chrishelle Lawrence, U.S. Energy Information Administration
32:
Open Data Sharing and Its Statistical Limitations
Pooja Iyer, RTI International ; Barbara Do, RTI International
33:
Predictors of Hospitalization During a Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Stay
Fei Han, The Hilltop Institute ; Ian Stockwell, The Hilltop Institute
34:
Comparison of Treatment Policies Using Bayesian Nonparametric G-Formula
Yizhen Xu, Brown University ; Tao Liu, Brown University; Rami Kantor, Brown University; Joseph W Hogan, Brown University School of Public Health
35:
Optimal Matching Approaches in Health Policy Evaluations Under Rolling Enrollment
Jonathan Gellar, Mathematica Policy Research ; Jiaqi Li, Mathematica Policy Research; Lauren Vollmer, Mathematica Policy Research
36:
Assessing Health Care Interventions via an Interrupted Time Series Model: Study Power and Design Considerations
Maricela Cruz, University of California, Irvine ; Miriam Bender, University of California, Irvine; Daniel L. Gillen, University of California, Irvine; Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
37:
Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence: a Better Parallel Trends Test
Alyssa Bilinski, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ; Laura Hatfield, Harvard Medical School
38:
New Applications of Machine Learning to Estimating Large Physician Demand Models
Bryan Sayer, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. ; William Encinosa, Agency for Health Care Quality and Research
39:
On Utilizing Published Prevalence Estimates to Perform Difference-In-Difference Tests: Testing the Impact of Recreational Marijuana Laws
Christine Mauro, Columbia University ; Chen Chen, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Silvia Martins, Columbia University; Magda Cerdá, University of California, Davis; Melanie M. Wall, Columbia University
40:
Community Detection with Dependent Connectivity
Yubai Yuan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Oral Presentations
for this session.
283 * !
Tue, 7/31/2018,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-West 118
Transforming of Statistical Programmers and Analysts: Past, Current and Future — Invited Panel
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Biopharmaceutical Section
Organizer(s): Kuolung Hu, Amgen
Chair(s): William Coar, Axio Research
8:35 AM
Transforming of Statistical Programmers and Analysts: Past, Current, and Future
Panelists:
Wenyun Ji, Amgen Satha Thill, Abbvie Melvin Munsaka, AbbVie, Inc.
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
342
Tue, 7/31/2018,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-West 209
SPEED: Sports to Fire: Fascinating Applications of Statistics — Contributed Speed
Section on Statistics in Sports , SSC , Section on Statistics in Imaging, Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Consulting, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Statistical Auditing Interest Group, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Bo Chen, University of Toronto
Poster Presentations
for this session.
10:35 AM
Claim-Level Models Using Statistical Learning Techniques and Risk Analysis
Presentation
Mathieu Pigeon, Université du Québec à Montréal ; Francis Duval, Université du Québec à Montréal
10:40 AM
Beach Volleyball Team Optimization
Presentation
Matthew Oehler, BYU
10:45 AM
Distributions of Time to First Spot Fire
Presentation
Trevor Thomson, Simon Fraser University
10:50 AM
Rao-Blackwellizing Field Goal Percentage in the NBA
Presentation
Daniel Daly-Grafstein, Simon Fraser University ; Luke Bornn, Sacramento Kings and Simon Fraser University
10:55 AM
Estimating Attendance at Non-Ticketed Non-Gated Events
Presentation
Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University
11:10 AM
Teaching Statistics Graduate Students the Importance of Reproducible Research
Presentation
Kristen McQuerry, University of Kentucky
11:15 AM
Shared and Study-Specific Dietary Patterns: a Novel Approach to Replicability and Validity
Roberta De Vito ; Carlo La Vecchia, Università degli Studi di Milano; Giovanni Parmigiani , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Valeria Edefonti, Università degli Studi di Milano
11:20 AM
Statistical Ethics and Challenging Substantial Errors in Statistical Methods and Results in a Prominent Peer Reviewed Economics Journal
Chris Barker, Statistical Planning and Analysis Services, Inc.
