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                    8 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Recent Advances in Statistical Learning for High-Dimensional and Heterogeneous Complex Data — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , International Chinese Statistical Association, Journal on Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Ji  Zhu, University of Michigan 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Omid Shams Solari, UC Berkeley 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Heterogeneous Mediation Analysis for Causal Inference 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Annie  Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            L-zero regularization in the causal mediation analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Peter X.K.  Song, University of Michigan ; Wen  Wang, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Large matrix estimation for time series data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Bin  Nan, University of California, Irvine  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            High-dimensional factor regression for heterogeneous subpopulations 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yufeng  Liu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Dinggang  Shen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Correlation Tensor Decomposition and Its Application in Spatial Imaging Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xiwei  Tang, University of Virgina ; Annie   Qu, University of California Irvine 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    16 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            How Statistics and Data Science Help to Quantify Resilience of Power Systems — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security , Section on Risk Analysis, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Asim  Dey, Princeton University and University of Texas at Dallas; Yulia  Gel, University of Texas at Dallas 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Yuzhou  Chen, Southern Methodist Univ, Statistical Science Dept 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Topology-Based Machine-Learning for Modeling Power-System Responses to Contingencies 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Brian W Bush, NREL  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:30 AM 
                         
                        
                            Geography and Network-of-Networks Properties 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Stephen J Young, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:55 AM 
                         
                        
                            Topological and Geometric Methods for Resilience Analysis of Power Grid Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Asim  Dey, Princeton University and University of Texas at Dallas ; Umar   Islambekov, Bowling Green State University 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:20 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    28 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Advances in Bayesian Theory and Methods on Network Data Modeling — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Yanxun  Xu, Johns Hopkins University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Guanyu   Hu, University of Connecticut  
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Optimal Bayesian Estimation for Low-Rank Random Graphs 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Fangzheng  Xie, Johns Hopkins University ; Yanxun  Xu, Johns Hopkins University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Joint Bayesian Variable and DAG Selection Consistency for High-Dimensional Regression Models with Network-Structured Covariates 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Xuan  Cao, University of Cincinnati ; Kyoungjae  Lee, Inha University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Probabilistic Community Detection with Unknown Number of Communities 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Junxian  Geng, Boehringer Ingelheim ; Debdeep   Pati, Texas A&M University; Anirban  Battacharya, Texas A&M University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Optimization for Bayesian Inference 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Leo  Duan, University of Florida  
                         
                     
                
        
            
                11:25 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  Yanxun  Xu, Johns Hopkins University
             
         
    
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    68 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Modern Statistical Learning Methods — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Sai  Li, University of Pennsylvania 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Comparison of the Performance of Different Recurrent Neural Network Models on Sequence Classification: A Simulation Study 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Dawei  Liu, Biogen ; Charlie  Cao, Biogen 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Improved Strategies for Clustering Objects on Subsets of Attributes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Maarten  Kampert ; Jacqueline   Meulman, Leiden University, Stanford University ; Jerome  Friedman, Stanford University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Multilayer Recommender Systems Using with Dependent via Tensor 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jiuchen  Zhang, Univ of California in Irvine ; Annie   Qu, University of California Irvine; Yubai  Yuan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Classification Method Optimization 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Brooke  McGinley, Rowan University ; Liam  Doherty, Rowan University; Umashanger  Thayasivam, Rowan University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            On the Consistent Estimation of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Renxiong  Liu, Ohio State University ; Yunzhang  Zhu, Ohio State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Simultaneous Or-Of-And Rules for Binary Classification 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Elena  Khusainova, Yale University ; Emily  Dodwell, Data Science & AI Research, AT&T Labs; Ritwik  Mitra, Data Science & AI Research, AT&T Labs 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    69 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Network Analysis — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Adam  Rothman, University of Minnesota 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Bias-Variance Tradeoffs in Joint Spectral Embeddings 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Benjamin  Draves, Boston University ; Daniel L Sussman, Boston University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Graph Matching via Mutual Nearest Neighbors 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Zihuan  Qiao, Boston University ; Daniel L Sussman, Boston University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Statistical Analysis and Methods for Human Connectomes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Daniel  Kessler, University of Michigan ; Elizaveta  Levina, University of Michigan; Keith  Levin, University of Michigan, Department of Statistics 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Estimating Latent Space Geometry of Network Formation Models 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Shane  Lubold, Department of Statistics, University of Washington ; Tyler  McCormick, University of Washington; Arun  Chandrasekhar, Stanford University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Anomaly Detection on Complex Networks via Topological Data Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ignacio  Segovia-Dominguez, The University of Texas at Dallas ; Dorcas  Ofori-Boateng, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora, University of Manitoba; Murat  Kantarcioglu, The University of Texas at Dallas; Yulia  Gel, University of Texas at Dallas 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Network Structure Inference from Grouped Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yunpeng  Zhao, Arizona State Univ ; Peter  Bickel, University of California, Berkeley; Charles  Weko, U.S. Army 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            High-Order Embedding for Hyperlink Network Prediction  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yubai  Yuan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Annie   Qu, University of California Irvine 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    70 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Multivariate Statistical Methods — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Xinwei  Zhang, Rutgers University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            A Semiparametric Approach to Inner Envelope 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Linquan  Ma, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Hyunseung  Kang, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Lan  Liu, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Multi-Categorical Crowdsourcing Using Subgroup Latent Factor Modeling 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Qi  Xu, University of California, Irvine ; Yubai  Yuan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Junhui  Wang, City University of Hong Kong; Annie   Qu, University of California Irvine 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Interpretable Recurrent Nonlinear Group Factor Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lin  Qiu ; Vernon   M. Chinchilli , The Pennsylvania State University ; Lin  Lin, The Pennsylvania State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Analyzing Dynamic Stock Trading Network with Matrix Factor Models 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ruofan  Yu  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Automated Kronecker Product Approximation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Chencheng  Cai, Rutgers University ; Rong  Chen, Rutgers University; Han  Xiao, Rutgers University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Envelope Huber Regression 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Le  Zhou, University of Minnesota ; Dennis  Cook, University of Minnesota; Hui  Zou, University of Minnesota 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    105 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Deep Learning and Statistical Modeling with Applications — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            International Chinese Statistical Association , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, IMS 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Ji  Zhu, University of Michigan 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Ji  Zhu, University of Michigan 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Deep Learning and Statistical Modeling with Applications 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yingying  Fan, USC  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:30 PM 
                         
                        
                            Beyond Shallow Learning: New Results for Matrix Completion 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jianqing  Fan, Princeton University ; Yuxin  Chen, Princeton University; Cong  Ma, Princeton University; Yulin  Yan, Princeton University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:55 PM 
                         
                        
                            Statistical Challenges in Analyzing Two-Sided Marketplace 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            HONGTU  ZHU, DiDi  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:20 PM 
                         
                        
                            From Classical Statistics to Modern Machine Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Mikhail  Belkin, Ohio State University  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    119 *  
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical Learning Applications for Autonomous Systems in Defense and National Security — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Joseph  D Warfield, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Justin T Newcomer, Sandia National Laboratories 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Tallis: A Statistical Approach for Dimension Reduction of Mixed-Type Variables 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Alexander  Foss, Sandia National Laboratories  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Challenges in Test and Evaluation of AI-Enabled Systems in the DoD 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jane  Pinelis, DoD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Multinomial Pattern Matching 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            John  Richards, Sandia National Laboratories  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Leveraging Machine Learning for Autonomy Testing and Evaluation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Galen  Mullins, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Demystifying the Black Box: A Strategy for Testing AI-Enabled Systems 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Daniel  Porter, Institute for Defense Analyses  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    129 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Mon, 8/3/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Advances in Graph Inference and Network Analysis — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security, Caucus for Women in Statistics, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Joshua  Cape, University of Michigan 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Joshua  Cape, University of Michigan 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Inference for Multiple Heterogeneous Networks with a Common Invariant Subspace 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jesus  Arroyo ; Avanti  Athreya, Johns Hopkins University; Joshua  Cape, University of Michigan; Guodong  Chen, Johns Hopkins University; Carey  Priebe, Johns Hopkins University; Joshua  Vogelstein, Johns Hopkins University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Network Community Detection Using Higher Order Interactions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xianshi  Yu ; Ji  Zhu, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Online Change Point Detection in Network Sequences 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Sharmodeep  Bhattacharyya, Oregon State University ; Shirshendu  Chatterjee, City University of New York 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Estimation and Inference in Latent Structure Random Graphs 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Avanti  Athreya, Johns Hopkins University ; Minh  Tang, NC State University; Youngser  Park, Johns Hopkins University; Carey  Priebe, Johns Hopkins University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Posterior Predictive Distributions in Network Inference 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Anna  Smith, University of Kentucky ; Tian  Zheng, Columbia University 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    135 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Move Non/Semiparametrics Forward in Causal Inference, Missing Data Analysis, and Data Integration — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Nonparametric Statistics , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, International Chinese Statistical Association 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Jiwei  Zhao, State University of New York at Buffalo 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Jiwei  Zhao, State University of New York at Buffalo 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Combining Multiple Observational Data Sources to Estimate Causal Effects 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Peng  Ding, University of California, Berkeley ; Shu  Yang, North Carolina State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:30 AM 
                         
                        
                            Learning When-to-Treat Policies 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xinkun  Nie, Stanford University ; Emma  Brunskill, Stanford University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:55 AM 
                         
                        
                            A Bayesian Nonparametric Approach for Estimating the Causal Effect of a Time-Varying/Dynamic Treatment 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Michael  Daniels, University of Florida ; Kumaresh  Dhara, University of Florida; Jason  Roy, Rutgers University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:20 AM 
                         
