• Complete program, sponsored by IMS, ENAR and ASA sections

• IMS Program - a subset of the complete program above
  • IMS Special Invited Papers Session (2)
  • IMS Invited Papers Sessions (6)
  • IMS Contributed Papers Sessions (TBA)
  • ENAR Sessions Co-sponsored by IMS (TBA)

• IMS Abstracts and Invited Sessions Schedules

IMS SPECIAL INVITED PAPER SESSIONS (MEDALLION LECTURES) :

Session 1: Functional Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Organizer: Jane-Ling Wang, UC Davis
Chair: Xihong Lin, University of Michigan

Introduction:	Xihong Lin, University of Michigan
Speakers:	1. John Rice (Medallion Lecturer), UC Berkeley
	Title: Borrowing Strength in the Analysis of Longitudinal and Functional Data
	2. Naisyin Wang, Texas A \& M University
	Title: Marginal Non- and Semiparametric Kernel Regression For Longitudinal Data
Discussant:	Jane-Ling Wang, UC Davis

Session 2: Applications of High-Dimensional Data Analyses to Microarray Data
Organizer: Rafael Irizarry, Johns Hopkins University
Chair: Rafael Irizarry, Johns Hopkins University

Speakers:	1. Ker-Chau Li (Medallion Lecturer), UC Los Angeles
	Title: Microarray Gene Expression Profiling: An Ideal Platform for High- Dimensional Data Analysis
	2. J.S. Marron (Medallion Lecturer), University of North Carolina
	Title: Distance Weighted Discrimination
Discussant:	Dennis Cook, University of Minnesota

IMS INVITED PAPER SESSIONS:

Session 3: Genome-Scale Biology: Statistical Challenges and Solutions
Organizer: Jenny Bryan, University of British Columbia
Chair: TBA

Speakers:	1. Mark van der Laan, UC Berkeley
	Title: Statistical Inference with Microarray Data
	2. Ingo Ruczinski, Johns Hopkins University
	Title: Statistical Challenges in SNP Data Analysis
	3. Jenny Bryan, University of British Columbia
	Title: Tag-Based Methods of Detecting Gene Expression: Addressing Sampling Error and Bias

Session 4: Innovative Approaches and Challenges in the Analysis of Recurrent Failure Time Data
Organizer: Debashis Ghosh, University of Michigan
Chair: Doug Schaubel, University of Michigan

Speakers:	1. Rob Strawderman, Cornell University
	Title: The Accelerated Gap Times Model
	2. Ying Zhang, University of Central Florida
	Title: The Gamma Frailty Model for Panel Count Data
	3. Dave Glidden, UC San Francisco
	Title: Robust Inference for Event Probabilities with Non-Markov Event Data
	4. Jerry Lawless, University of Waterloo
	Title: Evaluation of Treatments with Recurrent Event Data

Session 5: Recent Developments in Clustering and Mixtures with Application to Spatial Models and Image Analysis
Organizer: Ramani S. Pilla, Case Western Reserve University
Chair: Ramani S. Pilla, Case Western Reserve University

Speakers:	1. David W. Scott, Rice University
	Title: Partial Mixture Estimation With Application To Clustering
	2. Hemant Ishwaran, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
	Title: Bayes Computations for Poisson and Marked Spatial Processes
	3. Yehuda Vardi, Rutgers University
	Title: Robust Clustering Methods and Visualization Based on Data Depth
	4. Carey E. Priebe, Johns Hopkins University
	Title: Segmenting Magnetic Resonance Images via Hierarchical Mixture Modelling

Session 6: Causal Inference at the Biostatistics-Econometrics Interface
Organizer: Joe Hogan, Brown University
Chair: Joe Hogan, Brown University

Speakers:	1. Constantine Frangakis, Johns Hopkins University
	Title: Methodology for Evaluating a Partially Controlled Longitudinal Treatment Using Principal Stratification:
	Application to a Needle Exchange Program
	2. Karsten Hansen, Northwestern University
	Title: Dynamic Treatment Models
Discussants:	1. Rod Little, University of Michigan
	2. Tony Lancaster, Brown University

Session 7: Recent Developments in Bayesian Non/Semi-parametrics
Organizer: Lancelot James, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chair: Hemant Ishwaran, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Speakers:	1. Lancelot James, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
	Title: Spatial Neutral to the Right Processes
	2. R.V. Ramamoorthi, Michigan State University
	Title: Posterior Consistency for Regression Problems
	3. James O. Berger, Duke University
	Title: Recent Developments in Objective Bayesian Model Selection

Session 8: Multi-stage Decisons and Dynamic Treatment Regimes
Organizer: Tom Ten-Have, University of Pennsylvania
Chair: Tom Ten-Have, University of Pennsylvania

Speakers:	1. Jamie Robins, Harvard University
	Title: Issues in the Estimation of Optimal Treatment Regimes
	2. Philip Lavori, Stanford University
	Title: Comparison of Designs for Adaptive Treatment Strategies: Baseline vs. Adaptive Randomization
	3. Peter Mueller, University of Texas
	Title: Simulation-Based Sequential Bayesian Design

IMS CONTRIBUTED PAPERS SESSIONS

ENAR SESSIONS CO-SPONSORED BY IMS