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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)

12:00 - 13:15

Student Research Presentation Award Committee Meeting

Room: HLTH GB10

12:00 - 13:15

Publications Committee Meeting

Room: HLTH 1A60

12:00 - 13:15

Statistical Education Section Executive Committee Meeting

Room: HLTH 1B11

12:00 - 13:15

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

18:00 - 22:30

SSC 2025 Conference Banquet

Room: Sheraton Hotel Ballroom

18:00 - 22:30