(SIS01) RSS Special Invited Session: New Challenges in Statistics |
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Chair: Valerie Isham, University College London |
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Organizer: Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics |
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Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University
Statistical Inference for Diagnostic Classification Models
[abs]
Zhi-Ming Ma, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Some Progress in DNA Sequence Analysis
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Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology
A Statistical View of Uncertainty Quantification: A Promising Opportunity at the Interface Between Statistics and Applied Mathematics
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(SIS02) IMS Special Invited Session: New Methods for High-dimensional Data |
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Chair: Wei Pan, University of Minnesota |
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Organizer: Adam Rothman, University of Minnesota |
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Pradeep Ravikumar, University of Texas, Austin
Poisson Graphical Models
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Tao Shi, The Ohio State University
Scalable Spectral Algorithms for Community Detection in Directed Networks [abs]
Wei Pan, University of Minnesota
Cluster Analysis: Unsupervised Learning via Supervised Learning with a Non-convex Penalty
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(SIS03) CAAS Special Invited Session |
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Chair: Huazhen Lin, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics |
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Organizer: Zhi Geng, Peking University |
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Sponsor: Chinese Association for Applied Statistics |
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Jianhua Guo, Northeast Normal University
Accounting for Model Uncertainty in Text Classification Improves Predictive Performance
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Liuquan Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences
A Flexible Semiparametric Transformation Model for Recurrent Event Data
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Huazhen Lin, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Selection of Latent Variables for Multiple Mixed-outcome Models
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(SIS04) ISBA Special Invited Session: Bayesian Model Validation |
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Organizer: David A. van Dyk, Imperial College London |
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Sponsor: International Society for Bayesian Analysis |
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Shane Jensen, University of Pennsylvania
Adapting Bayesian Additive Regression Trees for Variable Selection
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Christopher Hans, The Ohio State University
From a Conditional Lindley's Paradox to Poly-hyper-g Priors
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Matt Taddy, University of Chicago
Inverse Regression Analysis of Really Big Tables
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(SIS05) Industry Track Invited Session: Bayesian Analysis in Clinical Trials |
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Organizer: Dejun Tang, Novartis |
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Haoda Fu, Eli Lilly and Company
Joint Modeling of Progression-free Survival and Overall Survival by a Bayesian NICE Model
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Guosheng Yin, University of Hong Kong
Bayesian Two-stage Single-to-Double Arm Design in Phase II Clinical Trials
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Heinz Schmidli, Novartis Pharma AG
Robust Meta-analytic-predictive Priors in Clinical Trials with Historical Control Information
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Satoshi Morita, Kyoto University
Incorporating Historical Data in Bayesian Phase I Trial Design: The Caucasian-to-Asian Toxicity Tolerability Problem
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(SIS06) Industry Track Invited Session: Innovative Methods for Dose-response |
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Organizer: Naitee Ting, Boehringer-Ingelheim |
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Bo Hu, Cleveland Clinic
Adaptive Dose Insertion for Early Phase Clinical Trials
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Toshifumi Sugitani, Osaka University Graduete School of Medicine
A Graphical Approach to Adaptive Group-sequential Designs with Dose Selection at Interim
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Guojun Yuan, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc
First Dose Ranging Clinical Trial Design – More Doses? Or a Wider Range?
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(SIS07) Industry Track Invited Session: Patient Heterogeneity and Subgroup Identification |
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Organizer: Zhen Luo, Pfizer |
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Speakers: |
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Frank Bretz, Novartis
Case Studies of Confirmatory Subgroup Analyses
[abs]
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(SIS08) Industry Track Invited Session: Data Monitoring Committee |
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Organizer: Jacqueline Law, Roche |
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Irving Hwang, Irving Consulting Group
Overview of a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)
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Meng Chen, Roche
Data Monitoring Committee -- Running DMCs in China, Opportunities and Challenges
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Qi Jiang, Amgen
Remaining Issues with Data Monitoring Committees
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(SIS10) Industry Track Invited Session: Personalized Healthcare: Pharmacogenomics, Biomarkers |
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Organizer: Jin Zhou, University of Arizona |
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Speakers: |
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Cheng Li, Peking University
Data Modelling in Personalized Cancer Medicine
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Amir A. Handzel, OSI Pharmaceuticals
Rational Design of Personalised Drug Development Programmes
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Li Chen, Amgen
Role of Biomarkers in Personalized Medicine
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(SIS11) Industry Track Invited Session: Globalization and its Impact on Drug Development in the Different Regions – Issues in Multinational Clinical Trials |
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Organizer: Yang Song, MSD R&D (China) Co. Ltd. |
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Gang Chen, Johnson & Johnson
Adaptive Strategies in the Design of Simultaneous Global Drug Development
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Xian Zhou, Roche Asia-Pacific
Enrollment and Randomization Considerations on Improving the Feasibility of a Global Trial Strategy for China Registration
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Gang Li, Animas Corporation / LifeScan, Inc. / Johnson & Johnson
Consistency Assessment with Global and Bridging Development Strategies in Emerging Markets
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(SIS12) Industry Track Invited Session: Meta Analysis and Its Application |
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Chair: Wei Zhang, Boehringer Ingelheim Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd |
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Organizers: Wei Zhang, Boehringer Ingelheim Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd and Minzhi Liu, MacroStat (China) Clinical Research Co., Ltd |
