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Monday, 26 May, 2025

08:30 - 09:50

SSC Presidential Invited Address

Room: HLTH 1150

08:30 - 09:50
Data-Driven Research: Advancing Equity with Integrity
Rebecca Hubbard (Brown University)

10:20 - 11:50

Advances in Biostatistical Methods for Personalized Medicine and Health Outcomes

Room: ARTS 263

10:20 - 10:35
Joint Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Binary and Survival Outcomes in Basket Clinical Trials
Tyler Thomas (Queen’s University )
10:35 - 10:50
Dual Censoring Schemes for Marker and Failure Time Processes
Laura Bumbulis (University of Waterloo)
10:50 - 11:05
Dynamic Personalized Prediction Using Joint Modeling of Daily SOFA Trajectories and Time-to-Event Data
Rebecca Quaijah (University of Calgary)
11:05 - 11:20
Identifying Treatment Effect Heterogeneity with Bayesian Hierarchical Adjustable Random Partition in Adaptive Enrichment Trials
Xianglin Zhao (McGill University)

Shirin Golchi

McGill University
11:20 - 11:35
Estimating Associations Between Cumulative Exposure and Health via Generalized Distributed Lag Non-Linear Models using Penalized Splines
Tianyi Pan (University of Waterloo)

Hwashin Shin

Health Canada

Glen McGee

University of Waterloo

Alex Stringer

University of Waterloo
11:35 - 11:50
A Causal Survival Analysis Approach for Multi-Level Health Data
Priyonto Saha (University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health)

Advances in Business and Industrial Statistics

Room: ARTS 133

10:20 - 10:35
The Geography of Sin and ESG Practices in the United States
Qiongfang LU (University of Saskatchewan)
10:35 - 10:50
Understanding Intrinsic Socioeconomic Biases in Large Language Models
MINA ARZAGHI (HEC Montreal, MILA)

Florian Carichon

HEC Montreal

Golnoosh Farnadi

McGill University, Mila - Quebec AI Institute
10:50 - 11:05
GCov-Based Portmanteau Test
Aryan Manafi Neyazi (York University)

Joann Jasiak

York University
11:05 - 11:20
Differential Privacy in Machine Learning: Theoretical Bounds and Statistical Properties
Chang Qu (University of Ottawa)

Rafal Kulik

University of Ottawa
11:20 - 11:35
Assessing Counting Systems using a Gold Standard
Megan French (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo)

Ryan Browne

University of Waterloo

Stefan Steiner

University of Waterloo
11:35 - 11:50
Investigating Control-Centred Results after Uncentred Principal Component Analysis
John C. Castura (Compusense Inc.)

Véronique Cariou

StatSC, Oniris, Inrae, Nantes, France

Tormod Næs

Nofima AS, Ås, Norway

Advances in Statistical Methods for Natural Phenomena and Risk

Room: ARTS 102

10:20 - 10:35
ChronoFlow: A Data-Driven Model for Gyrochronology
Phil R Van-Lane (University of Toronto)

Joshua Speagle

University of Toronto

Gwendolyn Eadie

University of Toronto

Stephanie Douglas

Lafayette College

Phillip Cargile

Center for Astrophysics

Catherine Zucker

Center for Astrophysics

Lucy Lu

The Ohio State University

Ruth Angus

American Museum of Natural History
10:35 - 10:50
Characterizing Plastic Pollution in Urban Stormwater Ponds in London, Ontario
Dinithi De Silva (Western University)

Douglas Woolford

Western University

Patricia Corcoran

Western University
10:50 - 11:05
Analyzing Fire Spread Using Segmentation from Experimental Fire Videos
Ladan Tazik (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
11:05 - 11:20
Optimal Catastrophe Risk Pooling
Minh Chau Nguyen (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo)
11:20 - 11:35
Enhancing Sawmills Statistical Process Control System Using Mixture Models
Golshid Aflaki (HEC Montréal)

Jean-François Plante

HEC Montreal

Bridging statistical and climate models for actuarial applications

Room: ARTS 146

10:20 - 10:50
A Physical and Statistical Hurricane Model for the Present and Future Climate
Mathieu Boudreault (Université du Québec à Montréal)
10:50 - 11:20
Modelling the Impacts of Climate Change on Deaths caused by Heat and Cold Waves with Age-period-cohort Models
Thomas Landry (UQAM)
11:20 - 11:50
Using Statistical and Machine Learning Models for Flood Intensity Projections under Climate Change over the US and Canada
Lenin Del Rio Amador (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Mathieu Boudreault

Université du Québec à Montréal

Aboudoul Karim Aboubacar Larre

Université du Québec à Montréal

Delivering data science

Room: HLTH 1A60

10:20 - 10:50
Draft SSC Statement on Role of Statistics in Data Science and AI
Thomas M. Loughin (Simon Fraser University)

Saman Muthukumarana

University of Manitoba

Eric Rancourt

Statistics Canada

Bingrui (Cindy) Sun

University of Calgary

Tiffany Timbers

University of British Columbia

Yildiz Yilmaz

Memorial University
10:50 - 11:20
Exploring Data Science at the U of C: Key Challenges and Highlights
Thuntida Ngamkham (University of Calgary)

Jim Stallard

University of Calgary
11:20 - 11:50
Designing and Delivering Data Science Programs for Diverse Audiences
Tiffany A. Timbers (The University of British Columbia)

Emerging Challenges in Analyzing Noisy and Survival Data

Room: HLTH GB03

10:20 - 10:50
Extending Age-Specific Logistic Regression with Complex Event Times
Haoxuan Zhou (Simon Fraser University)

X. Joan Hu

Simon Fraser University

Yi Xiong

University at Buffalo

Yan Yuan

University of Alberta
10:50 - 11:20
A Boosting Method for Survival Data with Right-Censored Responses
Grace Y. Yi (University of Western Ontario)

Li-Pang Chen

University of Western Ontario
11:20 - 11:50
Marginal Semiparametric Accelerated Failure Time Cure Model for Clustered Survival Data
Yingwei (Paul) Peng (Queen's University)

Yi Niu

Dalian University of Technology

Duze Fan

Dalian University of Technology

Jie Ding

Dalian University of Technology

Leading the Forefront of Statistical Ecology in Canada

Room: HLTH 1B11

10:20 - 10:45
Enhancing Aquatic Species Classification: Integration of Prior Knowledge into AI models for Improved Accuracy
Sofia Ruiz Suarez (University of Toronto)

Vianey Leos Barajas

University of Toronto

Dak de Kerckhove

Ministry of Natural Resources
10:45 - 11:10
Smooth Models for Animal Movement
Théo Michelot (Dalhousie University)
11:10 - 11:35
Integrating Citizen Science and Telemetry Data to Model Bird Migration
Noudehouenou (Freedich) Houessou (Université de Sherbrooke)

Guillaume Blanchet

Université de Sherbrooke

Dominique Gravel

Université de Sherbrooke

Pierre Legagneux

Université de Laval
11:35 - 11:50
Discussant
Marie Auger-Méthé (The University of British Columbia)

New Development in Functional Data Analysis

Room: HLTH GB06

10:20 - 10:50
Scalable Inference in Functional Linear Regression with Streaming Data
Linglong Kong (University of Alberta)

Jinhan Xie

Yunan University

Enze Shi

University of Alberta

Peijun Sang

University of Waterloo

Zuofeng Shang

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bei Jiang

University of Alberta
10:50 - 11:20
Functional Kalman Filtering and Smoothing for Accelerometer Data
Adam B. Kashlak (University of Alberta)

Yan Cui

Reed College & Illinois State University
11:20 - 11:50
Representation Learning of Dynamic Networks
Haixu Wang (University of Calgary)

Jiguo Cao

Simon Fraser University

Jian Pei

Duke University

New Frontiers in Biostatistical Methods

Room: ARTS 134

10:20 - 10:35
A Nonparametric Framework for Treatment Effect Modifier Discovery in High Dimensions
Philippe Boileau (McGill University)

Ning Leng

Genentech Inc

Nima S Hejazi

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Mark J van der Laan

University of California, Berkeley

Sandrine Dudoit

University of California, Berkeley
10:35 - 10:50
Rewards Construction based on Preference Learning for Dynamic Treatment Regimes
Sophia Yazzourh (McGill Biostatistics)

Nicolas Savy

Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse

Philippe Saint-Pierre

Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse

Michael R. Kosorok

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:50 - 11:05
Covariate Selection in Simplex Regression, with Applications to Wastewater-based Epidemiology of COVID-19 Variants of Concern
Devan G. Becker (Wilfrid Laurier University)
11:05 - 11:20
A Statistical Framework for Reconstructing Epidemic Curves
Justin Slater (University of Guelph)
11:20 - 11:35
Likelihood-Based Nonparametric Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis in the presence of Imperfect Reference Standard
Yifan Sun (University of Waterloo)

Peijun Sang

University of Waterloo

Qinglong Tian

University of Waterloo

Pengfei Li

University of Waterloo
11:35 - 11:50
Effect of Missing Responses on the c(α) or Score tests in One-way Layout of Count Data
Poonam Shrestha Malakar (University of Windsor)

Sudhir Paul

University of Windsor

Abdulla Mamun

Gonzaga University

Subhamoy Pal

Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center

Recent Advances of Causal Inference Techniques in Health Research

Room: HLTH 1130

10:20 - 10:50
Model Selection for Causal Inference in Missing Exposure Problems
Yeying Zhu (University of Waterloo)

Yuliang Shi

University of Waterloo

Joel Dubin

University of Waterloo
10:50 - 11:20
Causal Estimation with Longitudinal Outcome-Highly-Adaptive LASSO
Mireille Schnitzer (Université de Montréal)

David Berger

Université de Montréal

Yan Liu

Université de Montréal

Ashkan Ertefaie

University of Pennsylvania

Denis Talbot

Université Laval

David Benkeser

Emory University
11:20 - 11:50
Estimating Average Treatment Effects of Encouragement Variables
Lan Wen (University of Waterloo)

