Speakers

Plenary Speakers

• Richard Davis (Columbia University)
  Presentation Title: Extreme Value Analysis Without the Largest Values: What Can Be Done?
• Phil Duxbury (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: Three Vignettes at the Interface of Statistics, Algorithms and Statistical Physics: Random Fields in Ising Systems; Image Reconstruction and Beam Emittance
• Philip Ernst (Rice University)
  Presentation Title: Optimal Real-time Detection of a Drifting Brownian Coordinate and Statistical Inference for Paths of Stochastic Processes
• Jianqing Fan (Princeton University)
  Presentation Title: Farming in Data Rich Environment
• Joseph Gardiner (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: Competing Risks Analyses: Overview of Regression Models
• Tailen Hsing (University of Michigan)
  Presentation Title: Model and Inference of Local Stationarity
• Richard Johnson (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  Presentation Title: Some Comments on the Izawa Bivariate Gamma Distribution
• S.N. Lahiri (North Carolina State University)
  Presentation Title: On Limit Horizons in High Dimensional Inference
• Regina Liu (Rutgers University)
  Presentation Title: Prediction with Confidence – a General Framework for Predictive Inference
• Ursula Mueller (Texas A&M University)
  Presentation Title: Residual-based Inference for Semiparametric Models
• Lianfen Qian (Florida Atlantic University)
  Presentation Title: Estimating Parameters of a Frailty Semi-competing Model with Measurement Errors in Covariates
• Annie Qu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  Presentation Title: Multilayer Tensor Factorization with Applications to Recommender Systems
• Anton Schick (SUNY Binghamton)
  Presentation Title: Estimation of the Error Distribution Function in a Varying Coefficient Regression Model
• Donatas Surgailis (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
  Presentation Title: Testing for Long Memory in Random-coefficient AR(1) Panel

Invited Speakers

• Richard Baillie (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: The Heterogeneous Autoregressive Model; the Role of Long Memory in Realized Volatility
• Somnath Datta (University of Florida)
  Presentation Title: Adjustments of Multi-Sample U-Statistics to Right Censored Data and Confounding Covariates
• Liudas Giraitis (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
  Presentation Title: Inference on Time Series with Changing Mean and Variance (joint with V Dalla and PM Robinson)
• KIM Kun Ho (Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea)
  Presentation Title: Forward Premium Anomaly: A New Insight through Time-varying Parameter Approach
• Jana Jureckova (Charles University, Prague, Czechia)
  Presentation Title: Testing the Tail Index in AR Model and Average AR Quantile
• LI Yi (University of Michigan)
  Presentation Title: Multiclass Linear Discriminant Analysis with Ultrahigh-Dimensional Features
• Alexander Sakhanenko (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics and Novosibirsk State University, Russia)
  Presentation Title: On Accuracy of Approximation in Koul's Theorem for Weighted Empirical
• Peter Schmidt (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: A New Family of Copulas, with Application to Estimation of a Production Frontier System
• Anuj Srivastava (Florida State University)
  Presentation Title: Shapes Analysis of Functional Data

Invited Special Sessions

Big Data Computation and Theory

• Organizer: Taps Maiti (Michigan State University)
• Speakers:
  • Selin Aviyente (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Discriminative Dictionary Learning for Tensor Data
  • Mark Iwen (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Sublinear-Time Algorithms for Approximating Functions of Many Variables
  • Michael Perlmutter (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Gabor Scattering Moments for Sparse Signals and Poisson Processes
  • WANG Rongrong (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: A Simple Nonlinear Dimension Reduction Technique for High Dimension Data Visualization

Healthcare Analytics

• Organizer: Judy Arnetz (Michigan State University)
• Speakers:
  • Bengt Arnetz (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Forecasting Patient No-show and Long-term Health Trajectory Using Bayesian Analysis
  • Judy Arnetz (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Workplace Bullying among Nurses and Patient Outcomes – An Exploratory Bayesian Analysis, Part I
  • Samiran Ghosh (Wayne State University)
    Presentation Title: Non-Inferiority Design in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Should We be Bayesian for a While?
  • Léo Neufcourt (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Workplace Bullying among Nurses and Patient Outcomes – An Exploratory Bayesian Analysis, Part III
  • Sukhesh Sudan (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Workplace Bullying among Nurses and Patient Outcomes – An Exploratory Bayesian Analysis, Part II

Statistical Inference for Stochastic Processes

• Organizer: Oana Mocioalca (Kent State University)
• Speakers:
  • Omar de la Cruz Cabrera (Kent State University)
    Presentation Title: Penalized Estimating Equations for a Stochastic Model for Compositional Data
  • Soukaina Douissi (University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco)
    Presentation Title: Parameter Estimation for General Gaussian Processes with Discrete Observations
  • Fatimah Alshahrani (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Investigating Mean-Reverting Processes with Gumbel Noise
  • Lyudmila Sakhanenko (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Integral Curve Estimation for High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging
  • Frederi Viens (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Parameter Estimation in Long-memory and Other Gaussian Processes