                        
                            Minimax Optimal Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Edward  Kennedy, Carnegie Mellon University  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    142 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Fairness and Equity in Clinical Risk Prediction: Healthcare Data for the Public Good — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Biometrics Section , Health Policy Statistics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Lifetime Data Science Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Yates  Coley, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Maricela  Cruz, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Assessing Racial and Ethnic Fairness of a Suicide Risk Prediction Model 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yates  Coley, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute ; Eric  Johnson, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; Susan  Shortreed, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Can Individualized Risk Calculators Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Screening Guidelines? 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hormuzd  Katki, US National Cancer Institute ; Corey  Young, Morehouse School of Medicine; Li  Cheung, US National Cancer Institute; Rebecca  Landy, US National Cancer Institute 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Detecting Undercompensated Groups in Plan Payment Risk Adjustment 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Anna  Zink, Harvard University ; Sherri  Rose, Harvard Medical School 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                11:05 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  Kristian  Lum, HRDAG
             
         
    
        
            
                11:25 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  Ruth  Pfeiffer, National Cancer Institute
             
         
    
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    150 *  
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Operating a Private Statistical Consulting and Collaboration Practice: Words of Wisdom from Experts in the Field — Invited Panel 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Consulting , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistics and Data Science Education 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Harry Dean Johnson, Washington State University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Clark  Kogan, Washington State University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                            10:05 AM
                         
                        
                            Operating a Private Statistical Consulting and Collaboration Practice: Words of Wisdom from Experts in the Field 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                             
                     
                    
                        
                            Panelists:
                         
                        
                        
                            Stephen   Simon , P. Mean Consulting Elaine   Eisenbeisz , OMEGA STATISTICS Karen   Grace-Martin, The Analysis Factor Kim   Love , K. R. Love Quantitative Consulting and Collaboration Nayak   Polissar , The Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistics  
                     
                
    
        
            11:40 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    168 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            SLDS Student Paper Awards — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Genevera  Allen, Rice University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Irina  Gaynanova, Texas A&M University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Statistical Inference for Networks of High-Dimensional Point Processes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xu  Wang  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Classification Accuracy as a Proxy for Two-Sample Testing 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ilmun  Kim, Carnegie Mellon University ; Aaditya  Ramdas, Carnegie Mellon University; Aarti  Singh, Carnegie Mellon University; Larry  Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            High-Dimensional Nonparametric Density Estimation via Max-Random Forest 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yiliang  Zhang, University of Pennsylvania ; Qi  Long, University of Pennsylvania; Weijie  Su, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Testing for Association in Multi-View Network Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lucy  Gao, University of Washington ; Daniela  Witten, University of Washington; Jacob  Bien, University of Southern California 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Learning Optimal Distributionally Robust Individualized Treatment Rules 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Weibin  Mo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Zhengling  Qi, George Washington University; Yufeng  Liu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    170 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Data Science: How Federal Agencies Are Upskilling Staff for the Modern Data Environment — Topic Contributed Panel 
         
     
    
        
            Government Statistics Section , Section on Statistics and Data Science Education, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Rebecca  Hutchinson, US Census Bureau 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Stephanie  Studds, US Census Bureau 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                            10:05 AM
                         
                        
                            Data Science: How Federal Agencies Are Upskilling Staff for the Modern Data Environment 
                            
                                        
                                    
                             
                     
                    
                        
                            Panelists:
                         
                        
                        
                            Rebecca  Hutchinson, US Census Bureau Christian  Moscardi, US Census Bureau Alex  Measure, Bureau of Labor Statistics Bethany  Blakey, General Services Administration  
                     
                
    
        
            11:40 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    173 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Recent Advances in Statistical Learning and Missing Data Handling — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Korean International Statistical Society , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Yimin  Zhang, Villanova University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Estimating High-Dimensional Covariance and Precision Matrices Under General Missing Dependence 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Seongoh  Park, The Research Institute of Basic Sciences at Seoul National University ; Xinlei (Sherry)  Wang, Southern Methodist University; Johan  Lim, Seoul National University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            A Generalized Kernel Two-Sample Test 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hoseung  Song, University of California, Davis ; Hao  Chen, University of California, Davis 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Imputation Approach Based on Latent Class Trajectory for Handling Missing Values in Self-Reported Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            MinJae  Lee, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Variable Selection with Metaheuristic Methods 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Myung Soon  Song, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania ; Francis J Vasco, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; Yun  Lu, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; Kyle  Callaghan, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Sparse Machine Learning Methods for Regression with Regularized Tensor Product Kernel 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hang  Yu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Yuanjia  Wang, Columbia University; Donglin  Zeng, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    203 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Contemporary Machine Learning — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Text Analysis Interest Group 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Michael  Lavine, Army Research Office 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Risk Minimization Under Sampling Bias Arising from Customer Interactions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Scott  Rome, Comcast ; Michael  Kreisel, Comcast 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            An Optimal Approach in Adaptive Collection Reducing the Bias 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Tong  Wang  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Transfer Learning for Auto-Coding Free-Text Survey Responses 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Peter  Baumgartner, RTI International ; Amanda  Smith, RTI International; Murrey  Olmsted, RTI International; Dawn  Ohse, RTI International; Bucky  Fairfax, RTI International 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Post-Hoc Mixture Models of the Best Linear Unbiased Predictors from Linear Mixed Effects Models to Classify Longitudinal Data with Haphazardly Spaced Intervals: A Simulation Study  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Md  Hossain, Nemours Biomedical Research, A.I. DuPont Children's Hospital ; Benjamin E Leiby, Division of Biostatistics 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Modeling Temporary Shocks with Latent Processes for High-Dimensional Demand Time Series  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Benedikt  Sommer, Maersk  ; Klaus Kähler Holst, Maersk Research & Data; Pierre  Pinson, Technical University of Denmark 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Real-Time Regression Analysis of Streaming Clustered Data Sets 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lan  Luo, University of Michigan ; Peter X.K.  Song, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    204 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Experimental Design — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Quality and Productivity Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Shan  Ba, LinkedIn 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Generalization of Thompson Sampling for Multiple Categorical and Numerical Variables with Application for Fraud Detection 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Alex  Zolotovitski, T-Mobile  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Design of Experiment-based Configuration of Hyperparameters Of An Artificial Neural Network 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Luca  Pegoraro, University of Padova ; Rosa  Arboretti, University of Padova; Riccardo  Ceccato, University of Padova; Luigi  Salmaso, University of Padova 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            How Twitter Makes Causal Inference If AB Test Fails 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wutao  Wei, Twitter  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            SoftBlock: Efficient and Optimal Treatment Assignment for Experiments 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Peter  Dimmery, Facebook ; David  Arbour, Adobe Research; Anup  Rao, Adobe Research 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Satellite Images and Deep Learning to Indentify Discrepency in Mailing Addresses with Applications to Census 2020 in Houston 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Zhaozhuo  Xu, Rice University ; Beidi  Chen, Rice University; Alan  Ji, Rice University; Anshumali  Shrivastava, Rice University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            The Future Is Linked: Making Predictions with Data Sets Linked to Synthetic Populations 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Emily  Hadley, RTI International ; Caroline  Kery, RTI International; Georgiy  Bobashev, RTI International; Lauren  Grattan, RTI International 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Resampling Methods for FDR Control of A/B/N Tests with Arbitrary Dependencies 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Michael  Rotkowitz, Lyft  
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    205 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Applications of Machine Learning — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Text Analysis Interest Group 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Jennifer  Green, Montana State University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Summarizing and Extracting Insights from Consumer Review Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jingting  Hui, PepsiCo ; Jason  Parcon, PepsiCo 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Comparison of Machine Learning Methods with Traditional Models for Use of Public Trial Registry Data to Predict Sites Needed and Time from Study Start to Primary Completion Date 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Linghui  Li, AstraZeneca ; Gabriela  Feldberg, AstraZeneca; Faisal  Khan, AstraZeneca; Sandra  Smyth, AstraZeneca; Karin  Schiene, AstraZeneca 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Comparing Machine Learning and Penalized Regression for Predicting Diabetic Kidney Disease Progression: Evidence from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jing  Zhang, Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego ; Tobias  Fuhrer, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Brian  Kwan, University of California, San Diego; Daniel  Montemayor, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Kumar  Sharma, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Loki  Natarajan, University of California, San Diego 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Smartphone and Smartwatch-Based Step Count Measures in Studies of Physical Activity and Health 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Teresa Filshtein Sonmez, 23andMe ; Stella  Aslibekyan, 23andMe; Robert  Gentleman, 23andMe 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Improving Productionized Insights in Machine Learning Models Through Data-Quality Quantification 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Christopher  Barbour, Atrium ; Paul  Harmon, Atrium; Eric  Loftsgaarden, Atrium 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    206 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Machine Learning Methodology — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Erin E Blankenship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Application of Stochastic Gradient Descent in Parameter Estimation for Models with Spatial Correlation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Gan  Luan, New Jersey Institute of Tech  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Interpreting Robust Optimization via Adversarial Influence Functions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Linjun  Zhang, Rutgers University ; Zhun  Deng, Harvard University; Jialiang  Wang, Harvard University; Cynthia  Dwork, Harvard University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Regularized High-Dimensional Low Tubal Rank Tensor Regression 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Samrat  Roy ; George  Michailidis, University of Florida 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Adversarial Networks for Robust Estimation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ziyue  Wang, Rutgers University-New Brunswick  ; Zhiqiang  Tan, Rutgers University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Validation of Neuro-Fuzzy Based Classifiers for Outcome from Longitudinal RCT 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Venkata Sukumar  Gurugubelli, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Application of Machine Learning Imputation for Machine Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jonathan  Lisic, Cigna  
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    215 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Contributed Poster Presentations: Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science — Contributed Poster Presentations 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:
                              
