The List Of Invited Paper Sessions 

Important Notes for the Program Committee Members: 

Each member is requested to organize one invited paper session, 90 minutes long, with three speakers. Each speaker is entitled to a 30 minutes slot (25 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A). 

A participant may present only one lecture. All participants must register.

If a program committee member is already in the process of organizing two invited paper sessions as of December 12, 2007, that will be accommodated, but he/she should contact the local committee chair, Nitis Mukhopadhyay (nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu) immediately. 

Multiple sessions per organizer are not necessarily encouraged. That way, it may be possible to include more session organizers.  

Each program committee member is requested to inform the local committee chair, Nitis Mukhopadhyay (nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu) immediately regarding the status of his/her organized session.  

Organizer: Makoto Aoshima, Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba, Japan (E-mail: aoshima@math.tsukuba.ac.jp)

Chair: Tumulesh Kumar S. Solanky, University of New Orleans, U.S.A. (E-mail: tsolanky@uno.edu)

        Topic: Adaptive Sample Size Determination

        Speakers: 

1. Makoto Aoshima, Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba, Japan (E-mail: aoshima@math.tsukuba.ac.jp): Title: Intrinsic Dimensionality Estimation of High Dimension, Low Sample Size Data with Geometric Representation.

2. Kazuyoshi Yata*, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan (E-mail: yata@math.tsukuba.ac.jp): Title: Two--Stage Equivalence Tests that Control Both the Size and Power.
3. Nitis Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu): Title: On Fixed-Width Confidence Intervals.

Organizer: Sudipto Banerjee, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, USA (E-mail: sudiptob@biostat.umn.edu)

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic:  Hierarchical Modeling for Spatial and Spatio-Temporal  Data Speakers

Speakers: 

1. Marco Ferreira, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA (E-mail: ferreiram@missouri.edu): Title: Gaussian Multiscale Spatio-Temporal Models.

2. Hedibert Lopes, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago USA (E-mail: hlopes@chicagogsb.edu): Title: On Mixture of Kalman Filtering and Learning. 

3. Jason Duan, School of Management, Yale University-New Haven, USA (E-mail: jd522@som.yale.edu): Title: Modeling Space-Time Data Using Stochastic Differential Equations.

Organizer & Chair: Jaya Bishwal, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, U.S.A. (E-mail: J.Bishwal@uncc.edu)

Topic: Financial Statistics

Speakers: 

1. Anna Chernobai, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A. (E-mail: annac@syr.edu): Title: The Determinants of Operational Losses. Co-Authors: Philippe Jorion and Fan Yu.

2. Jaya Bishwal, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, U.S.A. (E-mail: j.bishwal@uncc.edu): Title: Fractional Levy-Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Stochastic Volatility Models. 

3. Snigdhansu Chatterjee, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, U.S.A. (E-mail: chatterjee@stat.umn.edu). Title: A Resampling Based Study of Value at Risk.

Organizer & Chair: Ming-Hui Chen, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut-Storrs, USA (E-mail: mhchen@stat.uconn.edu)

Topic: Bayesian Modeling and Inference

Speakers:

1. Sudip Bose, Department of Statistics, George Washington University, USA (E-mail: sudip@gwu.edu): Title: An Optimal Credible Set for a Class of Priors.

2. Keying Ye, Department of Management Science and Statistics, University of Texas-San Antonio, USA (E-mail: keying.ye@utsa.edu): Title: A Bayesian Modeling in Dual Response Surface Methodology.

3. Ming-Hui Chen, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut-Storrs, USA (E-mail: mhchen@stat.uconn.edu): Title: Bayes Factor Versus Other Model Selection Criteria for the Selection of Constrained Models. Co-Author: Sungduk Kim.

Organizer & Chair:  Bertrand Clarke, University of British Columbia, Canada (E-mail: riffraff@stat.ubc.ca, bertrand@stat.ubc.ca)

Topic:  Stability Concepts in Statistics

Speakers: 

1. Chi Wai Yu*, University of British Columbia, Canada (E-mail: c.yu@stat.ubc.ca). Title: Median Loss Analysis and Median Cross Validation. Co-Author: Bertrand Clarke.

2. Matias Salibian-Barrera, University of British Columbia, Canada (E-mail: matias@stat.ubc.ca). Title: Uniform Asymptotics for Robust Estimators.

3. Xiaodong Lin, University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. (E-mail: linxd@math.uc.edu). Title: Information Conversion and Bayesian Effective Sample Size.

Organizer & Chair: Erin Conlon, Statistics, UMass-Amherst, U.S.A. (E-mail: econlon@mathstat.umass.edu)

Topic:  Statistical Methods for Biological Data

Speakers: 

1. Rongheng Lin, Biostatistics, UMass-Amherst, U.S.A.: Title: Gene Set Enrichment Analysis for Non-Monotone Association and Multiple Experimental Categories. Co-Authors: Shuangshuang Dai , Richard D. Irwin, Alexandra N. Heinloth, Gary A. Boorman and Leping Li.