Statistical inference in the presence of non-probability sampling in surveys

Room: ARTS 143

10:20 - 10:50
Construction of Indirect Sampling Weights Through Data Integration
Heng Chen (Bank of Canada)
10:50 - 11:20
Nonignorable Participation for Non-probability Survey Samples
Changbao Wu (University of Waterloo)
11:20 - 11:50
Improve Survey Inference Using Bayesian Machine Learning
Qixuan Chen (Columbia University)

13:30 - 15:00

Addressing EDI Concerns in Methodological Research

Room: HLTH 1A60

13:30 - 14:00
Beyond Randomized Response: Promoting Equity by Ensuring Privacy
Dylan Spicker (University of New Brunswick)
14:00 - 14:30
Advancing Fairness in Treatment Strategy Estimation on Censored Data
Junxi Zhang (Concordia University Montreal)
14:30 - 15:00
Addressing EDI Concerns in Methodological Research
Mabel Carabali (McGill University)

Advances in Biostatistical Methods for Genetic and Disease Transmission Modelling

Room: ARTS 134

13:30 - 13:45
Joint Modelling for Complex Disease Processes with Real-World Data
Lily Zou (University of Waterloo)

Richard J. Cook

University of Waterloo

Jerald F. Lawless

University of Waterloo
13:45 - 14:00
Short-term Forecast of Respiratory Virus Transmission in Ontario
Junzi Chen (Dalla Lana School of Public Health/University of Toronto)
14:00 - 14:15
Comparing Endogenous and Exogenous Behaviour Change Mechanisms in COVID-19 Models
Madeline Ward (University of Calgary)

Rob Deardon

University of Calgary

Lorna Deeth

University of Guelph
14:15 - 14:30
Spatiotemporal Individual-Level Model of Seasonal Infectious Disease Transmission
Amin Abed (University of Manitoba)

Mahmoud Torabi

University of Manitoba

Zeinab Mashreghi

University of Winnipeg
14:30 - 14:45
Expectile and M-Quantile Regression in High Dimensions in the Presence of Missing Data for Polygenic Risk Scores Construction
Abdoul Oudouss Diakite (INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier)

Catherine Laprise

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi / INRS

Amadou Barry

Centre Armand-Frappier INRS / Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
14:45 - 15:00
Gene-Gene Associations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from Gene Network Analysis of Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data
Jing Wang (University of Saskatchewan)

Advances in Statistical Analysis for Biological and Social Sciences

Room: ARTS 102

13:30 - 13:45
Statistical Methods for Network-Based Cultural Evolution Modeling in Organizational Hierarchies
Amaris Huang (McGill University)

Eric Kolaczyk

McGill University

Peter MacDonald

University of Waterloo
13:45 - 14:00
Finite Mixture of Multivariate Poisson Log-normal Factor Regression Models for Clustering Count Data
Yubin Sung (Carleton University)

Sanjeena Dang

Carleton University

Song Cai

Carleton University
14:00 - 14:15
Applying Regularized Regression Methods for Lung Epithelial Cell Type Classification in Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data
Linxi Li (University of Saskatchewan)
14:15 - 14:30
Average Treatment Effect with Continuous Instrumental Variables
Mei Dong (University of Toronto)

Dingke Tang

Washington University in St. Louis

Wei Xu

University of Toronto

Linbo Wang

University of Toronto
14:30 - 14:45
Novel Approach for PSD Decomposition in EEG Recordings
Sambavi Arulnandhy (Brock University)

William Marshall

Brock University
14:45 - 15:00
Automated Cell Annotation Tool From an Integrated Cell Atlas of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Healthy Control
Yushan Hu (University of Victoria)

Li Xing

University of Saskatchewan

Xiaojian Shao

National Research Council Canada

Ziying Liu

National Research Council Canada

Kailun Bai

University of Victoria

Xuekui Zhang

University of Victoria

Don Sin

University of British Columbia

Machine Learning for Finance and Insurance

Room: ARTS 146

13:30 - 14:00
Integrated Design for Index Insurance
Liqun Diao (University of Waterloo)

Chengguo Weng

University of Waterloo

Jinggong Zhang

Nanyang Technological University
14:00 - 14:30
Greenhouse-Gas-Emission-Aware Portfolio Optimization with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Zaniar Ahmadi (Concordia University)

Frédéric Godin

Concordia University

Kassimou Abdoul Haki Maoude

Concordia University

Modelling and Managing Health Outcomes: From Personalized Treatments to Public Health

Room: ARTS 263

13:30 - 13:45
Optimizing Service Utilization with Dynamic Weighted Ordinary Least Squares
Alexandra Mossman (University of Waterloo)
13:45 - 14:00
Beyond Gaussian Processes: A Neural Refinement Approach for Optimizing Dynamic Treatment Regimes
Chloe Si (McGill University)
14:00 - 14:15
A Novel Bayesian Randomization Test for Clinical Trials with Small Sample Size
Abigail McGrory (University of Toronto)

Eleanor Pullenayegum

The Hospital for Sick Children
14:15 - 14:30
Deep Learning Neural Network-Exponential Family Mixture Model on Subgroup Analysis
Yangsai Lyu (Queen's University)

Bingshu Chen

Queen's University

Wenyu Jiang

Queen's University
14:30 - 14:45
Bootstrap Adjustment for Predictive Classification Based on a Change-point Cox Model for Survival Data
Zehui Wang (Queen's University)

Yanglei Song

Queen's University

Wenyu Jiang

Queen's University

Dongsheng Tu

Queen's University
14:45 - 15:00
A Partially Linear Additive Single-index Threshold Model for Longitudinal Proportion Data
Yuwei Ke (Queen's University)

Monitoring high-dimenstional data streams and additive manufacturing

Room: HLTH GB06

13:30 - 14:00
Online Monitoring of High-Dimensional Dynamic Processes Using PCA-Based Sequential Learning
Peihua Qiu (University of Florida)
14:00 - 14:30
Advancing Measurement System Assessment for Complex Data Structures
Banafsheh Lashkari (University of Waterloo)
14:30 - 15:00
Nonparametric Rank-Based Process Monitoring Methods on Manifold Spaces for Additive Manufacturing Applications
Ahmad Mozaffari (University of Waterloo)

New Frontiers in Data Science

Room: ARTS 133

13:30 - 13:45
Advanced Techniques for Mitigating Abnormal Instances and Class Imbalance in High-Dimensional Data Classification
Surani Matharaarachchi (University of Manitoba)

Saman Muthukumarana

University of Manitoba

Mike Domaratzki

Western University
13:45 - 14:00
An Adversarial Analysis of Thompson Sampling for Full-Information Online Learning: From Finite to Infinite Action Spaces
Jeffrey Negrea (University of Waterloo)

Alexander Terenin

Cornell University
14:00 - 14:15
Fully Functional Sieve Covariance Inference of Locally Stationary Functional Time Series
Yan Cui (Illinois State University)

Zhou Zhou

University of Toronto
14:15 - 14:30
CARROT: A Cost Aware Rate Optimal Router
Subha Maity (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo)
14:30 - 14:45
Numerical Integration in Statistical Problems
Alex Stringer (University of Waterloo)

Blair Bilodeau

University of Toronto

Yanbo Tang

Imperial College London

Statistical advances in precision medicine

Room: HLTH 1130

13:30 - 14:00
Optimizing visit Times to improve Hypertension Management, an Application to the SPRINT Trial
Janie Coulombe (Université de Montréal)

Tianze Jiao

Université de la Floride

Dany El-Riachi

Université Sherbrooke

Fanxing Du

Université de la Floride
14:00 - 14:30
Checking assumptions: what we can and cannot do
Juliana Schulz (HEC Montréal)

Erica E. M. Moodie

McGill University

Susan M. Shortreed

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
14:30 - 15:00
Machine learning to control confounding when estimating an optimal adaptive treatment strategy
Denis Talbot (Université Laval)

Kossi Clément Trenou

Universite Laval

Miceline Mesidor

Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Aida Eslami

Universite Laval

Shrinkage Estimation in Multivariate Statistical Modeling

Room: HLTH 1B11

13:30 - 14:00
Variable Selection in the Joint Frailty Model of Recurrent and Terminal Events using the Broken Adaptive Ridge Regression
Christian Chan (University of Calgary)

Fatemeh Mahmoudi

Mount Royal University

Chel Hee Lee

University of Calgary

Quan Long

University of Calgary

Xuewen Lu

University of Calgary
14:00 - 14:30
Confidence sets based on the Positive Part James-Stein Estimator with the Asymptotically Constant Coverage Probability
Andrei Volodin (University of Regina)
14:30 - 15:00
Variable Selection and Dimension Reduction in Partially Linear Single-Index AFT Models
Xuewen Lu (University of Calgary)

Spotlight on CANSSI Postdocs

Room: HLTH GB03

13:30 - 14:00
Variational Phylogenetic Inference with Products Over Bipartitions
Evan Sidrow (The University of British Columbia)

Alexandre Bouchard-Côté

University of British Columbia

Lloyd T. Elliott

Simon Fraser University
14:00 - 14:30
Hidden Markov Individual-level Models of Infectious Disease Transmission
Dirk Douwes-Schultz (University of Calgary)

Rob Deardon

University of Calgary

Alexandra Schmidt

McGill University
14:30 - 15:00
Estimating the Basic Reproduction Number and the Serial Interval at the beginning of an Outbreak
Tatiana Krikella (York University)

Hanna Jankowski

York University

Jane Heffernan

York University

Sawitree Boonpatcharanon

York University

SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work 2024

Room: ARTS 143

13:30 - 15:00
Harnessing Statistics in Marine Science: Methods, Models, and Insights
Joanna Elizabeth Mills Flemming (Dalhousie University)

13:30 - 17:00

Case Study 1: Prediction of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation Using Routinely Reported 12-Lead ECG Variables and Electronic Heal

Room: HLTH GD50 Large Atrium

13:30 - 15:00
University of Calgary
Alina Yildir (University of Calgary)

Archana Senthil

University of Calgary

Harpreet Saini

University of Calgary
13:30 - 15:00
University of Manitoba 1
Azizur Rahman (University of Manitoba)

Yan Sin Leung

University of Manitoba

Shi Zhang

University of Manitoba

Kaihim Wong

University of Manitoba
13:30 - 15:00
University of Manitoba 2
Heshani Achinthika Mendis (University of Manitoba)