11:30 AM
To Bet or Not to Bet - the Modified Kelly Criteria
Presentation
Dani Chu, SFU Sports Analytics Club ; Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University
11:35 AM
The Home Run Spike of MLB 2017: Drop in Quality of Pitch (QOP) Is a Missing Factor
Presentation
Jason Wilson, Biola University
11:40 AM
An Application of Machine Learning for 3D IC Defect Detection
Presentation
Meihui Guo, National Sun Yat-Sen University ; Yu-Jung Huang, I-Shou University
11:50 AM
The Simple Story of Advanced NBA Metrics
Zach Fulker, University of Pittsburgh ; Tyler Folta, University of Pittsburgh; Lucas Mentch, University of Pittsburgh
11:55 AM
Application of Email Spam Filtering Algorithms to SMS Data
Presentation
Yishu Xue, University Of Connecticut
12:00 PM
MLB Rule IV Draft: Valuing Draft Pick Slots
Presentation
Anthony Cacchione, City College of New York
12:05 PM
Assessing the Impact of Practice Restriction Rules on Injury Rates in the National Football League (NFL)
Presentation
Zachary Binney, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University ; Cecile Janssens, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Kyle E Hammond, Emory University School of Medicine; Mitchel Klein, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Michael Goodman, Emory University
390 * !
Tue, 7/31/2018,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-West Ballroom A
Accessing Resources from the Web in Data Analysis — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Computing , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science
Organizer(s): Jennifer Bryan, RStudio, University of British Columbia
Chair(s): Jennifer Bryan, RStudio, University of British Columbia
2:05 PM
Harnessing the Power of the Web via R Clients for Web APIs
Lucy D'Agostino McGowan, Vanderbilt University
2:30 PM
What You Can, Can't, and Shouldn't Do with Social Media Data
Presentation
Rachael Tatman, --
2:55 PM
Writing Useful and Maintainable Client Libraries
Craig Citro, Google, Inc
3:20 PM
Harnessing the Power of Open Data on the Web
Presentation
Scott Chamberlain, University of California, Berkeley
3:45 PM
Floor Discussion
435
Tue, 7/31/2018,
3:05 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-West Hall B
SPEED: Sports to Fire: Fascinating Applications of Statistics — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Statistics in Sports , SSC , Section on Statistics in Imaging, Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Consulting, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Statistical Auditing Interest Group, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
Oral Presentations
for this session.
1:
Claim-Level Models Using Statistical Learning Techniques and Risk Analysis
Mathieu Pigeon, Université du Québec à Montréal ; Francis Duval, Université du Québec à Montréal
2:
Beach Volleyball Team Optimization
Matthew Oehler, BYU
3:
Distributions of Time to First Spot Fire
Trevor Thomson, Simon Fraser University
4:
Rao-Blackwellizing Field Goal Percentage in the NBA
Daniel Daly-Grafstein, Simon Fraser University ; Luke Bornn, Sacramento Kings and Simon Fraser University
5:
Estimating Attendance at Non-Ticketed Non-Gated Events
Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University
8:
Teaching Statistics Graduate Students the Importance of Reproducible Research
Kristen McQuerry, University of Kentucky
9:
Shared and Study-Specific Dietary Patterns: a Novel Approach to Replicability and Validity
Roberta De Vito ; Carlo La Vecchia, Università degli Studi di Milano; Giovanni Parmigiani , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Valeria Edefonti, Università degli Studi di Milano
10:
Statistical Ethics and Challenging Substantial Errors in Statistical Methods and Results in a Prominent Peer Reviewed Economics Journal
Chris Barker, Statistical Planning and Analysis Services, Inc.
11:
To Bet or Not to Bet - the Modified Kelly Criteria
Dani Chu, SFU Sports Analytics Club ; Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University
12:
The Home Run Spike of MLB 2017: Drop in Quality of Pitch (QOP) Is a Missing Factor
Jason Wilson, Biola University
13:
An Application of Machine Learning for 3D IC Defect Detection
Meihui Guo, National Sun Yat-Sen University ; Yu-Jung Huang, I-Shou University
15:
The Simple Story of Advanced NBA Metrics
Zach Fulker, University of Pittsburgh ; Tyler Folta, University of Pittsburgh; Lucas Mentch, University of Pittsburgh
16:
Application of Email Spam Filtering Algorithms to SMS Data
Yishu Xue, University Of Connecticut
17:
MLB Rule IV Draft: Valuing Draft Pick Slots
Anthony Cacchione, City College of New York
18:
Assessing the Impact of Practice Restriction Rules on Injury Rates in the National Football League (NFL)
Zachary Binney, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University ; Cecile Janssens, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Kyle E Hammond, Emory University School of Medicine; Mitchel Klein, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Michael Goodman, Emory University
Oral Presentations
for this session.