2. Anna Liu, Statistics, UMass-Amherst, U.S.A.: Title: Generalized Spline Mixed-Effects Models with Applications in AIDS Clinical Trials.

3. Erin Conlon, Statistics, UMass-Amherst, U.S.A. (E-mail: econlon@mathstat.umass.edu): Title: Bayesian Meta-Analysis Models for Microarray Studies. Co-Authors: Joon Jin Song and Jun S. Liu.

Organizer: Susmita Datta, University of Louisville, U.S.A. (E-mail: susmita.datta@louisville.edu)

Chair: M. B. Rao, Center for Genome Information, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, U.S.A. (E-mail: Marepalli.rao@uc.edu) 

Topic:  Statistical Analysis of High Dimensional Genomic Data

Speakers:

1. Hongyu Zhao, Yale University, U.S.A.(E-mail: hongyu.zhao@yale.edu): Title: Hierarchical Models for Signal Transduction Pathway Analysis from Single Cell Measurements.  Co-Author: Ruiyan Luo.
2. Susmita Datta, University of Louisville, U.S.A. (E-mail: susmita.datta@louisville.edu): Title: Reconstruction of Genetic Association Network.

3. Venkatraman E. Seshan, Columbia University, U.S.A. (E-mail: ves2111@columbia.edu): Title: Some Issues in the Analysis of Array CGH Data. Co-Author: Adam Olshen. 

Organizer: Dipak K. Dey, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: dipak.dey@uconn.edu)

Chair: Mark Carpenter, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University-Alabama, U.S.A. (E-mail: carpediem@auburn.edu)

Topic: Statistics in Biomedical Research

Speakers: 

1. Rajeshwari Sundaram, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, U.S.A. (E-mail: sundaramr2@mail.nih.gov): Title: Statistical Modeling of Human Conception. Co-Authors: Sung Duk Kim, Kirsten J. Lum, and Germaine Buck Louis. 

2. Anindya Roy, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, U.S.A. (E-mail: anindya@math.umbc.edu): Title: Sample Size Determination for Hierarchical Longitudinal Designs with Differential Attrition Rates. Co-Authors: Dulal K. Bhaumik, Subhash Aryal, and Robert D. Gibbons. 

3. Subhashis Ghosal, North Carolina State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: ghoshal@stat.ncsu.edu): Title: Convergence of Sequential Bayesian D-optimal Designs in Phase-I Clinical Trials. Co-Authors: Anindya Roy and William Rosenberger. 

Organizer: William T. Duggan, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A. (E-mail: william.t.duggan@pfizer.com)

Chair: Shailendra Menjoge, Biometrics and Data Management, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (E-mail: shailendra.menjoge@boehringer-ingelheim.com)  

Topic: Applied Pharmaceutical Statistics

Speakers: 

1. Joe Cappelleri, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A. (E-mail: joseph.c.cappelleri@pfizer.com): Title: Statistical Considerations for Patient-Reported Outcomes.

2. Robb Muirhead, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A. (E-mail: robb.j.muirhead@pfizer.com): Title: On a Multivariate Bayesian Prediction Problem, With Applications.

3. William T. Duggan, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Connecticut, U.S.A. (E-mail: william.t.duggan@pfizer.com): Title: Effect of Torcetrapib on the Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis. Co-Authors: Steven E. Nissen, Jean-Claude Tardif, Stephen J. Nicholls, James H. Revkin, Charles L. Shear, P. H., Witold Ruzyllo, William B. Bachinsky, Gregory P. Lasala, and E. Murat Tuzcu. 

Organizer & Chair: Varghese George, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, U.S.A. (www.mcg.edu/research/biostat/; E-mail: VGEORGE@mail.mcg.edu)

Topic: Recent Advances in Statistical Genomics

Speakers:  

1. Nitai D. Mukhopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A. (E-mail: ndmukhopadhy@vcu.edu): Title: Semi Parametric Modeling and Inference of Gene Dependence Using Copulas. Co-Author: Sarat C. Dass.
2. Sanjay S. Shete, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, U.S.A. (E-mail: sshete@mdanderson.org): Title: Approaches to Identify Ancestry Informative Markers Using SNPs.
3. Hongyan Xu, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, U.S.A. (E-mail: hxu@mcg.edu): Title: A Systematic Assessment of Population Structure and Its Effects on Genome-Wide Association Studies. Co-Author: Varghese George.

Organizer: Kalyan Ghosh, U.S.A. (E-mail: kalyan.ghosh@vislation.com)

Chair: Kalyan Ghosh, U.S.A.  

