2018 Joint Statistical Meetings Joint Statistical Meetings CONFERENCE REGISTRATION GUIDE

The LARGEST annual gathering of STATISTICIANS and DATA SCIENTISTS in the world!

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada July 28–August 2, 2018 JOINRegister today at www.amstat.org/jsmregistration US!

11 national and international statistical societies

More than 6,500 attendees from 50+ countries

1,000+ student attendees

More than 600 technical sessions

75+ employers hiring for more than 200 positions

100+ exhibitors

JSM will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada

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With more than 3,000 individual presentations arranged into approximately 200 invited sessions, 300 contributed sessions, and 900 poster and speed presentations, the 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings will be one of the largest statistical events in the world. It will also be one of the broadest, with topics ranging from statistical applications in numerous industries to new developments in statistical meth- odology and theory. Additionally, it will include presentations about some of the newer and expand- ing boundaries of statistics, such as analytics and data science.

JSM offers a unique opportunity for statisticians in academia, industry, and government to exchange ideas and explore opportunities for collaboration, as well as for beginning statisticians (including current students) to learn from and interact with senior members of the profession.

REGISTRATION GUIDE | 1 Attendees mingle during the Opening Mixer at JSM 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. Meet, mingle with, and listen to such well-known statisticians as:

Alicia Carriquiry Rebecca Nugent Hal Stern Iowa State University Carnegie Mellon University University of California, Irvine Dianne Cook Christian Robert Monash University Université Paris-Dauphine Robert Tibshirani Stanford University John Eltinge Jeffrey Rosenthal US Census Bureau University of Toronto Mark van der Laan Andrew Gelman David Spiegelhalter University of California, y Columbia University University of Cambridge Berkele Xihong Lin ENTS • STUDENTS TUD • ST Harvard University • S UD TS EN Kerrie Mengersen EN T D S Queensland University of U • T ST S U Technology • D S E Bhramar Mukherjee T N N T E S University of Michigan D STUDENT U Deborah Nolan T S BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES

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2 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 SPECIAL EVENTS

SUNDAY TUESDAY First-Time Attendee Statistical Society of Orientation and Canada Reception Reception 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. DATA ART 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. JSM Dance Party ASA Awards Celebration 9:30 p.m. – Midnight Explore the “art” in data art with the and Editor Appreciation JSM exhibit featuring data artists. 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Located inside the exhibit hall, this JSM Opening Mixer and International Chinese feature will explore the relationship Invited Poster Session Statistical Association between data and art. Meet, mingle with, and listen to such 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Annual Members Meeting 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. well-known statisticians as: MONDAY JSM Student Mixer 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

International Indian Statistical Association General Body Meeting and Reception 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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Purdue University students play Jenga during the Opening Mixer at JSM 2017. REGISTRATION GUIDE | 3 Speed Sessions Be sure to catch a speed session! Each will consist of 20 oral presentations of approximately four minutes, followed by a poster session. All poster presentations will include the use of electronic poster boards.

Dooti Roy of the University of Connecticut participates in the contributed speed session Data Challenge during JSM 2017.

SPEED SESSION TOPICS FOR 2018 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

An Ensemble of Classification and Innovations in Survey Statistical Epidemiology Advances in Genomics Data Science Sampling Designs: and Genetics Administrative Data, Statistics and Clinical Trial Design, Record Linkage, and Econometrics Applications of Advanced Longitudinal Analysis, and Non-Probability Samples Statistical Techniques Other Topics in Biophar- Statistics for in Complex Survey maceutical Statistics Longitudinal/ Biopharmaceutical Data Analysis Correlated Data Studies Data Expo A Mixture of Topics in Missing Survey Data Survival Analysis Health, Computing, and Environmetrics: Imaging Spatio-Temporal and Nonparametric Tests, Trials, Biomarkers in Other Models Statistics Biometrics and Bayesian Methods and Other Topics Applications in the Life Government and Predictive Analytics with and Social Sciences Health Policy Social/Behavioral Science Topics in Bayesian Applications Analysis Biopharmaceutical Appli- Infectious Disease, cations: Trials, Biomarkers, Environmental Recent Advances in Teaching Statistics: and Endpoint Validation Epidemiology, and Diet Statistical Genomics Strategies and and Genetics Applications Causal Inference and Related Methodology Sports to Fire: Fascinating Applications of Statistics 4 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 It is impossible to do justice to the breadth and depth of the sci- entific program by highlighting just a few highly visible sessions. With 43 parallel sessions taking place during most of the meet- Follow us on ings, everyone is guaranteed to Twitter @AmstatNews find presentations of interest. Use #JSM2018

Introductory Overview Lectures The popular Introductory Overview Lectures (IOLs) will return in 2018, with the following six sessions scheduled:

The Deep Learning Revolution, given by Christopher Manning and Ruslan Salakhutdinov

Examining What and How We Teach at All Levels: Key Ideas to Ensure the Progress and Relevance of Statistics, given by Rebecca Nugent of Carnegie Mellon University, Nick Horton of Amherst College, and Daniela Witten of the University of Washington

Leading Data Science: Talent, Strategy, and Impact, given by Ming Li of Amazon, George Roumeliotis of Airbnb, and Dennis Sun of Google

Multivariate Data Modeling with Copulas, given by Christian Genest and Johanna G. Neslehove, both of McGill University

Reproducibility, Efficient Workflows, and Rich Environments, given by Christopher Genovese of Carnegie Mellon University, Victoria Stodden of the University of Illinois, and Hadley Wickham of RStudio

The Statistical and Data Revolution in the Social Sciences, given by Adrian Raftery, Tyler McCormick, and Elena A. Erosheva, all of the University of Washington

REGISTRATION GUIDE | 5 Featured Speakers

ASA PRESIDENT’S COPSS AWARDS AND ADDRESS AND FISHER LECTURE FOUNDERS & FELLOWS Susan Murphy RECOGNITION Harvard University Lisa LaVange The University of “The Future: Stratified North Carolina Micro-Randomized Trials with Applications in Tuesday, July 31, 8:00 p.m. Mobile Health” Photo by Eliza Grinnell Photo by Jon Gardiner Wednesday, August 1, 4:00 p.m. DEMING LECTURE John L. Eltinge US Census Bureau

“Improving the Quality and Value of Statistical Informa- tion: Fourteen Questions on Management”

Tuesday, July 31, 4:00 p.m.

Additional Lectures

MEDALLION PUBLIC LECTURE LECTURE I Jeffrey Rosenthal Anthony Davison University of Toronto EPFL “Born on Friday the “Statistical Inference for Thirteenth: The Curious World Complex Extreme Events” of Probabilities”

Sunday, July 29, 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 30, 7:00 p.m. Photo by Claire Cullen Davison Photo by Claire

MEDALLION LECTURE II Ming Yuan Columbia University

“Statistical Analysis of Large Tensors”

Photo by Bryce Richter Wednesday, August 1, 2:00 p.m.

