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Abdallah, Anas - Modeling Dependence Between Loss Triangles Using Hierarchical Archimedean Copulas, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-13:45, 2D-I3
Abdelrazeq, Ibrahim - Goodness of Fit Test: Recovered Noise for CAR(1) Processes, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:05, 1B-C2
Abrahamowicz, Michal - Flexible Modelling of Cumulative Effects of Medications Use: Fighting with 2 Dragons (Analytical Challenges and Clinical Reviewers), Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:30, 3D-I1
Acar, Elif - Conditional Copula Models with Multiple Covariates, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:35, 3B-C3
Adamic, Peter - Cause-Deleted Life Expectancy Improvement with a Cure Distribution, Wednesday May 28, 10:35-10:50, 3B-C1
Addario-Berry, Louigi - Growing Random Maps, Monday May 26, 13:30-14:00, 1D-I5
Aghababazadeh, Farnoosh Abbas - Optimal Reference Set for Estimating Local False Discovery Rate, Monday May 26, 13:30-13:45, 1D-C2
Alam, Shomoita - Average Precision – An Overall Measure for Evaluating Classification Prediction Performance, Tuesday May 27, 10:35-10:50, 2B-C1
ALmutairi, Malak - Simultaneous Inference for Low Dose Risk Estimation with Abbott-adjusted Log-Logistic Response Model Benchmark Analysis, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:35, 1B-C3
Altman, Naomi - Extending PCA to Non-elliptical Data, Monday May 26, 15:30-15:45, 1E-C3
Anand, Kanika - Sequential Design for Noisy Computer Experiments with a Bayesian Ensemble Model, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-13:45, 2D-C3
Anderson, Marti - A Comparison of Permutation, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Techniques Applied to the Multivariate Behrens-Fisher Problem: Behaviour and Consequences for Statistical Inference, Monday May 26, 10:35-10:50, 1B-C3
Angevaare, Justin - Efficient Bayesian Inference for Conditionally Autoregressive Models, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Asgharian, Masoud, Monday May 26, 13:30-15:00, 1D-I1
Ashta, Di Wang, Namdar Homayounfar, Peter Lee, Serena Lu, Shiva, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Ashta, Shiva - Higher Order Asymptotics and Normal Coefficients of Variation, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:35, 2B-C2
Asiri, Halimah - Simultaneous Inference for Low Dose Risk Estimation with Abbott-adjusted Weibull Model in Benchmark Analysis, Wednesday May 28, 15:15-15:30, 3D-C2
Augusta, Carolyn - A Comparison of MCMC and MLE in Spatial Epidemic Models, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Austin, Peter - The Performance of Different Propensity Score Methods for Estimating Marginal Hazard Ratios, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:50, 2B-I3
Azadbakhsh, Mahdis - Multiple Comparisons using Composite Likelihood in Clustered Data, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:05, 2B-C2
Bae, Taehan - Generalization of Three Parameter Crack Distribution for Loss Severity Modeling, Wednesday May 28, 10:50-11:05, 3B-C1
Balette, Dylan Moore, Dayeol Choi, Christopher, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Bang, Heejung - Analysis of ``Censored'' Medical Costs for the Last 15 Years: Something Old, Something New and Something Resurrected, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:50, 1B-I5
Bappee, Fateha Khanam - Adaptively Chosen k in Weighted k-Nearest Neighbour Method for Drug Discovery Data, Tuesday May 27, 14:45-15:00, 2D-C3
Barwick, Melanie, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-17:00, 2E-I1
Behseta, Sam - A Semiparametric Bayesian Model for Detecting Multiway Synchrony Among Neurons, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:50, 3B-I4
Belalia, Mohamed - Bernstein Polynomials for Estimating a Conditional Distribution Function, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:05, 1B-C3
Béliveau, Audrey - Explicit Integrated Population Modelling: Escaping the Conventional Assumption of Independence, Monday May 26, 16:45-17:00, 1E-C5
Ben Salah, Zied - On a Generalization of the Expected Discounted Penalty Function to Include Deficits at and Beyond Ruin, Tuesday May 27, 15:45-16:00, 2E-C1
Berke, Olaf - Diagnostic Misclassification Bias in Spatial Point Data Analysis -- A Simulation Study, Monday May 26, 15:30-15:45, 1E-C1
Beyene, Joseph - Integrative Analysis of High-Dimensional Biological Data, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:50, 1B-I4
Bhatnagar, Maxime Turgeon, Kevin Mcgregor, Sahir, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Bingham, Derek - Fast Gaussian Process Calibration of Computer Models with Large Ensembles, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-14:00, 2D-I2
Bodson-Clermont, Paule - Statistical Modeling of Cavitation Erosion within the Operation Parameters of a Hydraulic Turbine, Tuesday May 27, 15:45-16:00, 2E-C3
Boucher, Jean-Philippe - A Posteriori Ratemaking with Panel Data, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-15:45, 3D-C1
Boudreau, Christian - Frailty Models for Competing Risks, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:35, 1B-C1
Boudreault, Mathieu - Estimation of Asset Correlations with Transient Shocks in a Multi-name Credit Risk Model, Monday May 26, 13:30-13:45, 1D-C1
Bouezmarni, Taoufik - Regression Estimation Based on Bernstein Density Copulas, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-13:45, 2D-C4
Bretz, Frank - Multiple Testing in Group Sequential Trials using Graphical Approaches, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-16:00, 2E-I2
Briollais, Laurent - Statistical Challenges in Modeling Time-to-Event Data in Family Studies: Lessons Learned from the Analysis of Lynch Syndrome and Breast Cancer Families, Monday May 26, 15:30-16:00, 1E-I6
Brown, Patrick, Monday May 26, 8:35-8:40, 1A-A1
Burkett, Kelly - Using Gene Genealogies to Detect Rare Disease-Predisposing Genetic Variants, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:50, 3B-I1
CADENA-BARAJAS, JOSE MARTIN - Bayesian Modeling of Wind Speed and Direction, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Cai, Lihu Liu, Moyan Mei, Maria Reyes, Michael Butler, Yun, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Cai, Song - Empirical Likelihood Inference under Density Ratio Models Based on Type I Censored Multiple Samples, Tuesday May 27, 10:35-10:50, 2B-C2
Cai, Yanling - ``Quality Over Quantity'': Damage Accumulation Models for Lumber Products, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Camirand, Felix - Empirical Copula Processes for Time Series Data, Tuesday May 27, 16:15-16:30, 2E-C4
Canty, Angelo - GWAS for Lipoprotein Profiles Using an Empirically Fitted Null Distribution, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:20, 1B-I4
Cashore, Chunlin Wang, Peter Raboud, Lin Chen, Allison Devlin, Marco Sung, Nathan Wilson, Massey, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Charpentier, Arthur - Quantiles Estimation from Heavy-Tailed Distribution, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:50, 1B-I6