                         
                        
                            Identifying Pareto-Based Multiobjective Solutions for Subset Selection 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Joshua  Lambert, University of Cincinnati  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:
                              
                         
                        
                            Causal Effect Random Forest of Interaction Trees for Observational Data, Applied to Educational Interventions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Juanjuan  Fan, San Diego State University ; Luo  Li, San Diego State University; Xiaogang  Su, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard  Levine, San Diego State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:
                              
                         
                        
                            Real-Time Classification of Atrial Fibrillation Using RR Intervals and Transition States 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jericho  Lawson, University of Arizona  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:
                              
                         
                        
                            Statistical Invariance of Betti Numbers in the Thermodynamic Regime 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Siddharth  Vishwanath, Penn State Univ  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            5:
                              
                         
                        
                            Network Clustering with Entropy-Based Monte Carlo Method 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Qiannan  Zhai, Texas Tech University ; Fangyuan  Zhang, Texas Tech University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            6:
                              
                         
                        
                            Context-Dependent Self-Exciting Point Processes: Models, Methods, and Risk Bounds in High Dimensions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lili  Zheng, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Garvesh  Raskutti, UW-Madison; Rebecca  Willett, University of Chicago 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            7:
                              
                         
                        
                            A Comparison of Machine Learning Models for Mortality Prediction: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Roy  Williams, Florida International University ; Miguel  Alonso, Florida International University; Prasad  Bhoite, Florida International University; Emir  Veledar, Florida International University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            8:
                              
                         
                        
                            Incorporating Group Structure into Tree-Based Algorithms and Group Selection Through Importance Measures 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jiabei  Yang, Brown University School of Public Health ; Emily  Dodwell, Data Science & AI Research, AT&T Labs; Ritwik  Mitra, Data Science & AI Research, AT&T Labs; DeDe  Paul, Data Science & AI Research, AT&T Labs 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            9:
                              
                         
                        
                            Stagewise Estimating Equations for Variable Selection with Longitudinal Rate Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Gregory  Vaughan, Bentley University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:
                              
                         
                        
                            Weakly Supervised Chinese Meta-Pattern Discovery and NER via TopWORDS 2 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jiaze  Xu, Tsinghua University ; Ke  Deng, Tsinghua University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:
                              
                         
                        
                            Random-Projection Based Classification from Big Tensor Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Peide  Li  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            13:
                              
                         
                        
                            Connectivity Based Outlier Detection 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Chang  Liu, Rutgers University ; Rong  Chen, Rutgers University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            14:
                              
                         
                        
                            An Algorithm for Adjusted Kernel Linear Discriminant Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lynn  Huang, Iowa State University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            15:
                              
                         
                        
                            Deriving and Generalizing Kernel Linear Discriminant Analysis for Multiple Cases 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jackson  Maris  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            16:
                              
                         
                        
                            Adjusting Factor Models for Concomitant Variables by Adversarial Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Austin  Talbot, Duke University ; David  Carlson, Duke University; David  Dunson, Duke University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            18:
                              
                         
                        
                            Covariance Estimation for Matrix-Variate Data with Missing Values and Mean Structure 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Roger  Fan, University of Michigan ; Shuheng  Zhou, University of California, Riverside; Byoungwook  Jang, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            19:
                              
                         
                        
                            Estimating Sleep from Sparse Screen-On/Screen-Off Smartphone Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Melissa  Martin, University of Pennsylvania  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            20:
                              
                         
                        
                            Robust Extrinsic Framework for Manifold Valued Data Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hwiyoung  Lee, Florida State University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            21:
                              
                         
                        
                            Clustering High Needs/Complex Patients Using Latent Class Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Meghan  Hatfield, Kaiser Permanente ; Jodi  McCloskey, Kaiser Permanente; Connie  Uratsu, Kaiser Permanente; Richard   Grant, Kaiser Permanente 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            22:
                              
                         
                        
                            SuperMICE: Multiple Imputation by Chained SuperLearners 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Aaron  Shev, University of California, Davis ; Hannah  Laqueur, University of California, Davis; Rose  Kagawa, University of California, Davis 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            23:
                              
                         
                        
                            Feature Selection for Support Vector Regression Using a Genetic Algorithm 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Shannon  McKearnan, University of Minnesota ; David  Vock, University of Minnesota; Julian  Wolfson, University of Minnesota 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            24:
                              
                         
                        
                            Time Varying Estimation of Tensor-On-Tensor Regression with Application in fMRI Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Pratim  Guha Niyogi, Michigan State University ; Tapabrata (Taps)  Maiti, Michigan State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            25:
                              
                         
                        
                            An Analytical Approach for Prediction Involving Classification of Data with Complex Structure  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Li-Jung  Liang, UCLA ; Joseph  Maurer, UCLA; Li  Li, UCLA 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            26:
                              
                         
                        
                            Social Network Distributed Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Christopher  Grubb, Virginia Tech ; Shyam  Ranganathan, Virginia Tech; Srijan  Sengupta, Virginia Tech; Jennifer  Van Mullekom, Virginia Tech 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            27:
                              
                         
                        
                            Assessment of Data Reduction Models Including Autoencoders for Optimal Visualization, Interpretability and Speed 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Benedict  Anchang, NIEHS  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            28:
                              
                         
                        
                            Aggregate Estimation in Sufficient Dimension Reduction for Binary Responses 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Han  Zhang, The University of Alabama ; Qin  Wang, The University of Alabama 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            29:
                              
                         
                        
                            Tensor Clustering with Planted Structures: Statistical Optimality and Computational Limits 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yuetian  Luo, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Anru  Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            30:
                              
                         
                        
                            Augmented Movelet Method for Activity Recognition Using Smartphone Gyroscope and Accelerometer Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Emily  Huang, Wake Forest University Department of Mathematics and Statistics ; Jukka-Pekka  Onnela, Harvard University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            31:
                              
                         
                        
                            Robust Matrix Estimations Meet Frank-Wolfe Algorithms 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Naimin  Jing, Temple University ; Cheng Yong  Tang, Temple University; Ethan  Fang, Penn State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            32:
                              
                         
                        
                            Optimal Transport for Stationary Markov Chains 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Kevin  O'Connor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ; Andrew  Nobel, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kevin  McGoff, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            33:
                              
                         
                        
                            Early Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease with Deep Learning Using Data Integration of MRI Data and Clinical Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lisa  Neums, University of Kansas Medical Center ; Jinxiang  Hu, University of Kansas Medical Center; Jeffrey  Thompson, University of Kansas Medical Center 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            34:
                              
                         
                        
                            Anomaly Detection Methods for IoT Freeze Loss 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Patrick  Toman, University of Connecticut - Department of Statistics ; Ahmed  Soliman, University of Connecticut; Nalini  Ravishanker, University of Connecticut; Sanguthevar  Rajasekaran, University of Connecticut; Nathan  Lally, Hartford Steam Boiler; Yuchen  Fama, Hartford Steam Boiler 
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                 
             
        
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    242 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Deep Learning Methods in Biomedical Studies — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            WNAR , Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Wei  Sun, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Kin Yau Alex  Wong, The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Multi-Stage Sequential Deep Autoencoder-Based Monotone Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction Methods 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Youyi  Fong, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Jun  Xu, None 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:30 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Computationally-Favorable Reframing of Proportional-Hazards Modeling for Large Time-to-Event Data Sets with Applications to Deep Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Noah  Simon, University of Washington  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:55 PM 
                         
                        
                            Deep Learning Methods for Single Cell Data Denoising and Multimodal Imputation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Nancy  Zhang, The University of Pennsylvania  
                         
                     
                
        
            
                2:20 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Wei  Sun, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
             
         
    
    
        
            2:40 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    243 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Thinking Beyond the P-Value: Advancing Bayesian Education for the Undergraduates — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Jingchen (Monika)  Hu, Vassar College 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Jingchen (Monika)  Hu, Vassar College 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Quiz: Are You a Bayesian? 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Alicia A Johnson, Macalester College  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Bayes for Undergraduates: A Prior Is Modified 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Jeffrey A Witmer, Oberlin College  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Challenges of Teaching Bayesian Statistics to Undergraduates 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Brian  Reich, North Carolina State University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Computation Infrastructure for Teaching Bayesian Modeling 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Colin Witter Rundel, University of Edinburgh  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Probability Plus Bayes Course 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jim H Albert, Bowling Green State University  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    253 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Innovations in AstroStatistics on Exploring Large Public Data — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Astrostatistics Special Interest Group , Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Quality and Productivity Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Hyungsuk  Tak, Pennsylvania State University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Hyungsuk  Tak, Pennsylvania State University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Handling Model Uncertainty via Smoothed Inference 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Sara  Algeri, University of Minnesota  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:30 PM 
                         
                        
                            Improving Exoplanet Detection Power: Multivariate Gaussian Process Models for Stellar Activity 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            David Edward Jones, Texas A&M University ; David  Stenning, Imperial College London; Eric B Ford, Penn State University; Robert L Wolpert, Duke University; Thomas J Loredo, Cornell University; Xavier  Dumusque, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Universite de Geneve 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:55 PM 
                         