Gayathri Subasinghe

University of Manitoba

Lavanya Kumarasiri

University of Manitoba

Madhawa Hulangamuwa

University of Manitoba
13:30 - 15:00
University of Toronto 3
Ting Lin (University of Toronto)

Kevin Chen

University of Toronto

Edward Zhao

University of Toronto

Mark Asuncion

University of Toronto
13:30 - 15:00
University of Toronto 5
Junzi Chen (Dalla Lana School of Public Health/University of Toronto)

Erwen Wu

University of Toronto

Kevin Jia Cheng Wang

University of Toronto

Belina Jang

University of Toronto
13:30 - 15:00
University of Western Ontario
Furkan Berk Danisman (York University)

Ana Carolin Da Cruz

University of Western Ontario

Ryan Rakusin

University of Western Ontario
15:30 - 17:00
Carleton University
Hoang-Nam Chu (Carleton University)

Graham Gee

Carleton University

Antonio Duran

Carleton University

Matthew Lunn

Carleton University
15:30 - 17:00
MacEwan University
Samantha Malek (MacEwan University)

Avishek Paudel

MacEwan University

Russell Johnson

MacEwan University
15:30 - 17:00
McMaster University
Todd Pocuca (McMaster University)

Hyuna Seo

McMaster University
15:30 - 17:00
University of Saskatchewan
Syed Jafar Raza Rizvi (University of Saskatchewan)

Bernard Asante

University of Saskatchewan

Patricia Salazar-Ramirez

University of Saskatchewan
15:30 - 17:00
University of Toronto 1
Daniel Del Rosso (University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health)

Maksim Helmann

University of Toronto

Keanna Nandlall

University of Toronto

Hamda Altaf

University of Toronto

Mohsyn Imran Malik

University of Toronto
15:30 - 17:00
University of Toronto 2
Vanessa Liao (University of Toronto)

John Fei

University of Toronto

Tina Tan

University of Toronto

Luke Bai

University of Toronto
15:30 - 17:00
University of Toronto 4
Jiahui Zhang (University of Toronto)

Yu Shi

University of Toronto

Aoqi Xie

University of Toronto

Emmett Peng

University of Toronto

Case Study 2: Analysis of historical environmental data collected by ocean gliders in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Room: HLTH GD50 Large Atrium

13:30 - 15:00
Brock University
Izaak Gagnon (Brock University)

Jaiden Dahlke

Brock University

Ethan Garrafa

Brock University

Ryan Gunther

Brock University
13:30 - 15:00
University of Guelph
Luis Miguel Roldan Alzate (University of Guelph)

Alex McCubbin

University of Guelph

Robert De Castris

University of Guelph
13:30 - 15:00
University of Toronto 6
Qiyue Zhang (University of Toronto)

Yanning Wang

University of Toronto

Yuning Wang

University of Toronto

Lin Yu

University of Toronto
15:30 - 17:00
Laurentian University
Mianzhi Wu (Laurentian University)

Jiajun Wu

Laurentian University

Zihan Chen

Laurentian University

Jingwen Ji

Laurentian University
15:30 - 17:00
University of Montreal
William Ruth (Mount Royal University)

Rowin Alfaro

Université de Montréal

15:30 - 17:00

Advances in Risk Modelling in Finance and Insurance

Room: ARTS 263

15:30 - 15:45
Accounting for Model Risk in Property and Casualty Insurance
Hanieh Amjadian (Concordia University Montreal)

Yang Lu

Concordia university

Patrice Gaillardetz

Concordia university
15:45 - 16:00
Risk Models From Tree-Structured Markov Random Fields Following Multivariate Poisson Distributions
Alexandre Dubeau (Université Laval)

Hélène Cossette

Université Laval

Benjamin Côté

Université Laval

Etienne Marceau

Université Laval
16:00 - 16:15
From Point to Probabilistic Gradient Boosting for Claim Frequency and Severity Prediction
Dominik Chevalier (Université Laval)

Marie-Pier Côté

Université Laval
16:15 - 16:30
Tail Value-at-Risk under Reward-Penalty Mechanism with Applications to Robust Portfolio Management
Zhiqiao Song (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo)
16:30 - 16:45
Dimension Reduction of High-Dimensional Distributionally Robust Optimization
Brandon Tam (University of Toronto)

Silvana M. Pesenti

University of Toronto
16:45 - 17:00
Actuarial Fire-Spreading Model Based on Tree-Structured Probabilistic Graphical Model, with Insurance Applications
André Orelien Chuisseu Tchuisseu (Université Laval)

Jean-Philippe Boucher

Université de Québec à Montréal

Hélène Cossette

Université Laval

Etienne Marceau

Université Laval

Advances in Statistical Inference and Computing

Room: ARTS 102

15:30 - 15:45
Testing the Ratio of Variances in Data from Delta-lognormal Distributions Based on Various Classical and Bayesian Approaches
Mohammad Mastak Al Amin (University of Regina)
15:45 - 16:00
Comparing Exact and Approximate Inference for Spatial Autocorrelation Tests: A Power Analysis
Aditya Khan (University of Toronto)

Ian Zhang

University of Toronto
16:00 - 16:15
Restricted Search Space Graph MCMC via Birth-Death Processes
Morris Greenberg (University of Toronto)

Radu Craiu

University of Toronto

Kieran Campbell

University of Toronto
16:15 - 16:30
Adaptive Pseudo-Marginal Algorithm
Sarra Abaoubida (University of Montreal)
16:30 - 16:45
Analyzing Decision Tree Bias Towards the Minority Class
Nathan Phelps (University of Western Ontario)

Daniel J. Lizotte

University of Western Ontario

Douglas G. Woolford

University of Western Ontario
16:45 - 17:00
Differential Equation-Constrained Regression Estimators for Data with Sparse Design
Chunlei Ge (University of British Columbia Okanagan)

W. John Braun

University of British Columbia Okanagan

Advances in Survey Methods and Data Privacy

Room: ARTS 134

15:30 - 15:45
Calibration Estimators with Missing Auxiliary Covariates
David Thiessen (MacEwan University)
15:45 - 16:00
Deep Neural Networks for Doubly Robust Estimation with Nonprobability Survey Samples
yufang Dai (University of Calgary)

Xuewen Lu

University of Calgary
16:00 - 16:15
Discretization in two-phase designs
Aadesh Warren Nunkoo (University of Prince Edward Island)
16:15 - 16:30
Dimension Reduction Approaches for Two-Phase Subsample Selection with High-Dimensional Covariates 
Hanrui Dou
16:30 - 16:45
Differential Privacy with Bounded Output: Noise Addition for Non-Negative or Limited-Range Results
Xiang Zhang (Carleton University)
16:45 - 17:00
Integrated Model for Dependent Spatial Capture-Recapture and Presence-Absence Data
Mehnaz Jahid (University of Victoria)

Funding Opportunities for Statistics and Data Science Research

Room: ARTS 143

15:30 - 17:00
Funding Opportunities for Statistics and Data Science Research
Pascal Marchand (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)

Ilana Gombos

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Katarina Dedovic

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Donald Estep

Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute

Zsuzsa Papp

MITACS

Ins and Outs of Professional Consulting and Collaboration (panel session)

Room: HLTH GB03

15:30 - 17:00
Ins and Outs of Professional Consulting and Collaboration (panel session)
Lisa M. Lix (University of Manitoba)

Thomas Loughin

Simon Fraser University

Wesley Burr

Trent University

New Advances in Machine Learning Research

Room: ARTS 146

15:30 - 16:00
Generalized Random Forests Using Fixed-Point Trees
Archer Yang (McGill University)

David Fleischer

McGill University

David Stephens

McGill University
16:00 - 16:30
CBMA: Improving Conformal Prediction Through Bayesian Model Averaging
Bei Jiang (University of Alberta)
16:30 - 17:00
Robust PCA via Medians on Submanifolds
Shojaeddin Chenouri (University of Waterloo)

Varnan Sarangian

University of Waterloo

Christopher Small

University of Waterloo

Probabilistic Models Related to Biopolymer Modelling

Room: HLTH 1B11

15:30 - 16:00
Discrete Models for DNA-RNA Complexes
Margherita Maria Ferrari (University of Manitoba)
16:00 - 16:30
Petal Knots
Eric Rawdon (University of St. Thomas)
16:30 - 17:00
Preserving Topology
Andrew Rechnitzer (UBC)

Recent advances in complex and high dimensional causal inference research

Room: HLTH 1130

15:30 - 16:00
A Bayesian Causal Model for Matrix-Valued Exposures
Olli Saarela (University of Toronto)

Zijin Liu

University of Toronto

Amy Liu

University Health Network
16:00 - 16:30
Improving Causal Inference with Deep Learning: A Comparative Analysis of TARNet, Dragonnet, and NEDnet in Low and High-Dimensional Tabular Data
Mohammad Ehsanul Karim (The University of British Columbia)

Zining Annie Wang

University of British Columbia
16:30 - 17:00
Causal Inference for a Hidden Treatment
Ying Zhou (University of Connecticut)

Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen

University of Pennsylvania

Statistical analysis of network data

Room: HLTH GB06

15:30 - 16:00
Autoregressive Networks With Dependent Edges
Eric Kolaczyk (McGill University)

Jinyuan Chang

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Qin Fan

University of Sydney

Peter W. MacDonald

University of Waterloo

Qiwei Yao

London School of Economics and Political Science
16:00 - 16:30
Low-order Outcomes and Clustered Designs: Combining Design and Analysis for Causal Inference under Network Interference
Matthew Eichhorn (Cornell University)

Samir Khan

Stanford University

Johan Ugander

Stanford University

Christina Lee Yu

Cornell University
16:30 - 17:00
Unsupervised Learning on High-order Relational Data
François Théberge (Tutte Institute)

Statistical modelling of extremes of complex natural hazards

Room: HLTH 1A60

15:30 - 16:00
Probabilistic Deep Convolutional Net Emulator of Hydrometeorological Conditions
Julie Carreau (Polytechnique Montreal)