Statistical Problems and Applications in Medical Science

• Organizer: Taps Maiti (Michigan State University)
• Speakers:
  • Mark Reimers (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Statistical Issues Arising in Emerging Modalities of Dynamic Brain Imaging
  • Ralf Schmälzle (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Statistical Applications in Neuroscience:A View from Neurocognitive Communication at MSU
  • David Zhu (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Statistical Challenges for Clinical Trials with Neuroimaging
  • Andrew Bender (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Critical Perspectives in Statistical Analysis of Neuroimaging Data

Statistics Applications in Nuclear Physics

• Organizers: Witek Nazarewicz and Frederi Viens (Michigan State University)
• Speakers:
  • Dick Furnstahl (Ohio State University)
    Presentation Title: Bayesian Statistics for Effective Field Theories
  • HAO Yue (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Preliminary Application of Bayesian Inference in Accelerator Commissioning
  • Léo Neufcourt (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Bayesian Approach to Model-based Extrapolations of Nuclear Observables
  • Scott Pratt (Michigan State University)
    Presentation Title: Big Data Meets Big Models

Contributed Talks

• Oluwakemi Ajayi (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
  Presentation Title: Introduction To Survival Analysis: Design and Analysis
• Guorong Dai (Texas A&M University)
  Presentation Title: Efficient Estimators for Expectations in Conditional Mean Models with Responses Missing at Random
• Ahmad Flaih (University of Al-Qadisiyah)
  Presentation Title: Bayesian Regression with Errors from ESDIW Distribution
• Yuan Gan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  Presentation Title: Multiple-regime Self-excited Vector Threshold Autoregressive Models with Multivariate Threshold Variables
• Pei Geng (Illinois State University)
  Presentation Title: Regression Model Checking with Berkson Measurement Errors in Covariates
• Tomoyuki Ichiba (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  Presentation Title: Detecting Mean-Field in Diffusions on a Large Network
• Umar Islambekov (University of Texas at Dallas)
  Presentation Title: Unsupervised Space-Time Clustering using Persistent Homology
• Anna Little (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: Path-Based Spectral Clustering: Guarantees, Robustness to Outliers, and Fast Algorithms
• Wenjian Liu (City University of New York)
  Presentation Title: DNA Reconstruction of K80 Evolution Mode
• Zhixin Lun (Oakland University)
  Presentation Title: Regression Imputation for Skewed Multivariate Data using Copula Transformation
• Severien Nkurunziza (The University of Windsor)
  Presentation Title: Robust inference in generalized Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes with multiple change-points
• Farzad Sabzikar (Iowa State University)
  Presentation Title: Asymptotic theory for near integrated processes driven by tempered linear processes
• Leila Setayeshgar (Providence College)
  Presentation Title: Large Deviations for a Class of Stochastic Semilinear Partial Differential Equations
• Gan Yuan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  Presentation Title: Multiple-regime Self-excited Vector Threshold Autoregressive Models with Multivariate Threshold Variables
• Hongjuan Zhou (Arizona State University)
  Presentation Title: Parameter Estimation for Fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes of General Hurst Parameter
• Quan Zhou (Rice University)
  Presentation Title: When Is It Best to Follow the Leader?

Contributed Posters

• Cuneyt Akcora (University of Texas-Dallas)
  Presentation Title: Understanding Cryptocurrency Price Formation from Time Series of Local Blockchain Graph Features
• Asish Banik (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: Bayesian Classification of Alzheimer's Disease Stages from Longitudinal Volumetric Mri Data
• Md Al Masum Bhuiyan (University of Texas at El Paso)
  Presentation Title: Volatility Forecasting of Financial Time Series By Using Stochastic Differential Equations
• David Han (University of Texas)
  Presentation Title: Bayesian Design Optimization of a Non-specific Sensor System for Calibration of Analyte Responses
• Jongyun Jung (Minnesota State/University Mankato)
  Presentation Title: Survival Analysis in Lung Cancer Study
• Peide Li (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: Tensor Base fMRI Data Classification
• Jinghang Lin (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: Marcinkiewicz’s Strong Law of Large Numbers for Nonlinear Expectations
• Selma Meradji (Badji Mokhtar University-Annaba)
  Presentation Title: Stochastic Differential Equations for Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a G-Wishart Process with Drift
• Sudesh Pundir (Northwestern University)
  Presentation Title: Reducing the Batch and Platform Effects in Trancriptome Data Analysis
• Ali Zare (Michigan State University)
  Presentation Title: Tensor Based Feature Extraction Methods for MRI Data Classification
• Caiya Zhang (Zhejiang University City College)
  Presentation Title: Asymptotic Properties of the QMLE in a Log-linear RealGARCH Model with Gaussian Errors

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  East Lansing, MI 48824