                        
                            Disentangling Stellar Activity and Planetary Signals Using Bayesian High-dimensional Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Bo  Ning, Yale University ; Jessi  Cisewski-Kehe, Yale University; Allen  Davis, Yale University; Parker  Holzer, Yale University; Debra  Fischer, Yale University 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:20 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    254 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Digital Phenotyping — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Mental Health Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Biometrics Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Samprit  Banerjee, Weill Medical College, Cornell University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Wenna  Xi, Weill Medical College, Cornell University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Digital Phenotype of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Samprit  Banerjee, Weill Medical College, Cornell University ; Jihui  Lee, Weill Cornell Medicine 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Physical Activity Recognition Using Smartphone Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jukka-Pekka  Onnela, Harvard University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Using Federated Learning to Address User Heterogeneity and Privacy in Mobile Health Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ambuj  Tewari, University of Michigan  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Pre-Processing Pipeline of MHealth Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jihui  Lee, Weill Cornell Medicine ; Hongzhe  Zhang, Weill Cornell Medicine; Samprit  Banerjee, Weill Medical College, Cornell University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Behavioral Monitoring and Change Point Detection in Digital Phenotyping Studies 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ian  Barnett, University of Pennsylvania  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    257 *  
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Online Experimentation at Scale: Challenges and Solutions — Invited Panel 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Business and Economic Statistics Section, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts, Quality and Productivity Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Martin  Tingley, Netflix 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Iavor  Bojinov, Harvard Business School 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                            1:05 PM
                         
                        
                            Online Experimentation at Scale: Challenges and Solutions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                             
                     
                    
                        
                            Panelists:
                         
                        
                        
                            Martin  Tingley, Netflix Somit  Gupta, Microsoft Xiaolin  Shi, Snap Myoungji  Lee, Lyft Guillaume   Saint-Jacques, LinkedIN Dennis  Sun, Cal Poly and Google  
                     
                
    
        
            2:40 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    260 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistics and AI in Music — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Royal Statistical Society , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, IMS 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Jan  Beran, University of Konstanz 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Philipp  Sibbertsen, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Understanding Audio from Music Practice Sessions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Christopher  Raphael, Indiana University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Visualizing Music Information: Classical Composers Networks and Similarities 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Patrick  Georges, University of Ottawa  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Statistics and AI in Music 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Mark  Gotham, Universität des Saarlandes / Cornell  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Fusing Audio and Semantic Technologies: Applying AI, Machine Learning and Data Science to Music Production and Consumption 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Mark  Sandler, Queen Mary University of London ; Johan  Pauwels, Queen Mary University of London; David  De Roure, University of Oxford; Kevin  Page, University of Oxford 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                2:25 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Jan  Beran, University of Konstanz
             
         
    
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    268 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Tue, 8/4/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Extreme Machine Learning Methods and Applications: Domestic and International — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Consulting , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Kelly   Toppin, IMT Corporation 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Lu  Chen, National Institute of Statistical Sciences 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Hierarchical Gaussian Processes for Outlier Detection 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Felix  Jimenez, National Institute of Standards and Technology  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Empirical data-fusion approaches to generate model covariates 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Luca  Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences ; Jake  Abernethy, NASS; Claire  Boryan, USDA; Lu  Chen, USDA; Kevin  Hunt, USDA; CLIFFORD H SPIEGELMAN, Texas A&M University; Linda J Young, NASS 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Early Season Planted Acreage Estimates Using Machine Learning  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jake  Abernethy, NASS ; Claire  Boryan, USDA; Kevin  Hunt, USDA; Luca  Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Classifying Evolving Data Streams 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Kelly   Toppin, IMT Corporation ; Luca  Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:25 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    284 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical Learning for Dependent and Complex Data: New Directions and Innovation — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistics in Marketing , Business and Economic Statistics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Guannan  Wang, College of William and Mary 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Guannan  Wang, College of William and Mary 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Reduced Rank Autoregressive Models for Matrix Time Series 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Rong  Chen, Rutgers University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:30 AM 
                         
                        
                            Fast and Fair Simultaneous Confidence Bands for Functional Parameters 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Matthew  Reimherr, Penn State University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:55 AM 
                         
                        
                            High-Dimensional Sparse Nonlinear Vector Autoregressive Models 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yuefeng  Han, Rutgers University ; Wei Biao  Wu, University of Chicago; Likai  Chen, Washington University in St. Louis 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:20 AM 
                         
                        
                            Spatiotemporal Dynamics, Nowcasting and Forecasting COVID-19 in the United States 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lily   Wang, Iowa State University ; Yueying  Wang, Iowa State University 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    285 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical Inference for Probabilistic Graphical Models with Applications — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            ENAR , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Biometrics Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Mladen  Kolar, University of Chicago 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Mladen  Kolar, University of Chicago 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Combinatorial Inference for Brain Imaging Data Sets 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Junwei  Lu, Harvard  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:30 AM 
                         
                        
                            Bayesian Structure Learning for Dynamic Brain Connectivity 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Sanmi  Koyejo, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:55 AM 
                         
                        
                            Detecting Differences in Brain-Region Correlations Between Two Groups 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yuval  Benjamini, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; Itamar   Faran, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Michael   Peer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; Shahar  Arzy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:20 AM 
                         
                        
                            Direct Inference for Sparse Differential Network Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Irina  Gaynanova, Texas A&M University ; Byol  Kim, University of Chicago; Mladen  Kolar, University of Chicago 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    286 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Learning Networks from Point Processes: Neuronal Connectivity Networks and Beyond — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , IMS, ENAR 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Ali  Shojaie, University of Washington 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Ali  Shojaie, University of Washington 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Context-Dependent Self-Exciting Point Processes: Models, Methods, and Risk Bounds in High Dimensions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Garvesh  Raskutti, UW-Madison ; Lili  Zheng, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rebecca  Willett, University of Chicago 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:30 AM 
                         
                        
                            A Universal Nonparametric Event Detection Framework for Neuropixels Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Shizhe  Chen, University of California, Davis ; Hao  Chen, University of California, Davis; Xinyi  Deng, Columbia University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:55 AM 
                         
                        
                            Latent Network Structure Learning from High-Dimensional Multivariate Point Processes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Emma Jingfei  Zhang, University of Miami ; Yongtao  Guan, University of Miami 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:20 AM 
                         
                        
                            Theory and Modeling for the Truncated Hawkes Process 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Victor  Solo, UNSW, Sydney  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    299 ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Machine Learning in Causal Inference with Applications in Complicated Settings  — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Biometrics Section , ENAR, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Rui  Song, NC State University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Hongtu   Zhu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            DOES the MARKOV DECISION PROCESS FIT the DATA: TESTING for the MARKOV PROPERTY in SEQUENTIAL DECISION MAKING 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Chengchun  Shi, The London School of Economics ; Runzhe  Wan, NC State Univeristy; Rui  Song, NC State University; Wenbin  Lu, North Carolina State University; Ling  Leng, Amazon 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            The Confidence Interval Method for Selecting Valid Instrumental Variables 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Frank  Windmeijer, University of Oxford  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Testing an Elaborate Theory of a Causal Hypothesis  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Dylan  Small, University of Pennsylvania ; Bikram   Karmakar, University of Florida 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Personalized Policy Learning Using Longitudinal Mobile Health Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Min  Qian, Columbia University ; Xinyu  Hu, Uber AI Lab; Bin  Cheng, Columbia University; Ken  Cheung, Columbia University 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                11:25 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  Jialiang  Li, National University of Singapore
             
         
    
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    301 *  
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Natural Language Processing Applications in Defense and National Security — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security , Text Analysis Interest Group, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Joseph  D Warfield, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Joseph  D Warfield, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Neural Language Processing to Detect, Attribute, Characterize and Defend Against Digital Deception 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Svitlana  Volkova, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            A Sliding Information Distance for Change Point Detection in Text or Audio 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Richard  Field, Sandia National Laboratories ; Christina  Ting, Sandia National Laboratories; Travis  Bauer, Sandia National Laboratories 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Few-Shot Learning for Text Applications: Exploring Authorship Identification with Small Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lauren  Phillips, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ; Sarah  Reehl, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ana  Usenko, Western Washington University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Classifying Documents Through the Use of Artificial Intelligence 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Kelly  Townsend, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory ; Alex  Firpi, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                11:25 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  David  Marchette, US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
             
         
    