Chen, Fuqi - A Class of Shrinkage-Type Estimators in Multivariate Linear Regression with Change-Points, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-15:45, 2E-C5
Chen, Hao - Sequential Experimental Design for Percentile Estimation -- A Floor System Example, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Chen, Jiahua - Sample Size Calculation for Homogeneity Test, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:50, 1B-I3
Chen, Min - Empirical Likelihood Methods for Testing the Difference of Two Distributions in Pretest-Posttest Studies, Tuesday May 27, 11:05-11:20, 2B-C2
Chen, Si - A Bias Correction for Capital Buffer Estimation in Retail Credit Risk Management, Tuesday May 27, 14:15-14:30, 2D-C3
Cheung, Siu Hung - Non-inferiority Studies with Multiple New Treatments, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:30, 2E-I2
Chipman, Hugh - Ensemble Learning for Big Data, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:50, 1B-I1
Chipman, Hugh, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Statistical Learning Methods in Data Mining
Cook, Richard - Statistical Challenges Arising in Transfusion Research, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:42, 3B-I2
Côté, Marie-Pier - Copula-based Model for Risk Aggregation, Monday May 26, 13:45-14:00, 1D-C1
Cotton, Cecilia - Using Available Information in the Assessment of Diagnostic Protocols, Monday May 26, 15:30-15:45, 1E-C2
Coulombe, Janie - Assessment of Wind Speed Prediction Error in Wind Energy, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:15, 2E-C3
Cribben, Ivor - A New Method for Jointly Estimating Dynamic Functional Connectivity, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-14:00, 2D-I4
Cristina, Tortora - Mixture of Generalized Hyperbolic Factor Analyzers, Monday May 26, 15:45-16:00, 1E-C3
Csorgo, Miklos - Randomized Empirical Processes with Applications to Infinite Super-Populations and Big Data Sets, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:50, 2B-I6
Czado, Claudia - Vines: Building Multivariate Copulas Using Pair Copula Constructions, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-16:00, 2E-I3
D'Angelo, Pina - Data Analysis Concepts and Issues in Skin Adhesion and Irritation/Sensitization Studies, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-16:00, 3D-I1
Daly, Caitlin - Establishing Paediatric Reference Intervals: Adjusting for Complex Data, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-13:45, 2D-C1
Dankwa, Ernest - Bias Study of the Naive Estimator in a Longitudinal Binary Mixed-effects Model with Measurement Error and Misclassification in Covariates, Monday May 26, 15:30-15:45, 1E-C4
Datta, Gauri - Best Predictive Small Area Estimation in Measurement Error Model, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:30, 1E-I5
Davies, Katherine - Pitman Closeness Results for Type-I Censored Data from Exponential Distribution, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-15:45, 2E-C4
Davison, Matt - The impact of Regulatory Uncertainty on the Operation of Green Energy Projects, Monday May 26, 15:30-16:00, 1E-I2
Dawson, Don - Long Time Behaviour of a Class of Multidimensional Diffusions, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:20, 2B-I6
de TIBEIRO, Jules Joseph Sunda - Graph Partitioning by Correspondence Analysis and Taxicab Correspondence Analysis, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-13:45, 2D-C5
Deardon, Rob - Optimal Experimental and Study Design for Infectious Disease Systems of Animals, Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:30, 3D-I6
Dehling, Herold - Robust Change-Point Tests for Time Series, Monday May 26, 15:30-16:00, 1E-I3
delMas, Bob - Trends in Statistical Understanding: Results From CAOS, Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:30, 3D-I3
Demnati, Abdellatif - Variance Estimation from Complex Survey Data Using Linearization Method: Impact of David Binder, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-14:00, 2D-I1
Diao, Liqun - Copula Models for Multi-type Life History Processes, Wednesday May 28, 13:30-14:30, 3C-A3
Dong, Chi - Nonlinear Filtering on Completely Regular Spaces, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P3
Doss, Charles - Semiparametric Modeling with Log-Concave Densities, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:50, 2B-I5
Duanmu, Haosui - Nonstandard Analysis and Its Application to Convergence of Markov Processes, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P3
Dubin, Joel - Teaching R to Introductory Biostatistics Students in a Professional Distance-Education Masters Program, Monday May 26, 13:30-14:00, 1D-I6
Dunham, Bruce - Calibrating the Difficulty Level of Assessment Tools: ``Blooming'' a Statistics Exam, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-16:00, 3D-I3
Dunham, Bruce, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Using WeBWorK for On-line Homework in Statistics Courses
Dupuis, Debbie - Robust Conditional Variance and Value-at-Risk Estimation, Tuesday May 27, 15:45-16:00, 2E-C5
Duque, Shamika Thirimanna, Mi Shen, Pawel Morzywolek, Daniel Rodriguez, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Durand, Claire - Surveys and Society, Wednesday May 28, 13:30-14:30, 3C-A4
Dzieciolowski, Krzysztof - From Small Samples to Big Data, Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:30, 3D-I2
El Ktaibi, Farid - Blockwise Bootstrap for Empirical Processes and Change-Point Detection, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:35, 1B-C2
Escarela, Gabriel - Analysis and Prediction of Daily Maxima of Ozone Levels in Guadalajara City, Tuesday May 27, 13:45-14:00, 2D-C5
Espin-Garcia, Osvaldo - Model Validation Via the 632+ Bootstrap Method in a Longitudinal Survey Sampling Context: An Application for the Obesity Population Risk Tool, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Essis-Breton, Nicolas - Parallel Computing Methods for Variable Annuities, Wednesday May 28, 15:45-16:00, 3D-C1
Evans, Mike, Monday May 26, 8:40-8:45, 1A-A1
Feldman, Brian, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-17:00, 2E-I1
Feng, Feng (Frank) - Time Series Analysis for Collision Forecasting, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:15, 2D-C5
Feng, Runhuan - Spectral Methods for the Valuation of Variable Annuity Guaranteed Benefits, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:50, 2B-I1
Firouzi, Hassan Omidi - Optimal Portfolio Problem for Entropic Value at Risk: When the Underlying Distribution is Non Elliptical, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:15, 1D-C1
Fode, Tounkara - Copula Model-based Approach and Empirical Bayes Techniques for Small Area Proportions, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:35, 1B-C4
Fontaine, Charles - Semiparametric Estimation of the Regression Function in Situation of Right-Censored Data, Tuesday May 27, 13:45-14:00, 2D-C4
Frei, Christoph - Financial Markets with Interacting Investors and Their Relation to Backward SDEs, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-14:00, 2D-I6
Fu, Guangyu - Managing Volatility Smile in the Option Market: SABR, Local Volatility and Other Models, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:50, 3B-I6
