Seventeen statistics and biostatistics graduate students are presenting at the 2015 JSM in Seattle this summer.

SUNDAY 8/9/2015

Session 41 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-201
“Judgement Post-Stratification to Improve Inference of Link-Tracing Samples with Applications to Network Data”
Ran Wei joint with E. Stasny and D. Sivakoff

MONDAY 8/10/2015

Session 263 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-4B
“Transformation and Bayesian Density Estimation”
Andrew Bean joint with S. MacEachern and X. Xu

Session 263 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-4B
“Comparing Networks of Different Sizes: An Extension of the HERGM”
Anna Mohr joint with C. Calder and C. Browning

Session 263 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-4B
“Empirical Bayes Model Averaging Under Model Misfit”
Junyan (Jojo) Wang joint with C. Hans and M. Peruggia

Session 263 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-4B
“Improvement on James Stein Estimator in Empirical Bayes Analysis”
Xiaomu Wang joint with M. Berliner

Session 168 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-304
“Discordant Sibship Design for Detecting Imprinting and Maternal Effects Based on Partial Likelihood”
Fangyuan Zhang* joint with S. Lin
* Biometrics Section Student Paper Competition Winner

TUESDAY 8/11/2015

Sessions 308 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-4C1
“The Impact of Modeling Strategy and Informative Censoring on Estimated Readmission Risk”
Brittney Bailey joint with A. Shoben and R. Foraker

Session 302 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-214
“Regression-Based Covariance Functions for Nonstationary Spatial Modeling”
Mark Risser* joint with C. Calder
* Section on Statistics and the Environment Section Student Paper Competition Winner

Session 302 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-214
“A Monte Carlo Approach to Quantifying Model Error in Intractable Bayesian Hierarchical Models”
Staci White* joint with R. Herbei
* Section on Statistics and the Environment Section Student Paper Competition Winner

Session 418 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-4B
“Metric-Based Boxplots for Functional Data in the Presence of Time-Warping Variability”
Weiyi Xie joint with S. Kurtek

WEDNESDAY 8/12/2015

Session 501 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-603
“Pareto Optimization of Physical Systems Using Tuned Computer Simulators”
Po-Hsu (Allen) Chen joint with T. Santner and A. Dean

Session 492 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-605
“Bilinear Mixed Effects Models for Affiliation Networks: Segregation of Adolescents in Their Extracurricular Activities”
Yanan Jia joint with C. Calder and C. Browning

Session 553 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-4B
“Trend-Filtered Projections for PCA”
Liubo Li joint with V. Vu

Session 505 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-205
“Allele-Specific RNA Expression Modeling Using Finite Mixture Models”
Rong Lu joint with R. Smith, M. Seweryn, D. Wang, A. Webb, W. Sadee, and G. Rempala

Session 497 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-619
“Partially Sequential Median Ranked Set Sample Test Procedure”
Michael Matthews joint with E. Stasny and D. Wolfe

Session 609 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-617
“Quantitative Bayesian Lasso for Detecting Effects of Rare Haplotype Variants and Environmental Factors on Complex Diseases”
Han Zhang joint with S. Lin

THURSDAY 8/13/2015

Session 698 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-4C4
“Generalized Principal Component Analysis”
Andrew Landgraf joint with Y. Lee

Session 649 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-201
“Adjusting for Bounding and Time in Sample Effects in NCVS Property Crime Rate Estimation”
Hui Yang* joint with A. Turkmen and E. Stasny
* Survey Research Methods Section Student Paper Competition Winner