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Speakers: |
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Shanshan Wu, Peking University Health Science Center
The Cardiovascular Effects of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: A Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
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(SIS13) Industry Track Invited Session: Discussion on New Regulatory Guidance: Non-Inferiority, Subgroup Analyses, Model-Based Drug |
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Organizer: Bob Yan, PAREXEL China Co. Ltd. |
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Ying Lu, Stanford University
Subgroup Analysis in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinical Trials
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Xueren Wang, Yunnan University
Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Heroin Users in Kunming of China
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Jiang Du, Beijing University of Technology
FIC and Robust Model Average
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(SIS14) Special Invited Session: Lifetime Data Analysis |
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Chair: Chen-Hsin Chen, Academia Sinica |
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Organizer: Mei-Ling Ting Lee, University of Maryland |
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Speakers: |
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Ronghui Xu, University of California, San Diego
Explained Variation in Correlated Survival Data
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Zhisheng Ye, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Inverse Gaussian Process as a Degradation Model
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Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong
On Some Extended Weibull Models for Reliability Data Analysis
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Chen-Hsin Chen, Academia Sinica
Determining the Information Fraction in a Group Sequential Clinical Trial with Censored Survival Data
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(SS001) Session Title: New Methods in Machine Learning |
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Organizer: Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Xiaotong Shen, University of Minnesota
On Personalized Information Filtering
[abs]
Ji Zhu, University of Michigan
On Consistency of Community Detection in Networks
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Junhui Wang, City University of Hong Kong
Margin-based Learning of Minimum Clinically Important Difference
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Yang Feng, Columbia University
Model Selection in High-dimensional Misspecified Models
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(SS002) Session Title: Statistical Challenges in Functional Data and Nonparametric Methods |
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Chair: Shujie Ma, University of California at Riverside |
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Organizer: Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Speakers: |
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Naisyin Wang, University of Michigan
Unobserved or Over/Under Detection Limits
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Yingying Fan, University of Southern California
Functional Additive Models
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Lijian Yang, Soochow University
Statistical Inference for Functional Data via Simultaneous Confidence Regions
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Qihua Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Model Detection for Functional Polynomial Regression
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(SS003) Session Title: Asymptotic Theory I |
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Organizer: Qi-Man Shao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Weidong Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Phase Transition and Bootstrap Correction in Large Scale t-tests with False Discovery Rate Control
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Zengjing Chen, Shandong University
Limit Theorems for Non-additive Probabilities
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Zhonggen Su, Zhejiang University
On Fluctuations of Deformed Wigner Random Matrices
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Bernard Bercu, Bordeaux University
Sharp Large Deviations for Non Stationary Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes
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(SS004) Session Title: Asymptotic Theory II |
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Organizer: Qi-Man Shao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Speakers: |
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Xiao Fang, Stanford University and National University of Singapore
Rates of Convergence for Poisson Approximation for Scan Statistics
[abs]
Wenxin Zhou, University of Melbourne
Asymptotics of Coherence of Random Matrices in Ultra-high Dimensions
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Aihua Xia, University of Melbourne
On Asymptotics of Locally Dependent Point Processes
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Jianfeng Yao, The University of Hong Kong
A Note on the CLT for Eigenvalue Statistics of a Large-dimensional Spiked Sample Covariance Matrix
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(SS005) Session Title: High-dimensional Data Analysis: Theory and Application |
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Chair: Yuan Xue, University of International Business and Economics |
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Organizer: Xiangrong Yin, University of Georgia |
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Speakers: |
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Somnath Datta, University of Louisville
A Multi-loss Super Regression Learner via Resampling and Rank Aggregation
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Susmita Datta, University of Louisville
Nonparametric Regression and Partial Least Squares Dimension Reduction in Multistate Models
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Yuexiao Dong, Temple University
Trace Pursuit: A General Framework for Model-free Variable Selection
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Kofi P. Adragni, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Variable Selection in High Dimensional Low Sample Size Regressions
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(SS006) Session Title: Statistics and Finance |
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Organizer: Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics |
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Speakers: |
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Wai Keung Li, The University of Hong Kong
On Buffered GARCH Models
[abs]
Hansheng Wang, Peking University
Network Regression for Covariance Estimation
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Yong Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Tests and Estimation in Weighted Composite Quantile Regression of DTARCH Models
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Yingying Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Estimation of Integrated Volatility When there is Dependency in Microstructure Noise
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(SS007) Session Title: Statistical Methods for
Massive Datasets |
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Organizer: Chunming Zhang, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Speakers: |
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Ming-Yen Cheng, National Taiwan University
Statistical Modeling and Inference for Manifold Data
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Li-Shan Huang, National Tsing Hua University