Topic: Information-Pharmaceutical Statistics

Speakers:  

1. Nitin Patel, Cytel, U.S.A. (E-mail: nitin@cytel.com): Title: A Simulation Tool for Design of Adaptive Dose Finding Trials. Co-Authors: Jim Bolognese and Inna Perevoszkaya.
2. Joseph Heyse, Merck,  U.S.A. (E-mail: joseph_heyse@merck.com): Title: False Discovery Rates for Discrete Data.     
3. Kannan Natarajan, Novartis, U.S.A. (E-mail: kannan.natarajan@novartis.com): Title: Statistical Challenges in Late Stage Drug Development.

Organizer: Kaushik Ghosh, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, U.S.A. (E-mail: Kaushik.Ghosh@unlv.edu)

Chair: Kannan Natarajan, Novartis, U.S.A. (E-mail: kannan.natarajan@novartis.com)

Topic: Recent Advances in Bayesian Methods for Biomedical Research

Speakers: 

1. Sanjib Basu (E-mail: basu@niu.edu): Title: Bayesian Joint Modeling of Multivariate Longitudinal Data with Dropout. Co-Author: Pulak Ghosh. 

2. Pulak Ghosh (E-mail: pghosh@mathstat.gsu.edu): Title: Bayesian Analysis for Longitudinal Semicontinuous Data.

3. Kaushik Ghosh (E-mail: kaushik.ghosh@unlv.edu): Title: Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Data and Informative Dropout in the Presence of Multiple Changepoints with an Application to HIV-AIDS. Co-Authors: Pulak Ghosh  and Ram C. Tiwari. 

Organizer: Malay Ghosh, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. (http://www.stat.ufl.edu/personnel/usrpages/ghosh.shtml; E-mail: ghoshm@stat.ufl.edu)

Chair: Susmita Datta, University of Louisville, U.S.A. (E-mail: susmita.datta@louisville.edu)

Topic: Machine Learning

Speakers: 

1. Xihong Lin, School of Public Health, Harvard University, U.S.A. (E-mail: XLIN@hsph.harvard.edu): Title: Sparse Discriminant and Classification Methods for Genetic Pathways.  
2. Dawei Liu, Brown University, U.S.A. Title: Estimation and Testing for the Effect of a Genetic Pathway on a Disease Outcome Using Logistic Kernel Machine Regression via Logistic Mixed Models. Co-Authors: Debashis Ghosh and Xihong Lin. 
3. Shibasish Dasgupta*, University of Florida, U.S.A. Title: Support Vector Machines: A Useful Tool for Classification.

Organizer: Malay Ghosh, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. (http://www.stat.ufl.edu/personnel/usrpages/ghosh.shtml; E-mail: ghoshm@stat.ufl.edu)

Chair: Linda Young, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. (E-mail: ljyoung@ufl.edu)

Topic: Bayesian Applications in Wildlife Ecology

Speakers: 

1. Robert Dorazio, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. (E-mail: bdorazio@ufl.edu): Title: Hierarchical Models for the Estimation of Manatee Abundance from Aerial Surveys.
2. Chong He, University of Missouri, Columbia, U.S.A. (E-mail: hezh@missouri.edu): Title: Modeling Age and Nest-specific Survival Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Approach. Co-Author: Jing Cao.
3. Devin Johnson, National Marine Mammal Laboratory-Seattle, USA (E-mail: devin.johnson@noaa.gov): Title: Bayesian Inference for Marine Mammal Telemetry Data: A Continuous-Time Approach. Co-Authors: Joshua M. London, Mary-Anne Lea, John W. Durban, and Carey E. Kuhn.

Organizer: Subir Ghosh, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A. (E-mail: subir.ghosh@ucr.edu)

Chair: Sadanori Konishi, Kyushu University, Japan (E-mail: konishi@math.kyushu-u.ac.jp)

Topic: Design of Experiments and Model Selection

Speakers:

1. Subir Ghosh, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A. (E-mail: subir.ghosh@ucr.edu): Optimal Designs for Model Identification and Discrimination.

2. Viatcheslav Melas, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (E-mail: v.melas@pobox.spbu.ru): Title: Optimal Design for Nonlinear Regression Models.

3. David Causeur, IRMAR, UMR CNRS 6625 Applied Mathematics Department, Agrocampus Rennes, Renes cedex, France (E-mail: David.Causeur@agrocampus-rennes.fr): Title: Impact of Dependence on the Stability of Model Selection in Supervised Classification for High-Throughput Data. Co-Authors: M. Kloareg and C. Friguet*.