Maryam Alipourhajiagha

Polytechnique Montreal

Pierre-Louis Lemaire

Polytechnique Montreal

Youssef Diouane

Polytechnique Montreal
16:00 - 16:30
Joint Modeling of Multi-Scale Extreme Precipitation for IDF Curves
Charles Marois (Polytechnique Montreal)

Jonathan Jalbert

Polytechnique Montréal
16:30 - 17:00
Estimating Extreme Wave Surges in the Presence of Missing Data
Orla A. Murphy (Dalhousie University)

James H. McVittie

University of Regina

Topics in Probability and Stochastic Processes

Room: ARTS 133

15:30 - 15:45
An Optimal-transport Solution to Marginal-constrained Stochastic Inverse Problems
Samopriya Basu (Simon Fraser University (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science))

Faezeh Yazdi

Simon Fraser University
15:45 - 16:00
Asymptotic Tail Properties of Poisson Mixture Distributions
Samuel Valiquette (McGill University)

Gwladys Toulemonde

IMAG, Université de Montpellier

Jean Peyhardi

IMAG, Université de Montpellier

Éric Marchand

Université de Sherbrooke

Frédéric Mortier

Forêts et Sociétés, CIRAD
16:00 - 16:15
Inference in Generalized Square-root Diffusion Processes with Possible Structural Change
Yunhong Lyu (Trent University)

Sévérien Nkurunziza

University of Windsor
16:15 - 16:30
Markov Processes for Enhanced Deepfake Generation and Detection
Ian Zhang (University of Toronto)

Jyoti Bhadana

University of Alberta

Michael Kouritzin

University of Alberta

Seoyeon Park

University of Alberta
16:30 - 16:45
On certain quaternionic matrix-variate models and their statistical properties
Serge B. Provost (The University of Western Ontario)

Tuesday, 27 May, 2025

08:30 - 09:50

SSC 2024 Gold Medal Address

Room: HLTH 1150

08:30 - 09:50
The Rainbow and the Brain: how Structure determines Perception
Priscilla E. Greenwood (The University of British Columbia)

10:20 - 11:50

Advances in Data Science and Analytics

Room: ARTS 263

10:20 - 10:35
Ensuring Reliability in Air Pollution Research by Quantifying Uncertainty in Air Pollution Models
Mandy Yao (University of Toronto)

Meredith Franklin

University of Toronto
10:35 - 10:50
Efficient and Accurate Variational Inference for Multilevel Threshold Autoregressive Models in Intensive Longitudinal Data
Azizur Rahman (University of Manitoba)

Depeng Jiang

University of Manitoba

Lisa M. Lix

University of Manitoba
10:50 - 11:05
Random k Conditional Nearest Neighbor for High-Dimensional Data
JIAXUAN LU (UWO)
11:05 - 11:20
Distance-based Approach to Independent Component Analysis
Debopriya Basu (Concordia University Montreal)
11:20 - 11:35
Advances in Differentially Private Principal Component Analysis: Privacy-Utility Trade-Offs
Yizhen Teng (University of Ottawa)
11:35 - 11:50
Dynamics of "Spontaneous" Topic Changes in Next Token Prediction with Self-Attention
Mumin Jia (York University)

Jairo Diaz-Rodriguez

York University

Computational Methods to Address Challenges in Spatio-Temporal Modelling

Room: HLTH 1130

10:20 - 10:42
Flexible and Efficient Dependent Extremes Modeling for Spatio-Temporal Data
Christopher Wikle (University of Missouri)
10:42 - 11:04
Efficient Computation in Spatial Infectious Disease Models
Yirao Zhang (University of Calgary)

Rob Deardon

University of Calgary

Lorna Deeth

University of Guelph
11:04 - 11:26
Accommodating Heterogeneous Variability in Multivariate Spatio-Temporal Processes
Alexandra Schmidt (McGill University)

Paritosh Roy

McGill University

Thais Fonseca

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
11:26 - 11:48
Fast Computation of Spatial Generalized Mixed Models Applied to Large Single-Cell Multiplex Imaging Data
Caitlin Ward (University of Minnesota)

Data-driven techniques in actuarial science

Room: ARTS 146

10:20 - 10:50
Development of Telematics Risk Scores in Accordance with Regulatory Compliance
Hashan Kalugama Gardige (Simon Fraser University)

Himchan Jeong

Simon Fraser University

Bin Zou

University of Connecticut
10:50 - 11:20
A Zero-Inflated Mixed-Effects Spatial Point Process for Grouped Storm Loss Data
Lisa Gao (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo)

Sébastien Jessup

University of Waterloo
11:20 - 11:50
Assessing Driving Risk via Telematics Time Series Data
Ian Weng Chan (University of Toronto)

Andrei L. Badescu

University of Toronto

X. Sheldon Lin

University of Toronto

Indigenizing the statistics curriculum

Room: HLTH 1A60

10:20 - 10:50
Indigenous Games in Statistics Education and Research
Edward Doolittle (First Nations University of Canada)

Layne Burns

First Nations University of Canada
10:50 - 11:20
Inclusive science: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge in Science and Math Education
Kseniya Garaschuk (University of the Fraser Valley)
11:20 - 11:50
Indigenizing Statistics Courses and Curricula - Increasing Accessibility of Statistics Education
Darryl Isbister (University of Saskatchewan)

New Frontiers in Statistical Theory and Methods

Room: ARTS 134

10:20 - 10:35
Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) as Reduced Rank Regression (RRR) in High Dimensions
Elena Tuzhilina (University of Toronto)
10:35 - 10:50
Improved Subsample-and-Aggregate via the Private Modified Winsorized Mean
Kelly Ramsay (York University)

Dylan Spicker

University of New Brunswick, St Johns
10:50 - 11:05
A Goodness-of-Fit Test for the Logistic Propensity Score Model Under Non-Ignorable Missing Data
Manli Cheng (University of Waterloo)

Qinglong Tian

University of Waterloo

Pengfei Li

University of Waterloo
11:05 - 11:20
Minority Representation in Network Rankings: Methods for Estimation, Testing, and Fairness
Peter W. MacDonald (University of Waterloo)

Hui Shen

McGill University

Eric Kolaczyk

McGill University
11:20 - 11:35
A Uniformly Most Powerful Unbiased Test for Regression Parameters with Orthogonal Features, and Implications for Analyzing Correlated Data
Razvan G. Romanescu (University of Manitoba)
11:35 - 11:50
Framing Causal Questions in Sports Analytics: A Case Study of Crossing in Soccer
Shomoita Alam (McGill University)

Erica E. M. Moodie

McGill University

Lucas Wu

Simon Fraser University

Tim B. Swartz

Simon Fraser University

NSERC Discovery Grants Information Session

Room: HLTH GB03

10:20 - 11:50
NSERC Discovery Grants Information Session
Adèle Ngi-Song (NSERC)

Raymond Spiteri

University of Saskatchewan

Panel discussion: A guideline for handling longitudinal data subject to irregular observation

Room: HLTH 1B11

10:20 - 11:50
Panel discussion: A guideline for handling longitudinal data subject to irregular observation
Lisa M. Lix (University of Manitoba)

Joel Dubin

University of Waterloo

Robert Platt

McGill University

Eleanor M. Pullenayegum

Hospital for Sick Children

Poster Presentations 1

Room: HLTH GD50 Large Atrium

10:20 - 11:50
Comparing Double Machine Learning and Propensity Score Methods for Causal Inference in Lung Function Decline
Mohammad Toranjsimin (University of Saskatchewan)
10:20 - 11:50
Innovative Hierarchical Clustering Segmentation for Biological Tissue Identification in Label-Free Fluorescence Microscopy Hyperspectral Images
Juan Liyau (Toronto Metropolitan University)

You Liang

Toronto Metropolitan University

Na Yu

Toronto Metropolitan University

Xun Zhou

St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Tomasz Tkaczyk

Rice University

Yeni Yucel

St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
10:20 - 11:50
Lasso Regularization on Local Polynomial Regression for Derivative Estimation
Aidan John Elliott (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
10:20 - 11:50
Three Methods of Generating Space-filling Designs: a Comparison
Hasitha Jayaneththi Koralalage (Simon Fraser University)

Boxin Tang

Simon Fraser University
10:20 - 11:50
TriLLIEM: Triad Log-Linear modelling for Imprinting, Environmental-interactions and Maternal effects
Kevin Heda Zhao (University of Ottawa)

Kelly Burkett

University of Ottawa
10:20 - 11:50
Use of Time Series Clustering for Intermediate-Term Fire Activity Forecasting
Simon Snyman (University of British Columbia)

W. John Braun

University of British Columbia
10:20 - 11:50
Using Optimization Techniques for Discrete Copula Modeling
Alexandra Kravchuk (McGill University)

Christian Genest

McGill University

Johanna Nešlehová

McGill University

Courtney Paquette

McGill University
10:20 - 11:50
Variable Selection and Estimation in the Presence of Measurement Errors and Missing Data
Maimouna Balde (INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier)

Moreau Claudia

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Girard Simon

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Barry Amadou

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

Representation Learning for Unstructured Data

Room: HLTH GB06

10:20 - 10:42
Deep Learning and Causality: Bridging the Gap
Rahul G. Gopalkrishnan (University of Toronto)
10:42 - 11:04
Winnow-KAN: Single-Cell Spatial Localization with a Small Gene Set via a Kolmogorov-Arnold Network
Qihuang Zhang (McGill University)

Yuyang Zhang

McGill University
11:04 - 11:26
Joint Modeling of Adverse Events: Addressing Structural Heterogeneity in Data
Ziqian Zhuang (University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health)

Wei Xu

University Health Network
11:26 - 11:48
Representation Learning for Unstructured Genetic Data with Applications to Polygenic Analysis of Complex Traits
Quan Long (University of Calgary)

Statistical Approaches and Remote Sensing in Forest Management and Fire Analysis

Room: ARTS 102

10:20 - 10:35
Investigation of Temporal Trends in Fire Occurrence in Ontario with consideration of Monthly Teleconnections.
Emmanuella Boateng (University of Windsor)

Kevin Granville

University of Windsor
10:35 - 10:50
Change Point Detection for Wildfire Risks in British Columbia, Canada
Jin Zhang (University of Guelph)

