On October 7, 2024, the Department of Statistics hosted a Poster Presentation in conjunction with their 50^th Anniversary Celebration. The following presenters had the opportunity to share their projects with nearly 200 spectators in attendance. Participants and attendees included current students and faculty, as well as alumni of the department. Please see presentation details below or visit the webpage commemorating the occasion. Additional details for the department’s 50^th Anniversary Celebration can be found at stat.osu.edu/stat-50.

Massimiliano Russo

Title: Fast Variational Inference for Bayesian Factor Analysis in Single and Multi-Study Settings

Co-Authors: Alejandra Avalos-Pacheco, Roberta De Vito

First Author: Blake Hansen

Sally Paganin

Title: Computational methods for fast Bayesian model assessment via calibrated posterior p-values

Co-Author: Perry de Valpine

First Author: Sally Paganin

Sorina Madalina Sferle

Title: From Theory to Application: A Randomized Approach to Chemical Reaction Dynamics

Co-Authors: Juan Carlos Cortes Lopez, Ana Navarro-Quiles

First Author: Carlos Andreu Vilarroig

Subhadeep Paul

Title: Embedding Network Autoregression and Causal Peer Effect Estimation

First Author: Jae Ho Chang

Julian Zapata-Hall

Title: College Basketball: An In-depth Study of the "Foul Up 3" Dilemma

First Author: Julian Zapata-Hall

Patrick McHugh

Title: Bayesian D-Optimal Designs for Computer Experiments and Active Learning

Co-Authors: Kevin R. Quinlan, Boya Zhang

First Author: Patrick McHugh

Paul Wiemann

Title: Bayesian Penalized Transformation Models for Structured Additive Regression on the Location and Scale of Arbitrary Distributions

Co-Authors: Thomas Kneib

First Author: Johannes Brachem

Xinyu Zhang

Title: Bayesian Restricted Likelihood, Generalized Bayes and Model Misspecification

Co-Authors: Steven MacEachern

First Author: Xinyu Zhang

Torey Hilbert

Title: Robust distribution free tests for the linear model

Co-Authors: Steven MacEachern, Yuan Zhang

First Author: Torey Hilbert

Bill Wang

Title: Penalizing Final Split of Classification Tree for Fine-tuning Subpopulation Target in Policy Making

First Author: Zhenbang Jiao

Sean Tomlin

Title: On the Matched Difference-in-Differences Design with Counterparts

Co-Authors: Bo Lu

First Author: Sean Tomlin

Xuerong Wang

Title: Predictive Degrees of Freedom of LASSO

Co-Authors: Yoonkyung Lee

First Author: Xuerong Wang

Aparna. V. Huzurbazar

Title: Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Processes and Potential Adversarial Attack Vectors

First Author: Vincent P. Chiravalle

Fangyi Wang

Title: Conformal Prediction for Fragmented Functional Data

Co-Authors: Sebastian Kurtek, Yuan Zhang

First Author: Fangyi Wang

Lingpeng Shan

Title: Two-level Bayesian Variable Selection: Joint Modeling Heterogeneous Longitudinal Variables and a Binary outcome

Co-Authors: Michael L Pennell

First Author: Lingpeng Shan

Ruoyuan Qian

Title: Bayesian Causal Inference: Leveraging Real-World Data in Clinical Trials

Co-Authors: Biqing Yang, Xinyi Xu, Bo Lu

First Author: Ruoyuan Qian

Hang J. Kim

Title: Variance-adjusted Bayesian inference with pseudo-likelihood under unequal probability sampling

Co-Authors: Ayat Almomani, Won Chang, Youngdeok Hwang

First Author: Hang J. Kim

Qing Liu

Title: A Representative Sampling Method for Peer Encouragement Designs in Network Experiments

Co-Authors: Sha Yang

First Author: Yanyan Li

Wexin Du

Title: Eye Gaze Study: A Bayesian Approach to Focus Tracking in VR

Co-Authors: Hsi Yuan Chu, Shadrick Addy, Deborah Kunkel, Mario Peruggia 

First Author: Wexin Du