474
Wed, 8/1/2018,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-West 209
SPEED: Infectious Disease, Environmental Epidemiology, and Diet — Contributed Speed
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Biometrics Section, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Kathleen Jablonski, George Washington University
Poster Presentations
for this session.
8:35 AM
A Weighted Kernel Machine Regression Approach to Environmental Pollutants and Infertility
Presentation
Zhen Chen, NICHD/NIH ; Wei Zhang, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD; Aiyi Liu, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD; Germaine Buck Louis, George Mason University
8:40 AM
Multi-Frame Sampling Design for WTCHR
Sukhminder Osahan, NYC DOHMH
8:45 AM
Application of Principal Components Analysis to Urine Metal and Metalloid Exposures in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Data
Po-Yung Cheng, CDC ; Robert L Jones, CDC; Kathleen L Caldwell, CDC
8:50 AM
Statistical Approaches to Assess Early Life Exposure to Complex Mixtures and Associations with Latent Patterns of Neurodevelopmental Trajectories
Presentation
Shelley H. Liu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Robert Wright, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
8:55 AM
A Data-Driven Approach for Assessing the Risk of Dengue Transmission Using High-Resolution Weather Data
Presentation
Chathurika Hettiarachchige, IBM Research - Australia ; Roslyn Hickson, IBM Research - Australia; Stefan von Cavallar, IBM Research - Australia; Timothy Lynar, IBM Research - Australia; Manoj Gambhir, IBM Research - Australia
9:00 AM
Trends of Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations, United States, 2010-2016
Presentation
Pengjun Lu, CDC/NCIRD/ISD/AB ; Mei-Chuan Hung, CDC; Alissa O'Halloran, CDC; Helen Ding, CDC; Walter Williams, CDC; James Singleton , CDC
9:05 AM
Longitudinal Regression Trees: An Application to Environmental Exposure and Growth
Brianna Heggeseth, Macalester College ; Anna Neufeld, Williams College
9:10 AM
Modeling Vertical Transmission of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Foxhounds in the United States
Presentation
Marie Ozanne, University of Iowa
9:15 AM
Comparison Between HIV Routine Testing Data and Sentinel Surveillance Data
Ben Sheng, Pennsylvania State University ; Jeffrey Eaton, Imperial College London; Kimberly Marsh, UNAIDS; Mary Mahy, UNAIDS; Le Le Bao, Penn State University
9:20 AM
Estimating Efficacies of Supplementary Immunization Activities via Discrete Time Modeling of Disease Incidence Time Series
Presentation
Qi Dong, University of Washington ; Jon Wakefield, Univ of Washington; Kevin McCarthy, Institute for Disease Modeling; Niket Thakkar, Institute for Disease Modeling; Kurt Frey, Institute for Disease Modeling
9:30 AM
Causal Inference for Infectious Disease Interventions in Networks
Presentation
Xiaoxuan Cai, Yale University ; Forrest W Crawford, Yale School of Public Health
9:35 AM
Online Sequential Monitoring of Disease Incidence Rates with an Application to the Florida Influenza-Like Illness Data
Presentation
Kai Yang, University of Florida ; Peihua Qiu, University of Florida
9:40 AM
Incidence, Latency, and Survival of Cancer After World Trade Center Exposure: Implementing a Large Epidemiologic Study Involving Many Data Sources
Presentation
Charles B Hall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine ; Rachel Zeig-Owens, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Amy R. Kahn, Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health; James Cone, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Jiehui Li, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Mark Farfel, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Robert Brackbill, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Paolo Boffetta, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:45 AM
Estimation of Outcome Trajectory Using Inverse Probability of Censoring Weighting When Data Are Missing Not at Random
Dustin Rabideau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Constantin T. Yiannoutsos, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health; Ronald J. Bosch, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Judith Lok, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
9:50 AM
Impact of Distance Calculation Methods on Geospatial Analysis of Healthcare Access
Presentation
Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University ; Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University
9:55 AM
Creating a Composite Score for Physical Activity Using Shape Constrained Additive Model
Eli Kravitz, Texas A&M Statistics ; Raymond J. Carroll, Texas A & M University; Sarah Keadle, California Polytechnic State University
10:00 AM
Supervised Robust Profile Clustering
Presentation
Briana Stephenson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Amy H Herring, Duke University Statistical Science; Andrew Olshan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:05 AM
On the Impact of Empty Clusters in Transgenerational Studies
Presentation
Glen McGee, Harvard University ; Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Columbia University; Marc Weisskopf, Harvard University; Sebastien Haneuse, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
502 * !