Classical and Smooth Backfitting
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Zhengjun Zhang, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Multivariate Frechet Tilted Max-stable Processes for High Frequency Data
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(SS008) Session Title: High-dimensional Data Analysis |
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Chair: Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota |
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Organizer: Lan Wang, University of Minnesota |
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Speakers: |
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Shuangge Ma, Yale University
Network Based Integrative Analysis [abs]
Xiangrong Yin, University of Georgia
Solution Paths for Large p Small n Problems [abs]
Chunming Zhang, University of Wisconsin at Madison
High-dimensional Structured Feature Screening
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Yuhong Yang, University of Minnesota
Confidence Sets for Variable Selection [abs]
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(SS009) Session Title: Advances in Statistical Genomics |
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Chair: Weichuan Yu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
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Organizer: Hongyu Zhao, Yale University |
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Speakers: |
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George Tseng, University of Pittsburgh
Statistical Methods for Disease Subtype Discovery by Multi-study and Mutli-omics Data Integration
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Minghua Deng, Peking University
Detecting Epistasis from eQTL Data
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Herbert Pang, Duke University
Pathway Analysis and Improved Discriminant Analysis of Microarray Data
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Weichuan Yu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
A Combinatorial Perspective of the Protein Inference Problem
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(SS010) Session Title: Novel Statistical and Computational Methods for Analysis of Sequencing-based Genomics Data |
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Chair: Steve Qin, Emory University |
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Organizer: Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania |
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Speakers: |
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Xihong Lin, Harvard University
Joint Analysis of SNP and Gene Expression Data in Genetic Association Studies of Complex Diseases Using Mediation Models
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Xuegong Zhang, Tsinghua University
An Exon-centric Approach for Detecting Differentially Spliced Genes from RNA-Seq Data
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Steve Qin, Emory University
An Alternative to the Bayesian Hierarchical Model and its Application to Microarray Gene Expression Data
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(SS011) Session Title: Stochastic Analysis and Applications |
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Organizer: Zenghu Li, Beijing Normal University |
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Speakers: |
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Jinghai Shao, Beijing Normal University
Ergodic Properties of Diffusion Processes in Random Environments
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Xicheng Zhang, Wuhan University
Nonlocal Hormander's Theorem
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Zenghu Li, Beijing Normal University
Parameter Estimation of a Stable Cox-Ingersoll-Ross Model
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(SS012) Session Title: Branching Processes and Applications |
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Organizer: Zenghu Li, Beijing Normal University |
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Speakers: |
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Yanxia Ren, Peking University
Central Limit Theorems for Supercritical Branching Markov Processes
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Kai-Nan Xiang, Nankai University
Aldous-Lyons Problem on Unimodular Random Networks [abs]
Jie Xiong, University of Macau and University of Tennessee
Application of Branching Particle System to Nonlinear Filtering [abs]
Xinghua Zheng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Phase Transitions for SIR Epidemic Processes and Related Models
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(SS013) Session Title: Bioinformatics |
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Organizer: Ping Ma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Rebecca Doerge, Purdue University
Robust Adjustment of Sequence Tag Abundance in Next-generation Sequencing Data
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Qing Zhou, UCLA
A Penalized Bayesian Approach to Predicting Sparse Protein-DNA Binding Landscapes
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Ker-Chau Li, UCLA
Liquid Association with Background Adjustment
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George Michailidis, University of Michigan
Inferring Regulatory Networks by Combining Perturbation Screens and Steady State Gene Expression Profiles
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(SS014) Session Title: Recent Developments in Semiparametric Methods |
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Organizer: Yingying Fan, University of Southern California |
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Speakers: |
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Richard Samworth, University of Cambridge
Independent Component Analysis via Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood
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Aurore Delaigle, University of Melbourne
Non and Semiparametric Methods for Group Testing Regression
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Heng Peng, Hong Kong Baptist University
Smoothed Rank Correlation Estimates for Semiparametric Transformation Model with NP-dimensionality
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Pengsheng Ji, University of Georgia
Optimality in High Dimensional Variable Selection and Multiple Testing
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(SS015) Session Title: Recent Advance of Statistical Inference Tools for Mixture Models |
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Chair: Jiahan Li, Notre Dame University |
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Organizer: Runze Li, Penn State University |
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Speakers: |
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Mian Huang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Maximum Smoothed Likelihood Estimation for a Class of Semiparametric Pareto Mixture Densities
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Xianming Tan, McGill University
A Review of Mixture Varying Coefficient Models for Longitudinal Data
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Weixin Yao, Kansas State University
Semiparametric Mixture Models
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(SS016) Session Title: Nonparametric and Semiparametric Statistical Inference for High-dimensional Data |
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Chair: Weixin Yao, Kansas State University |
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Organizer: Runze Li, Penn State University |
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Speakers: |
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Jiahan Li, Notre Dame University
Bayesian Group LASSO for Nonparametric Varying-coefficient Models with Application to Functional Genome-wide Association
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Xin Tong, University of Southern California
A Plug-in Approach to Neyman-Pearson Classification