Khurram Nadeem

University of Guelph

Zeny Feng

University of Guelph
10:50 - 11:05
Modelling Multi-day Evacuation and Return Decisions for Isolated Communities under uncertain Wildfire Smoke Forecasts
Kevin Granville (University of Windsor)

Den Boychuk

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services
11:05 - 11:20
An Optimized Spatial Ensemble of Interpolation Methods with a Focus on the Fire Weather Index in Ontario
Shiwen Liu (University of Windsor)

Kevin Granville

University of Windsor
11:20 - 11:35
Predicting Rare Events Using Training Data from Stratified Sampling Designs, with Application to Human-Caused Wildfire Prediction
Johanna de Haan-Ward (University of Western Ontario)

Simon Bonner

University of Western Ontario

Douglas Woolford

University of Western Ontario
11:35 - 11:50
Large Scale Change Detection using Remote Sensing Data
Max Turgeon (Tesera Systems)

Michael Kieser

Tesera Systems

Statistical Methods for Microbiome and Complex Biological Data Analysis

Room: ARTS 133

10:20 - 10:35
Modeling Microbiome Data: A Zero-Inflated Factor Analysis Approach with Skew-Normal Priors
Saurabh Panchasara (York University)

Kevin McGregor

University of Manitoba

Dr. Hanna Jankowski

York University
10:35 - 10:50
Regularized Dirichlet-Tree Multinomial Regression for Gut Microbiome Data
Alysha Cooper (University of Guelph)

Zeny Feng

University of Guelph

Ayesha Ali

University of Guelph
10:50 - 11:05
Sparse Priors for Bayesian Networks with Application in Bacterial Genomics
Bertrand Sodjahin (Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo)

Alex Stringer

University of Waterloo

Shoja’eddin Chenouri

University of Waterloo
11:05 - 11:20
Estimating the Dynamic Abundance of Streptococcus Pneumococcal Serotypes
Kehinde I. Olobatuyi (University of Victoria)

Laura Cowen

University of Victoria
11:20 - 11:35
Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for Imbalanced Multi-Class Data
Funmilola Mary Taiwo (University of Manitoba)
11:35 - 11:50
Spatial Dirichlet-Multinomial Mixed Model for Multivariate Count Data
Fekadu Bayisa (University of Guelph)

Zeny Feng

University of Guelph

Ayesha Ali

University of Guelph

Survey Methods Section Presidential Invited Address

Room: ARTS 143

10:20 - 11:50
Statistical Methods for Sampling Cross-Classified Populations under Constraints
Louis-Paul Rivest (Université Laval)

13:30 - 15:00

Conditional Markov Chains, adaptive signal recovery, and logarithmic asymptotic behaviour for partial sums of random variables

Room: HLTH 1B11

13:30 - 15:00
14:00 - 14:30
Adaptive Signal Recovery in Sparse Nonparametric Models
Natalia Stepanova (Carleton University)

Marie Turcicova

Czech Academy of Sciences
14:30 - 15:00
A General Logarithmic Asymptotic Behavior for Partial Sums of i.i.d. Random Variables
Deli Li (Lakehead University)

Yu Miao

Henan Normal University, China

Poster Presentations 2

Room: HLTH GD50 Large Atrium

13:30 - 15:00
13:30 - 15:00
Bivariate Survival Modeling with Multimodal Deep Learning for Knee Osteoarthritis Progression Prediction
Jasper Zhongyuan Zhang (University of Toronto)

Ziqian Zhuang

University of Toronto

Divya Sharma

York University, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Mohit Kapoor

University Health Network, University of Toronto

Osvaldo Espin-Garcia

Western University, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Wei Xu

University Health Network, University of Toronto
13:30 - 15:00
DenMark: Identifying Cell Density Marker Genes with a Bayesian Hierarchical Marked Point Process Model
Mingchi Xu (McGill University)

Qihuang Zhang

McGill University

Alexandra Schmidt

McGill University
13:30 - 15:00
Enhancing Breast Cancer Treatment Response Prediction with Single-Cell RNA Sequencing and Large Language Models
Yiming (Emmett) Peng (Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto / Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute)

Victoria Truong

University of Toronto

Yu Shi

University of Toronto
13:30 - 15:00
From Wastewater to Infection Estimates: Incident COVID-19 Infections and the Omicron Variant in the U.S.
Rachel Catherine Lobay (The University of British Columbia)

Ajitesh Srivastava

University of Southern California

Ryan Tibshirani

The University of California, Berkeley

Daniel McDonald

University of British Columbia
13:30 - 15:00
Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods of Interval Estimation of System Integrated Information
Izaak Gagnon (Brock University)

William Marshall

Brock University
13:30 - 15:00
Normalizing Flows for Bayesian Hierarchical Models
Roxana Darvishi (Simon Fraser University)

Owen G. Ward

Simon Fraser University

David C. Stenning

Simon Fraser University
13:30 - 15:00
Standardizing to Target Populations in Multisite Studies Using Inverse Odds and Augmented Inverse Probability Weighting
Shiyao Tang (McGill University)

Advances in Biostatistical Methods for Complex Data in Health and Ecology

Room: ARTS 133

13:30 - 13:45
Modelling the Survival of Translocated Northern Abalone: Insights from a Multi-State Approach
Heather Berringer (University of Victoria)

Laura L.E. Cowen

University of Victoria

Arjun Banik

University of Victoria

Katherine E. Charles

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Joanne Lessard

Fisheries and Oceans Canada
13:45 - 14:00
Handling Missing Data in Multivariate Bilinear Regression Models Useful in the Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Zirui Wang (University of Ottawa)

Jemila Seid Hamid

University of Ottawa
14:00 - 14:15
Semi-implicit Variational Inference as an alternative to MCMC for Geostatistic Models
Sébastien Garneau (McGill University)

Carlos T. P. Zanini

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Alexandra M. Schmidt

McGill University
14:15 - 14:30
A Novel Method for Discrete-Time Flexible Meta-Regression Using Network Meta Analysis: Results from a Simulation Study
Marc Angelo Parsons (McGill University)

Benedetti Andrea

McGill University

Steele Russell

McGill University
14:30 - 14:45
Causal Variance Decompositions for Measuring Health Inequalities
Lin Yu (University of Toronto)

Zhihui (Amy) Liu

University Health Network

Olli Saarela

University of Toronto
14:45 - 15:00
Comparisons of Propensity Score Methods for Assessing Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Health Outcomes
Xiaoxuan Han (University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health)

Melanie Poulin-Costello

F. Hoffmann- La Roche Ltd

Jenna Sykes

St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Yanling Jin

F. Hoffmann- La Roche Ltd

Current challenges and opportunities in measuring quality of survey statistics

Room: HLTH 1A60

13:30 - 14:00
Using Machine Learning Models to Catch Mistakes in Coding of Open-Ended Survey Questions
Gradon Nicholls (University of Waterloo)
14:00 - 14:30
Smoothed Pseudo-Population Bootstrap methods with Applications to Finite Population Quantiles
Vanessa McNealis (University of Glasgow)

Christian Léger

Université de Montréal
14:30 - 15:00
Statistical Inference for a Finite Population Mean with Machine Learning-Based Imputation for Missing Survey Data
David Haziza (University of Ottawa)

Mehdi Dagdoug

McGill University

Foundations and Advances in Statistical Methodology

Room: ARTS 102

13:30 - 13:45
Modified F-tests for Assessing Tree Radial Growth Under Linear-Circular Regression Models With Correlated Errors: A Comprehensive Toolbox Built From G.E.P. Box’s Methodology
Pierre R. L. Dutilleul (McGill University)

Tomoaki Imoto

University of Shizuoka

Kunio Shimizu

The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
13:45 - 14:00
Optimal Grouping of N objects into Classes of Predetermined Size
David Emond (Université Laval)
14:00 - 14:15
Confidence Intervals in Linear Structural Errors-In-Variables Models Without Identifiability Assumptions
Marcus Hlady (University of Manitoba)

Yuliya V. Martsynyuk

University of Manitoba
14:15 - 14:30
Calibration Coefficient Estimation in Quantitative Fatty Acid Signature Analysis
Connie Stewart (University of New Brunswick)

Jennifer McNichol

Simon Fraser University

Jory Cabrol

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Veronique Lesage

Fisheries and Oceans Canada
14:30 - 14:45
Expected Value Metrics in Women's Soccer
Darby Goodall (University of Manitoba)

Alexandre Leblanc

University of Manitoba
14:45 - 15:00
Comparing Permutation Approaches in Linear Regression: Theoretical Insights and Practical Guidelines
SOOJEONG KIM (University of Victoria)

Isobel Loutit Invited Address

Room: ARTS 143

13:30 - 15:00
Principal Component Analysis that can handle Casewise and Cellwise Outliers
Peter J Rousseeuw (KU Leuven(University of Leuven))

New Frontiers in Statistical Education

Room: ARTS 134

13:30 - 13:45
Synergies between Intro to Data Science and Intro to Programming via Purely Functional Programming
Michael Guerzhoy (University of Toronto)
13:45 - 14:00
Authentic Data Science Assessments in a Computer-Based Testing Environment
Katie Burak (The University of British Columbia)

Firas Moosvi

University of British Columbia

Hedayat Zarkoob

University of British Columbia
14:00 - 14:15
Advancing Data Analytic Techniques in Forest Biometrics Through Open Education
Suborna Shekhor Ahmed (The University of British Columbia)
14:15 - 14:30
Computation and Data Science Education at the University of Toronto
Nathan A. Taback (University of Toronto)
14:30 - 14:45
The Problem With Subjective Probability in Statistics Education
Egan J Chernoff (University of Saskatchewan)
14:45 - 15:00
Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn in STA2600 (Teaching Statistics)
Bethany J.G. White (University of Toronto)

Emily Somerset

University of Toronto

Evelyn Pan

University of Toronto

Sabrina Sixta

University of Toronto

Yunqing Xu

University of Toronto

Yuxiang Jia

University of Toronto

Recent Advances in Change Point Analysis

Room: ARTS 146

13:30 - 14:00
Change Point Analysis for Functional Data using Empirical Characteristic Functionals
Gregory Rice (University of Waterloo)
14:00 - 14:30
High-dimensional Change-point Detection Using Generalized Homogeneity Metrics
Runmin Wang (Texas A&M University)