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    306 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Algorithmic and Inferential Advances in Univariate and Multivariate Tuning-Parameter-Free Nonparametric Procedures — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Nonparametric Statistics, IMS 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Charles  Doss, University of Minnesota 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Guangwei  Weng, University of Minnesota 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Multivariate Rank-Based Distribution-Free Nonparametric Testing Using Measure Transportation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Bodhisattva  Sen, Columbia University ; Nabarun  Deb, Columbia University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Likelihood Ratio Tests and Confidence Intervals Based on the Shape Constraint of Concavity 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Charles  Doss, University of Minnesota ; Jon  Wellner, University of Washington 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Multivariate Adaptation in Log-Concave Density Estimation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Arlene K. H.  Kim, Korea University ; Richard  Samworth, University of Cambridge; Oliver  Feng, University of Cambridge; Adityanand  Guntuboyina, University of California, Berkeley 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Dyadic CART Revisited 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Sabyasachi  Chatterjee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Learning Multivariate Log-Concave Densities 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ilias  Diakonikolas, UW Madison  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    309 *  
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Interface Between Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems Interest Group , Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Quality and Productivity Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Ana  Kupresanin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Kathleen  Schmidt, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            On-Site Surrogates for Large-Scale Calibration 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jiangeng  Huang, University of California Santa Cruz ; Robert  Gramacy, Virginia Tech 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Calibrating Uncertainties in Deep Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Bhavya  Kailkhura, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ; Jize  Zhang, Lawrence Livermore National Lab 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Uncertainty Quantification in Land Models 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Khachik  Sargsyan, Sandia National Laboratories ; Cosmin  Safta, Sandia National Laboratories; Vishagan  Ratnaswamy, Sandia National Laboratories 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Quantifying Model Transfer Uncertainties Using Post Hoc Explainability in Deep Learning Models 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Evangelina  Brayfindley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ; Thomas  Grimes, Pacific Northwest National Lab 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:25 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    354 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Multivariate Analysis and Graphical Models — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Han  Zhang, The University of Alabama 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Fused-Lasso Regularized Cholesky Factors of Large Nonstationary Covariance Matrices of Longitudinal Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Aramayis  Dallakyan, Texas A&M University ; Mohsen  Pourahmadi, Texas A&M University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Sparse Generalized Correlation Analysis and Thresholded Gradient Descent 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Sheng  Gao, University of Pennsylvania ; Zongming  Ma, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Smooth Time-Varying Gaussian Graphical Models to Study Disease Progression 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Erin  Mcdonnell, Columbia University ; Shanghong  Xie, Columbia University; Karen  Marder, Columbia University; Yuanjia  Wang, Columbia University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Tensor Mixture Model in High Dimensions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Biao  Cai, University of Miami ; Emma Jingfei  Zhang, University of Miami; Wei  Sun, Purdue University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Robust Estimation of High-Dimensional Heavy Tailed Vector Autoregressive Models 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Sagnik  Halder ; George  Michailidis, University of Florida 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    355 ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Modern Model Selection — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Tianxi  Li, University of Virginia 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Controlling Costs: Feature Selection on a Budget 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Guo  Yu, University of Washington ; Daniela  Witten, University of Washington; Jacob  Bien, University of Southern California 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            On the Robustness of LASSO-Type Estimators to Covariance Misspecification 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Rebecca  North, North Carolina State University ; Jonathan  Stallrich, North Carolina State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Sparse Group LASSO False Discovery Rate Path 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Kan  Chen ; Zhiqi  Bu, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Variable Selection with False Discovery Rate Control in Deep Neural Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Zixuan  Song, University of Notre Dame ; Jun  Li, University of Notre Dame 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            The Complete Lasso Trade-Off Diagram: Above the Donoho–Tanner Phase Transition 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yachong  Yang, Univ of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business ; Hua  Wang, University of Pennsylvania, Statistics Department of Wharton; Weijie  Su, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    356 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical Learning: Methods and Applications — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Text Analysis Interest Group 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Scott  Rome, Comcast 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Combination of Optical Character Recognition and Natural Language Processing to Identify Patients with Sleep Apnea in EHR Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Enshuo  Hsu, University of Texas Medical Branch ; Yong-Fang  Kuo, University of Texas Medical Branch; Rizwana   Sultana, University of Texas Medical Branch; Gulshan   Sharma, University of Texas Medical Branch 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Flexible Feature Selection and Cluster Analysis for Heterogeneous Data with Application to a Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wanying  Ma, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Company ; Luo   Xiao, North Carolina State University; Jaroslaw  Harezlak, Indiana University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Genetic Algorithms for Feature Selection 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Huanjun  Zhang, Texas A&M University ; Edward  Jones, Texas A&M University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Towards an Adaptive Algorithm for Online Substance Use Episode Detection 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Joshua  Rumbut, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Massachusetts Medical School ; Hua  Fang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Massachusetts Medical School 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Common and Distinctive Pattern Analysis Between High-Dimensional Data Sets 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hai  Shu, New York University ; Zhe  Qu, Tulane University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Achieving Impact with Data Science and Machine Learning in Drug Development 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            David  Ohlssen, Novartis Pharmaceuticals  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Automatic Identification and Classification of Different Types of Otitis from Free-Text Pediatric Medical Notes: A Deep-Learning Approach 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Corrado  Lanera, University of Padova  
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    357 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Contemporary Multivariate Methods — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Alex  Zolotovitski, T-Mobile 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Uplift Modeling for Panel Data Using Switch Doubly Robust Method 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Hiroaki  Naito, Doshisha University ; Hisayuki  Hara, Doshisha University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Stepsize Selection in Langevin Monte Carlo via Coupling 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Matteo  Sordello, University of Pennsylvania ; Weijie  Su, University of Pennsylvania; James  Johndrow, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Model Selection Criteria for Biological Networks by Using Loop-Based Multivariate Regression Adaptive Splines Model 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Gul  Bulbul, Bowling Green State Univ ; Vilda Bahar Purutçuo?lu, Middle East Technical University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Generalized Linear Models with Partially Mismatched Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Zhenbang  Wang, George Mason University ; Emanuel  Ben-David, US Census Bureau; Martin  Slawski, George Mason Univ 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Numerical Tolerance for Spectral Decompositions of Random Matrices 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Zachary  Lubberts, Johns Hopkins University ; Avanti  Athreya, Johns Hopkins University; Vince  Lyzinski, University of Maryland College Park; Minh  Tang, NC State University; Carey  Priebe, Johns Hopkins University; Michael J Kane, Yale University School of Public Health; Youngser  Park, Johns Hopkins University; Bryan  Lewis, Independent Researcher 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Inference in Higher Order Spin Systems 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Somabha  Mukherjee, University of Pennsylvania ; Jaesung  Son, University of Pennsylvania; Bhaswar  Bhattarcharya, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    389 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Unsupervised Learning with Latent Variables for Biobehavioral Research — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Mental Health Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Biometrics Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Douglas David Gunzler, Case Western Reserve University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Xiao-Li   Meng, Harvard University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Constructing Latent Risk Labels Aligned with Clinical Practice 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Booil  Jo, Stanford University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Looking Inside the Black Box: New Methods to Assess Causality in Unsupervised Machine Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Alessandro  De Nadai, Texas State University ; Ryan  Zamora, Texas State University; Douglas David Gunzler, Case Western Reserve University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Dealing with Latent Variable Confounding Using Auxiliary Variables and PushForward 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Bryant  Chen, Brex Inc.  
                         
                     
                
        
            
                2:05 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Mark  Van der Laan, University of California, Berkeley
             
         
    
        
            
                2:25 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Maya  Mathur, Stanford University
             
         
    
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    392 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Big Tensor Data Analysis — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , International Chinese Statistical Association, Section on Nonparametric Statistics, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Anru  Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Anru  Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Tensor Response Regression in the Presence of Heavy Tails 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xin  Zhang, Florida State University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:30 PM 
                         
                        
                            Tensor Models for Large, Complex and High-Dimensional Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Shuheng  Zhou, University of California, Riverside  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:55 PM 
                         
                        
                            Co-Clustering Tensors Using Fusion Penalties and CP-Decompositions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Eric  Chi, North Carolina State University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:20 PM 
                         
                        
                            Duality of Graphical Models and Tensor Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Elina  Robeva, University of British Columbia  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    394 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Challenges and New Directions in Precision Medicine for Large-Scale and Complex Data — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Biometrics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, International Chinese Statistical Association, Biopharmaceutical Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Yichuan  Zhao, Georgia State University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Min  Qian, Columbia University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Building Cancer Prognostic Models Generated via Automatic Data-Driven Sequential Processes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hyokyoung (Grace)  Hong, Michigan State University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:30 PM 
                         
                        
                            On Restricted Optimal Treatment Regime Estimation for Competing Risks Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wenbin  Lu , North Carolina State University ; Xiaoming  Li, University of South Carolina 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:55 PM 
                         
                        
                            Depth Importance in Precision Medicine (DIPM): A Tree- and Forest-Based Method for Right-Censored Survival Outcomes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Heping  Zhang, Yale University  
                         
                     
                
        
            
                2:20 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Yichuan  Zhao, Georgia State University
             
         
    
    
        
            2:40 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    395 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            The Need for Interpretable and Fair Algorithms in Health Policy — Invited Panel 
         
     
    
        
            Health Policy Statistics Section , Biometrics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Sherri  Rose, Harvard Medical School 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Laura  Hatfield, Harvard Medical School 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                            1:05 PM
                         
                        
                            The Need for Interpretable and Fair Algorithms in Health Care and Policy 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                             
                     
                    
                        
                            Panelists:
                         
                        
                        
                            Marzyeh  Ghassemi, University of Toronto Melody  Goodman, NYU Sherri  Rose, Harvard Medical School Julius  Adebayo, MIT  
                     
                
    