Fung, Kaiser - The Nature of Big Data and the Importance of Numbersense, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-16:00, 3D-I2
Furman, Edward - Background Risk Models: Theory and Applications, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:20, 1B-I6
Gagliano, Sarah - Investigation of Predictive Accuracy Measures for Genetic Models, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:15, 1D-C3
Gao, Huan - Risk Measurement of a Guaranteed Annuity Option in a Stochastic Environment, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P1
Garrido, Jose - Generalized Linear Models for Dependent Claim Frequency and Severity, Wednesday May 28, 11:05-11:20, 3B-C1
GARRO, ANDREW - Sampling Techniques: A Detailed Analysis of Three Sector Funds, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Gauthier, Geneviève - Short-term Hedging for an Electricity Retailer, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:15, 3D-C1
Gavanji, Parisa - Residual Bootstrap for Testing the Treatment and Biomarker Interaction for Unknown Cut-off Point, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-15:45, 2E-C2
Ghaemi, Mohammad Sajjad - Computational Complexity in Hierarchical Clustering Algorithms, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Ghodsi, Ali - Nonnegative Matrix Factorization via Rank-One Downdate and its Application in Sum-Product Networks Structure Learning, Monday May 26, 10:20-10:50, 1B-I2
Gibbs, Alison, Monday May 26, 14:30-15:00, 1D-I6
Girard, Claude - Can the Approximation to the Design-based Variance of Model Assisted Estimators Provided by Linearization be Trusted under Model Misspecification?, Monday May 26, 13:30-13:45, 1D-C5
Golchi, Shirin - Sequentially-constrained Monte Carlo, Monday May 26, 13:30-13:45, 1D-C4
Goldenberg, Maya - Philosophy of Science Meets Evidence-Based Medicine, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-11:50, 3B-I5
Gouzi, Naima - Integrating Establishment Characteristics When Calibrating a Business Survey, Monday May 26, 10:35-10:50, 1B-C4
Graubard, Barry - Estimating Sibling Recurrence Risk in Population Sample Surveys, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-16:00, 2E-I4
Gravel, Christopher - Resampling for Outcome Misclassification: Internal Validation Sampling Concerns, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Halder, Avik - On Simulation of the Beta-Dirichlet Process, Monday May 26, 13:45-14:00, 1D-C4
Halladay, Amanda - Methodological Challenges with the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey - Nutrition, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:05, 1B-C4
Hamid, Jemila - A Test for the Growth Curve Model and its High-Dimensional Extension: Applications in Genomics, Wednesday May 28, 10:50-11:20, 3B-I1
Han, David - Time and Cost Constrained Optimal Designs of Constant-stress and Step-stress Accelerated Life Tests, Tuesday May 27, 14:15-14:30, 2D-C5
Han, Dezhao - Sparse Vine Copula with Applications to Financial Data, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-15:45, 2E-C1
Harrison, Matthew - Robust Inference for Nonstationary Spike Trains, Wednesday May 28, 10:50-11:20, 3B-I4
Hasler, Caren - Fast Balanced Sampling for Highly Stratified Population, Monday May 26, 13:45-14:00, 1D-C5
Haziza, David - Robust Estimation for Asymmetric Infinite Populations, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:15, 2E-C5
Heeringa, Steven - Survey Research and Big Data: Estrangement or a Long-term Relationship?, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:20, 1B-I1
Heeringa, Steven, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Applied Analysis of Survey Data
Hines, Gordon - Useful Tactics For Teaching A Successful Stats Service Course, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:30, 1E-I1
Holzmann, Hajo - Hidden Markov Models with State-Dependent Mixtures: Minimal Representation, Model Testing and Applications to Clustering, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:20, 1B-I3
Hossain, Shahadut - Covariate Mismeasurement in Logistic Regression: Bayesian Adjustment of Main and Interaction Effects and the Sample Size Implications, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:05, 2B-C1
Hossain, Shakhawat - Shrinkage and Pretest Estimators in Partially Linear Models for Longitudinal Data, Monday May 26, 15:45-16:00, 1E-C4
Hu, Joan - Challenges and Strategies for Statistical Inference with Administrative Databases, Monday May 26, 13:30-14:00, 1D-I4
Hu, Yu Luo, Zhe Li, Ya-Ting Chang, Shuanglu Liu, Bo, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Huang, Minyi - Mean Field Capital Accumulation Optimization and Decentralized Strategies, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:30, 2D-I6
Hyslop, Theresa, Monday May 26, 15:30-17:00, 1E-I4
Ingrassia, Salvatore - Diagnostic Tools for Data Classification via Mixture Models with Covariates, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:50, 2B-I4
Islam, Shofiqul - A Copula-based Method to Classify Individuals into Different Disease Categories Using Correlated Biomarkers, Tuesday May 27, 11:05-11:20, 2B-C1
Jahromi, Kian - Stable Trend Detection for Gene Expression Under Multiple Biological Conditions, Monday May 26, 13:45-14:00, 1D-C2
Jana, Sayantee - A Bayesian Growth Curve Model for High Dimensional Data, Monday May 26, 13:45-14:00, 1D-C3
JANG, Gun Ho - Convergence Rate of Scan Statistics for Rare Copy Number Variation Detection, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:35, 3B-C2
Jankowski, Hanna, Monday May 26, 13:30-15:00, 1D-I1
Jewell, Sean - Modelling Graffiti Prevalence in Metro Vancouver under a Hierarchical Bayesian Non-parametric Framework, Monday May 26, 11:05-11:20, 1B-C2
Ji, Hongkai - A Model-based Approach for Characterizing Correlation in Big Genomic Data, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-14:00, 2D-I5
Jiang, Jiming - Observed Best Prediction for Small Area Counts, Monday May 26, 15:30-16:00, 1E-I5
Jin, Zhezhen - Nonparametric Threshold Selection with Censored Survival Data, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:50, 3B-I3
Jones, Bradley - What You Learn Depends on Where You Look, Wednesday May 28, 13:30-14:30, 3C-A2
Jordan, Michael - On the Computational and Statistical Interface and ``Big Data'', Monday May 26, 8:45-9:50, 1A-A2
Jun, Seong-Hwan - A Beginner's Perspective on Causal Inference: Potential Outcomes Framework, Graphical Models and Structural Causal Model, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:35, 1B-C3
Jun, Tingting Yu, Seong-Hwan, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Kalbfleisch, John - Optimization in a Kidney Paired Donation Program, Wednesday May 28, 10:42-11:04, 3B-I2
Kasahara, Hiroyuki - Testing the Number of Components in Heteroscedastic Normal Mixtures, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:50, 1B-I3
Khadraoui, Khader - Nonparametric Bayesian Regression under Combinations of Local Shape Constraints, Monday May 26, 14:15-14:30, 1D-C3