6 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 JSM exhibitors provide the opportunity for you to ob- serve and learn about state-of-the-art products and services related to the statistical industry. Check out the companies already planning to join us in Vancouver: EXHIBITORS

Advanced Clinical Institute of RStudio, Inc. Mathematical Statistics American Statistical (IMS) SAGE Publishing Association SAS EDU Practice JMP software from SAS EXPO HOURS Aptech Systems, Inc. JSM 2019 — Denver, SAS PUBS SUNDAY, JULY 29 ASA Store 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Colorado SAS R&D Barrington James Minitab OPENING MIXER! SIAM 8:30 p.m. –10:30 p.m. Berry Consultants National Center for Springer MONDAY, JULY 30 Education Statistics Bureau of Economic 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Analysis (NCES) StataCorp, LLC TUESDAY, JULY 31 National Science Statgraphics Cambridge University 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Presst Foundation Technologies, Inc. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 STAT-HAWKERS CITI Program, a National Security 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Agency division of BRANY Statistical Society of Clindata Insight NCSS Canada (SSC)

CRC Press/Taylor & Netflix Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Francis Group NISS The Lotus Group, LLC Cytel nQuery Two Sigma FDA CDER Office of Oxford University Press Biostatistics University of Kansas Pearson FDA Recruitment Department of Penfield Search Biostatistics Frontline Systems Inc. Partners, LLC Wiley Green Key Resources Responsive Survey XLSTAT IBM Design: A Research Educational Program

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8 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 JSM ADD-ONS In addition to the 43 parallel sessions taking place during most of the meet- ings, there are other activities you can add to your program for a fee: Profes- sional Development courses and work- shops, roundtable discussions, and the Career Service. In short, we expect you to be very busy. See you in Vancouver!

Roundtable sessions at JSM 2016 in Chicago REGISTRATION GUIDE | 9 Career Service This is not your typical career Proactively search positions and contact employers of fair! Explore opportunities by interest to you through our online messaging service. interviewing with top statisti- Employers will arrange interviews with you directly. All cal employers, including those interviews take place in our onsite Career Service center. from industry, government, and academic organizations. APPLICANT REGISTRATION INCLUDES …

• Access to the Online Employer Search, including hundreds of job postings • Access to the online Career Service Message Center, allowing you to contact employers in advance

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10 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 Speakers with Lunch and A.M. and P.M. Roundtable Discussions

SPEAKERS WITH LUNCH Don’t forget to sign up Tickets for these events If listening to a fascinating for one (or more) of these will be sold onsite talk while having lunch opportunities when you fill until 2 p.m. the day with friends and colleagues out the registration form before the occasion sounds good to you, sign in the back of this guide. is scheduled, if the up for one of the speakers The Speakers with Lunch events are not already with lunch events. These events and roundtables sold out. lunches also offer great offer both regular and veg- discussion and networking etarian meals. Please be opportunities. sure to mark your prefer- ence on the form when REGISTER EARLY A.M. AND P.M. you register. Use the form in the back of this guide, or register ROUNDTABLE online at www.amstat.org/jsmregistration. DISCUSSIONS For interesting discussion and a networking event that doesn’t bust your wallet, register for an A.M. round- table discussion, offered Monday through Wednesday from 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Tickets are just $25.

If early morning isn’t your style, P.M. roundtables also offer great discussion and networking opportuni- ties and are held Monday through Wednesday from 12:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Tickets are $45.

Health Policy Section roundtable discussions during the Joint Statistical Meetings in 2017

REGISTRATION GUIDE | 11 SPEAKER WITH LUNCH SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2018 | 12:30 P.M. – 1:50 P.M. Fee: $45 (includes meal)

SPEAKER WITH LUNCH Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government Committee (SPAIG) SL01 Some Thoughts on AIG from a SUNDAY’S LUNCH Canadian Perspective Grilled herb and garlic— Nancy Reid, University of Toronto marinated chicken breast with roasted baby potatoes and vegetable julienne In 1999, the mathematical and statistical sciences sauté, salad, rolls with community launched the research network Mitacs butter, and iced tea. Chef’s (Mathematics of Information Technology and choice of vegetarian menu. Complex Systems), dedicated to advancing collabora- tions between industry, academia, and government. In the years since, it has developed into a huge program funded by the federal government and 10 provincial governments—the national delivery vehicle for industry research internships for postgraduate students in Canada and admired and emulated around the world.

Against this background, we’ll describe current activ- ities in academic, industry, and government collabo- rations at the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute and our experiences with Mitacs programs and the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Engage program. We will highlight success- es and failures and seek feedback from the audience about how to sustain and grow these collaborations.

12 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 A.M. Roundtable Discussions MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018 | 7:00 A.M. – 8:15 A.M. Fee: $25 (includes continental breakfast)

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SECTION ON PHYSICAL ML07 SECTION AND ENGINEERING Optimization of Biostatis- ML01 SCIENCES tics Units in Health Centers Evaluating Drug Combi- ML04 Anne-Sophie Julien, Research nations in the Discovery Putting the Green in Centre of the CHU de Québec - Université Laval and Pre-Clinical Stage Green Engineering with Jocelyn Sendecki Data for Good We will discuss the optimal David Corliss, Peace-Work structure of biostatistics units We will discuss pros and CONTINENTAL (BUs), the pros and cons of a cons of and experiences Come share your experi- BREAKFAST centralized unit and billing, with developing combina- ences and learn from others House-made pastries; and tips that can be used to tions of therapeutic agents. about ways you can put your seasonal fruit; assorted improve BUs. statistical expertise to use in yogurts; and a cup of green engineering projects. ML02 SECTION ON STATISTICS coffee, tea, or juice. Composite Endpoints AND THE ENVIRONMENT for Alzheimer’s Disease SECTION ON RISK Clinical Trials ANALYSIS ML08 Statistical Challenges in Steve Edland, University of ML05 California, San Diego Variability, Risk, and Data the Analysis of Distributed Remote Sensing Data We will review concepts of Science Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Aric LaBarr, Elder Research, Inc. composite scales Laboratory To view complete using recent published We will discuss strategies We’ll discuss how remote roundtable descriptions, examples of applications to to incorporate risk in data sensing data are collected, visit www.amstat.org/ volumetric MRI endpoints science modeling results and cognitive function processed, and distributed meetings/jsm/2018. to better help clients un- endpoints for clinical trials in by different space agencies derstand that predictions Alzheimer’s disease. and what can be done to inherently have variability. improve this. QUALITY AND SECTION ON STATISTICAL PRODUCTIVITY SECTION SECTION ON STATISTICS CONSULTING ML03 IN EPIDEMIOLOGY ML06 Dynamic Data Visualization ML09 Finding Your Niche as a Blanton Godfrey, North Interacting with a Mentor: Private Consultant Carolina State University Tips and Strategies for a Kim Love, K. R. Love Successful Relationship We’ll share recent work on Quantitative Consulting and dynamic data visualization Collaboration Sujata M. Patil, Memorial Sloan for maternal and child mor- Kettering Cancer Center Join this roundtable if you tality across 193 countries. would like to talk about find- We will discuss what to ing and engaging clients in expect from a mentor, a way that leads to mutually what qualities to look for successful partnerships. in a mentor and types of mentors, challenges in the mentee-mentor relationship, and practices that can help develop a successful men- tee-mentor relationship. REGISTRATION GUIDE | 13 P.M. Roundtable Discussions MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018 | 12:30 P.M. – 1:50 P.M. Fee: $45 each (includes meal)