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Wei Zhong, Xiamen University
Robust Screening and Penalized Quantile Regression for Ultrahigh Dimensional Heteroscedastic Data
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Xiaobo Ding, Chinese Academy of Sciences
On a Partially Linear Single-index Transformation Model and its Nonparametric Estimation
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(SS017) Session Title: Multiple Comparisons |
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Organizer: Siu Hung Cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Speakers: |
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Anthony Hayter, University of Denver
Recursive Integration Methodologies with Applications to Multiple Comparisons
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Wei Liu, University of Southampton
Simultaneous Confidence Bands for a Percentile Line in Linear Regression with Application to Drug Stability Studies [abs]
Koon Shing Kwong, Singapore Management University
Two Step-up Procedures for Non-inferiority Tests
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Miin-Jye Wen, National Cheng Kung University
Non-inferiority Studies with Multiple New Treatments under Heteroscedasticity
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(SS018) Session Title: Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials |
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Organizer: Feifang Hu, University of Virginia |
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Speakers: |
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Li-Xin Zhang, Zhejiang University
Theory of Covariate and Response Adaptive Designs
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Jianxin Yin, Renmin University of China
Covariate-adaptive Randomization with Variable Selection in High Dimensional Data
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Hongjian Zhu, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Interim Analysis of Covariate Adaptive Designs
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(SS019) Session Title: Methodologies for High-dimensional Data Analysis |
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Organizer: Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore |
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Speakers: |
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Minh Ngoc Tran, University of New South Wales
Variable Selection in High-dimensional Heteroscedastic Linear Regression
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Shan Luo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Variable Selection in High-dimensional Sparse Multiresponse Linear Regression Models
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Heng Lian, Nanyang Technological University
Kernel Additive Sliced Inverse Regression
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Shurong Zheng, Northeast Normal University
Testing Proportionality of Two Large-dimensional Covariance Matrices
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(SS020) Session Title: Recent Developments in Time Series and Finance |
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Organizer: Ngai Hang Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Speakers: |
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Shiqing Ling, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Inference for ARMA Models with Unknown-form and Heavy-tailed ARCH-type Noises
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Chun-Yip Yau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Composite Likelihood-based Approach for Multiple Change-point Detection in Multivariate Time Series
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Rongmao Zhang, Zhejiang University
Efficient Estimation for Threshold Autoregressive Models with Multiple-regime
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Tzee-Ming Huang, National Chengchi University
An Approach for Adaptive Estimation in Regression with Dependent Errors
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(SS021) Session Title: Big Data in Biostatistics |
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Organizer: Yanyuan Ma, Texas A&M University |
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Speakers: |
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Tanya Garcia, Texas A & M University
Maximum Binomial Likelihood Estimation in Censored Mixture Models with Application to Estimating Parkinson's Disease Risk in Parkin Mutation Carriers
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Ying Wei, Columbia University
A Method for Controlling Complex Confounding Effects in Detection of Adverse Drug Reaction using Electronic Health Records
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(SS022) Session Title: Complex Data Analysis |
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Organizer: Cheng Yong Tang, University of Colorado Denver |
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Speakers: |
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Hung Hung, National Taiwan University
Detection of Gene-gene Interactions Using Multistage Sparse and Low-Rank Regression
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Liping Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Efficient Estimation in Sufficient Dimension Reduction
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Tao Yu, National University of Singapore
Joint Asymptotic Studies on the Semiparametric Quasi-likelihood Models
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Peng Zhang, Zhejiang University
Inference on ROC and Average Precision Based on Methods of Quantile
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(SS023) Session Title: New Development in Survival Data Analysis |
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Organizer: Peter Song, University of Michigan |
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Speakers: |
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Yun Li, University of Michigan
Matching Methods for Obtaining Survival Functions to Estimate the Effect of a Time-dependent Treatment
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Steven Chiou, University of Minnesota Duluth
Rank-based Estimating Equations with General Weight for Accelerated Failure Time Models: An Induced Smoothing Approach
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Bin Nan, University of Michigan
Non-asymptotic Oracle Inequalities for the High-Dimensional Cox Regression via Lasso
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(SS024) Session Title: Statistical Methods for Dependent Data Analysis |
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Organizer: Peter Song, University of Michigan |
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Speakers: |
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Claudia Czado, Technical University of Munich
Dependence Modeling Using Pair Copula Constructions
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Jianxin Pan, University of Manchester
Covariance Structure Regularization via Entropy Loss Function
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Shujie Ma, University of California at Riverside
Estimation and Inference in Varying Index Coefficient Models
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(SS025) Session Title: Astro-statistics |
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Chair: Jan Hannig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Organizer: Thomas C. M. Lee, University of California at Davis |
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Speakers: |
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David van Dyk, Imperial College
The Assessment of Evidence in the Discovery of a Higgs Boson
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Ethan Anderes, University of California at Davis
Decomposing CMB Lensing Power with Simulation
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Jessi Cisewski, Carnegie Mellon University
Mapping the Intergalactic Medium Using Lyman-alpha Forest Data