Xianyang Zhang

Texas A&M University

Shubhadeep Chakraborty

Bristol Myers Squibb Company

Statistical inference for nonlinear mixed-effects models in fisheries and ecological studies

Room: HLTH GB06

13:30 - 14:00
One-step ahead Forecast Residuals and Deletion Diagnostics for State-Space Assessment Models
Jonathan Babyn (Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfondland)

Noel Cadigan

Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland
14:00 - 14:30
A Unified Theory for Conditional Akaike Information in Nonlinear Mixed-Effects Models
Nan Zheng (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Noel G. Cadigan

Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland

James T. Thorson

Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
14:30 - 15:00
Hidden Markov models with serial correlation for identifying stock-recruitment regime shifts
Shajitha Shahul Hameed (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Noel G. Cadigan

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Nan Zheng

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Stochastic Methods in Finance and Insurance

Room: ARTS 263

13:30 - 13:45
The stochastic behaviour of electricity prices under scrutiny: Evidence from spot and futures markets
Jean-François Bégin (Simon Fraser University)
13:45 - 14:00
On-Chain Optimal Aggregation of Uniswap v3 Clones
Leo Murao Watson (University of Toronto)

Vincent Danos

CNRS, ENS

Hamza El Khalloufi

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Santiago Valencia

Mangrove DAO
14:00 - 14:15
Glide Paths and Internal Rate of Return
Mark Reesor (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Adam Metzler

Wilfrid Laurier University

Yee Mui Lau

Wilfrid Laurier University

David Polegato

Wilfrid Laurier University
14:15 - 14:30
Discrimination Insensitive Insurance Premia
Kathleen E. Miao (University of Toronto)

Silvana Pesenti

University of Toronto
14:30 - 14:45
Model Ambiguity in Risk Sharing with Monotone Mean-Variance
Emma Kroell (University of Toronto)

Sebastian Jaimungal

University of Toronto

Silvana Pesenti

University of Toronto

The Canadian Journal of Statistics and You: Building a Home for the Canadian Statistical Community

Room: HLTH GB03

13:30 - 15:00
The Canadian Journal of Statistics and You: Building a Home for the Canadian Statistical Community
Alexandra Schmidt (McGill University)

Jinko Graham

Simon Fraser University

The Role and Impact of Statistics in Industry, Public Policy, and Public Health Initiatives

Room: HLTH 1130

13:30 - 15:00
The Role and Impact of Statistics in Industry, Public Policy, and Public Health Initiatives
Karen A. Kopciuk (Cancer Care Alberta, UCalgary)

Charmaine Dean

University of Waterloo

Maxime Turgeon

Tesera Systems/ University of Manitoba

Rhonda Rosychuk

University of Alberta

15:30 - 17:00

Recent Developments in Nonparametric Inference

Room: ARTS 263

15:30 - 17:00
15:30 - 15:45
On Plug-in Predictive Density Estimation for Skew-Normal Distributions
Othmane Kortbi (UAE University)
15:45 - 16:00
Dens-OLog: Density Estimation with Optimized Log Concavity
Furkan Berk Danisman (York University)

Hanna Jankowski

York University

Camila de Souza

University of Western Ontario
16:00 - 16:15
On More Powerful Nonparametric Tests for a Change in the Slope and Intercept in Simple Linear Regression
Jervis Gallanosa (University of Manitoba)

Yuliya V Martsynyuk

University of Manitoba
16:15 - 16:30
Nonparametric Detection of Change in the Slope and Intercept in Linear Structural Errors-in-Variables Models
Yuliya V. Martsynyuk (University of Manitoba)

Advancements in complex functional data analysis

Room: HLTH 1B11

15:30 - 16:00
Similarity-Informed Transfer Learning for Multivariate Functional Censored Quantile Regression
Jiguo Cao (Simon Fraser University)
16:00 - 16:30
Modeling Cell Type Developmental Trajectory using Multinomial Unbalanced Optimal Transport
Dehan Kong (University of Toronto)
16:30 - 17:00
Functional Data Analysis in Sports Analytics
Tianyu Guan (York University)

Tim Swartz

Simon Fraser University

Jiguo Cao

Simon Fraser University

Haolun Shi

Simon Fraser University

Shifan Jia

Simon Fraser University

Robert Nguyen

University of New South Wales

Advancements in Statistical Machine Learning models with broad interdisciplinary research applications

Room: HLTH 1A60

15:30 - 16:00
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Terror Attacks in South Asia with Extended Hawkes Process Models
So Yeon Park (Simon Fraser University)

X. Joan Hu

Simon Fraser University
16:00 - 16:30
Spatial Mixture Models with Applications in Medical Physics
Jeffrey L. Andrews (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
16:30 - 17:00
Bayesian Tools for Aggregated Network Data
Owen G. Ward (Simon Fraser University)

CANSSI Retreat – What did we learn and where are we going?

Room: ARTS 143

15:30 - 17:00
CANSSI Retreat – What did we learn and where are we going?
Donald Estep (Simon Fraser University/CANSSI)

Andrea Benedetti

McGill University

Modern Approaches for Modelling High-Dimensional and Structured Data

Room: ARTS 134

15:30 - 15:45
A Tensor-Variate Spatially Constrained Gaussian Mixture Model
Hanzhang Lu (The University of British Columbia)

Jeffrey Andrews

University of British Columbia
15:45 - 16:00
Double Proximal Projection for Regularized Regression Models with Sparse Overlapping Latent Groups
Jia Wei He
16:00 - 16:15
Variable-Domain Weighted Scalar-on-Function Regression for Maternal-Infant Weight Modeling
Shifan Jia (Simon Fraser University)

Haolun Shi

Simon Fraser University

Tianyu Guan

York University
16:15 - 16:30
Open Questions (and some Answers) on the Use of Inverse-intensity Weighted Generalized Estimating Equations
George Stefan (University of Toronto / The Hospital for Sick Children)
16:30 - 16:45
Cognitive Profiles of People Living with Dementia: A Multivariate Analysis of the TDRA Dataset
Hanlong Chen (Dalla Lana School of Public Health/University of Toronto/ Baycrest)

Binns Malcolm

Dalla Lana School of Public Health/ University of Toronto/ Baycrest

Seixas Lima Bruna

University of Toronto/ Baycrest

Novel Methods for Complex Biomedical Data

Room: HLTH 1130

15:30 - 16:00
A Wavelet-based Composite Basis Approach to Long Memory Parameter Analysis of resting-state fMRI with Application to ADHD 200 Data
Yasaman Shahhosseini (University of Victoria)
16:00 - 16:30
Tensor Basis Strategies for fMRI: Fast and Scalable MCMC Methods
Michelle Ferreira Miranda (University of Victoria)
16:30 - 17:00
Untangling the Brain’s Wiring, One Model at a Time!
Reza Ramezan (University of Waterloo)

Quantitative Finance Modelling

Room: ARTS 146

15:30 - 16:00
On the Relation Between Discrete and Continuous-Time Affine Option Pricing Models
Alexandru Badescu (University of Calgary)
16:00 - 16:30
Discrete-time Hedging, basis Risk, and Covariance-Dependent Pricing Kernels
Maciej Augustyniak (Université de Montréal)

Ismael Assani

Université de Montréal

Alexandru Badescu

University of Calgary

Jean-François Bégin

Simon Fraser University

Lars Stentoft

Western University
16:30 - 17:00
A Dynamic Structural Model for Contingent Convertible Debt
Francois Michel Boire (University of Ottawa)

Hatem Ben-Ameur

HEC Montréal

Pascal François

HEC Montréal

Mark Reesor

Wilfrid Laurier University

Lars Stentoft

Western University

Recent Advances and Applications of Multilevel Modelling Methods

Room: HLTH GB06

15:30 - 16:00
Multilevel Joint Latent Class Analysis: Identifying Mental Health Patterns among Children in Schools
Depeng Jiang (University of Manitoba)

Farzana Akter

University of Manitoba
16:00 - 16:30
Joint Modelling and Analysis of Correlated Disparate Non-Gaussian Outcomes: Impact of Conditional Dependence
Alexander R de Leon (University of Calgary)

Niroshan Withanage

University of Jayewardenepura

Mili Roy

University of Calgary

Helena Geys

Universiteit Hasselt

Bas-jan van der Leede

Janssen Pharmaceutica
16:30 - 17:00
Z-residuals for Diagnosing Bayesian Models
Tingxuan Wu (Government of Saskatchewan)

Recent Advances By New Investigators Across Canada

Room: HLTH GB03

15:30 - 16:00
Checking the Cox Regression Model with Interval-Censored Data
Yangjianchen Xu (University of Waterloo)

Danyu Lin

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Donglin Zeng

University of Michigan
16:00 - 16:30
Portfolio Selection with Ambiguity Aversion and Model Ambiguity
Corina Birghila (University of Lethbridge)
16:30 - 17:00
The M-structure and its roles in Model Uncertainty: Prediction and Decision
Yifan Li (Western University)

Recent Developments in Statistical Genetics and Genomics

Room: ARTS 133

15:30 - 15:45
Statistical Integration of Genomic Annotations for Prioritizing Sequencing Variants in Disease-Enriched Families
Jinko Graham (Simon Fraser University)

Fabiha Binte Farooq

Simon Fraser University
15:45 - 16:00
Explainable Representation Learning Reveals Critical Genes in Cancers
Caifeng Li (University of Calgary)

Jingjing Wu

University of Calgary

Quan Long

University of Calgary

Alexander Platt

University of Pennsylvania

Qingrun Zhang

University of Calgary
16:00 - 16:15
GeneClinTransform: Pretraining a Genomic Foundation Model for Complex Disease Risk Prediction
Yu Shi (University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health)

Wei Xu

University of Toronto
16:15 - 16:30
A Test for Exchangeability in Timed Phylogenies
Jennifer McNichol (Simon Fraser University)

Caroline Colijn

Simon Fraser University

Recent Developments in Survival and Longitudinal Data Analysis

Room: ARTS 102

15:30 - 15:45
Quantile Regression Analysis of Sequentially Observed Bivariate Survival Times
Yuqing Fan (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Yildiz Yilmaz