SPEAKER WITH LUNCH BIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMMITTEE ON SECTION PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Section on Statistics in Sports ML11 ML14 ML10 Challenges in Oncology Philosophical and Ethical Is Joe Flacco Elite? Pragmatic Trials Using Issues in Statistics Hierarchical Models for Player Real-World Evidence Brian Zaharatos Evaluation in Team Sports Zhe Zhang, Pfizer Inc. We will discuss and learn

Photo by Emily Sciulli Sam Ventura, Pittsburgh Penguins We will discuss about philosophical and common issues from ethical issues in statistics Hierarchical or multilevel models can play an important pragmatic clinical trials in and, in turn, become role in player evaluation in team sports. In American an oncology setting. better statisticians and statistics educators. football, Yurko et al (2018) present a hierarchical model for estimating wins above replacement (WAR) for offen- ML12 GOVERNMENT sive skill positions, complete with a full treatment of un- Assessing Treatment STATISTICS SECTION certainty similar to that of Baumer et al (2015), but for Benefit in Patient-Centric ML15 football and using a drive-based resampling approach. Study Designs What if We Get a Break in In hockey, Thomas et al (2013) present a hierarchical Jagadish Gogate, Johnson & Johnson-Janssen R&D Series? Risk Management competing process model for offensive and defen- in the Integration of Mul- We will exchange ideas sive player ratings. We will discuss these two papers tiple Data Sources about patient centricity and their extensions, including how National Football John L. Eltinge, US Census and develop perspective League (NFL) teams can use this approach to calculate Bureau on what is being done in WAR for players of all positions and how subsequent clinical research and its Many statistical organi- improvements can potentially be made in player eval- merits. zations are considering uation and strategy at the NFL Draft. We will present transformation of their pro- results on the 2017 NFL season and provide a defin- ML13 duction base from sample itive answer, once and for all, to the question: “Is Joe Standard Analyses and surveys to the integration Flacco elite?” Displays for Common of surveys with other data Clinical Trial Data: An sources. That transforma- Industry-Wide Initiative tion can lead to stakehold- Mercidita Navarro er concerns about “break in series” phenomena We will discuss the arising from changes in, or challenges of seeking loss of, one or more data industry-wide consensus sources. We will cover on the standard analysis practical aspects of and reporting of common these problems. clinical trial data.

14 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 HEALTH POLICY SECTION ON STATISTICAL SECTION ON STATISTICS STATISTICS SECTION CONSULTING AND THE ENVIRONMENT ML16 ML19 ML22 Strengthening Part- How to Teach Essential Global Estimation of Air nerships in Communi- Collaboration Skills to Quality: Methods, Chal- ty-Based Participatory Undergraduate Statistics lenges, and Innovations Research by Demystifying Majors Gavin Shaddick, Experimental Design and Heather Smith, Cal Poly University of Exeter Statistical Analysis We will discuss efforts to We will discuss ways in Thomas Belin, University of develop a coherent theory which ground measure- California, Los Angeles of and effective methods ments may be supplement- MONDAY’S LUNCH We will discuss how for successful collaboration ed with information from Oven-roasted Pacific cod community-partner curi- between subject-matter other sources and with Provencal potatoes osity and interest in study the challenges that arise experts and statisticians. and fresh seasonal vegeta- design presents opportuni- when combining data from bles, salad, rolls and butter, ties to strengthen academ- multiple sources. ML20 and iced tea. Chef’s choice ic-community relationships. Importance of Develop- of vegetarian menu. ment of Soft Skills for SECTION ON STATISTICS ML17 Career Development for IN EPIDEMIOLOGY N-of-1 Trials for Making Statisticians in a Collabo- ML23 Personalized Treatment rative Environment New Quasi-Experimental Decisions Jayawant Mandrekar, Devices for Observational Christopher Schmid, Brown Mayo Clinic Studies University We will discuss the im- Dylan Small, University of We will discuss design portance of strengthening Pennsylvania and analytic challenges communication skills, We will discuss new qua- for single and multiple developing a strong si-experimental devices N-of-1 trials, including the collaborative attitude, such as evidence factors, To view complete presentation of results to showcasing leadership differential effects, and com- roundtable descriptions, nonscientists in the context potential, and becoming puterized construction of visit www.amstat.org/ of ongoing studies that effective mentors. quasi-experiments in t meetings/jsm/2018. employ mobile technolo- he context of real observa- gy to facilitate design and SECTION ON STATISTI- tional studies. data collection. CAL GRAPHICS ML21 SECTION ON STATISTICS MENTAL HEALTH Teaching Interactive Statis- IN IMAGING STATISTICS SECTION tical Graphics ML24 ML18 Joyce Robbins, Columbia Software, Tutorials, and Statistical Challenges in University Online Courses for Medical Developing Data-Driven We will talk about how in- Imaging Discovery, Diagnosis, and teractive graphics present Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Treatment of Psychiatric a teaching challenge on Hopkins University Diseases many levels. We will discuss available Thaddeus Tarpey, Wright State resources for medical University imaging, particularly Neuro- We will focus on the role conductor—a new platform of statistics in addressing designed to organize the the problems of defining, available information for a diagnosing, and treating biostatistical audience. psychiatric disorders. REGISTRATION GUIDE | 15 A.M. Roundtable Discussions TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2018 | 7:00 A.M. – 8:15 A.M. Fee: $25 each (includes continental breakfast)

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH POLICY SECTION ON BAYESIAN SECTION STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICAL SCIENCE TL01 TL03 TL04 Clinical Trial Data Trans- Completion Rates and Interpretable Statistical parency and Patient Considerations for Anal- Machine Learning for Val- Privacy yses of Patient-Reported idation and Uncertainty Darcy Hille, Merck & Outcomes in Open-Label Quantification of Com- Company, Inc. Cancer Trials: FDA Review plex Models We will discuss the chal- of Trials, 2007–2017 Ana Kupresanin, Lawrence lenges of increasing the Jessica K. Roydhouse, US Food Livermore National Laboratory transparency of clinical and Drug Administration We will discuss a how a trial results and data while Differences in be- principled approach to protecting the privacy of tween-arm completion building hierarchical mod- individual participants in rates occur frequently els, even relatively shallow, To view complete the clinical trials. in open-label cancer trials, that is informed by the roundtable descriptions, but sensitivity analyses available understanding visit www.amstat.org/ CAUCUS FOR WOMEN for missing data are of physics and statistics is a meetings/jsm/2018. IN STATISTICS infrequent. We will talk required step toward useful TL02 about how sensitivity and rigorous uncertainty Brainstorming Strategies analyses need to consid- quantification of complex for Dealing with Abuses er both the possibility of physics-based models. of Power in the Statistics NMAR data and missing- Community ness associated with SECTION ON PHYSICAL Nancy Flournoy, University of treatment assignment. AND ENGINEERING Missouri SCIENCES We will formulate new TL05 strategies for dealing Real Experiences with with harassment, discrim- Experimental Design: ination, and other abuses Composite Pressure Ves- of power and discuss how sel Life Predict to move forward with their Anne Driscoll implementation. We will talk about the value of sequential experimen- tation and its connection with the scientific method.