Organizer: Subir Ghosh, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A. (E-mail: subir.ghosh@ucr.edu)

Chair: Viatcheslav Melas, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (E-mail: v.melas@pobox.spbu.ru)

Topic: Statistical Modeling and Optimal Designs

Speakers:

1. Sadanori Konishi, Kyushu University, Japan (E-mail: konishi@math.kyushu-u.ac.jp): Title: Recent Development in Nonlinear Statistical Modeling and Model Selection.
2. Jesus Lopez Fidalgo, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (E-mail: Jesus.LopezFidalgo@uclm.es): Title: Optimal Designs for Models with Potential Censoring. Co-Authors: María Jesús Rivas-López and Sandra Garcet-Rodríguez. 
3. Ming-Hung Kao*, Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, U.S.A. (Email: jasonkao@uga.edu): Title: Multi-Objective Optimal Experimental Designs for Event-Related fMRI Studies. Co-Authors: Abhyuday Mandal, Nicole Lazar, and John Stufken.

Organizer & Chair: Joseph Glaz, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: joseph.glaz@uconn.edu)

Topic: Run and Scan-Type Statistics

Speakers:

1. Jie Chen, University of Massachusetts-Boston, U.S.A. (E-mail: jie.chen@umb.edu): Title: Variable Window Scan Statistics. Co-Author: Joseph Glaz.

2. Vladimir Pozdnyakov, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: Vladimir.Pozdnyakov@uconn.edu): Title: Martingale Methods for Patterns and Scan Statistics. Co-Author: J. Michael Steele.

3. Joseph Glaz, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: joseph.glaz@uconn.edu): Title: Variable Window Bayesian Scan Statistics.

Organizer & Chair: Edit Gombay, University of Alberta, Calgary, Canada (E-mail: egombay@ualberta.ca)

Topic: Time Series Analysis

Speakers:

1. Alex Aue, University of California-Davis, U.S.A. (E-mail: alexaue@wald.ucdavis.edu): Title: Discriminating Between Level Shifts and Unit Roots. Co-Authors: Lajos Horvath, Marie Huskova, and Shiqing Ling. 

2. Siegried Hormann, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Title: Break Detection in the Covariance Structure of Multivariate Time Series Models. Co-Authors: Alexander Aue, Lajos Horváth, and Matthew Reimherr.

3. Edit Gombay, University of Alberta, Calgary, Canada (E-mail: egombay@ualberta.ca): Title: Change Detection in the Distribution of Data Described by Time Series.

Organizer & Chair: Ramesh Gupta, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine, Orono, U.S.A. (E-mail: Ramesh_Gupta@umit.maine.edu)

Topic: Reliability, Stochastic Ordering, and Applied Probability

Speakers:  

1. Cheng Peng, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, Maine 04104, U.S.A. (E-mail: cpeng@usm.maine.edu): Title: Estimating Reliability in Proportional Odds Ratio Models. Co-Author: Ramesh C. Gupta.

2. Karthik Bharath*, Department of Systems Science, SUNY Binghamton-Binghamton, U.S.A. (E-mail: kbharat1@binghamton.edu): Title: Geometrical Domain of Spin-1/2 Probability Mass Function. Co-Authors: Swarnamala Sirsi and  A. R. Usha Devi.
3. Ramesh C. Gupta, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469-5752, U.S.A. (E-mail: Ramesh.Gupta@umit.maine.edu): Title: General Frailty Model and Stochastic Orderings. Co-Author: Rameshwar D. Gupta. 

Organizer: S. Rao Jammalamadaka, University of California-Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (E-mail: rao@pstat.ucsb.edu)

Chair: Mun S. Son, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont-Burlington, U.S.A. (E-mail: son@cems.uvm.edu)

Topic: Selected Topics in Inference-I

Speakers: 

1. Bo Ranneby, Center for Biostochastics, Umea, Sweden: Title: Maximum Spacing Estimation for Dependent Variables. Co-Author: Jun Yu. 

2. S. Rao Jammalamadaka, University of California-Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (E-mail: rao@pstat.ucsb.edu):  Title: Middle Censoring for Circular Data. Co-Author: Mangalam Vasudevan.

3. Emanuele Taufer, University of Trento, Trento, Italy (E-mail: emanuele.taufer@unitn.it):  Title:  Characteristic Function Estimation of Non-Gaussian Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes. Co-Author: Nikolai N. Leonenko.

Organizer: S. Rao Jammalamadaka, University of California-Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (E-mail: rao@pstat.ucsb.edu)

Chair: S. Rao Jammalamadaka, University of California-Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (E-mail: rao@pstat.ucsb.edu)

Topic: Selected Topics in Inference-II

Speakers: 

1. Anna Valeva, Western Illinois University, U.S.A.: Title: Aggregation Effect and Forecasting Temporal Aggregates of Seasonal Long Memory Processes.

2. K. Thammi Reddy, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, Visakhapatnam, India (E-mail: thammireddy@yahoo.com): Title: A Rough Set Based Approach to Detect Plagiarism. Co-Authors: M. Shashi and L. Pratap Reddy.