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(SS026) Session Title: Distributional Inferences in Statistics |
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Organizer: David van Dyk, Imperial College |
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Speakers: |
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Chuanhai Liu, Purdue University
Exact Prior-free Probabilistic Inference: The Inferential Model Approach
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Dongchu Sun, University of Missouri-Columbia
Formal Reference Priors for a General Class of Divergence
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Jan Hannig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Generalized Fiducial Inference and Confidence Distributions
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(SS027) Session Title: Dimension Reduction for Semiparametric Regressions in High Dimension |
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Organizer: Liping Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
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Speakers: |
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Yichao Wu, North Carolina State University
Automatic Structure Recovery for Additive Models
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Xin Chen, National University of Singapore
Efficient Principal Component Regression
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Jingyuan Liu, Xiamen University
Feature Selection for Varying Coefficient Models with Ultrahigh Dimensional Covariates
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(SS028) Session Title: Non-parametric and Semi-parametric Regression |
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Organizer: Yuedong Wang, University of California at Santa Barbara |
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Speakers: |
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Ping Ma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Leveraging in Big Data Regression
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Tiejun Tong, Hong Kong Baptist University
Difference-based Variance Estimation in Nonparametric Regression with Repeated Measurements
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Yanyuan Ma, Texas A&M University
Doubly Robust And Efficient Estimators for Heteroscedastic Partially Linear Single-index Models Allowing High Dimensional Covariates
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Yuqi Chen, University of California at Santa Barbara
Joint Modeling of Survival Times and Responses from Exponential Family
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(SS029) Session Title: Advances in Biostatistical Methods |
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Chair: Cheng Yong Tang, University of Colorado Denver |
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Organizer: Tong Tong Wu, University of Rochester |
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Speakers: |
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Gang Li, University of California at Los Angeles
Explained Variation in Nonlinear Models with Applications to Survival Analysis
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Jianguo Sun, University of Missouri
Statistical Analysis of Mixed Panel Count Data
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Cheng Yong Tang, University of Colorado Denver
A Joint Modeling Approach for Longitudinal Studies
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(SS030) Session Title: Covariance Modeling for Dependent Data |
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Organizer: Jianxin Pan, University of Manchester |
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Speakers: |
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Huajun Ye, BNU-HKBU United International College
Nonparametric Regression of Covariance Structures in Longitudinal Studies [abs]
Yu Fei, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
Case-deletion Diagnostics for Linear Mixed Models
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Peter Song, University of Michigan
Sparse Multivariate Factor Analysis Regression Models and its Applications to Integrative Genomics Analysis
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Clifford Lam, London School of Economics
Nonparametric Eigenvalues-regularized Covariance Matrix Estimator for Time Series
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(SS031) Session Title: Quantile Regression and Survival Analysis |
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Organizer: Jianxin Pan, University of Manchester |
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Speakers: |
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Keming Yu, Brunel University
Quantile Regression Inference: Practical Challenges and Some Solutions
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Maozai Tian, Renmin University
Adaptive Quantile Regression with Precise Risk Bounds
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Christiana Charalambous, University of Manchester
Variable Selection in Joint Modelling of the Mean and Variance
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Dankmar Boehning, University of Southampton
Smooth Nonparametric Heterogeneity Estimation with an Application to Meta-analysis
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(SS032) Session Title: Statistics and Its Interface |
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Organizer: Heping Zhang, Yale School of Public Health |
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Speakers: |
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Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
Edge Detection in Sparse Gaussian Graphical Models
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Kai Wang Ng, The University of Hong Kong
Sample Size Against Spurious Correlations in Predictor Selection
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Liang Peng, Georgia Institute of Technology
Interval Estimation for Random Coefficient AR Model and Predictive Regressions
[abs]
Qiwei Yao, London School of Economics
Estimation of Extreme Quantiles for Functions of Dependent Random Variables
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(SS033) Session Title: Recent Advances in High-dimensional Inference |
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Chair: Liping Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
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Organizer: Hui Zou, University of Minnesota |
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Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania
Recovery of High-dimensional Low-rank Matrices
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Song-Xi Chen, Iowa State University
Two-Sample Thresholding Tests for High Dimensional Means
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Cun-Hui Zhang, Rutgers University
Analysis of Some Nonparametric Estimators of Large Covariance Matrices
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Harrison Zhou, Yale University
Asymptotic Normality and Optimalities in Estimation of Large Gaussian Graphical Model
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(SS034) Session Title: Recent Advances in Machine Learning |
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Chair: Ruoqing Zhu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Organizer: Michael Kosorok, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Gerard Biau, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Cellular Tree Classifiers
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Yair Goldberg, University of Haifa
Support Vector Regression for Right Censored Data
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Eric Xing, Carnegie Melon University
Big Data, Big Model, Big Learning
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Ruoqing Zhu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reinforcement Learning Trees
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(SS035) Session Title: Nonparametric Time Series Analysis |