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Candemir Cigsar

Memorial University of Newfoundland
15:45 - 16:00
A Framework to Analyze Time-to-Event Outcomes From Non-Probability Samples
Ipseeta Garg (Wilfrid Laurier University)

David Soave

Wilfrid Laurier University

Zilin Wang

Wilfrid Laurier University
16:00 - 16:15
Marginalized Transition Models for Clustered Longitudinal Binary Data
Aelita Huang (University of Waterloo)

Richard Cook

University of Waterloo
16:15 - 16:30
Multivariate Joint Modeling of Repeated Measurements and Time-to-Event Data: An Application to Dementia Study
Md. Akhtarul Islam (University of Waterloo)

Prosanta Mondal

University of Saskatchewan

Christina Mac

University of Waterloo

Brent McCready-Branch

University of Waterloo

Tala Alzoubi

University of Waterloo

Hyun J. Lim

University of Saskatchewan

Zahid A. Butt

University of Waterloo
16:30 - 16:45
Group spike-and-slab lasso for high-dimensional Cox proportional hazards models
Hanqing Li (University of Calgary)

Xuewen Lu

University of Calgary

Wednesday, 28 May, 2025

08:30 - 09:50

CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics Invited Address

Room: HLTH 1150

08:30 - 09:50
Statistical Aspects of Trustworthy Machine Learning
Linglong Kong (University of Alberta)

10:20 - 11:50

Advances in Small Area Estimation Methods and Applications

Room: HLTH 1A60

10:20 - 10:50
Application of the Fay-Herriot Model with Correlated Design Errors, the Labour Force Survey Experience
François Verret (Statistique Canada)

Braedan Walker

Statistique Canada
10:50 - 11:20
Robust Estimation of Small Area Poverty Measures
Sanjoy Sinha (Carleton University)

J. N. K. Rao

Carleton University

Bayesian methods in design and analysis of clinical trials

Room: HLTH 1130

10:20 - 10:50
An Adaptive Enrichment Design Using Bayesian Model Averaging for Selection and Threshold-Identification of Tailoring Variables in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Lara Maleyeff (McGill University)
10:50 - 11:20
An Economical Approach to Design Posterior Analyses
Nathaniel Tyler Stevens (University of Waterloo)

Luke Hagar

McGill University
11:20 - 11:50
Prior Distributions from Prospective Posterior Judgments
Hubert Wong (The University of British Columbia)

Yongdong Ouyang

The Hospital for Sick Children

Computational Methods for Stochastic Processes and Differential Equations

Room: ARTS 133

10:20 - 10:35
A Forward-Backward Variational Inference Method for Stochastic Differential Equations
Martin Lysy (University of Waterloo)

Wu Mohan

University of Waterloo
10:35 - 10:50
Statistical Strategies for Solving PDE-Based Optimization Problems in Molten-Salt Reactor Design
Zihao Zhen (University of Waterloo)

Martin Lysy

University of Waterloo

Conrard Girese Teetsassi Feugmo

University of Waterloo
10:50 - 11:05
Minimax Rate Optimal Algorithms For High-Dimensional Stochastic Linear Bandits
Yanglei Song (Queen's University)

Jingyu Liu

Queen's University
11:05 - 11:20
Inference for Mixed-effects Ordinary Differential Equations Using Manifold-Constrained Gaussian Processes
Yuxuan Zhao (University of Waterloo)
11:20 - 11:35
Functional clustering for spike train data
Bryn Crandles (University of Waterloo)

Ryan Browne

University of Waterloo

Reza Ramezan

University of Waterloo
11:35 - 11:50
Decomposing the Spectrograms of Generalized Uniformly Modulated Processes
Skye Paphora Griffith (Queen's University)

Modern statistical learning theory and application

Room: HLTH GB03

10:20 - 10:50
Self-Normalized Cramér-Type Moderate Deviation of Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics
Jianya Lu (University of Essex)
10:50 - 11:20
Heavy and Light Receptor Chain Pairing from Spatial Transcriptomic Data
Farouk Nathoo (University of Victoria)

Flora Liu

University of Victoria

Shreena Kalaria

University of Victoria and Deeley Research Centre

Céline M. Laumont

Deeley Research Centre

Brad Nelson

Deeley Research Centre

Zhengxiao Wei

University of Victoria
11:20 - 11:50
Deep Learning for Survival Analysis: A Comparative Study
Jialin Hua (University of Calgary)

Thierry Chekouo

University of Minnesota

Xuewen Lu

University of Calgary

Hua Shen

University of Calgary

Jingjing Wu

University of Calgary

Mortality Modeling and Risk Management

Room: ARTS 146

10:20 - 10:50
A Bayesian Clustering Approach to Multi-Population Mortality Modeling and Forecasting
Mengyi Xu (Purdue University )

Antik Chakraborty

Purdue University

Yajing Xu

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China
10:50 - 11:20
Impact of Climate Change on Regional Human Mortality Improvement: A VARX-L framework
Yechao Meng (University of Prince Edward Island)

Lisa Gao

University of Waterloo
11:20 - 11:50
Risk-Sharing Pricing of Variable Annuities within a Principal-Agent Framework
Yumin Wang (University of Manitoba)

Min Dai

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Bin Li

University of Waterloo

Dongchen Li

York University

Navigating Change: The Role of Technology and genAI in Shaping Modern Statistics Education

Room: ARTS 143

10:20 - 10:50
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Flexibility
Diana Katherine Skrzydlo (University of Waterloo)
10:50 - 11:20
Understanding Student Use of Generative AI in Coursework
Samantha-Jo Caetano (University of Toronto)

Emily Somerset

University of Toronto

Andrea Portt

University of Toronto
11:20 - 11:50
The Future of Statistics Education: Reconciling student and educator perspectives?
Nathalie Moon (University of Toronto)

Recent Advances in Shrinkage Estimators

Room: HLTH 1B11

10:20 - 10:50
Tensor Shrinkage Estimation Methods
Mai Ghannam (University of Toronto)

Sévérien Nkurunziza

University of Windsor
10:50 - 11:20
Analysis of Shrinkage Methods for Support Vector Regression
Armin Hatefi (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

Emama Deena

Memorial University of Newfoundland
11:20 - 11:50
On Shrinkage Matrix Estimators in High and Ultra-high Dimensional Data
Sévérien Nkurunziza (University of Windsor)

Foroushani Arash

University of Windsor

Statistical Frontiers in Health and Environment

Room: ARTS 134

10:20 - 10:35
Wastewater-Based Reproduction Number for Epidemic Curve Reconstruction
Emily Somerset (University of Toronto)
10:35 - 10:50
Incorporating Weighted Block Sampling Techniques in Epidemic Curve Classification
Gyanendra Pokharel (The University of Winnipeg)
10:50 - 11:05
Diagnostic Test Accuracy Meta-Analysis Method Based on Exact Within-Study Variance Estimation Approach
Zelalem Firisa Negeri (University of Waterloo)

Olana Angesa Dabi

University of Waterloo
11:05 - 11:20
Missing Data Imputation Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of hourly and daily pollution Models
Guowen Huang (Western University)
11:20 - 11:35
Analysis of Capture-Recapture Data with Temporary Emigration: a Latent Multinomial Approach
Katarina Skopalova (University of Glasgow)

Statistics in Transportation

Room: HLTH GB06

10:20 - 10:50
Navigating Telematics Data: Challenges and Opportunities
Aurélie Labbe (HEC Montréal)
10:50 - 11:20
Hierarchical Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Model for Sensor-Based Bike Count Data
Pratheepa Jeganathan (McMaster University)

Rishikesh Yadav

HEC Montréal

Alexandra M. Schmidt

McGill University

Aurélie Labbe

HEC Montréal

Luis F. Miranda-Moren

McGill University
11:20 - 11:50
The Application Of Seemingly Unrelated Equations Technique To Explore Surrogate Measures In Road Safety
Emanuele Sacchi (University of Saskatchewan)

13:30 - 15:00

Celebrating the Legacy of Professor Saleh: A Tribute to a Pioneer in Statistical Science

Room: HLTH 1A60

13:30 - 15:00
13:30 - 14:00
Pretest, Shrinkage and Penalty Estimation Strategies: Past, Present Trends and Future
S. Ejaz Ahmed (Brock University)
14:00 - 14:30
Ridge--Type Shrinkage Estimators in Low and High Dimensional Beta Regression Models with Applications in Econometrics and Medicine
Abdulkadir Hussein (University of Windsor)

Analysis of some stochastic processes and applications

Room: HLTH 1B11

13:30 - 14:00
Scaling Limits of the Logarithm of the Partition Functions for Directed Polymers in Spatially Correlated Environment
Wang Meng (University of Alberta)
14:00 - 14:30
Interacting Particle Systems on Networks: Joint Inference of the Network and the Interaction Kernel
Xiong Wang (Johns Hopkins University)
14:30 - 15:00
On a Pinning Model in Correlated Gaussian Random Environments
Jian Song

Bayesian Innovations and Applications

Room: ARTS 134

13:30 - 13:45
Unraveling Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma malma) Survival Patterns: A Bayesian Multi-State Approach with Covariate Considerations
Arjun Banik (University of Victoria)

Saman Muthukumarana

University of Manitoba

Laura Cowen

University of Victoria
13:45 - 14:00
Bayesian Variable Selection for Logistic Regression with Applications in Biomedical Data
Ayisha Najeeha COK (Thompson Rivers University)

Jabed Tomal

Thompson Rivers University
14:00 - 14:15
A Bayesian Hierarchical Weighted Poisson Mixed-Effects Model to Explain the Number of Children Ever Born in Afghanistan
Hao Xu (Thompson Rivers University)

Ayisha COK

Thompson Rivers University

Caleb von Maydell

Thompson Rivers University

Max Li

Thompson Rivers University

Nazrul Islam

University of Southampton; Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Jabed Tomal

Thompson Rivers University
14:15 - 14:30
Nonparametric Bayesian Classification for Fault Detection in an Electro-Hydrostatic Actuator
Nasim Feizinazhadgheshlaghi (University of Manitoba)