3. Magnus Ekstrom, Center for Biostochastics, Umea, Sweden (E-mail: Magnus.Ekstrom@sekon.slu.se): Title: Subsampling the Mean of Spatial Lattice Data with Varying Expected Values.

Organizer: Nandini Kannan, University of Texas-San Antonio, U.S.A. (E-mail: Nandini.Kannan@utsa.edu) 

Chair: Pushpa L. Gupta, University of Maine, Orono, U.S.A. (E-mail: Pushpa_Gupta@umit.maine.edu)

Topic: Some Problems in Life-Testing and Reliability

Speakers: 

1. Ananda Sen, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, U.S.A. (E-mail: anandas@umich.edu): Title: Properties of Graphical Estimators from Q-Q Plots.

2. Debasis Kundu, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India: Title: Bayesian Inference and Life Testing Plan for Weibull Distribution in Presence of Progressive Censoring.
3. Nandini Kannan, University of Texas-San Antonio, U.S.A. (E-mail: Nandini.Kannan@utsa.edu): Title: Precedence Tests for Progressively Censored Samples. Co-Authors: N. Balakrishnan and Ram C. Tripathi.  

Organizer: Amarjot Kaur and Mani Lakshminarayanan, Merck Research Laboratories, New Jersey, U.S.A. (E-mail: amarjot_kaur@merck.com)

Chair: Amarjot Kaur, Merck Research Laboratories, New Jersey, U.S.A. (E-mail: amarjot_kaur@merck.com)

Topic: Emerging Issues in Drug Development

Speakers: 

1. Alan Hartford, Merck Research Laboratories, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Title: Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic Modeling.
2. Mark Chang, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A.: Title: Adaptive Trial Optimization, Re-Optimization, and Analysis.
3. David Madigan, Columbia University, U.S.A. Title: Data Mining Issues in Drug Development.

Organizer: Hira L. Koul, Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A. (http://www.stt.msu.edu/~koul/; E-mail: koul@stt.msu.edu)

Chair: Hokwon Cho, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, U.S.A. (E-mail: cho@unlv.nevada.edu)

Topic: Model Diagnostics

Speakers:

1. Winfrid Stute, Mathematisches Institut, Arndtstraße 2,  35392 Gießen, Germany (E-mail: winfried.stute@math.uni-giessen.de): Title: Statistical Analysis of Survival-Sacrifice Data. Co-Author: Brandon H. Greene.                    

2. Weixing Song, Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: weixing@ksu.edu): Title: Model Checking in Partial Linear Regression Models with Berkson Measurement Errors. Co-Author: Hira L. Koul.            

3. Masanobu Taniguchi, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (http://www.math.waseda.ac.jp/~taniguchi/; E-mail: taniguchi@waseda.jp): Title: Generalized Information Criterion. Co-Author: J. Hirukawa.

Organizer & Chair: Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A. (E-mail: plahiri@survey.umd.edu)

Topic: Small Area Estimation

Speakers:

1. Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A. (E-mail: balnan@WPI.EDU): Title: A Bayesian Benchmarking for Small Areas.  

2. Jai W. Choi, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.A. (E-mail: JWC7@CDC.GOV): Title: A Bayesian Prediction for Undecided Voters. Co-Author: Jai Won Choi.  

3. Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland, U.S.A. (E-mail: plahiri@survey.umd.edu): Title: Hierarchical Bayes Modeling of Small Area Proportions from Complex Survey Data. Co-Authors: Benmei Liu and Graham Kalton.

Organizer: Anandamayee Majumdar, Arizona State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: ananda@math.asu.edu )

Chair: Bani K. Mallick, Texas A & M University, College Station, U.S.A.

Topic: Spatial Process Modeling and Analysis

Speakers:

1. Avishek Chakraborty*, Duke University, U.S.A.: Title: Measurement Error Modeling for Noisy Point Patterns. Co-Author: Alan E. Gelfand. 

2. Michele Guindani, University of New Mexico, U.S.A. (E-mail: michele@stat.unm.edu): Title: Hybrid Dirichlet Process Models for the Analysis of Spatial Data. Co-Authors: Alan E. Gelfand and Sonia Petrone  

3. Ana Rappold, National Research Council Associate, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, U.S.A. (E-mail: Rappold.Ana@epamail.epa.gov): Title: Modeling Mercury Deposition Through Latent Space-Time Processes. Co-Authors: Alan E. Gelfand, and David M.  Holland. 

Organizer: Bani K. Mallick, Texas A & M University, College Station, U.S.A. (E-mail: bmallick@stat.tamu.edu)  

Chair: Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, U.S.A. 