16 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 SECTION ON SECTION ON SECTION ON TEACHING CONTINENTAL STATISTICAL STATISTICAL OF STATISTICS IN THE BREAKFAST COMPUTING EDUCATION HEALTH SCIENCES House-made pastries; TL06 TL08 TL09 seasonal fruit; assorted Julia Versus R What’s for Breakfast? How Teaching Meta-Analysis yogurt; and a cup of Paul McNicholas, About Empiricism? for Health Scientists coffee, tea, or juice. McMaster University Robert Carver, Brandeis Inter- Laila Poisson national Business School Although it has received We will look at resourc- We will discuss how less attention, the Julia es and best practices for statistics educators are in a language holds significant teaching meta-analysis to unique position to restore promise for use in statistics health scientists. and data science. We will luster to the role of the discuss some of the advan- scientific method in civil tages of Julia and compare discourse. it directly with R.

SECTION ON STATISTICAL CONSULTING TL07 Becoming a Stats Star: How to Step Up and Overcome Your Fears to Lead Fruitful Collabora- tions Tamar Sofer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital We will talk about how to overcome insecurity and communicate with colleagues and collabo- rators in a confident and respectful way.

Eric Vance leads a roundtable discussion at JSM 2016 in Chicago. REGISTRATION GUIDE | 17 P.M. Roundtable Discussions TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2018 | 12:30 P.M. – 1:50 P.M. Fee: $45 each (includes meal)

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL TL13 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK LUNCHEON SECTION The Importance of TL11 Protocol Objectives to Business and Economic Bayesian Methods in the Statistical Analysis Statistics Section Real-World Evidence Richard McNally, TL10 for Medicinal Product Covance-Chiltern Through the Looking Glass: Has the Development: Can Prior We will review the critical Economy Turned Upside Down? Distributions Provide a link between the protocol Photo by Deborah Kalas Constance L. Hunter, KPMG LLP Platform for Creating objectives and the esti- Real-World Evidence? mand, discuss how to write The global economy is in the midst of a decade-long John Loewy, good objectives, and give slow growth environment characterized by a produc- Dataforethought examples of objectives tivity slowdown, slowing labor force growth, and ag- We will discuss how with the aim of examining ing population. What is the long-term growth outlook Bayesian statistical meth- the analysis strategies to for major economies? Is there a glimmer of hope for ods are well suited to which they lead. renewed investment spending and productivity im- the real-world evidence provements? While the recent cyclical upswing offsets paradigm envisioned in the TL14 the near-term risks to growth, how long can it last? 21st Century Cures Act. Statistical and Regulato- ry Issues in Combining TL12 Potency Estimates from Uncertainty vs. Ambiguity Multiple Bioassay Runs in Structured Benefit-Risk Stan Altan (BR) Assessment Deci- Participants are invited to sions share their experiences in Follow us on Shahrul Mt-Isa, Merck applying the various Twitter methods of combining @AmstatNews We will uncover the deci- Use #JSM2018 sion thought processes, potency estimates, assess- discuss where and whence ing the relative pros and uncertainty becomes cons of the various meth- ambiguity, and aim to set ods from a statistical and a foundation to lead the regulatory perspective. future of BR assessment with statistics.

18 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY MENTAL HEALTH APPLIED STATISTICIANS STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICS SECTION TL15 TL17 TL19 How to Teach Essential From Theory to Practice: Causal Inference in the Collaboration Skills Applying Academic Solu- Era of Personalization: Eric Vance, LISA-University of tions to Real-World Data Handling Complexity Colorado Boulder K. Blayne Easter, Depuy Synthes with Simplicity TUESDAY’S LUNCH We will discuss the com- We will discuss the chal- Kosuke Imai, Princeton University Grilled herb and garlic— ponents of a theory of lenge of being presented marinated chicken breast collaboration for statistics with a new theoretical We will discuss how con- with roasted baby potatoes and data science, how they methodology when the trolled experiments and and vegetable julienne can be taught to graduate theory (while brilliant) causal inference should sauté, salad, rolls with students, and what might may not easily align with adapt to the availability of butter, and iced tea. Chef’s be missing. your respective operation’s big data and the growing choice of vegetarian menu. data criteria. interest in personalized GOVERNMENT medicine. STATISTICS SECTION TL18 TL16 Exploring the Classifica- SECTION ON STATISTICAL Using the R Package: tion of the Urban-Rural CONSULTING Recursive Partitioning for Continuum: Issues and TL20 Modeling Survey Data Opportunities Analytics for the Small to (rpms) Jason Brinkley Medium Business Daniell Toth, Bureau of We will discuss different Chuck Kincaid, Experis BI & Labor Statistics metrics that classify areas Analytics Practice We will discuss the R-pack- as urban and rural. We will discuss the unique age rpms, specifically using opportunities and chal- the package for perform- lenges to implementing ing analysis of survey data, analytics small to medium including model-building businesses face. and interpretation. TL21 Breaking Bad: Giving Negative News Positively Janet Wittes, Statistics Collaborative We will discuss case his- tories of giving negative news in a style that makes clients understand you are on their side.

REGISTRATION GUIDE | 19 SECTION ON STATISTICS SECTION ON TEACHING SURVEY RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STATISTICS IN THE METHODS SECTION TL22 HEALTH SCIENCES TL25 The Role of Mobile Health To view complete TL24 Adaptive Design: in Precision Medicine roundtable descriptions, Career Advice for Challenges in Practice Susan Murphy, visit www.amstat.org/ Statistics Educators in the Michael Yang, NORC Harvard University Health Sciences meetings/jsm/2018. We will share our expe- We will discuss how mobile Felicity Enders, Mayo Clinic rience in implementing health can be viewed as We will discuss how to adaptive designs, explore part of precision medicine. promote yourself through practical adaptive design your CV, what areas to options, and discuss future SECTION ON STATISTICS focus on as you build your research directions. IN IMAGING career, and how to prepare TL23 for promotion by taking Advanced Methods in the long view. Bring two Quantitative Imaging printed copies of your CV. Analysis Hongtu Zhu, MD Anderson Cancer Center We will discuss deep learn- ing from a metricization building perspective and rethink key issues asso- ciated with various deep learning methods.

20 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 A.M. Roundtable Discussions WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018 | 7:00 A.M. – 8:15 A.M. Fee: $25 each (includes continental breakfast)

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH POLICY SECTION ON MEDICAL SECTION STATISTICS SECTION DEVICES AND WL01 WL02 DIAGNOSTICS Practical Guidelines and What Is Patient Experience WL03 User-Friendly Software Data? Actigraphy Data Within for Bayesian Adaptive Laura Lee Johnson, FDA Clinical Trials: A Paradigm Shift on the Horizon? Designs We will talk about several J. Jack Lee, MD Anderson types of patient experience Laura Cole, QST Consultations Cancer Center data, including clinical We’ll discuss the challenges CONTINENTAL We’ll discuss practical outcome assessment (COA) and potential advantages BREAKFAST guidelines for the success- data from various studies; of analyzing actigraphy House-made pastries; ful implementation of the patient-focused drug devel- data within clinical trials, seasonal fruit; assorted Bayesian approach and opment or other meeting culminating in a discussion yogurts; and a cup of useful tools for the design summary reports; and data of whether actigraphy has coffee, tea, or juice. and conduct of Bayesian from qualitative, natural his- the potential to become the adaptive designs. tory, patient preference, and new gold standard to mea- observational survey studies. sure sleep objectively.