Khan, Mohmmad Kaviul - Are Overweight Children More Likely to Underestimate Their Weight Status: A Novel Approach to Quantify Weight Status Misperception, Monday May 26, 15:45-16:00, 1E-C1
Khan, Shahedul - A Multistate Modeling Approach to Study the Effects of Air Pollutants on Recurrent Hospital Admissions Due to Respiratory Diseases, Tuesday May 27, 13:45-14:00, 2D-C1
Kiermer, Veronique, Monday May 26, 15:30-17:00, 1E-I4
Kim, Sungsoo - Ruin Analysis in a Discrete-time Sparre Andersen Model with External Financial Activities and Random Dividends, Wednesday May 28, 15:15-15:30, 3D-C1
Knight, Jo - Data Integration to Boost Association Signals, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:50, 1B-I4
Komaki, Fumiyasu - Prior Construction Based on the Predictive Metric, Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:30, 3D-I5
Kondo, Yumi - Who Is a Responder? Identification of Treatment Responders Based on Longitudinally Collected Multiple Endpoints in Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Kong, Linglong - Simultaneously Sparse Partial Functional Linear Regression in Hyper-Acute Ischemic Stroke Study, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:30, 2D-I4
Kortbi, Othmane - Estimating a Multivariate Normal Mean with a Bounded Signal to Noise Ratio, Wednesday May 28, 10:35-10:50, 3B-C3
Kouritzin, Michael - Resampled Particle Filtering by McKean-Vlasov Thinking, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-15:00, 2D-I6
Kovacev-Nikolic, Violeta - Topological Data Analysis of the Maltose Binding Protein, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Kovacevic, Milorad - Measuring Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:30, 2D-I1
Krupskiy, Pavel - Structured Factor Copula Models for Multivariate Data, Tuesday May 27, 16:15-16:30, 2E-C3
Kuznetsov, Alexey - Numerical methods for Levy processes, Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:30, 3D-I4
Kyprianou, Andreas - Censored Stable Processes, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-16:00, 3D-I4
Labadi, Luai Al - Two-Sample Bayesian Nonparametric Goodness of Fit Test, Tuesday May 27, 10:35-10:50, 2B-C3
Lakhal-Chaieb, Lajmi - A Family-based Test for Rare Variants Association in the Presence of Non-Normal Outcomes, Tuesday May 27, 13:30-13:45, 2D-C2
Landsman, Victoria - Methods to Address Bias in Web Surveys, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:30, 2E-I4
Lau, Shariah Shams, Tim To, Ruoyong Xu Changchang Xu, Lei Miao, Gabriel, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Lau, Shariah Shams, Tim To, Ruoyong Xu, Changchang Xu, Lei Miao, Gabriel, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Lawrence, Earl - Searching for Fast Radio Bursts with the Very Large Array, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-16:00, 2E-I5
Leblanc, Alexandre - On the Probability of Being Interior to a Random Subset of a Sample, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:35, 2B-C4
Leclerc, Martin - Ascertainment-Adjusted SNP Set Analysis for Clustered Age-at-Onset Outcomes, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:30, 1E-I6
Lee, Shun Fu - Power of the Adjusted Q Statistic for the Meta-Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials, Monday May 26, 15:45-16:00, 1E-C2
Lee, Sunghee - Sensitivity Analysis of Seed Selection in Respondent Driven Sampling, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-17:00, 2E-I4
Lee, Wan-Chen - On Curved Exponential Imbedding and its Applications, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:15, 1D-C4
Leung, Andy, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Using WeBWorK for On-line Homework in Statistics Courses
Li, Deli - A Characterization of Chover-Type Law of Iterated Logarithm, Tuesday May 27, 15:45-16:00, 2E-C4
Li, Haijun - Tail Densities of Copulas, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:30, 2E-I3
Li, Jia - Bias Study of the Naive Estimator in a Longitudinal Linear Mixed-effects Model with Measurement Error and Misclassification in Covariates, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Li, Longhai - Approximating Cross-validatory Predictive Evaluation in Bayesian Latent Variables Models with Integrated IS and WAIC, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:35, 2B-C1
Li, Pengfei, Monday May 26, 13:30-15:00, 1D-I1
Li, Yi - Gateaux Differential-Based Boosting for Time-Varying Effects in Survival Analysis, Wednesday May 28, 11:04-11:26, 3B-I2
Li, Zhong - On a Dual Risk with Dependence Between Gains Sizes and Inter-Gain Times, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Liang, Kun - False Discovery Rate Estimation for Large-scale Homogeneous Discrete P-values, Monday May 26, 10:35-10:50, 1B-C1
Lin, Luyao - Insurance and Investment Risks of a Joint Life Insurance Portfolio, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P1
Lin, Shivon Sue-Chee, Lingling Fan, Wei, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Lin, Wei - Adjustments to r : Insides from Taylor Expansions, Monday May 26, 15:45-16:00, 1E-C5
Lin, Zhenhua - A Smooth and Locally Sparse Estimator for Functional Linear Regression via Functional SCAD Penalty, Wednesday May 28, 10:50-11:05, 3B-C3
Liu, Fangda - Optimal Reinsurance with Regulatory Initial Capitals and Default Risks, Tuesday May 27, 13:45-14:00, 2D-I3
Liu, Fei Huang, Yuying Xie, Di Shu, Ken Xiao, Xin, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Liu, Simon Greaves, Xinyu Zhang, Yao Song, Yicen Guo, Xi, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Loeppky, Jason - Comparing Simulated Emission from Molecular Clouds using Gaussian Process Regression, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:30, 2D-I2
Lokku, Lauren Erdman, Jennifer Gillis, Naim Panjwani, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, Armend, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Loughin, Tom - The Effect of Heteroscedasticity on Regression Trees, Tuesday May 27, 10:35-10:50, 2B-C4
Lourenço, Vanda Milheiro - A Robust Coefficient of Determination for Heritability Estimation in Genetic Association Studies, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:15, 1D-C2
Lu, Wilson - Algorithms for Unequal Probability Sampling Without Replacement, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:15, 1D-C5
Lu, Zihang - Assessing the Performance of Different Indexes in Finding Cut-off Points for Continuous Biomarkers, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:15, 1E-C1
Lundy, Erin - A Joint Model for Detecting Patterns of Antisocial Behaviour Among Serious Juvenile Offenders, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Lv, Jinch - High-Dimensional Thresholded Regression and Shrinkage Effect, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:50, 2B-I2
Lysy, Martin - Parameter Inference for Diffusion Processes via Gaussian Process Regression, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-15:00, 2D-I2
Macdonald, Ahsan Bhatti, Chengwei Qin, Hedan Han, Keya Biswas, Regina Kampo, Sandip Barui, Peter, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Mackay, Anne - Reducing Surrender Incentives through Fee Structure in Variable Annuities, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:20, 2B-I1