        
            2:40 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    398 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Beyond Traditional Approaches: Evolving Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Advance Clinical Research and Drug Development — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Biometrics Section , Biopharmaceutical Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Text Analysis Interest Group 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Demissie  Alemayehu, Pfizer Inc. 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Birol  Emir, Pfizer Inc. 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Adaptive Online Machine Learning for Real-Time Individualized Forecasting in Clinician-AI Team 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Rachael  Phillips, University of California, Berkeley ; Mark  Van der Laan, University of California, Berkeley 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Recent Advances in the Application of Natural Language Processing to Unstructured and Semi-Structured Data in the Pharmaceutical Industry 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Peter  Henstock, Pfizer Inc  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Learning Decision Rules with Observational Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xinkun  Nie, Stanford University ; Stefan  Wager, Stanford University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            “Data Nuggets” Tools for Analyzing Big Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Javier  Cabrera, Rutgers University  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:25 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    403 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Sufficient Dimension Reduction and Variable Selection for High-Dimensional Inference — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Nonparametric Statistics , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, International Chinese Statistical Association 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Wenbo  Wu, University of Texas at San Antonio 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Wenbo  Wu, University of Texas at San Antonio 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Principal Asymmetric Least Squares for Sufficient Dimension Reduction 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yuexiao  Dong, Temple University ; Abdul-Nasah  Soale, Temple University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            On Sufficient Dimension Reduction for Functional Data via Weak Conditional Moments 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jun  Song, UNC Charlotte ; Bing  Li, Pennsylvania State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Sufficient Variable Selection via Expected Conditional Hilbert-Schmidt Independence Criterion 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Chenlu  Ke, Virginia Commonwealth University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            On Sufficient Dimension Reduction with Mixture Normally Distributed Predictors 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wei  Luo, Zhejiang University  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:25 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    406 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Advances of Statistical Methodologies in Proteogenomics Research — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics , Biometrics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Shrabanti  Chowdhury, Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Pei  Wang, Icahn Medical School at Mount Sinai 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Statistical Characterization of Quantitative Changes in Global Post-Translational Modification Profiling Experiments 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Tsung-Heng  Tsai, Kent State University ; Erik  Verschueren, Genentech, Inc.; Olga  Vitek, Northeastern University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Repulsive Mixtures for the Classification of Single Cells 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Francesca  Petralia, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Extracting Biological Information from Extreme Values in Proteogenomics Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wenke  Liu ; Kelly  Ruggles, NYU school of medicine; David  Fenyo, NYU school of medicine 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Sparse Multiple Co-Inertia Analysis with Application to Integrative Analysis of Multi -Omics Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Eun Jeong  Min, Univerisity of Pennsylvania ; Qi  Long, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            A New Molecular Signature Method for Prediction of Driver Cancer Pathways from Transcriptional Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Boris  Reva  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    412 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Incorporation of Real-World Evidence in Clinical Trial Designs and Associated Statistical Methodologies — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Biopharmaceutical Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Jeffrey  Joseph, Covance; Swarna  Reddy, Covance 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Swarna  Reddy, Covance 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Using Real World Data to Evaluate the Generalizability of Evidence from Randomized Clinical Trials 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wei  Shen, Eli Lilly and Company ; Douglas  Faries, Lilly Research Laboratories; Mark  Belger, Eli Lilly and Company; Chen-Yen  Lin, Eli Lilly and Company 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Real World Evidence Use at CBER: Emerging Issues from Submissions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jennifer  Kirk, FDA, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Data Standardization to Facilitate Comparison of Real World Data and Clinical Trial Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Aaron  Galaznik, Acorn AI, a Medidata Company  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Analytic Considerations for Constructing Real-World Control Arms 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Katherine  Tan, Flatiron Health ; Brian  Segal, Flatiron Health; Jonathan  Bryan, Flatiron Health; Melissa  Curtis, Flatiron Health; Nathan  Nussbaum, Flatiron Health; Rebecca  Miksad, Flatiron Health; Meghna  Samant, Flatiron Health; Somnath  Sarkar, Flatiron, Inc.; Aracelis  Torres, Flatiron Health 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Leverage Real World Evidence in Drug Development and Regulatory Decision Making 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Rongmei  Zhang, FDA, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    417 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Wed, 8/5/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Best Practices for Preparing Students for a Career in Business Analytics/Data Science — Topic Contributed Panel 
         
     
    
        
            Business Analytics/Statistics Education Interest Group , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Business and Economic Statistics Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Amy L Phelps, Duquesne University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): George  Recck, Babson University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                            1:05 PM
                         
                        
                            Best Practices for Preparing Students for a Career in Business Analytics/Data Science  
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                             
                     
                    
                        
                            Panelists:
                         
                        
                        
                            Sudipta  Dasmohapatra, Duke University Michael  Posner, Villanova University Roger  Hoerl, Union College Kimberly   Hockman, Genesis Equipping Ministries  
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    421 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Recent Advances in Time Series and Temporal Data Analysis — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Business and Economic Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Social Statistics Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Shujie  Ma, University of California, Riverside 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Shujie  Ma, University of California, Riverside 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Semiparametric Modeling of Structured Point Processes Using Multi-Level Log-Gaussian Cox Processes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yongtao  Guan, University of Miami  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:30 AM 
                         
                        
                            Nonparametric Standard Errors for High Frequency Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Per  Mykland, University of Chicago ; Lan  Zhang, University of Illinois at Chicago 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:55 AM 
                         
                        
                            Relevant Two-Sample Tests for the Eigenfunctions of Covariance Operators 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Alexander  Aue, University of California-Davis  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:20 AM 
                         
                        
                            Smoothed Log-Concave Probability Mass Functions with Application to Time-Series of Counts 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Thibault  Vatter, Columbia University  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    429 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Strategic Statistical Partnerships Impacting Health and Education for the Public Good — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Stats. Partnerships Among Academe Indust. & Govt. Committee , Health Policy Statistics Section, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Ying  Ding, University of Pittsburgh; Pamela  McGovern, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Fanni  Natanegara, Eli Lilly and Company 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Jungwha Julia  Lee, Northwestern University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Public-Private Collaborations Aiming to Improve the Reliability and Consistency of Clinical Tests to Guide Cancer Care 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lisa Meier McShane, National Cancer Institute  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Furthering Public Health Through the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Sanofi Pasteur Dengue Vaccine Collaboration 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ying  Huang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ; Youyi  Fong, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Brenda  Price, University of Washington; Carlos   DiazGranados, Sanofi Pasteur; Stephen  Savarino, Sanofi Pasteur; Saranya  Sridhar, Sanofi Pasteur; Edith  Langevin, Sanofi Pasteur; Tifany  Machabert, Sanofi Pasteur; Ming  Zhu, Sanofi Pasteur 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            An Academic and Industry Partnership Training the Next Generation of Data Scientists 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Nicholas  Horton, Amherst College  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Engaging Industry and Academia to Drive Meaningful Social Impact 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Christine  Pfeil, MassMutual ; Sears  Merritt, MassMutual 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                11:25 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  Sally  Morton, Virginia Tech
             
         
    
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    438 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical Methods for Topological Data Analysis — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Korean International Statistical Society, IMS 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Chul  Moon, Southern Methodist University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Hengrui  Luo, The Ohio State University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Solution Manifold and Its Statistical Applications 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yen-Chi  Chen, University of Washington  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Persistent Topological Descriptors for Functional Brain Network 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hyunnam  Ryu, University of Georgia ; Nicole  Lazar, University of Georgia 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Uncovering the Holes in the Universe with Topological Data Analysis 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jessi  Cisewski-Kehe, Yale University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Confidence Band for Persistent Homology 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Jisu  Kim, Inria  
                         
                     
                
        
            
                11:25 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  Chul  Moon, Southern Methodist University
             
         
    
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    444 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Highlights from the Journal STAT — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            SSC (Statistical Society of Canada) , International Statistical Institute, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, WNAR 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Hao Helen Zhang, University of Arizona 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Hao Helen Zhang, University of Arizona 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Baum-Welch Algorithm on Directed Acyclic Graph for Mixtures with Latent Bayesian Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jia  Li, Penn State University ; Lin  Lin, The Pennsylvania State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            Penalized Euclidean Distance Regression 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Daniel  Vasiliu, College of William & Mary ; Ian  Dryden, University of Nottingham; Tanujit  Dey, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            Syncytial Clustering  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ranjan  Maitra, Iowa State University ; Israel A. Almodovar-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Clustering and Bi-Clustering for High-Frequency Financial Time Series Based on Mutual Information 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jian  Zou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute ; Haitao  Liu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nalini  Ravishanker, University of Connecticut 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            From Causal Inference to Gene Regulation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Caroline  Uhler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    448 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            The Contribution of Convex Optimization to New Statistical Concepts  — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Statistical Graphics, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Michael G. Schimek, IMI Statistical Bioinformatics, Medical University of Graz, Austria 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Michael G. Schimek, IMI Statistical Bioinformatics, Medical University of Graz, Austria 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            10:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Supervised Convex Clustering 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Tianyi  Yao, Rice University ; Minjie   Wang, Rice University; Genevera  Allen, Rice University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:25 AM 
                         
                        
                            A Computational Framework for Multivariate Convex Regression 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Rahul  Mazumder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            10:45 AM 
                         
                        
                            TopKSignal: A Convex Optimization Tool for Signal Reconstruction from Multiple Ranked Lists 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Bastian  Pfeifer, IMI Statistical Bioinformatics, Medical University of Graz, Austria ; Luca   Vitale, Medical University of Graz, Austria; University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy; Michael G. Schimek, IMI Statistical Bioinformatics, Medical University of Graz, Austria 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            11:05 AM 
                         
                        
                            Novel Results on the Sorted L-One Penalized Estimator 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Malgorzata  Bogdan, University of Wroclaw  
                         
                     
                
        
            
                11:25 AM
             
            
                Discussant:  David W.  Scott, Rice University, Department of Statistics, Noah Harding Chair
             
         
    
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    455 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                11:50 AM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Big Data, Technology Platform and Digital Innovation with Measurable Impact — Topic Contributed Panel 
         
     
    
        
            Text Analysis Interest Group , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Quantum Computing in Statistics and Machine Learning, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Kelly  Zou, Pfizer Inc 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Kelly  Zou, Pfizer Inc 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                            10:05 AM
                         
                        
                            Big Data, Technology Platform and Digital Innovation with Measurable Impact 
                            
                                        
                                    
                             
                     
                    
                        
                            Panelists:
                         
                        
                        
                            Siddhartha  Dalal, Columbia University Mike  Henderson, SAS Joseph  Imperato, Pfizer Stanislav  Kolenikov, Abt Associates Lourenco  Miranda, Society Generale Mike  Porath, The Mighty May  Yamada-Lifton, SAS  
                     
                
    