Topic: Bayesian Bioinfomatics

Speakers:

1. Dipak K. Dey, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: Dipak.dey@uconn.edu): Title: Model Selection and Diagnostics to Identify Genetic Markers for Single-nucleotide Polymorphisms. 

2. Veera Baladandayuthapani, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, U.S.A. (E-mail: veera@mdanderson.org):  Title: Bayesian Methods for Copy Number Data.

3. Bani K. Mallick, Texas A&M University, College Station, U.S.A. (E-mail: bmallick@stat.tamu.edu): Title: Bayesian Semiparametric Modeling of MPSS Data: Gene Expression Analysis of Bovine Salmonella Infection.

Organizer: Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, U.S.A. (E-mail: bhramar@umich.edu)

Chair: Anil Kumar Bera, Department of Economics, University of Illinois-Champaign, U.S.A. (E-mail: abera@ad.uiuc.edu)

Topic: Bayesian Nonparametrics: New Directions and Novel Applications

Speakers:

1. Samiran Sinha, Department of Statistics, Texas A & M University, U.S.A. (E-mail: sinha@stat.tamu.edu): Title: Semiparametric Bayesian Analysis of Nutritional Epidemiology Data in Presence of Measurement Error. Co-Authors: Bani K. Mallick, Victor Kipnis, and Raymond J. Carroll. 

2. Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: sinhad@stat.fsu.edu): Title: Association Models for Clustered Data with Binary and Continuous Responses. Co-Authors: Stuart Lipsitz and Dipankar Bandyopadhyay.

3. Tim Johnson, University of Michigan, U.S.A. Title: Bayesian Semiparametric Modeling of fMRI Data at the Population Level.

Organizer & Chair: Nitis Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (http://merlot.stat.uconn.edu/~nitis/; E-mail: nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu)

Topic: Editorial Forum - A Panel Discussion 

Panelists:

1. Makoto Aoshima, Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba, Japan (E-mail: aoshima@math.tsukuba.ac.jp)
2. Subir Ghosh, University of California, Reverside, U.S.A. (E-mail: ghosh@ucr.edu)
3. Joe Glaz, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: joseph.glaz@uconn.edu)
4. Nitis Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: nitis.mukhopadhyay@uconn.edu)
5. Linda Young, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. (E-mail: ljyoung@ufl.edu) 

Organizer: Sujit K. Sahu, University of Southampton, U.K. (E-mail: s.k.sahu@soton.ac.uk)

Chair: Sudipto Banerjee, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, U.S.A. (E-mail: sudiptob@biostat.umn.edu) 

Topic: Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Statistics

Speakers:  

1. Huiyan Sang, Duke University, U.S.A. (E-mail: huiyan@stat.duke.edu): Title: Bayesian Analysis of Microscale Spatial Variations. Co-Author: Alan E. Gelfand. 
2. Veronica Beroccal, Duke University, U.S.A. (E-mail: vjb2@duke.edu): Title: Bayesian Downscaling of Outputs from Numerical Models. Co-Author: Alan E. Gelfand.
3. Anandamayee Majumdar, Arizona State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: ananda@math.asu.edu): Title: A Generalized Convolution Model for Multivariate Nonstationary Spatial Processes. Co-Authors: D. Paul and D. Bautista. 

Organizer: Sujit K. Sahu, University of Southampton, U.K. (E-mail: s.k.sahu@soton.ac.uk)

Chair: Zhiyi Chi, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: zhiyi.chi@uconn.edu)

Topic: Applied Statistics: Spatial and Medical

Speakers:  

1. Brian Reich, North Carolina State University-Raleigh, U.S.A. (E-mail: reich@stat.ncsu.edu): Title: Bayesian Variable Selection for Spatially-Varying Coefficient Regression: Application to Physical Activity in Prenatal Women. 
2. Mayetri Gupta, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A. (E-mail: gupta@bios.unc.edu): Title: Detecting Patterns of Gene Regulation Through Joint Bayesian Modeling of Genomic Sequence and ChIP-chip Data. Co-Authors: Jonathan A. L. Gelfond and Joseph G. Ibrahim. 
3. Samiran Ghosh, Department of Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI-Indianapolis, U.S.A. (E-mail: samiran@math.iupui.edu): Title: Dimension Augmenting Vector Machine (DAVM): Dimension Augmenting Vector Machine: A New General Classifier System for Large p Small n Problem. Co-Authors: Dipak K. Dey and Yazhen Wang. 

Organizer & Chair: Rituparna Sen, University of California, Davis, U.S.A. (E-mail: rsen@wald.ucdavis.edu )

Topic: Applications of Statistics in Finance

Speakers:  

1. Rituparna Sen, University of California, Davis, U.S.A. (E-mail: rsen@wald.ucdavis.edu): Title: Jumps and Microstructure Noise in Stock Price Volatility: An FDA Approach. Co-Authors: Hans-Georg Muller and Ulrich Stadtmuller. 
2. Yazhen Wang, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: yzwang@stat.uconn.edu): Title: High Dimensional Volatility Modeling and Analysis for High-Frequency Financial Data.
3. Yoonjung Lee, Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A. (E-mail: ylee@stat.harvard.edu): Title: Network Modeling with Applications to Hedge Fund Returns.