MacNab, Ying - Bayesian Hierarchical Spatial Mixture for Modeling Sparse Data on a Discontinuous and Modestly Large Irregular Lattice, Monday May 26, 13:30-14:00, 1D-I3
Mailhot, Mélina - [CANCELED] Retention Level for an Optimal Reinsurance Treaty, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-10:35, 3B-C1
Mak, Simon - A Spatial Compound Poisson Process for Hurricane Damage, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:35, 1B-C2
Malik, Rajat - Parameterizing Individual-Level Models of Infectious Disease Spread Using Sampling-Based Likelihood Approximations, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-14:45, 2D-C5
Mallette, Hervé Mensah, Imad Yanni, Ghizlene Zerghini, Jean-Phillipe, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Mamun, Mahmud - Air Health Indicator (AHI), Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Mandal, Saumen - Optimal Experimental Design for Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Monday May 26, 13:30-14:00, 1D-I2
Marceau, Etienne - Infinite-time Ruin Measures for Compound Renewal Risk Models with Dependence, Monday May 26, 14:15-14:30, 1D-C1
Marchand, Éric - On Runs, Bivariate Poisson Mixtures and Distributions That Arise in Bernoulli Arrays, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:15, 2E-C4
Marriott, Paul - The Analysis of Multiple Spike Train Data, Wednesday May 28, 11:20-11:50, 3B-I4
McDougall, Janet E.A. - Adaptive Randomization in a Seamless Phase II/Phase III Dose-Finding and Confirmatory Trial Design, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:30, 3D-I1
McGill, Jeffrey - Business Analytics, Statistics, and Communication, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:30, 3D-I2
McLachlan, Geoff - On Finite Mixtures of Skew Distributions, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:20, 2B-I4
McLeish, Don - The Importance of Importance Sampling: Measure Change in Probability, Statistics and Rare Event Simulation, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:50, 2B-I6
McLeod, Ian - Censored Time Series Analysis, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:30, 1E-I3
Metzler, Adam - Pricing and Understanding Contingent Capital Bonds using Structural Models, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:30, 1E-I2
Mihram, G. Arthur - Re-examining Quinn’s Conclusion: Don’t Either Our Statistical Methodologies or Works in Applied Mathematics Qualify as Science?, Tuesday May 27, 14:45-15:00, 2D-C5
Millar, Michele - Do Our Courses Improve Students' Attitudes?, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:30, 3D-I3
Miller, Arden Ewan - Error Rates for the Analysis of Unreplicated Experiments, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-15:45, 2E-C3
Mirea, Lucia - Evaluation of Propensity Score Methods for Multiple Treatment Groups, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Mirshahi, Mina - Cubic Splines for Shapes in Two-Dimensional Space, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:05, 2B-C4
Moez, Elham Khodayari - The Accuracy of Joint Analysis of Survival and Longitudinal Data: A Simulation Study, Wednesday May 28, 10:35-10:50, 3B-C2
Mohammadi, Farhood - Comparison of Missing data Methods for Repeated Measures Binary Data, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:15, 2D-C1
Monahan, Adam - Stochastic Dynamics of Near-Surface Winds, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-16:00, 2E-I6
Moon, Nathalie - The Impact Of Prevalent Cohort Sampling on Multistate Transition Probabilities in Chronic Disease Processes, Tuesday May 27, 15:45-16:00, 2E-C2
Morin, Amy - Analyzing Forest Fire Lifetime Data Using Proportional Hazards Frailty Models, Monday May 26, 15:30-15:45, 1E-C5
Mouret, Geoffroy - No Mean Clustering Algorithm, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:15, 1E-C3
Muhe, Armend Lokku, Nadia, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Mullah, Muhammad Abu Shadeque - Smoothing in a Semi-Parametric Generalized Linear Mixed Model and its Effect on the Estimation of Covariance Structures for Correlated Data, Tuesday May 27, 13:45-14:00, 2D-C2
Murray, Paula - The Hidden Truncation Hyperbolic Distribution, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-16:45, 2E-C3
Muthukumarana, Saman - Bayesian Hypothesis Assessment in Two-arm Trials Using Relative Belief Ratios, Monday May 26, 11:35-11:50, 1B-C1
Nadarajah, Tharshanna - Empirical Likelihood Based Longitudinal Studies, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:35, 2B-C2
Nadeem, Khurram - Integrating Population Dynamics Models and Distance Sampling Data: A Hierarchical State-Space Approach, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Naik, Shanoja - Calibration of Wishart Stochastic Correlation Model for Sovereign Default Risk, Monday May 26, 14:30-14:45, 1D-C1
Nasari, Masoud M - On the Accuracy of the Bootstrap, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:15, 1E-C4
Nathoo, Farouk - Variational Bayes High-Dimensional Discrete-Time Dynamical Systems for Combined MEG and EEG Data, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-15:00, 2D-I4
Nguyen, Thuan - Observed Best Prediction via Nested-Error Regression with Potentially Misspecified Mean and Variance, Monday May 26, 16:30-17:00, 1E-I5
Ning, Yang - Variable Selection and Inference for Ultra-High Dimensional Survival Data With Missing Covariates Under Proportional Hazards Models, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-15:45, 3D-C2
Nirmalkanna, Kunasekaran - Optimal Designs of Two-Level Factorials when $N \equiv 1$ and $2\pmod 4$ under a Baseline Parameterization, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Nolde, Natalia - The Effect of Aggregation on Extremes from Asymptotically Independent Light-Tailed Risks, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:50, 1B-I6
Nourmohammadi, Mohammad - Distribution-Free Tolerance Intervals with Randomized Nomination Samples, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Nudds, Tom - A Successful Structure for a Practical Introductory Statistics Service Course, Monday May 26, 16:30-17:00, 1E-I1
O'Hara Hines, Jeanette - Statistics Service Courses and Evolving Undergraduate Science Education, Monday May 26, 15:30-16:00, 1E-I1
Offringa, Martin, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-17:00, 2E-I1
Omidi, Hassan - On the Depletion Problem for an Insurance Risk Process: New Non-ruin Quantities in Collective Risk Theory, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:15, 2D-I3
Orbanz, Peter - Random Walk Models of Graphs and Networks, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:20, 1B-I2
Ortmann, Janosch - Exact Formulas for Random Growth off a Flat Interface, Monday May 26, 14:30-15:00, 1D-I5
Osgood, Nathaniel - Combining MCMC and Compartmental Modeling to Enhance Understanding of Chlamydia Control in Saskatchewan, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-16:00, 3D-I6
Owen, Art - Self-concordance for Empirical Likelihood, Wednesday May 28, 13:30-14:30, 3C-A1