        
            11:45 AM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    495 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical Methods for Networks — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Adam  Rothman, University of Minnesota 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Estimation of the Epidemic Branching Factor in Noisy Contact Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wenrui  Li, Boston University ; Eric  Kolaczyk, Boston University; Daniel L Sussman, Boston University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Matrix Factorization Methods for Community Detection in Dynamic Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yan  Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Yuguo  Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            A Bayesian Nonparametric Latent Space Approach for Modeling Evolving Communities in Dynamic Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Joshua  Loyal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Yuguo  Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Consistent Nonparametric Hypothesis Testing for Low Rank Random Graphs with Negative or Repeated Eigenvalues 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Joshua  Agterberg, Johns Hopkins University ; Minh  Tang, NC State University; Carey  Priebe, Johns Hopkins University; Mao  Hong, Johns Hopkins University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            A Statistical Interpretation of Spectral Embedding: The Generalized Random Dot Product Graph 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Joshua  Cape, University of Michigan ; Minh  Tang, NC State University; Carey  Priebe, Johns Hopkins University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Dynamic Latent Space Network Models with Attractors for Flocking and Polarization 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xiaojing  Zhu, Boston University ; Eric  Kolaczyk, Boston University; Konstantinos  Spiliopoulos, Boston University; Dylan  Walker, Boston University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Spectral Filtering for Core Structure Identification in Complex Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ruizhong  Miao, University of Virginia ; Tianxi  Li, University of Virginia 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    496 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Dimension Reduction — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Aramayis  Dallakyan, Texas A&M University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Bayesian Model Averaging Sufficient Dimension Reduction 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Michael Declan Power, Temple University ; Yuexiao  Dong, Temple University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Principal Curve Approaches for Inferring 3D Chromatin Architecture 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Elena  Tuzhilina, Stanford University, Department of Statistics  ; Trevor  Hastie, Stanford University, Department of Statistics ; Mark  Segal, UCSF, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            On Sufficient Dimension Reduction via Principal Asymmetric Least Squares 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Abdul-Nasah  Soale, Temple University ; Yuexiao  Dong, Temple University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Learning Hierarchical Structures in Latent Attribute Models 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Chenchen  Ma, University of Michigan ; Gongjun  Xu, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            A Supervised Framework for Linear Dimension Reduction Induced by Hypothesis Testing 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Kisung  You, University of Notre Dame ; Lizhen  Lin, University of Notre Dame 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Canonical Correlation Analysis and Fusion Methods on a Large Face Database for Computer Vision 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Cuixian  Chen, University of North Carolina, Wilmington ; Jasmine   Gaston, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Summerlin  Thompson, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Suhaela  Eledkawi, Wright State University; Caroline  Werther, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Yaw  Chang, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Yishi  Wang, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Guodong  Guo, West Virginia University 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    497 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Variable Selection — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Guo  Yu, Cornell 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Controlled Group Variable Selection Using a Model-Free Knockoff Filter with a Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) Generator 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xinran  Qi, Medical College of Wisconsin  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            The Sylvester Graphical Lasso (SyGlasso) 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yu  Wang, University of Michigan ; Byoungwook  Jang, University of Michigan; Alfred  Hero, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Feature Screening for High-Dimensional Quadratic Generalized Linear Model via Point Biserial Correlation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jinzhu  Jiang, Bowling Green State University ; Junfeng   Shang, Bowling Green State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Simultaneous Outlier Detection and Feature Selection Using Mixed-Integer Programming 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ana  Kenney, Pennsylvania State University ; Luca  Insolia, Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa Italy); Francesca  Chiaromonte, Pennsylvania State University and  Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa Italy); Giovanni  Felici, IIASI CNR 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Cluster Group Variable Selection Method for High-Dimensional Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Qingcong  Yuan, Miami University ; Zhiyuan  Li, Miami University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Structure Adaptive Lasso 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Sandipan  Pramanik, Texas A&M University ; Xianyang  Zhang, Texas A&M University 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    498 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Modern Machine Learning — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Rebecca  North, North Carolina State University 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Random Forest Kernels: Utility and Insights for Interpretable Statistical Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Dai  Feng, AbbVie ; Richard  Baumgartner, Merck 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Uniform Regret Bounds for Quantile Regression Tree Process in Offline and Online Settings 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Fei  Fang, Duke University ; Alexandre  Belloni, Duke University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Deep Learning with Gaussian Differential Privacy 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Zhiqi  Bu, University of Pennsylvania  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            An Optimal Statistical and Computational Framework for Generalized Tensor Estimation 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Rungang  Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Rebecca  Willett, University of Chicago; Anru  Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Nonparametric Individual Treatment Effect Estimation for Survival Data with Random Forests 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Denis  Larocque, HEC Montreal ; Sami  Tabib, HEC Montreal 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Sequential Changepoint Detection for Classifier Label Shift 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Ciaran  Evans, Carnegie Mellon University ; Max  G'Sell, Carnegie Mellon University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Machine Learning Oracle to Guide Statistical Data Processing 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Lucas  Koepke, National Institute of Standards and Techology ; Michael  Frey, National Institute of Standards and Technology 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    499 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            New Methods for Machine Learning — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Dawei  Liu, Biogen 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Transfer Learning in High-Dimensional Sparse Regression: Estimation, Prediction, and Minimax Optimality 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Sai  Li, University of Pennsylvania ; Hongzhe  Li, University of Pennsylvania; Tony  Cai, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Large-Scale Anomaly Detection Based on Ensemble Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xi  Zhang, Huawei Technologies ; Kai  Chen, Huawei Technologies; Zhihua  Lv, Huawei Technologies; Rongjun  Xu, Huawei Technologies 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Random Forest-Classification of Area Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Mortality Risk in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in the US 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Fatima  Boukari, Delaware State University ; Hacene  Boukari, Delaware State University; Md  Hossain, Nemours Biomedical Research, A.I. DuPont Children's Hospital 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Augmented Bagging as an Alternative to Random Forests 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Siyu  Zhou, University of Pittsburgh ; Lucas  Mentch, University of Pittsburgh 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Machine Learning Techniques for Prediction of Retail Violation of Tobacco Products 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Adams  Kusi Appiah, University of Nebraska Medical Center ; Hongying   Dai, University of Nebraska Medical Center 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    500 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical Learning — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Linghui  Li, AstraZeneca 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Effects of Stopping Criterion in the Growth of Trees in Regression Random Forests 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Aryana  Arsham, National Cancer Institute ; Philip  Rosenberg, National Cancer Institute; Mark  Peter Little, National Cancer Institute 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Using Machine Learning to Improve Propensity Score Matching Methods in Observational Studies 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Nan  Zhang, Imperial College London ; Daniel J. Graham, Imperial College London 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Inference for BART with Multinomial Outcomes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yizhen  Xu, Brown University ; Rami  Kantor, Brown University; Ann  Mwangi, Moi University; Michael  Daniels, University of Florida; Joseph  Hogan, Brown University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Privacy-Preserving Distributed Learning from Electronic Health Records Across Multiple Heterogenous Clinical Sites 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jiayi  Tong, University of Pennsylvania ; Chongliang  Luo, University of Pennsylvania; Rui  Duan, University of Pennsylvania; Mackenzie  Edmondson, University of Pennsylvania; Christopher   Forrest, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Yong  Chen, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            When Black Box Algorithms Are (Not) Appropriate: A Principled Prediction-Problem Ontology 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jordan  Rodu, University of Virginia ; Michael  Baiocchi, Stanford University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Semi-Supervised Logistic Learning Based on Exponential Tilt Mixture Models 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xinwei  Zhang, Rutgers University ; Zhiqiang  Tan, Rutgers University 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    501 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                10:00 AM -
                2:00 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Time Series Methods — Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science  
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Ignacio  Segovia-Dominguez, The University of Texas at Dallas 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Dynamic structure estimation of time-varying networks 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Ahyoung Amy  Kim, The University of Arizona ; Hongseok  Ko, The University of Arizona; Xueying  Tang; Hao Helen Zhang, University of Arizona 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Fast Functional Change Point Detection with Total Variation Denoising 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Trevor  Harris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Bo  Li, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Derek  Tucker, Sandia National Lab 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            A Dynamic Neural ODE Model for Nonlinear Time Series 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yijia  Liu, Purdue University ; Lexin  Li, University of California, Berkeley; Xiao  Wang, Purdue University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Modeling Spiky Functional Data with Derivatives of Smooth Functions in Function-On-Function Regression 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Ruiyan  Luo  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            Completion of Partially Observed Curves with Application to Classification of Bovid Teeth 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Gregory  Matthews, Loyola University Chicago ; Ofer   Harel, University of Connecticut; George   Thiruvathukal, Loyola University Chicago; Juliet   Brophy, Louisiana State University; Sebastian   Kurtek, The Ohio State University; Karthik  Bharath, University of Nottingham 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            
                         
                        
                            High-Dimensional Dynamic Pricing with Online Tuning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Chi-Hua  Wang ; Zhanyu  Wang, Purdue University; Wei  Sun, Purdue University; Guang  Cheng, Purdue University 
                         
                     
                
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    524 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Emerging Statistical Learning Methods in Modern Data Science — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Nonparametric Statistics, IMS 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Ping  Ma, University of Georgia 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Ping  Ma, University of Georgia 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Powerful AI Tool for CHD Screening 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wenxuan  Zhong, Department of Statistics, University of Georgia  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:30 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Community Model for Partially Observed Networks from Surveys 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Tianxi  Li, University of Virginia ; Elizaveta  Levina, University of Michigan; Ji  Zhu, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:55 PM 
                         