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Chair: Hernando Ombao, University of California at Irvine |
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Organizer: Wensheng Guo, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
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Yuedong Wang, University of California at Santa Barbara
Stochastic Dynamic Models and Chebyshev Splines
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Robert Krafty, University of Pittsburgh
Penalized Multivariate Whittle Likelihood for Power Spectrum Estimation
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Hernando Ombao, University of California at Irvine
Modeling Complex Oscillatory Cross-dependence in Multivariate Time Series [abs]
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(SS036) Session Title: Recent Advances in Statistical Genetics |
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Organizer: Taesung Park, Seoul National University |
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Wing Kam Fung, The University of Hong Kong
A Powerful Parent-of-origin Effects Test for Qualitative Traits Incorporating Unaffected Children in Nuclear Families
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Florian Frommlet, Medical University Vienna
Using Memetic Algorithms for Bayesian Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies
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Seungyeoun Lee, Sejong University
A Robust Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction Method Using Residuals of the Survival Phenotype for Detecting Gene-fene Interactions
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(SS037) Session Title: Recent Development in Bayesian Inference for Censored Data |
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Organizer: Mário de Castro, Universidade de São Paulo |
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Víctor Hugo Lachos Davila, Universidade de Campinas
Bayesian Inference in Mixed Effects Models for Censored Data with Applications to HIV Studies
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Mário de Castro, Universidade de São Paulo
A Bayesian Gap Time Model with Path Specific Frailties and an Application to Multi-state Bone Marrow Transplant Data
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Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut
Bayesian Models for Survival Data with a Cure Fraction and Semi-competing Risks
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(SS038) Session Title: Statistical Learning and High Dimensional Problems |
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Chair: Sijian Wang, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Organizer: Ming Yuan, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Ding-Xuan Zhou, City University of Hong Kong
Learning with Minimum Error Entropy Criteria
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Yiyuan She, Florida State University
On the Cross-validation for Sparse Reduced Rank Model Selection
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Gilad Lerman, University of Minnesota
Robust Subspace Modeling
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Yuan Yao, Beijing University
On Early Stopping and the Oracle Property of Linearized Bregman Algorithms
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(SS039) Session Title: Statistical Methods for Detecting Sparse and Weak Signals in Biological Data |
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Organizer: I-Ping Tu, Academia Sinica |
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I-Ping Tu, Academia Sinica
Estimate the Occurrence Rate of the DNA Palindromes
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Hua Tang, Stanford University
Genome-wide Characterization of Shared and Distinct Genetic Components that Influence Blood Lipid Levels in Ethnically Diverse Human Populations
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Marc Coram, Stanford University
Non-parametric Empirical Bayes with Covariates and Differential Expression
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(SS040) Session Title: Recent Advances in the Design of Experiments |
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Chair: Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Organizer: Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Academia Sinica |
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Ray-Bing Chen, National Cheng Kung University
Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for Constructing Uniform Design on Irregular Regions
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Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Academia Sinica
A Systematic Approach for the Construction of Definitive Screening Designs
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Dennis Lin, Pennsylvania State University
Dimensional Analysis based Factor Space and Its Applications in Computer Experiment
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Yuan-Lung Lin, Academia Sinica
Constructing Hadamard and Near-Hadamard Matrices via Graphs
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(SS041) Session Title: Classification Method and Its Applications (Applied Statistics/Biostatistics Related) |
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Chair: Kuang-Fu Cheng, Taipei Medical University |
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Organizer: Yuan-Chin Ivan Chang, Academia Sinica |
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Huey-Minn Hsueh, National Chengchi University
Biomarker Selections Using the pAUC
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Yi-Hau Chen, Academia Sinica
Survival Prediction under Dependent Censoring: A Copula-based Approach
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Chia-Hui Huang, National Taipei University
Stochastic Modeling for Epidemic Data
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Kuang-Fu Cheng, Taipei Medical University
A Powerful and Robust Genetic Association Test in Case-control Studies
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(SS042) Session Title: Nonparametric Methods for Longitudinal and Functional Data Analysis |
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Chair: Jyh-Jen Horng Shiau, National Chiao Tung University |
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Organizer: Jeng-Min Chiou, Academia Sinica |
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Ya-Fang Yang, Academia Sinica
A Joint Frailty Model for Longitudinal and Multiple Survival Data
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Ci-Ren Jiang, Academia Sinica
Nonparametric Response Function Estimation via FPCA with an Application to Dynamic PET Data
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Chung Chang, National Sun Yat-Sen University
Estimating Simultaneous Confidence Bands for Functional Data: A Wild Bootstrap Approach
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Jyh-Jen Horng Shiau, National Chiao Tung University
Distribution-free Profile Monitoring Schemes
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(SS043) Session Title: Bayesian Methods for Large Complex Data |
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Organizer: Wenyi Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Samuel Kou, Harvard University
Fast Analysis of Dynamic Systems via Gaussian Emulator
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Faming Liang, Texas A&M University
A Bootstrap Metropolis-hastings Algorithm for Bayesian Analysis of Big Data
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Wenyi Wang, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gene Expression Deconvolution in Heterogeneous Tumor Samples
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(SS044) Session Title: Methods for Analyzing Event Time Data |
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Organizer: Bin Nan, University of Michigan
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Mei-Cheng Wang, Johns Hopkins University