PADILLA, ALBERTO - Two-Stage Cluster Sampling: Bounds for the Variance, Coefficient of Variation and Design Effect of Proportions, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Park, Chul Gyu - A Representation for Binary Random Vector with Fixed Mean and Correlation Matrix, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:15, 2D-C2
Pelletier, Eric - The Volatility and the Rarity of Scientific Research and Development in Canada -- How to ``Search'' for It?, Monday May 26, 11:05-11:20, 1B-C4
Peng, Jianan - Multiple Confidence Intervals for Selected Parameters Adjusted for the False Coverage-Statement Rate in Dose-Response Microarray Experiments, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-17:00, 2E-I2
Peng, Yingwei - Mixture Cure Models for Clustered Survival Data, Wednesday May 28, 10:50-11:20, 3B-I3
Perron, Francois - On the Extensions of Subcopulas, Monday May 26, 14:15-14:30, 1D-C4
Petrov, Pavel - Applications of Persistent Homology to DNA data, Tuesday May 27, 11:05-11:20, 2B-C4
Picka, Jeff - Discussion of Using Science Studies Resources in Statistical Education, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-11:50, 3B-I5
Pignal, Jean - Big Data and Official Statistics, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:50, 1B-I1
Pinky, Saadia - Hypothesis Testing with Power Calculation and Variable Selection with Sparse Dirichlet-Multinomial in Clostridium Difficile data, Wednesday May 28, 15:45-16:00, 3D-C2
Platt, Robert, Monday May 26, 15:30-17:00, 1E-I4
Platt, Robert, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-17:00, 2E-I1
Pohlkamp-Hartt, Joshua - Bootstrapped Multitaper F-test for Signal Detection, Tuesday May 27, 11:35-11:50, 2B-C3
Premarathna, Lasantha - Partial Stratification in Two-Sample Capture-Recapture Experiments, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:05, 1B-C1
Prentice, Ross - Nonparametric and Semiparametric Analysis of Bivariate Failure Time Data, Wednesday May 28, 11:26-11:48, 3B-I2
Provost, Serge - Improved Saddlepoint Density Approximations through Polynomial Adjustments, Monday May 26, 14:30-14:45, 1D-C4
Pullenayegum, Eleanor - Methods for Analysing Irregular Longitudinal Data: How do the Assumptions Match Up with Visit Processes Encountered in Practice, Wednesday May 28, 10:50-11:05, 3B-C2
Qian, Peter - Samurai Sudoku-Based Space-Filling Designs, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:30, 1D-I2
Quijano, Oscar - Linear Credibility for GLM Losses, Tuesday May 27, 14:15-14:30, 2D-I3
Rad, Narges Nazeri - Estimation of Prevalence Probabilities and Assessment of Multistate Models, Monday May 26, 14:15-14:30, 1D-C2
Rahim, Karim - Change-point Detection using Level-of-change in Spectra, Tuesday May 27, 11:35-11:50, 2B-C4
Rahman, Adam, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Reese, Shane - Hierarchical Gaussian Process Modeling of Supernova Light Curves, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:30, 2E-I5
Ren, Jiandong - Analysis of IBNR with Markovian Arrival Processes, Wednesday May 28, 11:20-11:35, 3B-C1
Renaud, Jean-Francois - Occupation Times for Spectrally Negative Lévy Processes with Applications, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:30, 3D-I4
Riegert, David - Forecasting the Likelihood of Solar Flares Using an Inferred Solar Stress Index, Wednesday May 28, 11:35-11:50, 3B-C3
Romdhani, Hela - Genome-Wide Association Study Using Generalized Structured Component Analysis, Tuesday May 27, 14:15-14:30, 2D-C2
Rosenthal, Jeffrey - The Magic of Monte Carlo, Tuesday May 27, 8:45-9:50, 2A-A
Rosolowsky, Erik - Critiquing the Statistical Analysis of Star Formation, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-17:00, 2E-I5
Rosychuk, Rhonda - A Spatial Scan Statistic for Compound Poisson Data, Using Negative Binomial Distribution and Accounting for Population Stratification, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:30, 1D-I3
Rotondi, Michael - Towards the Estimation of Effect Measures in Studies Using Respondent-Driven Sampling, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:35, 1B-C4
Sadeghi, Samira - Outer-product of Linear Processes with Heavy-tail and Long-range Dependence, Monday May 26, 10:35-10:50, 1B-C2
Safari, Abdollah - Generating a Random Gene Expression Dataset with a given Gene Regulatory Network, Monday May 26, 16:15-16:30, 1E-C1
Safari, Elena Szefer, Abdollah, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Saha, Krishna - Statistical Analysis of Means and Dispersions from Several Treatment Groups for Extra-Dispersed Count Data from Toxicology Studies, Monday May 26, 11:05-11:20, 1B-C1
Sajobi, Tolulope - Statistical Inference on Discriminant Function Coefficients in the Presence of Non-Normality and Covariance Heterogeneity, Tuesday May 27, 16:45-17:00, 2E-C2
Salakhutdinov, Ruslan - Multimodal Learning with Deep Boltzmann Machines, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:50, 1B-I2
Salisbury, Tom - Optimal Tontines, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:50, 2B-I1
Sanches, Marcos - Regression Discontinuity with Age as Running Variable – Issues with Statistical Tests and Comparison with Time Series Intervention Analysis, Tuesday May 27, 16:15-16:30, 2E-C5
Sango, Joel - Test for Non-Correlation Under Weak Dependence Between Two Stationary Processes, Tuesday May 27, 10:20-10:35, 2B-C3
Saulnier, Justine Zehr, Steve Fereira, Bertrand, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Schliep, Erin - Modeling Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis Using Multiple-Phase Testing, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:30, 3D-I6
Schmirler, Matthew - Strand Passage Probabilities in an Interacting Self-Avoiding Polygon Model, Monday May 26, 16:15-16:30, 1E-C4
Schnitzer, Mireille - Nonparametric Causal Inference through Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation: Options for Using Machine Learning in Causal Inference, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:20, 2B-I3
Scott, Alexandre - Simulating Rare Event Using a Two Stage IS Estimator, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-16:45, 2E-C4
Selvaratnam, Selvakkadunko - Estimation of Generalized Linear Mixed Model for Response Adaptive Designs of Multi-Center Clinical Trials, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:15, 1E-C2
Sen, Bodhi - Testing Against a Parametric Regression Function, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:20, 2B-I5
Sen, Debaraj - Robust Test for Testing Homogeneity of Dispersions for Several Groups of Counts Using Dissimilarity Measures, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:05, 2B-C3
Sezer, Deniz - Exit Densities and the Martin Boundary of Super-Brownian Motion, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:30, 1D-I5
Shaddick, Gavin, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Spatial-Temporal Models in Epidemiology
Shary, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, Simon Greaves, Sepehr Jafar-Pour, Yitian Tao, Kate Tsiplova, Coralie Wong,, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
She, Xichen - Analysis of Complex Survey Data with Missing Ordinal Responses, Monday May 26, 14:15-14:30, 1D-C5