Organizer: Tumulesh Kumar S. Solanky, University of New Orleans, U.S.A. (E-mail: tsolanky@uno.edu)

Chair: Makoto Aoshima, Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba, Japan (E-mail: aoshima@math.tsukuba.ac.jp)

Topic: Recent Methodologies in Selection, Ranking and Sequential Estimation

Speakers:

1. Elena Buzaianu, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, U.S.A. (E-mail: e.buzaianu@unf.edu): Title: On Selecting Among Binomial Populations. Co-Author: Pinyuen Chen.

2. Hokwon Cho, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, U.S.A. (E-mail: cho@unlv.nevada.edu): Title: Risk-Efficient Sequential Estimation for the Ratio of Two Binomial Variates.

3. Tumulesh Solanky, University of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. (E-mail: tsolanky@uno.edu): Title: On Approximate Optimality of the Unbalanced Sequential Procedure for the Partition Problem. Co-Author: Yuefeng Wu.

Organizer & Chair: Donchu Sun, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A. (E-mail: sund@missouri.edu)

Topic: Recent Development of Spatial-Temporal Models

Speakers:

1. Sudipto Banerjee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A. (E-mail: sudiptob@biostat.umn.edu): Title: Modeling Large Spatial and Spatiotemporal  Datasets: Advancing Methods and Applications in Forestry, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Co-Author: Andrew O. Finley.

2. Victor De Oliveira, University of Texas at San Antonio, U.S.A. (E-mail: Victor.DeOliveira@utsa.edu): Title: Jeffreys Priors for CAR Models.

3. Cuirong Ren, Department of Plant Science, South Dekota State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: Cuirong.Ren@sdstate.edu): Title: Objective Bayesian Analysis for a Spatial Model with Nugget Effects. Co-Authors: Dongchu Sun and Zhuoqiong He.

Organizer: Donchu Sun, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A. (E-mail: sund@missouri.edu)

Chair: Debajyoti Sinha, Florida State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: sinhad@stat.fsu.edu)

Topic: Objective Bayesian Methods

Speakers:

1. Malay Ghosh, University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. (E-mail: ghoshm@stat.ufl.edu): Title: Objective Priors: A Selective Review.
2. Dongchu Sun, Department  of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A. (E-mail: SunD@Missouri.edu): Title: The Formal Definition of Reference Priors. Co-Authors: J. O. Berger and J. M. Bernardo.
3. Bertrand Clarke, University of British Columbia, Canada (E-mail: riffraff@stat.ubc.ca, bertrand@stat.ubc.ca): Title: A Review and Some New Ideas for Objective Priors in the Non-Parametric Context. 

Organizer & Chair: Vasant B. Waikar, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A. (E-mail: waikarvb@muohio.edu)

        Topic: Starting and Running a REU Named SUMSRI in Math/Stat at Miami University

        Speakers: 

1. Dennis Davenport, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A. (E-mail: davenpde@muohio.edu): Title: Starting and Running an REU for Minorities and Women. Bonita Porter. 
2. Vasant B. Waikar, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A. (E-mail: waikarvb@muohio.edu): Title: REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) in Statistics ( SUMSRI) at Miami University.
3. Andrea Austin*, St Michaels College, Vermont, U.S.A. and Christina McIntosh*, Spelman College, Atlanta, U.S.A. Title: SUMSRI (Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Research Institute) Projects in Multivariate Statistics.

Organizer: Put Together by Local Committee 

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic: Bayes, Empirical Bayes, and Information

Speakers:

1. Poduri S. R. S. Rao, University of Rochester, New York, U.S.A. (E-mail: raos@math.rochester.edu): Title: Empirical Bayes Estimation and Stein-Type estimators.

2. Mark Carpenter, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University-Alabama, U.S.A. (E-mail: carpediem@auburn.edu): Title:  Empirical Bayes Threshold Estimation in High Throughput Proteomics.

3. Ramkaran Singh, University of Lucknow, India (E-mail : ramkarans@hotmail.com): Title: Role of Information Measures in Bayesian Sequential Estimation.

Organizer: Put Together by Local Committee 

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic: Statistical Tests and Competing Risks

Speakers:

1. Yichuan Zhao, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University-Atlanta, U.S.A. (E-mail: matyiz@langate.gsu.edu): Title: Omnibus Tests for Comparison of Competing Risks with Covariate Effects via Additive Risk Model. Co-Author: Duytrac Nguyen.