Recurrent Event Processes with Shape and Size Parameters
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Wenqing He, University of Western Ontario
Local Linear Regression on Correlated Survival Data
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Sijian Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Variable Selection in Joint Modeling Longitudinal and Survival Data
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Menggang Yu, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Bayesian Approach for Flexible Modeling of Semicompeting Risks Data
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(SS045) Session Title: Recent Development in Nonparametric Statistics |
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Chair: Ping-Shou Zhong, Michigan State University |
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Organizer: Jiashun Jin, Carnegie Mellon University |
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Aiyou Chen, Google Inc.
Data Enrichment: Some Theory and Applications for Online Video Ads Incremental Reach Estimation
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Tracy Ke, Princeton University
Covariance Assisted Screening and Estimation
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Xibin Zhang, Monash University
Gaussian Kernel GARCH Models
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Ping-Shou Zhong, Michigan State University
Empirical Likelihood for Testing Function Constraints with Functional Data
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(SS046) Session Title: Information Geometry and Statistical Machine Learning |
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Chair: Su-Yun Huang, Academia Sinica |
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Organizer: Hung Chen, National Taiwan University
Su-Yun Huang, Academia Sinica |
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Shinto Eguchi, Institute of Statistical Mathematics and Graduate University of Advanced Studies
Pattern Recognition for Marine Ecological Assessments
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Han-Ming Wu, Tamkang University
Nonlinear Dimension Reduction Through Cumulative Slicing Estimation for Nonlinear Manifolds Learning
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Philip E. Cheng, Academia Sinica
Concise Learning in Large-dimensional Variables Using Information Ratios [abs]
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(SS047) Session Title: Multivariate Survival Analysis |
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Organizer: Winfried Stute, University of Giessen |
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Gerhard Dikta, Fachhochschule Aachen
Asymptotically Efficient Estimation Under Semi-parametric Random Censorship Models [abs]
Arusharka Sen, Concordia University
Eigenfunction Approach to Multivariate Censoring and Truncation
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Winfried Stute, University of Giessen
Statistical Analysis of Self-exciting Marked Point Processes
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(SS048) Session Title: High-dimensional Statistical Inference and Its Applications in Imaging Sciences |
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Chair: Guofen Yan, University of Virginia |
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Organizer: Xiaofeng Wang, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute |
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Jiayang Sun, Case Western Reserve University
Compressive Inference - New Approach to Analyzing Images from Compressive Sensing
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Long Feng, Nankai University
Composite T-square Test for High Dimensional Data
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Zhenghui Feng, Xiamen University
Nonparametric Variable Selection and Its Application to Additive Models
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(SS049) Session Title: Survival and Recurrent Event Data Analysis |
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Organizer: Chin-Tsang Chiang, National Taiwan University |
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Jin-Jian Hsieh, National Chung Cheng University
Quantile Regression Based on Counting Process Approach Under Semi-competing Risks Data
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Yu-Ru Su, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Modeling Left-truncated and Right-censored Survival Data with Longitudinal Covariates
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Ming-Yueh Huang, National Taiwan University
Single-index Hazards Regression
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Chiung-Yu Huang, Johns Hopkins University
Recurrent Event Data Analysis with Intermittently Observed Time-varying Covariates
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(SS050) Session Title: Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments |
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Chair: Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Academia Sinica |
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Organizer: Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Weichung Wang, National Taiwan University
Photonic Crystals Structure Optimization via Nested Surrogate Approachs
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Robert B. Gramacy, University of Chicago
Local Gaussian Process Approximation for Large Computer Experiments
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Peter Qian, University of Wisconsin at Madison
OEM with Big Data
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(SS051) Session Title: Semiparametric Inference and High Dimensional Data Analysis |
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Organizer: Qihua Wang, Chinese Academy of Science |
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Chunling Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Longitudinal Data Analysis with Mixed Model Based on Nonparametric Random Effects
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Guohua Zou, Chinese Academy of Science
Model Averaging Estimation for Sparse High-dimensional Data
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Liugen Xue, Beijing University of Technology
Estimation and Empirical Likelihood for Single-index Models with Missing Covariates
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(SS052) Session Title: Statistical Inference Under Nonstandard Settings |
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Organizer: Stephen Lee, The University of Hong Kong |
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Wenlong Cai, The University of Hong Kong
Bootstrap Methods for Lasso-type Estimators Under a Moving-parameter Framework [abs]
Mihai C. Giurcanu, University of Florida
Bootstrap Methods in Non-regular Problems
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Zhuqing Yu, Purdue University
Uniformly Correct Bootstrap Confidence Intervals under M-estimation
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(SS053) Session Title: Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials for Personalized Medicine |
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Chair: Layla Parast, Rand Corporation |
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Organizer: Tianxi Cai, Harvard University |
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Heping Zhang, Yale University
Tree-based Methods for Personalized Medicine
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Lu Tian, Stanford University
A General Framework of Stratifying Patient Population According to the Treatment Effect
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Jay Bartroff, University of Southern California
Efficient Phase I-II Designs Using Sequential Generalized Likelihood Ratio Statistics
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Lihui Zhao, Northwestern University
How to Effectively Select a Target Population Using Multiple Baseline Characteristics for a Future Comparative Study?