SECTION ON PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES WL04 Collaboration Techniques for Successfully Identifying and Modeling Sources of Variation Jonathan Stallings, North Carolina State University I will share communication principles that have helped me become more engaged in the nonstatistical aspects of a problem and exemplify the impact of these princi- ples through my collabora- tive experiences.

Roundtable sessions at JSM 2016 in Chicago REGISTRATION GUIDE | 21 SECTION ON STATISTICAL SECTION ON COMPUTING STATISTICS AND THE WL05 ENVIRONMENT Statistical and WL08 Computational Efficiency ENVR Mentoring Session in Big Data Analytics Peter Craigmile, The Ohio Eric Laber, North Carolina State State University University This mentoring session is We will discuss the role of designed to encourage computational efficiency diverse participation and in the context of statistical engage students who methodology for big data. may not normally have access to or interaction SECTION ON STATISTICAL with more senior, ad- CONSULTING vanced-career members of WL06 the ENVR community. Consulting to Collabora- tion Roundtable SECTION ON TEACHING Emily Griffith, North Carolina OF STATISTICS IN THE State University HEALTH SCIENCES We will discuss various view- WL09 points on consulting and DataFests for Reinforcing collaboration, the differenc- Concepts, Challenging es between them, and the Students, and Creating pros and cons of each role. Community in the Health Sciences SECTION ON Jodi Lapidus, Oregon Health STATISTICAL LEARNING & Science University AND DATA SCIENCE We will discuss tapping WL07 into accessible sources Data Science in Marketing of data, determining Research which statistical concepts Chen Teel, Electronic Arts to emphasize (if any), and approval processes We’ll discuss how our techni- of DataFests. cal capabilities and commu- nication skills help improve marketing effectiveness.

22 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 P.M. Roundtable Discussions WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018 | 12:30 P.M. – 1:50 P.M. Fee: $45 each (includes meal)

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SPEAKER WITH LUNCH SECTION WL11 Section on Health Policy Confessions of an Inde- Statistics pendent DMC Statistician WL10 Brian Cohen, ACI Clinical WEDNESDAY’S LUNCH When Do We Really Need We will discuss data moni- Chicken, ricotta, and Randomized Clinical Trials? toring committees (DMCs), spinach cannelloni with Christopher Hane, OptumLabs comprised of independent tomato and Alfredo Photo by Ryan Hane medical and statistical sauces; garden vegetable selection; salad; rolls with Virtually all scientists would agree that, everything experts, and the unblinded butter; and iced tea. Chef’s else being equal, randomized study designs have independent statistician choice of vegetarian menu. stronger internal validity than comparable obser- entrusted to analyze, pres- vational study designs. But in what situations can ent, and facilitate the data observational studies provide reliable evidence for review during the ‘closed’ guiding treatment decisions and policy choices? The DMC meetings. reliability of evidence from observational studies has received national attention as a result of recent legis- WL12 lation mandating that the FDA develop a framework Active Reference vs. for including real-world evidence in safety surveil- Active Comparator: What Follow us on lance, as well as in approving new indications for Should We Include to De- Twitter previously approved products. This talk will examine sign Late-Phase Studies? @AmstatNews historical perspectives on the reliability of evidence Suchitrita Rathmann, Use #JSM2018 from observational studies and describe an exciting Eli Lilly & Company new OptumLabs research collaboration that could We will discuss the pros and break new ground in studying the replicability of cons of including a mere clinical trials. reference arm in a phase 3 study and the challenges in designing a head-to-head active comparator study in phase 3 or 4.

WL13 Multiple Comparison Pro- cedure: Modeling (MCP- Mod) Method Discussion Aijun Gao, Chiltern, A Covance Company We will discuss MCP-Mod methodology for dose-find- ing clinical trials and the complexities and chal- lenges faced when models become more complex. REGISTRATION GUIDE | 23 CAUCUS FOR WOMEN MENTAL HEALTH SECTION ON PHYSICAL IN STATISTICS STATISTICS SECTION AND ENGINEERING WL14 WL16 SCIENCES Thinking Big: Creating Small Data, N-of-1 Trials, WL18 Global and Organization- and Personalized Medi- Successful Implementa- al Partnerships to Ad- cine tion of Bayesian Adaptive vance Women in Statistics Naihua Duan, Designs in Medical De- To view complete Amanda L. Golbeck, Columbia University vice Clinical Studies roundtable descriptions, University of Arkansas for We will discuss the concep- Zengri Wang visit www.amstat.org/ Medical Sciences meetings/jsm/2018. tual framework for small We will discuss real-life We will discuss creating data studies, particularly examples of using partnerships to tackle the design and implemen- Bayesian adaptive designs some of the leading but tation of N-of-1 trials— in the medical device in- seemingly intractable multiple cross-over trials dustry for PMA and problems women statisti- within individual patients 510(k) submissions and cians have been facing. to inform everyone’s own relevant practical and clinical or lifestyle deci- operational requirements. GOVERNMENT STATIS- sion-making. TICS SECTION SECTION ON RISK WL15 QUALITY AND PRODUC- ANALYSIS TIVITY SECTION Using Open-Source WL19 Software in Government WL17 Assessment of Environ- Follow us on Agencies Preparing Statistician to ment, Social, and Gov- Twitter Wendy L. Martinez, Bureau of Successfully Data Scien- @AmstatNews ernance Risk Data and Labor Statistics tist in Big Data Era Use #JSM2018 Modeling in Businesses We will discuss cutting Ming Li, Amazon Sudipta Dasmohapatra, IT costs, the use of open- We will cover topics that Duke University source software, and the bridge the gap between We will discuss the avail- security and support issues statisticians and data sci- ability and modeling of risk associated with open- entists through real-world data related to environ- source software. cases and examples. ment, social, and gover- nance (ESG) variables and identify how private and public enterprises can in- crease sales (and solve the world’s problems) using the ESG risk data.

