Conference on Bayesian Modeling, Computation, and Applications

in honor of

Professor Lynn Kuo

May 12, 2018, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Contents

Program

Agenda: May 12 @ UCONN

Room 101, Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Storrs, CT (formerly Laurel Hall)

  • 9:00 Registration
  • 9:30 Opening Remarks
    Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut
    Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut
  • 9:55 Keynote Session
    (chair: Zhen Chen)
    “A Conditional Density Estimation Partition Model Using Logistic Gaussian Processes”
    Bani Mallick, Texas A&M University
  • 10:40 Coffee Break
  • 10:50 Session 1: Advanced Statistical Methods for Multivariate and High-Dimensional Data
    (chair: Jinjian Mu)
    • “Bayesian Modeling of Sparse High-Dimensional Data using Divergence Measures”
      Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut
    • “A Correlated Bayesian Rank Likelihood Approach to Multiple ROC Curves for Endometriosis”
      Zhen Chen, National Institutes of Health
    • “A Mixture Model and an Empirical Bayes Approach to Detect Edges in Sparse Co-expression Graphs”
      Haim Bar, University of Connecticut
    • “Statistical Learning for Biomedical Data Integration and Analysis”
      Yuping Zhang, University of Connecticut
  • 12:10 Lunch (McMahon Dining Hall)
  • 1:30 Session 2: Bayesian Modelling and Application
    (chair: Wei Shi)
    • “On Spatial Disease Mapping”
      Sudipto Banerjee, University of California, Los Angeles
    • “Finite Population Unequal Probability Bayesian Bootstraps and Multiple Imputation”
      Mike Cohen, American Institutes for Research
    • “A Bayesian Regularized Mediation Analysis with Multiple Exposures”
      Yu-Bo Wang, National Institutes of Health
    • “Bayesian Joint Modeling of Response Times with Dynamic Latent Ability in Educational Testing”
      Xiaojing Wang, University of Connecticut
    • “Testing Congruence in Phylogenomic Data using Bayes Factors”
      Suman Neupane, University of Connecticut
  • 3:10 Social Mixing
  • 4:00 Session 3: Statistical Application in Clinical Trials (chair: Qi Qi)
    • “An Innovative Design to Combine a PoC Study with Dose Range”
      Naitee Ting, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    • “Statistical Methods for Evaluating Diagnostic Devices”
      Changhong Song, Food and Drug Administration
    • “Use of the VG (Virtual Twins combined with GUIDE) Method in the Development of Precision Medicines”
      Wangang Xie, AbbVie Inc.
    • “A Multi-Stage Stochastic Model in the Analysis of Longitudinal Dementia Data”
      Qi Qi, University of Connecticut
  • 5:20 Closing Remarks
    Depart for banquet dinner (Han Restaurant, 310 Prospect Ave, Hartford, CT 06106)