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(SS054) Session Title: Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies for Risk Prediction |
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Chair: Lu Tian, Stanford University |
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Organizer: Tianxi Cai, Harvard University |
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Yingye Zheng, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Efficient Evaluation of Risk Markers for Censored Failure Time Outcome: Analyses and Designs
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Layla Parast, Rand Corporation
Landmark Estimation of Survival and Treatment Effect
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Suchun Cheng, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Landmark Prediction of Long Term Survival Incorporating Short Term Event Time Information
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Qian Zhou, Simon Fraser University
Incremental Value Assessment of New Markers Using Multi-phase Nested Case Control Studies
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(SS055) Session Title: Recent Developments on High-dimensional Data Analysis |
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Chair: Xingdong Feng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
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Organizer: Ji Zhu, University of Michigan |
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Wei Jiang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
On Monitoring High-dimensional Data Streams
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Shaoli Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Laplace Error Penalty Based Variable Selection in Ultra-high Dimension
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Xueqin Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University
Robust Variable Selection with Exponential Squared Loss
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(SS056) Session Title: Recent Developments in Biostatistics |
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Chair: Shaoli Wang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
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Organizer: Ji Zhu, University of Michigan |
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Ken Cheung, Columbia University
On the Efficiency of Nonparametric Variance Estimation in Sequential Dose Finding Studies
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Xingdong Feng, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Efficient Estimation of Treatment Effects in High-dimensional Quantile Regression
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Feifang Hu, George Washington University
Statistical Inference of Covariate-adaptive Randomized Clinical Trials
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Lei Shi, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics
Meta Analysis of Mutiple Factors with Application in Legume-Rhizobia Mutualism System
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(SS057) Session Title: Methodology Development for High Dimensional Data |
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Chair: Hongjian Zhu, University of Texas at Houston |
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Organizer: Jianhua Hu, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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Annie Qu, University of Illinois at Urbana at Champaign
Sufficient Dimension Reduction for Longitudinal Data
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David Rossell, University of Warwick
Building Bayesian Models for High-dimensional Problems
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Wenbin Lu, North Carolina State University
Low Rank Linear Discriminant Analysis for Matrix Data
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(SS058) Session Title: Environmental Statistics |
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Organizer: Liqun Wang, University of Manitoba |
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Lianfen Qian, Florida Atlantic University
Efficient Empirical Likelihood Inference in Partial Linear Single-index Models for Longitudinal Data
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Yuehua Wu, York University
Combining Multiple Satellite Precipitation Estimates with in Situ Precipitation Measurements
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Liqun Wang, University of Manitoba
Adaptive Estimation of Forecast Error Covariance in Ensemble Kalman Filter for Data Assimilation
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(SS059) Session Title: Optimalities in High Dimensional Statistics |
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Organizer: Harrison Zhou, Yale University |
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Sahand Negahban, Yale University
Iterative Ranking from Pair-wise Comparisons
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Lie Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Multivariate Regression with Calibration
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Yazhen Wang, University of Wisconsin
Large Volatility Matrix Estimation for High-frequency Financial Data
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(SS060) Session Title: High-dimensional Semi-parametric Models |
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Organizer: Hua Liang, George Washington University |
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Fang Yao, University of Toronto
Effective Dimension Reduction for Sparse Functional Data
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Hua Liang, George Washington University
High Dimensional ODEs Coupled with Mixed-effects Modeling Techniques for Gene Regulatory Network Identification
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