24 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 SECTION ON STATISTI- SECTION ON SURVEY RESEARCH CAL CONSULTING STATISTICS AND THE METHODS SECTION WL20 ENVIRONMENT WL25 Consulting for Statistics WL23 Non-Probability Sampling Teachers: For Payment, Building Strong Connec- Karol Krotki, RTI International tions Among Environmen- as a Co-Author, or Just a We will discuss real-world tal and Ecological Good Colleague? examples of nonprobabil- Statisticians Working Richard Cleary ity sampling and touch on Outside of Academia We will share experiences the future role of this meth- Kathryn Irvine, as we explore how those odology in survey research. US Geological Survey of us whose primary role is teaching can still contrib- We will address shared ute as consultants. concerns of statisticians working primarily in WL21 non-academic positions When Non-Proportional and promote future inter- Hazards Assumption Fails: actions and networking. REGISTER EARLY Options, Opportunities, Use the form in the back of this guide, or and Obstacles SECTION ON STATISTICS register online at www.amstat.org/jsmregistration. Ralph Turner IN EPIDEMIOLOGY We will focus on alterna- WL24 tive testing and analytic Analysis of Interactions: strategies when the Cox Lessons Learned and Proportional Hazards Moving Forward assumption (PH) fails in Bhramar Mukherjee, University survival analysis. of Michigan We will discuss questions SECTION ON regarding scale depen- STATISTICAL GRAPHICS dence of interaction, WL22 statistical versus biological Visualizing Uncertainty for interaction, consequences the General Public of misspecifying the Edward Mulrow, NORC at the main effect, meta-analysis University of Chicago of interactions, and vari- able selection targeted We will discuss ways toward interaction. to help the general public visualize uncertainty in graphs.

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Continuing education COURSE PARTICIPA- offerings consist of courses TION CERTIFICATES and computer technology The ASA provides course workshops in statistical participation certificates methodology and prac- upon request to those who tice. Courses are offered attend the entire course in two-day, one-day, and (certificates are not avail- half-day formats Saturday able to computer technol- through Tuesday. The ASA ogy workshop attendees). provides beverages for Certificates are available mid-morning and mid-af- to pick up from the course ternoon breaks. Computer monitor at the end of technology workshops are the course. offered in two-hour intervals Professional Development on Wednesday. EXCELLENCE-IN-CE (PD) is a fundamental com- AWARD ponent of the professional Personal skills develop- Courses that exceed life of statisticians, and it ment offerings consist of expectations in quality, increases the value of their courses, workshops, and content, and presentation contributions to society. panel discussions about are recognized with the PD is the process of im- topics such as effective Excellence-in-CE award proving and broadening communication, collab- from the Advisory Com- the knowledge, skill, and oration, leadership, and mittee on Continuing personal qualities need- influence. Education. The course that ed to be successful in the won the award at JSM practice of statistics. REGISTRATION 2017 and was invited back To participate in Pro- is “Master the Tidyverse: To complement the ASA’s fessional Development An Introduction to R for continuing education offerings, you must reg- Data Science,” by Garrett program, a personal skills ister for JSM. Lower rates Grolemund. development program of are given to those adding courses, workshops, and courses and workshops to DISCOUNT other training has been their registration from May PStat®, GStat, and A.Stat developed to meet the 1 to June 29. Registration accredited members in needs of members under depends on seat availability good standing with the the ASA Professional De- and is handled on a first- ASA or SSC will receive velopment umbrella. come, first-served basis. If a 20% discount on Pro- seats are available after July fessional Development 20, onsite registration will courses and workshops. be offered.

26 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 CE_03C CE_05C M=MEMBER Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. NM=NONMEMBER Joint Modeling of Longi- Propensity Score Meth- S=STUDENT July 28 tudinal and Time-to-Event ods: Concepts and Appli- Data cations (two-day course) (Price in parentheses CE_01C Instructor(s): Gang Li, Robert Instructor(s): Wei Pan and is for after June 29) 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Elashoff, and Ning Li Haiyan Bai Master the Tidyverse: An Introduction to R for Data Cosponsor: Biometrics Section This course will introduce concepts, applications, and Science This course aims to a give issues of propensity score Instructor(s): Garrett a systematic introduction Grolemund methods, including match- and review of state-of-the- ing, stratification, and This workshop covers the art statistical methodology weighting. book R for Data Science developed in recent years by Hadley Wickham and for joint models. FEES: M - $415 ($555) To view complete Garrett Grolemund and NM - $545 ($725) course descriptions, visit FEES: M - $390 ($530) S - $260 ($345) www.amstat.org/ provides a comprehensive NM - $520 ($700) meetings/jsm/2018. overview of what is now S - $235 ($320) called the Tidyverse, a core CE_06C set of R packages essential 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CE_04C Advanced R to data science. 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Instructor(s): Charlotte M - $700 ($945) Bayesian Thinking: Fun- FEES: Wickham NM - $850 ($1145) damentals, Computation, S - $415 ($555) and Multilevel Modeling This course focuses on key Instructor(s): Jim Albert programming techniques in R that will move you to CE_02C Cosponsor: Section on Bayes- 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ian Statistical Science the next level. You’ll learn strategies for getting Shiny Essentials The basic tenets of Bayes- Instructor(s): Mine started, making your func- ian thinking are introduced, Cetinkaya-Rundel tions easy for others to including construction of use, and the ways functions This short course will intro- priors, summarization can be used in R. You’ll duce you to building web of the posterior to also learn about `purrr applications and dash- perform inferences, and and tidy evaluation. boards with Shiny, reactive the use of prediction distri- programming, and custom- butions for prediction and FEES: M - $415 ($555) izing and deploying your model checking. NM - $545 ($725) apps for others to use. S - $260 ($345) FEES: M - $390 ($530) FEES: M - $270 ($360) NM - $520 ($700) NM - $345 ($455) S - $235 ($320) S - $175 ($225)

REGISTRATION GUIDE | 27 CE_07C metagenomics, including CE_11C 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. methods for accurately 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Introduction to the De- estimating the microbial Practical Considerations sign of Cluster Random- composition, genes and for Bayesian and Fre- M=MEMBER ized Trials functional group composi- quentist Adaptive Clinical NM=NONMEMBER Instructor(s): Lawrence tion of a microbiome, and Trials Moulton S=STUDENT methods for identifying Instructor(s): Peter Müller, Byron Jones, and Frank Bretz This course will cover the disease-associated bacte- (Price in parentheses main concepts and meth- rial taxa based on high-di- Cosponsor: Section on Bayes- is for after June 29) ods in the design of trials mensional compositional ian Statistical Science in which the unit of data and their mediating. This course will introduce randomization is a group FEES: M - $245 ($335) adaptive methods for of participants. NM - $320 ($430) phase I to phase III clinical M - $245 ($335) FEES: S - $150 ($200) trials using both frequen- NM - $320 ($430) tist and Bayesian methods. S - $150 ($200) CE_09C FEES: M - $390 ($530) 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. NM - $520 ($700) Regression Modeling S - $235 ($320) Strategies Instructor(s): Frank Harrell CE_12C Sunday, Cosponsor: Biometrics Section 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Data Science Workflows This course will July 29 Using R and Spark emphasize methods for Instructor(s): Jim Harner CE_01C (two-day course) assessing and satisfying 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. the principal assumptions This course covers the data Master the Tidyverse: An linearity additivity. science process using R Introduction to R for Data as a programming lan- FEES: M - $390 ($530) Science guage and Spark as a big NM - $520 ($700) Instructor(s): Garrett data platform. Powerful S - $235 ($320) Grolemund workflows are developed for data extraction, data CE_10C transformation and tidying, CE_08C 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. data modeling, and data 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Art and Practice of Re- visualization. Statistical and Compu- gression Trees and Forests tational Methods and Instructor(s): Wei-Yin Loh FEES: M - $415 ($555) Software for Microbiome NM - $545 ($725) This course teaches how and Metagenomics and S - $260 ($345) Applications to use regression tree and Instructor(s): Curtis Hutten- forest methods effectively hower and Hongzhe Li and efficiently in practice. Cosponsor: Section on Statis- FEES: M - $415 ($555) tics in Genomics and Genetics NM - $545 ($725) This course will introduce S - $260 ($345) the statistical and compu- tational tools for functional