Wed, 8/1/2018,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-West 118
Choose Your Own Adventure: Next Steps in a Programming/Analysis Career — Invited Panel
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Committee on Applied Statisticians, Stats. Partnerships Among Academe Indust. & Govt. Committee
Organizer(s): Michael Carniello, Astellas Pharma
Chair(s): Tim Hesterberg, Google
10:35 AM
Choose Your Own Adventure: Next Steps in a Programming/Analysis Career
Panelists:
Hannah L Palac, AbbVie, Inc. Jody Dyan Ciolino, Northwestern University Jonathan Lisic, Cigna
12:10 PM
Floor Discussion
537
Wed, 8/1/2018,
10:30 AM -
11:15 AM
CC-West Hall B
SPEED: Infectious Disease, Environmental Epidemiology, and Diet — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Biometrics Section, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
Oral Presentations
for this session.
1:
A Weighted Kernel Machine Regression Approach to Environmental Pollutants and Infertility
Zhen Chen, NICHD/NIH ; Wei Zhang, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD; Aiyi Liu, BBB/DIPHR/NICHD; Germaine Buck Louis, George Mason University
2:
Multi-Frame Sampling Design for WTCHR
Sukhminder Osahan, NYC DOHMH
3:
Application of Principal Components Analysis to Urine Metal and Metalloid Exposures in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Data
Po-Yung Cheng, CDC ; Robert L Jones, CDC; Kathleen L Caldwell, CDC
4:
Statistical Approaches to Assess Early Life Exposure to Complex Mixtures and Associations with Latent Patterns of Neurodevelopmental Trajectories
Shelley H. Liu, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Robert Wright, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
5:
A Data-Driven Approach for Assessing the Risk of Dengue Transmission Using High-Resolution Weather Data
Chathurika Hettiarachchige, IBM Research - Australia ; Roslyn Hickson, IBM Research - Australia; Stefan von Cavallar, IBM Research - Australia; Timothy Lynar, IBM Research - Australia; Manoj Gambhir, IBM Research - Australia
6:
Trends of Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adult Populations, United States, 2010-2016
Pengjun Lu, CDC/NCIRD/ISD/AB ; Mei-Chuan Hung, CDC; Alissa O'Halloran, CDC; Helen Ding, CDC; Walter Williams, CDC; James Singleton , CDC
7:
Longitudinal Regression Trees: An Application to Environmental Exposure and Growth
Brianna Heggeseth, Macalester College ; Anna Neufeld, Williams College
8:
Modeling Vertical Transmission of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Foxhounds in the United States
Marie Ozanne, University of Iowa
9:
Comparison Between HIV Routine Testing Data and Sentinel Surveillance Data
Ben Sheng, Pennsylvania State University ; Jeffrey Eaton, Imperial College London; Kimberly Marsh, UNAIDS; Mary Mahy, UNAIDS; Le Le Bao, Penn State University
10:
Estimating Efficacies of Supplementary Immunization Activities via Discrete Time Modeling of Disease Incidence Time Series
Qi Dong, University of Washington ; Jon Wakefield, Univ of Washington; Kevin McCarthy, Institute for Disease Modeling; Niket Thakkar, Institute for Disease Modeling; Kurt Frey, Institute for Disease Modeling
11:
Causal Inference for Infectious Disease Interventions in Networks
Xiaoxuan Cai, Yale University ; Forrest W Crawford, Yale School of Public Health
12:
Online Sequential Monitoring of Disease Incidence Rates with an Application to the Florida Influenza-Like Illness Data
Kai Yang, University of Florida ; Peihua Qiu, University of Florida
13:
Incidence, Latency, and Survival of Cancer After World Trade Center Exposure: Implementing a Large Epidemiologic Study Involving Many Data Sources
Charles B Hall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine ; Rachel Zeig-Owens, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Amy R. Kahn, Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health; James Cone, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Jiehui Li, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Mark Farfel, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Robert Brackbill, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Paolo Boffetta, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
14:
Estimation of Outcome Trajectory Using Inverse Probability of Censoring Weighting When Data Are Missing Not at Random
Dustin Rabideau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Constantin T. Yiannoutsos, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health; Ronald J. Bosch, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Judith Lok, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
15:
Impact of Distance Calculation Methods on Geospatial Analysis of Healthcare Access
Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University ; Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University
16:
Creating a Composite Score for Physical Activity Using Shape Constrained Additive Model
Eli Kravitz, Texas A&M Statistics ; Raymond J. Carroll, Texas A & M University; Sarah Keadle, California Polytechnic State University
17:
Supervised Robust Profile Clustering
Briana Stephenson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Amy H Herring, Duke University Statistical Science; Andrew Olshan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18:
On the Impact of Empty Clusters in Transgenerational Studies
Glen McGee, Harvard University ; Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Columbia University; Marc Weisskopf, Harvard University; Sebastien Haneuse, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Brent A. Coull, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Oral Presentations
for this session.