Shi, Qian - Variable Screening Based On Combining Quantile Regression, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:15, 2E-C2
Shi, Xiaozhou Wang, Sile Tao, Qian, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Shin, Ji-Hyung - Can Sparse Data Methods Rescue Low Frequency Variants in Genome Wide Association Analysis?, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-14:45, 2D-C2
Shlomo, Natalie - Calibration of Small Area Estimates in Business Surveys, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-15:00, 2D-I1
Shokoohi, Farhad - Variable Selection in Mixture of Survival Models, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:15, 3D-C2
Sinaei, Leila - Estimation Of Mean In Double Sampling For Stratification Using Multivariate Auxiliary Information, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Sinha, Sanjoy - A Robust Approach to Analyzing Longitudinal Data with Informative Dropouts and Outliers, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:30, 1D-I4
Sivathayalan, Ahalya - Introduction and Assessment of a New PoD for Human Exposure Guidelines, Monday May 26, 13:30-13:45, 1D-C3
Soave, David - Improved Detection of Variants with Main or Interaction Effects using a Robust Location and Scale Testing Framework, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:35, 2B-C1
Sohrabi, Maryam - Asymptotic Theory for M-Estimates in Unstable AR(P) Processes with Infinite Variance Innovations, Monday May 26, 16:30-16:45, 1E-C5
Spencer, Neil - Obtaining Two-Level Factorial Designs with Pre-specified Randomization Restrictions, Tuesday May 27, 13:45-14:00, 2D-C3
Springford, Aaron - Analysis of Time series with Unknown Times Using a Hierarchical Chronology Model, Monday May 26, 14:45-15:00, 1D-C4
Stafford, Jamie, Monday May 26, 8:30-8:35, 1A-A1
Stanley, Anu - Using School Absenteeism in Disease Surveillance Models: Refining of Surveillance Threshold, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Stephens, Dave - Discussion of New Directions in Causal Inference, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:50, 2B-I3
Stevens, Nathaniel - Incorporating Baseline Information When Assessing Measurement Systems, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:15, 2D-C3
Strawderman, William - Predictive Density Estimation Under Integrated L1 and L2 Loss, Wednesday May 28, 15:30-16:00, 3D-I5
Su, Jianxi - On a Multiple-Shock Dependence Structure, Tuesday May 27, 16:15-16:30, 2E-C1
Su, Wanhua - Quantile Methods for Estimating Bi-normal Parameters in ROC Analysis, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:35, 2B-C4
Sujanthan, Andy Koh, Gabriela Gonzalez, Jordan Collins, John Jarvis, Sriskondarajah, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Sun, Jianping - A Method for Analyzing Multiple Continuous Phenotypes in Rare Variant Association Studies, Tuesday May 27, 14:45-15:00, 2D-C2
Sun, Lei - Methods for Association Analysis of Rare Variants: A Review and Some New Developments, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:30, 2D-I5
Sun, Wei - A Study of RNA-seq Data in Cancer Patients, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-15:00, 2D-I5
Sun, Zheng - Testing Goodness-of-Fit for Latent Variables, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:35, 2B-C3
Sura, Philip - Perspectives of Non-Gaussianity in Weather and Climate Variability, Tuesday May 27, 16:00-16:30, 2E-I6
Swishchuk, Anatoliy - Covariance and Correlation Swaps for Markov-modulated Volatilities, Monday May 26, 16:30-17:00, 1E-I2
Talbot, Denis - A Cautionary Note on the Use of Stabilized Weights in Marginal Structural Models, Wednesday May 28, 11:05-11:20, 3B-C2
Tang, Dameng - Fitting Erlang-Based Mixture Models to Operational Loss Data, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-14:45, 2D-I3
Tang, Yang - Mixture of Latent Trait Models for High-Dimensional Categorical Data, Monday May 26, 16:15-16:30, 1E-C3
Tao, Nadia Muhe, Coralie Wong, Yitian F., Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Tao, Sile - Prediction of Ice Hockey Performance: A Field Test of Empirical Bayes Procedure, Monday May 26, 16:15-16:30, 1E-C5
Tatsinkou, Joseph François Tagne - On Smooth Test of Goodness of Fit for Vector Time Series with Structured Parameterization, Tuesday May 27, 11:05-11:20, 2B-C3
Tekougang, Thierry Chekouo - A Bayesian Approach to Biomarker Selection Through miRNA Regulatory Network with Application to Kidney Cancer, Tuesday May 27, 14:15-14:30, 2D-C1
Thabane, Lehana, Tuesday May 27, 15:30-17:00, 2E-I1
Thomas, Doneal - Estimating Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Binary Outcomes for the Analysis of Individual Patient Data Meta-Analyses: Which method is best?, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:35, 1B-C1
Thompson, William - Parametric Estimation of Sea Surface Wind Dynamics via the Infinitesimal Generator, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-17:00, 2E-I6
Thomson, David - A Time Series Analyst's Look at Climate Data, Wednesday May 28, 8:45-9:50, 3A-A2
Thomson, Trevor - Application of Shrinkage Estimation in Linear Regression Models with Autoregressive Errors, Monday May 26, 16:30-16:45, 1E-C4
Thorlund, Kristian - Integration of Network Meta-Analysis and Health Economic Evaluations -- Reducing Uncertainty and Avoiding Biases, Monday May 26, 10:50-11:20, 1B-I5
Thorpe, Kevin - Using R in Inroductory Biostatistics Courses, Monday May 26, 14:00-14:30, 1D-I6
Thorpe, Lucas - On Nonparametric Methods of Extreme Value Distributions, Monday May 26, 11:35-11:50, 1B-C3
Tibshirani, Rob, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Statistical Learning Methods in Data Mining
Tong, Jinjun - Estimation of the State-Space Model with Stable Noise, Monday May 26, 11:05-11:20, 1B-C3
Torabi, Mahmoud - Spatial Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Multivariate CAR Models for Areal Data, Monday May 26, 14:30-15:00, 1D-I3
Torkashvand, Elaheh - Pseudo-Empirical Bayes Estimation of Small Area Means Based on the James-Stein Estimation in Linear Regression Models with Functional Measurement Error, Monday May 26, 14:30-14:45, 1D-C3
Trejo, Maria Esther Perez - Bayesian Modeling of Clustered Measured Binary Outcomes, Monday May 26, 14:45-15:00, 1D-C3
Troupé, Marylène - Loglinear Models in the Presence of Overdispersion with Application to Aphis Gossypii Count Data, Monday May 26, 14:30-14:45, 1D-C2
Trufin, Julien - On a Risk Measure Inspired from the Ruin Probability and the Expected Deficit at Ruin, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-16:45, 2E-C1
Valdez, Emiliano - A Revisit of Hierarchical Insurance Claims Modeling, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-17:00, 2E-I3
Vallée, Audrey-Anne - Approximation of the Variance in the Presence of Imputed Data, Monday May 26, 14:30-14:45, 1D-C5
van Bommel, Matthew - Stage-Wise Surrogate Modeling of Tidal Power Functions, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-14:45, 2D-C3
Vanniyasingam, Thuva - A Discrete Choice Experiment of Evidence-based Practice Dissemination in Addiction Agencies for Women: An Empirical Comparison of Methods for Analyzing Clustered Data, Monday May 26, 16:30-16:45, 1E-C1