28 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 CE_13C CE_15C treatments, dynamic 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (longitudinal) treatments, Topics in Design of Meta-Analysis for Bio- and mediation. Computer Experiment: pharmaceutical and FEES: M - $390 ($530) Recent Advances in Latin Public Health Research M=MEMBER NM - $520 ($700) Hypercube and Uniform Using SAS NM=NONMEMBER S - $235 ($320) Designs Instructor(s): Ludovic Trinquart S=STUDENT Instructor(s): Dennis Lin and Michael LaValley CE_17C Cosponsor: Section on Physi- Cosponsors: Biopharma- (Price in parentheses 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. cal and Engineering Sciences ceutical Section and Section is for after June 29) on Teaching Statistics in the Nonparametric Regres- This course will cover the Health Sciences sion and Classification for theory and practice of Modern Data Scientists cost-effective uniform de- This course will review Instructor(s): David Banks and signs and the construction fixed-effect and random-ef- Margaret Johnson and analysis of modern fects models that underlie Cosponsor: Statistical Learn- computer experiments. the combination of study ing and Data Science Section results in meta-analysis, the FEES: M - $245 ($335) This course surveys funda- use of study-level predic- NM - $320 ($430) mental concepts in modern To view complete tors in meta-regression, S - $150 ($200) data science. It emphasizes course descriptions, visit novel limit meta-analysis nonparametric regression www.amstat.org/ models to adjust for small- and classification, with meetings/jsm/2018. study effects and related sparsity, regularization, and reporting biases, and the the Curse of Dimensionali- synthesis of individual par- Monday, ty being recurring themes. ticipant data. FEES: M - $390 ($530) July 30 FEES: M - $270 ($360) NM - $520 ($700) NM - $345 ($455) CE_14C S - $235 ($320) S - $175 ($225) 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Adaptive Survey Design CE_18C CE_16C Instructor(s): James Wagner 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Julia Meets Mendel: This course will focus on Introduction to Bayesian Algorithms and Software practical guidance for Nonparametric Methods for Modern Genomic Data building adaptive survey for Causal Inference Analysis Instructor(s): Jason Roy and designs, including iden- Instructor(s): Kenneth Lange, Michael Daniels tification of strata, choice Hua Zhou, Janet Sinsheimer, of strategies, and optimi- Cosponsors: Biometrics and Eric Sobel zation of design features Section and Biopharmaceutical This course reviews current across strata. Section statistical genomics prob- FEES: M - $245 ($335) In this course, we review lems and introduces effi- NM - $320 ($430) Bayesian nonparametric cient computational meth- S - $150 ($200) methods and illustrate their ods to enable interactive use for causal inference and reproducible analyses in the setting of point

REGISTRATION GUIDE | 29 with visualization of results; CE_20C allow integration of varied 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, genetic data; embrace par- Prediction in Event-Based July 31 allel, distributed, and cloud Clinical Trials computing; scale to big Instructor(s): Daniel Heitjan CE_22C and Gui-shuang Ying data; and facilitate commu- 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. nication between statisti- Cosponsor: Biometrics Section Practical Hierarchical M=MEMBER cians and their biomedical Bayesian Modeling NM=NONMEMBER In this course, we will de- collaborators. Instructor(s): Fang Chen S=STUDENT scribe a suite of statistical FEES: M - $415 ($555) methods for real-time pre- This course reviews the (Price in parentheses NM - $545 ($725) diction of the future course basic concepts of Bayesian is for after June 29) S - $260 ($345) of a clinical trial. hierarchical models FEES: M - $245 ($335) and focuses on using CE_19C NM - $320 ($430) software to fit multilevel 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. S - $150 ($200) models (including ran- Analysis of Continuous dom-effects models). and Categorical Method CE_21C FEES: M - $245 ($335) Comparison Data 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. NM - $320 ($430) Instructor(s): Pankaj Choud- Statistical Methods for hary and Haikady Nagaraja S - $150 ($200) Single-Cell RNA-Seq This course will discuss sta- Analysis CE_23C tistical methodologies for Instructor(s): Christina 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Kendziorski, Rhonda Bacher, analysis of method com- Health Care Analytics in Mingyao Li, and Nancy Zhang parison studies for evalu- the Presence of ‘Big Data’ ating agreement between Cosponsor: Section on Statis- Instructor(s): Evan Carey two or more methods of tics in Genomics and Genetics Cosponsor: Biometrics Section measuring a continuous or We will review the com- categorical response. putational and statistical Participants will gain expe- rience using cutting-edge FEES: M - $390 ($530) methods available for the NM - $520 ($700) design and analysis of software tools for big data S - $235 ($320) scRNA-seq experiments, analysis, with a focus on including methods for Python and Apache Spark. quality control, normaliza- FEES: M - $270 ($360) tion, accounting for techni- NM - $345 ($455) cal noise, gene expression S - $175 ($225) estimation and recovery, allele-specific expression estimation, sub-population identification, pseudotem- poral ordering and infer- ence, and identification of differential distributions. FEES: M - $245 ($335) NM - $320 ($430) S - $150 ($200)

30 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 CE_24C CE_26C CE_28C 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Statistical Machine Learn- Deep Learning, Predic- Data Science for Statisti- ing for Biomedical Data tion, and Validation: cians Instructor(s): Noah Simon Innovations in Statistical Instructor(s): Rafael Irizarry Modeling and Applica- Cosponsor: Biometrics Section Cosponsor: Biometrics Section tions to Medical/Health I will present a number Big Data We will work through M=MEMBER of supervised learning Instructor(s): Tze Leung Lai, real-world data analysis ex- NM=NONMEMBER methods that can be Hao Zou, and Ying Lu amples and introduce skills S=STUDENT applied to biomedical big Cosponsor: Biopharmaceutical and concepts not data, including penalized Section typically taught in tradi- (Price in parentheses is for after June 29) approaches to regression We will discuss recent tional courses. Examples and classification, support advances in computer include data wrangling, vector machines, and tree- vision and deep learning exploratory data analysis, based methods. and how it links with sta- data visualization, repro- FEES: M - $390 ($530) tistical/machine learning; ducible research, and NM - $520 ($700) the underlying statistical machine learning. S - $235 ($320) theories of convolutional FEES: M - $270 ($360) neural networks, gradient NM - $345 ($455) CE_25C descent, graphical models, S - $175 ($225) 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and hidden Markov ran- To view complete Analysis of Clinical Trials: dom fields; and AI applica- CE_29C course descriptions, visit Theory and Applications tions to medical imaging 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. www.amstat.org/ Instructor(s): Devan Mehrotra, and automated analysis Applications of Hot Deck meetings/jsm/2018. Alex Dmitrienko, and of electronic medical and Imputation Methods to Jeff Maca, health data. Survey Data Cosponsor: Biopharmaceutical Instructor(s): Rebecca M - $390 ($530) Section FEES: Andridge and Katherine Jenny NM - $520 ($700) Thompson The course covers stratified S - $235 ($320) trials, longitudinal trials Cosponsors: Government Statistics Section and Survey with dropouts, time-to- CE_27C Research Methods Section event trials with small 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. This course will provide an sample sizes, crossover Categorical Data Analysis introduction to the use of trials, pharmacogenomics Instructor(s): Alan Agresti and studies for personalized Maria Kateri hot deck imputation with medicine, multiple com- survey data. This course surveys the parisons, and interim deci- most common methods for FEES: M - $245 ($335) sion-making with adaptive analyzing categorical data. NM - $320 ($430) designs. S - $150 ($200) FEES: M - $390 ($530) M - $390 ($530) FEES: NM - $520 ($700) NM - $520 ($700) S - $235 ($320) S - $235 ($320)