610 * !
Thu, 8/2/2018,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-West 118
Collaborative Biostatistics: Finding a Happy Medium in Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice — Invited Panel
Section on Statistical Graphics , Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section on Statistical Consulting, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts, SSC
Organizer(s): Joseph Rigdon, Stanford University
Chair(s): Summer Han, Stanford University
8:35 AM
Collaborative Biostatistics: Finding a Happy Medium in Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3
Panelists:
Manisha Desai, Stanford University Christopher Lindsell, Vanderbilt University Phillip Schulte, Mayo Clinic Susan Halabi, Duke University Leah Welty, Northwestern University Mi-Ok Kim, University of California San Francisco
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
644 * !
Thu, 8/2/2018,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-West 211
Statistical Computing on Parallel Architectures — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts, SSC
Organizer(s): George Ostrouchov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chair(s): Norman Matloff, University of California at Davis
10:35 AM
Success with OpenMP in R Package Data.table
Matt Dowle, H2O.ai
10:55 AM
Deferred Evaluation for Scalable Computing in R
Presentation
Michael Lawrence, Genentech
11:15 AM
The pbdR Project: Distributed Computing with R
Wei-Chen Chen, FDA/CDRH ; Drew Schmidt, ORNL; George Ostrouchov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:35 AM
Automatic Parallelization of R Code
Presentation
Clark Fitzgerald, University of California, Davis
11:55 AM
Discussant: George Ostrouchov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12:15 PM
Floor Discussion
668 * !
Thu, 8/2/2018,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-West 112
Best Practices for Programming and Analysis — Contributed Papers
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Section on Statistical Computing
Chair(s): Ying Su
10:35 AM
Adapr: An R Package for an Accountable Data Analysis Process
Jonathan Gelfond, University of Texas Health San Antonio ; Martin Goros, UT Health San Antonio; Brian Hernandez, UT Health San Antonio; Alex Bokov, UT Health San Antonio
10:50 AM
Three Little Models and the Big Bad Data: a Three-Model Approach to Causal Analysis with Observational Clinical Data
Presentation
Kayla Nowak, RTI International ; Tracy Nolen, RTI International
11:05 AM
Detoxing Toxicity Analysis: Creating Analysis-Ready One-Proc Away ADLB
Presentation
Ilya Krivelevich, Eisai ; Ran Xie, Eisai Inc; Simon Lin, Eisai Inc
11:20 AM
Leveraging "Medium-Sized" Data for Statistical Inference and Model Estimation of Data Gaps in International Energy Statistics Using R
Glendon Haynes, Energy Information Administration
11:35 AM
Bayesian Reversible-Jump Sequential Variable Selection Methodology for High-Dimensional Arrays of Paired Predictors, with Application in Assessing Added-Value in Proteomics Data.
Presentation
Bart Mertens, Leiden University Medical Centre ; Alexia Kakourou, Leiden University Medical Centre
11:50 AM
Statistical Quantification of Colocalization via Optimal Transport
Presentation
Carla Tameling, Department for Mathematics and Computer Science ; Axel Munk, University of Goettingen; Stefan Jakobs, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen; Stefan Stoldt, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen
12:05 PM
Automation of Multiprocessor Optimization in SAFAL
Babubhai Shah, SAFAL Institute Inc.