Nariman Sepehri

University of Manitoba

Saman Muthukumarana

University of Manitoba
14:30 - 14:45
Bayesian and Machine Learning Approaches for Improved Fertilizer Demand Prediction in Canada
Harshani De Silva (University of Manitoba)

Bridging Theory and Practice in Experimental Design

Room: HLTH GB06

13:30 - 14:00
Design Fractals: A Graphical Method for Evaluating Covering Arrays and Other Experimental Designs
Caleb King (JMP Statistical Discovery, LLC)

Ryan Lekivetz

JMP Statistical Discovery, LLC

Joseph Morgan

JMP Statistical Discovery, LLC
14:00 - 14:30
An Integrated Population Model Using Point-In-Time Counts and Electronic Health Records to Estimate the Population Size of Persons Contending with Homelessness in Greater Victoria
Gracia Yunruo Dong (University of Toronto)
14:30 - 15:00
Economical Design of Sequential Bayesian Analyses
Luke Hagar (The University of Queensland)

Shirin Golchi

McGill University

Distinguished Educator Award Address

Room: HLTH GB03

13:30 - 15:00
Teaching with Joy: An Educator's Journey of Gratitude and Growth
Bethany J.G. White (University of Toronto)

Pierre Robillard Invited Address

Room: ARTS 143

13:30 - 15:00
Measures for Risk, Dependence and Diversification
Liyuan Lin (Monash University)

Statistical Approaches to Modelling Dynamics and Decisions

Room: ARTS 133

13:30 - 13:45
The Necessity and Cost of Over-Simplification in Statistics
Jeffrey D. Picka (University of New Brunswick)
13:45 - 14:00
New Developments in Sequential Utility for Best-Worst Discrete Choice Models
Alia Sajjad (McGill University)

Sasanka Adhikari

Old Dominion University VA, USA

Norou Diawara

Old Dominion University VA, USA
14:00 - 14:15
Time Series Regression Models for Zero-Inflated Proportions
Melody Ghahramani (University of Winnipeg)

Antonio Axalan

University of Winnipeg

Dean Slonowsky

Vancouver Island University
14:15 - 14:30
Segmented Bent-Cable Regression Model for Change Point Data Analysis
Shahedul Khan (University of Saskatchewan)

Shakhawat Hossain

University of Winnipeg
14:30 - 14:45
Tests of non nested models: Methods and application
Corine J. F. Donou (Udes)

Pierre Dutilleul

McGill University

Taoufik Bouezmarni

Université de Sherbrooe
14:45 - 15:00
Max-Stability of Morillas-Type Distorted Copulas in Extreme-Value Theory
Nahid Sadr (Université de Sherbrooke)

Klaus Herrmann

Université de Sherbrooke

Marius Hofert

University of Hong Kong

Mélina Mailhot

Concordia University

Unsupervised learning and time series forecasting

Room: ARTS 146

13:30 - 14:00
A Markov Chain Gaussian Process Framework for Modeling Wind Speed Over a Large Geographical Area
Deniz Sezer (University of Calgary)
14:00 - 14:30
Are ROC Curves and AUC Sufficient for Fair Evaluation of Clustering Algorithms and Classification Models?
Adel Mohammadpour (Amirkabir University of Technology)

Hossein Kazemzadeh G

Amirkabir University of Technology

Mina Aminghafari

University of Calgary
14:30 - 15:00
Curvature-Aware Clustering with Geometric Integration for Manifold Learning
Mahishanaka Withanachchi (University of Calgary)

Mina Aminghafari

University of Calgary

Work – Life Balance Across Career Stages

Room: HLTH 1130

13:30 - 15:00
Work-Life Balance Across Career Stages
Jessica Gronsbell (University of Toronto)

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

McMaster University

Parisa Azimaee

Alberta Treasury Bank

Kim Bonnet

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

15:30 - 17:00

Advances in Statistical Applications Across Different Fields

Room: ARTS 146

15:30 - 16:00
A Dual-Pathogen Epidemiological Model Applying Filtering Methods
Wade McDonald (University of Saskatchewan)

Jalen Mikuliak

University of Saskatchewan

Nathaniel Osgood

University of Saskatchewan
16:00 - 16:30
From Stems to Roots and Beyond: Data Analytics for Improvement of Cereal Lodging Resistance
Allan Feurtado (National Research Council of Canada)
16:30 - 17:00
Breaking down the Genotype to Phenotype Map to move from Associative to interpretive Prediction of Genetic Variation
David Konkin (National Research Council Canada)

Bridging Statistical Theory and Machine Learning Practice

Room: ARTS 133

15:30 - 15:45
Deep-forest Classification-based Inference for Individual Level Infectious Disease Models
Winner Pathak (University of Manitoba)

Gyanendra Pokharel

The University of Winnipeg

Elif Acar

University of Guelph
15:45 - 16:00
Modeling Binned and Truncated Data in Raman Spectroscopy
Babak Fathollahi Dehkordi (University of British Columbia Okanagan)

Jeffrey L. Andrews

University of British Columbia
16:00 - 16:15
Enhancing Neural Network Forecasts using Forecast Linear Augmented Projection Method
Avanthi Saumyamala Moragammana Gedara (University of Manitoba)
16:15 - 16:30
Statistical and Deep Learning Approaches for Risk Assessment and Volatility Forecasting in Renewable Energy Investments
Shalini Kaushalya Jayanetti Arachchi (University of Manitoba)
16:30 - 16:45
Machine Learning Models Based Interval Electricity Demand Forecasts with Interval Inputs
Sulalitha Bowala Mudiyanselage (University of Manitoba)

Causal Inference and Mediation Analysis in Health Data

Room: ARTS 134

15:30 - 15:45
Analytical Uncertainty Quantification for Multilevel Causal Mediation Analysis
William Ruth (Mount Royal University)
15:45 - 16:00
Functional Causal Mediation Analysis With Sparse Longitudinal Data and a Zero-Inflated Count Outcome
Henan Xu (University of Waterloo)

Yeying Zhu

University of Waterloo
16:00 - 16:15
The Effects of Semi-Continuous Exposure on Multiple Outcomes: Causal Inference and Homogeneity Tests
Xiaoya Wang (University of Waterloo)

Richard Cook

University of Waterloo

Yeying Zhu

University of Waterloo
16:15 - 16:30
Bernstein–von Mises Results for Semi-Parametric Bayesian Models in Causal Inference
Zayd Omar (McGill University)

David Stephens

McGill University
16:30 - 16:45
Efficient Estimation in Joint Models for Longitudinal and Competing Risks Survival Data
Guanhong Xiao (University of Manitoba)

Guanhong Xiao

University of Manitoba

CJS Award Address

Room: ARTS 143

15:30 - 17:00
Regression Model Selection via Log-Likelihood Ratio and Constrained Minimum Criterion
Min Tsao (University of Victoria)

Computational Statistical Methodologies and Algorithms for high-dimensional biomedical data in healthcare

Room: HLTH 1130

15:30 - 16:00
Development and Application of Machine Learning Ensemble Algorithms to Genome-Wide Association Studies
Li Xing (University of Saskatchewan)
16:00 - 16:30
Novel Data Collecting Approach and Analysis Algorithm for Cellular Deconvolution.
Xuekui Zhang (University of Victoria)
16:30 - 17:00
Automatic Hierarchical Clustering-Based Image Semantic Segmentation for Hyperspectral Fluorescence Images
You Liang (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Juan Liyau

Toronto Metropolitan University

Na Yu

Toronto Metropolitan University

Xun Zhou

St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Tomasz Tkaczyk

Rice University

Yeni Yucel

St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Recent Advances in the Analysis of Count/Proportional Data

Room: HLTH GB03

15:30 - 16:00
Bayesian Spatial Location-Scale Models for Modeling Spatial Dependence in Mean and Variance
Cindy Feng (Dalhousie University)
16:00 - 16:30
Shrinkage Estimation of Integer Autoregressive Processes of Order One with Covariates
Shakhawat Hossain (University of Winnipeg)

Melody Ghahramani

University of Winnipeg
16:30 - 17:00
The Zero-inflated Lindley-binomial Model for Analyzing the Proportions with End-point Inflation
Xiaoqing Zhang (University of Regina)

Dianliang Deng

University of Regina

Recent Developments in High-Dimensional Data Analysis

Room: HLTH GB06

15:30 - 16:00
Devariation: A Robust Approach to Improve Statistical Power in High-Dimensional Multi-View Association Testing
Jun Young Park (University of Toronto)
16:00 - 16:30
Optimal Federation For Mixture of Generative Sequential Learners
Xuwei Yang (McMaster University)

Fatemeh Tavakoli

The Vector Institute

Anastasis Kratsios

McMaster University and the Vector Institute

David Emerson

The Vector Institute
16:30 - 17:00
High-Dimensional Covariate-Dependent Gaussian Graphical Models
Xin Gao (York University)

Jiacheng Wang

York University

Recent Statistical Advancements in Sensitivity Analysis for Observational Studies and Transportability

Room: HLTH 1B11

15:30 - 16:00
Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding in Dynamic Treatment Regimes
Eric James Rose (University at Albany)
16:00 - 16:30
Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis for the estimation of causal effects with time-dependent Unmeasured Confounding
Kuan Liu (University of Toronto)

Yushu Zou

Public Health Ontario
16:30 - 17:00
Sensitivity Analysis for Extending Causal Inferences of a Binary Point Treatment From a Randomized Controlled Trial to a Target Population When a Subset of Effect-Measure Modifiers Are Measured Only On Trial Units
Jay J. Xu (University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health)

Thomas Belin

University of California, Los Angeles

Marissa Seamans

University of California, Los Angeles

Ryoko Susukida

Johns Hopkins University

Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili

Johns Hopkins University

Teaching reproducibility through examples

Room: HLTH 1A60

15:30 - 16:00
But It Works on My Machine: Creating Reusable Compute Environments for Research and Teaching
Daniel Chen (The University of British Columbia)
16:00 - 16:30
Teaching Reproducibility using Open-access Aata: a Case Study
Léo Belzile (HEC Montréal)
16:30 - 17:00
Learning about Irreproducibility to understand Reproducibility
Aya A. Mitani (University of Toronto)