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Wednesday, August 1

(Price in parentheses CE_30T CE_32T CE_33T is for after June 29) 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Survey Data Imputation Empower Your Team and Advanced Methods for and Analysis Using SAS Yourself: Fast-Track to Sta- Survival Analysis Using Instructor(s): Pushpal tistical and Data Science SAS Mukhopadhyay Success Using Minitab’s Instructor(s): Changbin Guo Predictive Modeling Ca- This workshop will show pabilities This workshop will focus on you how to use the SUR- Instructor(s): Cheryl Pammer, the latest survival analy- VEYIMPUTE procedure to Mikhail Golovnya, and Charles sis techniques, including perform traditional cell- Harrison advanced methods that Follow us on based hot-deck imputation, This workshop is for ap- deal with interval-censored Twitter as well as modern fully data and competing risks @AmstatNews plied statisticians wanting efficient fractional impu- data, as well as statistics for Use #JSM2018 to fast-track their ability to tation, fractional hot-deck incorporate data science assessing survival models imputation, and approxi- and predictive modeling to facilitate risk prediction. mate Bayesian bootstrap into their repertoire of FEES: $60 ($75) imputation. statistical tools and FEES: $60 ($75) educators hoping to CE_34T augment their traditional 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. CE_31T statistical coursework with Formalize the Use of 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. modern machine learning Bayesian Methodolo- A Thorough Course on techniques. gy in Your Clinical Trial Time-to-Event / Survival FEES: $60 ($75) Framework with nQuery Analysis: From Descrip- Advanced tive Measures to Complex Instructor(s): Ronan Fitzpatrick Modeling Instructor(s): Ruth Hummel This workshop will cover and Clay Barker a new nQuery Advanced module called nQuery This course will teach the Bayes, specifically de- basics, as well as advanced signed for the exploration modeling options and of Bayesian methodology. selection techniques, of survival analysis. FEES: $60 ($75) FEES: $60 ($75)

32 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 REGISTER EARLY Use the form in the back of this guide, or register online at www.amstat.org/jsmregistration.

CE_35T CE_37T CE_39T (Price in parentheses 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. 1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. is for after June 29) Optimizing Your Tuning Bayesian Analysis Using Propensity Score Analysis Parameters to Quickly Stata and Causal Effect Estima- Achieve the Superior Instructor(s): Yulia Marchenko tion Using SAS Model Accuracy Expected This workshop will demon- Instructor(s): Yiu-Fai Yung from Expert Data Sci- strate the use of Bayesian entists and Statisticians This workshop intro- Using Minitab’s Salford analysis in various applica- duces CAUSALTRT and Predictive Modeler tions and introduce Stata’s PSMATCH SAS/STAT Instructor(s): Cheryl Pammer, suite of commands for con- procedures for estimating Mikhail Golovnya, and Charles ducting Bayesian analysis. causal treatment effects Harrison FEES: $60 ($75) from observational data. This workshop will focus FEES: $60 ($75) on Minitab’s SPM, which CE_38T automates the process of 1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. model tuning by automat- Advanced Methods for ically creating a series of Regression and To view complete course descriptions, predictive models using Classification: Extend Your visit www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2018. a systematic variation of Modeling Toolkit Using model parameters. Minitab’s Suite of Tools Instructor(s): Cheryl Pammer, FEES: $60 ($75) Mikhail Golovnya, and Charles Harrison CE_36T Learn how to expertly han- 1:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. dle missing values, non- Generalized Additive linearities, large data sets, Modeling Using SAS variable interactions, and Instructor(s): Weijie Cai more. We will demonstrate This workshop demon- the analysis of messy data strates the use of SAS/STAT with Minitab 18 and SPM procedures for fitting Salford Predictive Modeler. generalized additive FEES: $60 ($75) models and reviews the statistical concepts. FEES: $60 ($75)

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34 | JOINT STATISTICAL MEETINGS 2018 Statisticians must be able of checklists. Of course, In this course, we will look (Price in parentheses to effectively convey their practice makes perfect, so at the practical realities of is for after June 29) ideas to clients, collabora- we cannot skip this step. writing opinion columns tors, and decision-makers on statistics (and science in Finally, engaging the audi- general). How do you break Presenting in the modern ence and effectively using down a complex issue to world is even more daunt- the room and equipment its core elements and build ing when speakers have is covered in the deliver that into an argument for a the opportunity to employ phase and is complement- general reader? How do you slideware, videos, and live ed with a handy list of structure a column? What demonstrations. Unfortu- dos and don’ts. No mat- should you leave out? What nately, university course- ter where you are in your voice or style should you work and professional journey for presentation write in? How do you pitch To view complete development programs are success, improvement is to an editor? descriptions, often not targeted toward always possible. visit www.amstat.org/ sharpening these skills. This We look forward to seeing Elisabeth Eaves is a con- meetings/jsm/2018. short course, developed you in this valuable class, tributing editor to the and taught by statisticians, where you can hone your Bulletin of the Atomic Sci- will provide an opportuni- skills! Be prepared for an entists and former opinion ty to learn how to employ active class full of discus- editor at The Daily, Forbes, different methods and tools sion and group exercises. and Wall Street Journal. in the phases of the Success Trevor Butterworth is the 2 FEES: M - $390 ($530) = (PD) framework. executive director of Sense NM - $520 ($700) About Science USA. The material covered is S - $235 ($320) geared toward scientific pre- FEES: M - $245 ($345) sentations and based on the CE_44P NM - $320 ($430) works of Garr Reynolds and 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. S - $150 ($200) Michael Alley, among others. Scientific Communica- The course will emphasize tion: How to Write an the importance of stepping Op-Ed away from the computer to Instructor(s) Elisabeth Eaves and Trevor Butterworth prepare an effective mes- sage aimed at your core An opinion column can be point guided with a series of a powerful way to address questions and tips. the public on an important issue of the day—and influ- The design phase em- ence policy. But we all have phasizes the importance opinions, and competition of structure, streamlining, to get published in the and good graphic design media is intense. So where accompanied by a series do you start?

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