2. Anil Kumar Bera, Department of Economics, University of Illinois-Champaign, U.S.A. (E-mail: abera@ad.uiuc.edu): Title: General Specification Testing with Locally Misspecified Models. Co-Authors: Gabriel Montes-Rojas and Walter Sosa-Escudero.

3. Krishna K. Saha, Central Connecticut State University, U.S.A. (E-mail: sahakrk@ccsu.edu): Title: Testing the Equality of the Means of Several Groups of Count Data in the Presence of Unequal Dispersions.

Organizer: Put Together by Local Committee 

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic: Generalized Linear and Time Series Models

Speakers:

1. Sourish Das*, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: sdas@stat.uconn.edu): Title: On Some New Bayesian Model Diagnostics for Generalized Linear Models. Co-Author: Dipak K. Dey.

2. Gabe Chandler, Department of Mathematics, Connecticut College New London, U.S.A. (E-mail: gabriel.chandler@conncoll.edu): Title: A Test of the Modality of the Variance Function in Non-Stationary Autoregressive Processes. Co-Author: Wolfgang Polonik.

3. Hrishikesh (Rick) D. Vinod, Department of Economics, Institute for Ethics and Economic Policy, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, U.S.A. (E-Mail: Vinod@fordham.edu): Title: The R Package Implementing Maximum Entropy Bootstrap for Dependent Time Series. Co-Author: Javier Lopez-de-Lacalle.

Organizer: Put Together by Local Committee 

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic: Order-Statistics and Censoring

Speakers:

1. AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Southern Maine-Portland, U.S.A. (E-mail: aaboueissa@usm.maine.edu): Title: Estimations of Population Parameters from Censored and Truncated Samples.

2. Arabin Dey*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (E-mail: arabin@iitk.ac.in): Title: Discriminating Between Log-Normal and Weibull Distribution Under Type-I and Type-II Censoring. Co-Author: Debasis Kundu.

3. Vasudevan Mangalam, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei (E-mail: vmangalam@gmail.com): Title: Asymptotic Properties of Functions of Order Statistics. Co-Authors: G. Jogesh Babu, Zhidong Bai, and Kwok P. Choi.

Organizer: Put Together by Local Committee 

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic: Order Statistics, Associations, and Approximations

Speakers:

1. Pushpa L. Gupta, University of Maine, Orono, U.S.A. (E-mail: Pushpa_Gupta@umit.maine.edu): Title: Distribution of Linear Function of Correlated Ordered Variables. Co-Author: Ramesh C.Gupta.

2. N. Rao Chaganty, Old Dominion University, U.S.A. (E-mail: rchagant@odu.edu). Title: Ranges of Measures of Association for Familial and Pedigree Binary Variables. Co-Author: Yihao Deng.

3. Debanjan Bhattacharjee*, Department  of Statistics, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A. (E-mail: debanjan.bhattacharjee@gmail.com): Title: Stirling's Formula and Its Extensions:  Heuristic Approaches. Co-Author: Nitis Mukhopadhyay. 

Organizer: Put Together by Local Committee 

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic: Semi-Parametric Estimations

Speakers:

1. Daniel Gervini, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, U.S.A. (E-mail: gervini@uwm.edu): Robust Semi-Parametric Estimators for Longitudinal Data.

2. Arnab Maity*, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, U.S.A. (E-mail: amaity@stat.tamu.edu): Title: Efficient Estimation of Population-Level Summaries in General Semiparametric Regression Models. Co-Authors: Yanyuan Ma and Raymond J. Carroll.

Organizer: Put Together by Local Committee 

Chair: TBA by Local Committee

Topic: Statistical Patterns

Speakers:

1. Madhavi Dabbiru, Nagarjuna University, Vijayawada, A.P., India (E-mail: madhavicris@yahoo.co.in): Title: An Efficient Algorithm to Mine Prodigious Frequent Patterns. Co-Author: Mogalla Shashi.

2. Mariano Amo Salas*, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Title: Random Design Space for Lung's Retention Model. Co-Author: J. Lopez-Fidalgo and J.M. Rodriguez-Diaz.

3. M. Bhaskara Rao, Center for Genome Information, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, U.S.A. (E-mail: Marepalli.rao@uc.edu). Title: A Discrete Probability Problem In Chemical Bonding. Co-Authors: Fu-Chih Cheng and Subramanyam Kasala.

¹M. Amo-Salas, ¹J. López-Fidalgo and ²J.M. Rodríguez-Díaz

Arvind Jammalamadaka*, Electrical Engineering, MIT, U.S.A.

Balaji Raman*, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A.

Rohini Sen*, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A.

Jeffrey Stratton*, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut-Storrs, U.S.A.

* Identifies a Student