Vasudevan, Chithran Vadaverkkot - Censored Quantile Regression with Auxiliary Covariates, Tuesday May 27, 14:00-14:15, 2D-C4
Vatanpour, Shabnam - Linear Combination Test and Reduction in Microarray Studies, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-14:45, 2D-C1
Vidyashankar, Anand - Finite Sample Post Model Selection Inference, Tuesday May 27, 10:50-11:20, 2B-I2
Vincent, Kyle - Bayesian Item Response Analysis of Method-of-Payment Habits in Banking Surveys, Monday May 26, 11:35-11:50, 1B-C4
Vrbik, Irene - Fractionally-Supervised Classification via Skew-Normal and Skew-t Mixture Models, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:50, 2B-I4
Wallace, Michael - A New Method for Identifying Dynamic Treatment Regimes: Introducing weighted Q-learning, Tuesday May 27, 16:30-16:45, 2E-C2
Wang, Ruodu - How Superadditive Can a Risk Measure Be?, Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:15, 3D-C1
Wang, Teresa Chan, Farhood Mohammadi, Pavel Petrov, Samira Sadeghi, Xiaozhou, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Wang, Yishu - Assessing the Impact of Exposure Measurement Errors on the Results of Time-to-Event Analyses of Adverse Effects of Medications: a Simulation Study, Monday May 26, 14:45-15:00, 1D-C2
Watier, Francois - First Passage Time Estimation of Diffusion Processes Through Time-varying Boundaries, Tuesday May 27, 16:45-17:00, 2E-C4
Wei, Yuhong - Mixture Model Averaging for Clustering and Classification, Monday May 26, 16:30-16:45, 1E-C3
Wen, Lan - The Design and Analysis of Cluster-Randomized Longitudinal Trials Based on Transition Models, Monday May 26, 16:15-16:30, 1E-C2
Weng, Chengguo - CPPI under Regime Switching and Transaction Cost, Monday May 26, 14:45-15:00, 1D-C1
Weng, Jiaying (Vicky) - Maximin Strong Orthogonal Arrays, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Wilhelm, Matthieu - Generalized Models for Spatial Regression, Monday May 26, 16:00-16:15, 1E-C5
Willan, Andy - Should Stochastic Uncertainty Play a Role in the Pricing of New Health Care Interventions?, Monday May 26, 11:20-11:50, 1B-I5
Wilson, Dan - Challenges of Centralized and Distributed Control for Addressable Advertising, Wednesday May 28, 10:50-11:20, 3B-I6
Wilson, David Edward - Volatility and Intensity, Wednesday May 28, 16:15-16:30, 3D-C1
Wolters, Mark - Detection of Smoke in Satellite Images Using Autologistic Regression, Tuesday May 27, 14:15-14:30, 2D-C4
Wong, Monica H.T. - Biclustering of Gene Expression Data with Applications in Nutrigenomics, Monday May 26, 16:45-17:00, 1E-C4
Wong, Weng Kee - Using Animal Instincts to Find Efficient Experimental Designs, Monday May 26, 14:30-15:00, 1D-I2
Wu, Ping - Pricing Interest Rate Exotic Under LIBOR Market Model, Wednesday May 28, 11:20-11:50, 3B-I6
Wu, Ying - Variable Selection in Multi-State Analysis by Penalized Likelihood, Monday May 26, 16:45-17:00, 1E-C1
Xiao, Jinkun - Bootstrapping Improvement to Portmanteau Test in ARFIMA Model, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P2
Xin, Lu - Continuous-time Stochastic Blockmodels for Transactional Networks, Monday May 26, 16:45-17:00, 1E-C3
Xin, Xin - A Likelihood Approach to Accommodate Ties between Events and Covariate Change Times in Cox Proportional Hazards Models, Wednesday May 28, 11:20-11:35, 3B-C2
Xu, Ximing - A Composite Likelihood Approach to Whale's Network Analysis, Tuesday May 27, 11:35-11:50, 2B-C2
Xu, Xinyin - From Minimax Shrinkage Estimation to Minimax Shrinkage Prediction, Wednesday May 28, 16:00-16:30, 3D-I5
Xu, Yin - On High Quantile Regression, Tuesday May 27, 14:30-14:45, 2D-C4
Yadegari, Iraj - Parameter Estimation under Bounded Loss Functions, Wednesday May 28, 11:05-11:20, 3B-C3
Yan, Ying - Model Misspecification and Model Checking for Survival Data with Covariate Measurement Error, Tuesday May 27, 11:35-11:50, 2B-C1
Yang, Chen - On the Threshold Strategy for Dividend Payments Under the Dual Model Perturbed by Diffusion, Tuesday May 27, 14:45-15:00, 2D-I3
Yanling, Yumi Kondo, Md Mahsin, Kyle Hambrook,, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Yao, Fang - Functional Data Analysis and Related Topics, Wednesday May 28, 8:45-9:50, 3A-A1
Yi, Grace - Weighted Estimating Equations for Semiparametric Transformation Models With Missing Covariates, Wednesday May 28, 11:20-11:50, 3B-I3
Yi, Yanqing - Dynamic Programming and Optimal Designs of Adaptive Clinical Trials, Monday May 26, 16:30-16:45, 1E-C2
Yilmaz, Yildiz - Analysis of Time-to-Event Phenotypes in Genetic Association Studies of Cancer, Monday May 26, 16:30-17:00, 1E-I6
Yin, Guosheng - Two-stage Single-to-double Arm Design for Phase II Clinical Trials, Tuesday May 27, 14:45-15:00, 2D-C1
Young, Nathan - Statistics and the Politics of Expert Knowledge: Understanding the 'Public Life' of Statistical Knowledge, Insights from the Social Sciences, Wednesday May 28, 10:20-11:50, 3B-I5
Yu, Hao - The PLAC-Weighted Adaptive LASSO for VAR(p) Models, Monday May 26, 16:30-17:00, 1E-I3
Yu, Hao, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Probabilistic Simulation via Distributed Algorithms
Yu, Tingting - Jointly Modeling Longitudinal Process with Measurement Errors, Missing Data, and Outliers, Wednesday May 28, 11:20-11:35, 3B-C3
Yuan, Ming - Information-Theoretic Properties of Log-Concave Projections and Their Applications, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:50, 2B-I5
Yue, Karl Knopf, Yuanhao Lai, Jiaoying Li, Kexin Luo, Shengchao Yan, Wei, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Zeng, Leilei - Model Misspecification in Progression-Free Survival Analysis Due to Intermittent Assessment, Monday May 26, 14:30-15:00, 1D-I4
Zhang, Xingliang Huang, Honglei Xie, Ning, Monday May 26, 12:00, 1C-D2
Zhang, Xuemao - Teaching Introductory Statistics Using RExcel, Tuesday May 27, 14:45-15:00, 2D-C4
Zhang, Yukun - Variable Selection in Log-linear Birnbaum-Saunders Regression Model for High-dimensional Survival Data via the Elastic Net and Stochastic EM, Tuesday May 27, 16:15-16:30, 2E-C2
Zhang, Yuzhou - Modelling Disability Using Mixtures of Markov Chains, Tuesday May 27, 12:00, 2C-P1
Zhong, Yujie - Robust Design of Cluster-Randomized Trials With Censored Event Times, Monday May 26, 16:45-17:00, 1E-C2
Zhou, Alan Xinghua - Misrepresentation and Capital Structure: Quantifying the Impact on Corporate Security Value in a Modified Merton Framework, Wednesday May 28, 11:35-11:50, 3B-C1
Zhou, Michelle - Goodness-of-fit Test for Specification of Copula-Based Semi-parametric Models, Wednesday May 28, 11:20-11:50, 3B-I1
Zhu, Qing Xu, Pingchuan Cao, Mengnan, Monday May 26, 12:00-17:30, 1C-D1
Zhu, Yayuan - Event History Analysis in Observational Studies with Intermittent Observation, Wednesday May 28, 11:35-11:50, 3B-C2
Zhu, Yeying - A Boosting Algorithm for Estimating Generalized Propensity Scores, Wednesday May 28, 15:00-15:15, 3D-C2
Zidek, Jim, Sunday May 25, 9:00-16:30, Spatial-Temporal Models in Epidemiology
Zou, Hui - A General Theory on The Strong Oracle Property of Folded Penalized Estimation, Tuesday May 27, 11:20-11:50, 2B-I2