International Conference on Robust Rank-Based and Nonparametric Methods Western Michigan University April 9 and 10, 2015

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1 International Conference on Robust Rank-Based and Nonparametric Methods Western Michigan University April 9 and 10,

2 Locations Reception Wednesday Evening (7:30-10:00), Radison Hotel Hospitality Room. All Sessions on Thursday and Friday and the Thursday Evening Banquet are held at the Bernhard Center (2nd floor), Western Michigan University. The talks are in Room 210 while the dining is in Room 208. Organizing Committee Joseph W. McKean, Rajib Paul, Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj, and Thomas Vidmar. Charge of Local Arrangements Michelle Hastings Department of Statistics Co-Sponsors The American Statistical Association. Nonparametric Section of the American Statistical Association. Department of Statistics, Western Michigan University The College of Arts & Sciences, Western Michigan University Innovative Analytics, Kalamazoo, MI Kelloggs Company, Battle Creek, MI Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI Zoetis Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI The conference is also a celebration of Joe McKean s 70th birthday. 2

3 Keynote Speakers Thomas P. Hettmansperger, Penn State University Regina Liu, Rutgers University Hannu Oja, University of Turku Simon J. Sheather, Texas A&M University Douglas Wolfe, Ohio State University Invited Speakers Ash Abebe, University of Auburn Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan Arne Bathke, University of Salzburg Kim Crimin, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Casey Jelsma, NIH Kjell Johnson, Arbor Analytics John Kapenga, Western Michigan University John Kloke, University of Wisconsin Sunil Mathur, Medical College of Georga Rajib Paul, Western Michigan University Omer Ozturk, Ohio State University Mushfiqur Rashid, FDA Jeffrey Terpstra, Western Michigan University 3

4 Poster Session Contribtors Yusuf Bilgic, SUNY Geneseo James Dzikunu, Western Michigan University Yi Fan, Rutgers University Yuki Nakagami, Western Michigan University Naveen N. Narisetty, University of Michigan Juming Pan and Junfeng Shang, Bowling Green State University Hasthika S. Rupasinghe and Lasanthi Pelawa Watagoda, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Yuanyuan Shao, Western Michigan University Lucia Tabacu, Penn State University 4

5 Program Wednesday Evening April 8, :30-10:00 Reception at Hospitality Room, Radison Hotel Thursday Morning April 9, :30-8:20 Registration at the Bernhard Center 7:30-8:20 Breakfast at the Bernhard Center 8:30-9:00 Opening Remarks Joseph McKean,Western Michigan University 8:30-8:45 Dean Keith Hearit, Arts & Sciences, Western Michigan University 8:45-9:00 Magdalena Bugaj, Chair Department of Statistics, Western Michigan University 9:00-9:50 Keynote Session I Chair: Joseph McKean,Western Michigan University Hannu Oja, University of Turku Multivariate nonparametric methods based on spatial signs and ranks 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break 10:15-11:15 Session I Rank-Based & Nonparametric Procedures Chair: Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj, Western Michigan University 10:15-10:45 Ash Abebe, Auburn University The signed-rank LASSO 10:45-11:15 Jeff Terpstra, Western Michigan University Weighted least absolute deviation estimates of the bifurcating autoregressive parameter 11:20-1:00 Poster Session 11:45-1:00 Lunch at the Bernhard Center 5

6 Thursday Afternoon April 9, :00-2:30 Session II Biostatistical Nonparametric Procedures Chair: Joshua Naranjo,Western Michigan University 1:00-1:30 Kim Crimin, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Dose response estimation using rank-based estimates 1:30-2:00 Kjell Johnson, Arbor Analytics An investigation of the impact of response rank transformation on Modern Predictive Models 2:00-2:30 Sunil Mathur, Medical College of Georgia Testing the difference between locations: A nonparametric approach with applications 2:30-2:45 Refreshments 2:45-3:35 Keynote Session II Chair: Rajib Paul,Western Michigan University Douglas Wolfe, Ohio State University Partially sequential ranked set sample test procedures 3:45-4:45 Session III Rank-Based & Nonparametric Procedures Chair: Hyun Keun Cho,Western Michigan University 3:45-4:15 Arne Bathke, University of Salzburg Nonparametric and robust ways to make sense of multivariate data samples 4:15-4:45 John Kloke, University of Wisconsin R estimation for linear models and longitudinal data 5:00-5:50 Keynote Session III Chair: Joseph McKean,Western Michigan University Tom Hettmansperger, Pennsylvania State University Rank based analysis of linear models and beyond: A review 6:00-6:30 Social Gathering at the Bernhard Center 6:00-8:30 Dinner Program at the Bernhard Center Emcee Simon Sheather, Texas A&M University 6

7 Friday April 10, :30-8:20 Registration at the Bernhard Center 7:30-8:20 Breakfast at the Bernhard Center 8:30-10:00 Session IV Rank-Based & Nonparametric Procedures Chair: Jung Chao Wang, Western Michigan University 8:30-9:00 Casey Jelsema, NIH Optimal placement of knots for large-scale spatial models with applications to NIEHS gulf study 9:00-9:30 Omer Ozturk, Ohio State University Estimation of mean and total of a finite population using conditional inclusion probabilities given the population ranks 9:30-10:00 Mushfiqur Rashid, FDA A comparison of a rank-based method and normal theory method for cluster correlated data 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-11:20 Keynote Session IV Chair: Jeffrey Terpstra, Western Michigan University Regina Liu, Rutgers University Effective fusion learning: Combining inferences from multiple studies using data depth, bootstrap and confidence distributions 11:45-1:00 Lunch at the Bernhard Center 1:00-1:50 Keynote Session V Chair: Joseph McKean, Western Michigan University Simon Sheather, Texas A&M University Shrinkage methods for predictive business analytics 2:00-2:15 Refreshments 2:15-3:45 Session V Big Data Chair: Casey Jelsema, NIH 2:15-2:45 John Kapenga, Western Michigan University 2:45-3:15 Rajib Paul, Western Michigan University Robust estimation and fitting of reduced rank models to large spatial datasets 3:15-3:45 Moulinath Banerjee, University of Michigan Non-standard problems and massive data sets 7

8 Thursday April 9, :20-1:00 Poster Session Yusuf Bilgic, SUNY Geneseo Iteratively reweighted generalized rank-based methods for hierarchical mixed models James Dzikunu, Western Michigan University Bayesian rank based methods for linear models Yi Fan, Rutgers University, Antipodal Reflection Depth (ARD) for Multivariate and Functional Data and Nonparametric Outlier Detection Yuki Nakagami, Western Michigan University A Comparative Analysis between KSVMs and KPCA plus LDA: Enhancing the Performance Explorator Naveen N. Narisetty, University of Michigan A New Notion of Depth and Central Regions for Functional Data Juming Pan and Junfeng Shang, Bowling Green State University Mixed Model Selection via Profile Log-likelihood H. S. Rupasinghe & L. P. Watagoda, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Visualizing and Testing the Multivariate Linear Regression Model Yuanyuan Shao, Western Michigan University Rank based procedures for ordered alternative models Lucia Tabacu, Penn State University Logarithmic quantile estimation and its applications to nonparametric factorial designs 8