                        
                            Reverse Engineering a Deep Network 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Douglas  Nychka, Colorado School of Mines  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:20 PM 
                         
                        
                            Statistical Methods for Some Problems in Physics 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Larry  Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    538 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Emerging Topics in Private Data Analysis — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            IMS , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Royal Statistical Society 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Weijie  Su, University of Pennsylvania 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Weijie  Su, University of Pennsylvania 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Differentially Private Mean and Covariance Estimation 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Gautam  Kamath, University of Waterloo  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            KNG: The K-Norm Gradient Mechanism 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jordan  Awan, Penn State University ; Matthew  Reimherr, Penn State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Locally Private Learning, Estimation, Inference and Optimality 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Feng  Ruan, University of California at Berkeley  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Gaussian Differential Privacy, with Applications to Deep Learning 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jinshuo  Dong, University of Pennsylvania ; Aaron  Roth, University of Pennsylvania; Weijie  Su, University of Pennsylvania 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                2:25 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Xiao-Li   Meng, Harvard University
             
         
    
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    546 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Foundational Issues in Machine Learning — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems Interest Group, Section on Risk Analysis, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Bertrand  Clarke, U. Nebraska-Lincoln 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Tri  Le, Mercer Univ - Atlanta 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Joint Robust Multiple Inference on Large-Scale Multivariate Regression 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Wen  Zhou, Colorado State University ; Wenxin  Zhou, University of California, San Diego; Youngseok  Song, Colorado State University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            BET on Independence 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Kai  Zhang, UNC Chapel Hill  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Sparse Logistic Classification Using Multi-Type Predictors 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Arkaprava  Roy, University of Florida ; Bertrand  Clarke, U. Nebraska-Lincoln; Subhashis  Ghosal, NCSU; Diego   Jarquin, UNL 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            2:05 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    548 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                1:00 PM -
                2:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Using Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Statistical Methods to Improve Official Statistics — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Government Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Survey Research Methods Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Barry W Johnson, Statistics of Income, Internal Revenue Service 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Barry W Johnson, Statistics of Income, Internal Revenue Service 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            1:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Recommender Algorithms for Form Anomaly Detection 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            William  Roberts, Deloitte ; Anne  Parker, Internal Revenue Service; Danielle  Gewurz, Deloitte 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Statistically Robust Estimation of Unprotected Identity Theft in Individual Tax Returns: A Non-Parametric Simulation Based Approach 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Sabyasachi  Guharay, US Internal Revenue Service  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            1:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            NAICS Code Prediction Using Supervised Methods 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Christine  Oehlert, Internal Revenue Service  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            2:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            An Active Learning Approach for Collecting Tax Revenue 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Daniel En-Wenn Ho, Stanford Law School ; Ahmad  Qadri, Internal Revenue Service; Evelyn  Smith, University of Michigan 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                2:25 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Karl  Branting, MITRE Corporation
             
         
    
    
        
            2:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    553 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                3:00 PM -
                4:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Improving Patient Care Through Personalized/Stratified Medicine: Modern Data Science and Perspectives from Pharmaceutical Industry Leads and Regulatory — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistics and Data Science Education 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Wen  Li, Merck 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Ilya  Lipkovich, Eli LIlly and Company 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            3:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Machine Learning, AI and Personalized Intervention 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Haoda  Fu, Eli Lilly and Company  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:30 PM 
                         
                        
                            Pruned Targeted-Learning for Personalized Medicine 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yixin  Fang, AbbVie Inc.   
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:55 PM 
                         
                        
                            PRISM: Patient Response Identifiers for Stratified Medicine 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Thomas  Jemielita, Merck & Co., Inc ; Devan  Mehrotra, Merck 
                         
                     
                
        
            
                4:20 PM
             
            
                Discussant:  Maria Matilde S.   Kam, OTS/CDER, FDA
             
         
    
    
        
            4:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    559 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                3:00 PM -
                4:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Foundations of Data Science: The TRIPODS Experience — Invited Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Committee on Funded Research, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Scott  H. Holan, University of Missouri 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Catherine  Calder, University of Texas at Austin 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            3:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Build a Data Science Team 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Hao Helen Zhang, University of Arizona  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Transdisciplinary Research Institute for Advancing Data Science (TRIAD @ Georgia Tech)  
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xiaoming  Huo, Georgia Institute of Technology  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Foundations of Data Science: Dynamical, Statistical and Economic Perspectives 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Michael I. Jordan, University of California, Berkeley  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Riemannian Embedding Models for Relational Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Abel  Rodriguez, University of California, Santa Cruz  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            4:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    580 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                3:00 PM -
                4:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Statistical and Computational Challenges in Nonparametric Learning — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Nonparametric Statistics , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistical Computing 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Lingzhou  Xue, Penn State University and NISS 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Lingzhou  Xue, Penn State University and NISS 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            3:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Scale Invariant Approach for Sparse Signal Recovery 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Yifei  Lou, University of Texas At Dallas  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Learning Non-Monotone Optimal Individualized Treatment Regimes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Trinetri  Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University ; Yanyuan  Ma, The Pennsylvania State University ; Wensheng  Zhu, Northeast Normal University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Nonparametric Screening Under Conditional Strictly Convex Loss for Ultrahigh Dimensional Sparse Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Xu  Han, Temple University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Screening Algorithm for Cross-Validated Kernel Support Vector Machines 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Boxiang  Wang, University of Iowa ; Yi  Yang, McGill University 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            4:25 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    581 *  ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                3:00 PM -
                4:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Advanced Cross-Disciplinary Statistical Methods in Statistical Genomics — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics , Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Suvo   Chatterjee, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD)/ National Institutes of Health 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Shrabanti  Chowdhury, Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            3:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Utilizing Patient Information to Identify Subtype Heterogeneity of Cancer Driver Genes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Bin  Zhu, NCI ; Ho-Hsiang   Wu, Food and Drug Administration; Xing  Hua, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Jianxin  Shi, National Cancer Institute; Nilanjan  Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Bayesian Functional Data Analysis Over Dependent Regions and Its Application for Identification of Differentially Methylated Regions 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Suvo   Chatterjee, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD)/ National Institutes of Health ; Shrabanti  Chowdhury, Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Duchwan  Ryu, Northern Illinois University; Fasil Tekola Ayele, NICHD/NIH 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            A Bayesian Precision Medicine Framework for Calibrating Individualized Therapeutic Indices in Cancer 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            ABHISEK  SAHA, NICHD, NIH ; Veera  Baladandayuthapani, University of Michigan; Min Jin   Ha, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Multi-Resolution Clustering of Omics Data for Pattern Discovery 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Ali  Rahnavard, George Washington University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Multiomics Analysis of the Immunome, Transcriptome, Microbiome, Proteome, and Metabolome in Pregnancy 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Nima  Aghaeepour, Stanford University - Stanford, CA  
                         
                     
                
    
        
            4:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    583 ! 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                3:00 PM -
                4:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Learning Network Structure in Heterogeneous Populations — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Royal Statistical Society, International Indian Statistical Association 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Sandipan  Roy, University of Bath 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Sandipan  Roy, University of Bath 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            3:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Modeling Network Time Series Using Generalized Network AutoRegression (GNAR) 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Kathryn  Leeming, University of Warwick ; Marina  Knight, University of York; Guy  Nason, Imperial College London; Matthew  Nunes, University of Bath 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Sparse Locally-Stationary Wavelet Processes 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Alexander  Gibberd, Lancaster Unviersity  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Efficient Estimation of Change Points in Regime Switching Dynamic Markov Random Fields 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jing  Ma, Texas A&M University  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Fast Algorithms for Detection of Structural Breaks in High-Dimensional Data 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            George  Michailidis, University of Florida  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Optimistic Binary Segmentation with an Application in Change Point Detection Methodologies for Graphical Models in the Presence of Missing Values 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Solt  Kovács, ETH Zurich ; Peter  Bühlmann, ETH Zurich; Lorenz  Haubner, ETH Zurich; Housen  Li, University of Göttingen; Malte  Londschien, ETH Zurich; Axel  Munk, University of Göttingen 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            4:45 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion 
         
     
    
    
          
     
    
          
     
    
        
                    
                          
                    585 
             
         
        
             Thu, 8/6/2020,
                3:00 PM -
                4:50 PM  
         
        
            
                            
                    Virtual 
                
         
     
    
        
            Bayesian Neural Networks — Topic Contributed Papers 
         
     
    
        
            International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Text Analysis Interest Group 
         
     
    
    
        
            Organizer(s): Deborshee  Sen, Duke University 
         
     
    
    
        
            Chair(s): Rudradev  Sengupta, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, Beerse, Belgium 
         
     
    
                    
                        
                            3:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Bayesian Dimension Reduction Using Neural Networks 
                            
                                        
                                            
                                                Presentation
                                             
                                        
                                    
                            Deborshee  Sen, Duke University ; David  Dunson, Duke University; Theodore  Papamarkou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:25 PM 
                         
                        
                            Bayesian Deep Net GLM and GLMM 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Minh Ngoc  Tran, The University of Sydney  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            3:45 PM 
                         
                        
                            Challenges in Bayesian Inference via Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Neural Networks 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Theodore  Papamarkou  
                         
                     
                
                    
                        
                            4:05 PM 
                         
                        
                            Practical Bayesian Inference for Shallow CNNs in NLP 
                            
                                        
                                    
                            Jacob  Hinkle, Oak Ridge National Lab ; Devanshu  Agrawal, Oak Ridge National Lab; Theodore  Papamarkou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
                         
                     
                
    
        
            4:25 PM
         
        
            Floor Discussion