Parallel Sessions

Schedule of Parallel Sessions

                                                                                                                     
Schedule    Session Number Session ID Title Organizer Speakers Room
May 22 AM Parallel Session 1 NESS2024-IS-2 Recent Advances In Statistical Methods for Neuroimaging Research Panpan Zhang Guanqun Cao; Simon Vandekar; Suprateek Kundu; Panpan Zhang McHugh 206
May 22 AM Parallel Session 1 NESS2024-IS-8 Use of Real-World Data Enhancing Clinical Development Haitao Chu Claire Ruixuan Zhu; Guohui Wu; Birol Emir McHugh 101
May 22 AM Parallel Session 1 NESS2024-IS-29 Novel Statistical Modeling of Correlated Data Fernanda Schumacher; Victor Hugo Lachos Jalmar Carrasco; Carina Brunehilde Pinto Da Silva; Kelin Zhong; Brisilda Ndreka McHugh 201
May 22 AM Parallel Session 1 NESS2024-IS-39 Recent Advances In High-Dimensional Structured Data Modeling Yuping Zhang Jingyi Duan; Zhengqing Ouyang; Julio Castrillon; Yuping Zhang McHugh 301
May 22 AM Parallel Session 1 NESS2024-IS-51 Exploring New Frontiers In Quantile Regression Kun Chen Jun Jin; Ting Zhang; Haim Bar; Yuwen Gu McHugh 305
May 22 AM Parallel Session 1 NESS2024-IS-58 New Methods for Robust Inference and Selection Omar Melikechi Tim Barry; Maryclare Griffin; Omar Melikechi; Neil Spencer McHugh 202
May 22 AM Parallel Session 1 NESS2024-IS-64 Novel Statistical and Machine Learning Applications With Complicated Data Kun Chen Haiyan Su; Hon Kiu To; Shiya Cao; Timothy Becker; Ying Li McHugh 205
May 22 PM Parallel Session 2 NESS2024-IS-1 Frontiers In Financial Mathematics Oleksii Mostovyi Oleksii Mostovyi; Bahman Angoshtari; Scott Roberston; Xiaohang Ma McHugh 206
May 22 PM Parallel Session 2 NESS2024-IS-6 Advanced Spatial Learning Methods for Biomedical Applications Shariq Mohammed Aritra Halder; Ying Ma; Jianing Wang; Lukas Weber McHugh 301
May 22 PM Parallel Session 2 NESS2024-IS-7 Modern Advances In Statistical Methodology for Meta-Analysis Chongliang Luo Yu-Lun Liu; Lifeng Lin; Chongliang Luo; Xiaokang Liu McHugh 305
May 22 PM Parallel Session 2 NESS2024-IS-37 Advancing Clinical Trials Through Innovative Statistical Design and Analysis Yeongjin Gwon Shirin Golchi; Hayley Belli; Lorenzo Trippa; Yeongjin Gwon McHugh 205
May 22 PM Parallel Session 2 NESS2024-IS-44 Recent Developments In Deep Learning/AI With Applications To Advance Pharmaceutical Research Huangdi (Denise) Yi; Shuangge (Steven) Ma Huangdi (Denise) Yi; Bino John; Siming Zheng; Durga V. Sritharan McHugh 101
May 22 PM Parallel Session 2 NESS2024-IS-62 Innovations In Data Analysis: From Neural Networks To Bayesian Frameworks Jian Zou; Buddika Peiris Balgobin Nandram; Buddika Peiris; Nadeesha Jayaweera; Tharindu De Alwis McHugh 201
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-9 Advances In Statistical Machine Learning With Innovative Applications Xingche Guo Dan Nettleton; Annie J Lee; Shan Yu; Bo Shen McHugh 101
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-25 Recent Statistical Methods and Machine Learning Algorithms For Electronic Health Records Joochul Lee Weidong Ma; Huan He; Sarah E. Hegarty; Joochul Lee McHugh 206
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-26 Multiplicity Control In Innovative Drug Development Applications Lei Nie Frank Bretz.; Werner Brannath; Dong Xi;  Discussant: George Kordzakhia McHugh 202
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-36 Innovative Statistical Methods for Longitudinal and Survival Data Analyses Panpan Zhang Hongyuan Cao; Shou-En Lu; Jing Qian; Jun Yan McHugh 301
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-47 Advanced Methods for Analyzing Time Series Data Nalini Ravishanker Sreeram Anantharaman; Shibo Li; Zhaoyuan Li; Patrick Toman McHugh 305
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-49 Statistics and Computation In The Era of AI Donghui Yan Yang Feng; Brendan McVeigh; Jason Dou; Yuchen Fama; Jin Cao McHugh 205
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-66 Leveraging Statistical Inference: Casuality, Multiple Testing, and Uncertainty Quantification Kun Chen Yihan Bao; Kaiwen Hou; Shane Sacco; Zheng Gao McHugh 307
May 22 PM Parallel Session 3 NESS2024-IS-67 Statistical Challenges in Cell and Gene Therapies Fengjuan (Joan) Xuan LiXi Yu; Weidong Zhang; Yingtian Hu; McIntosh; Avery Isaac McHugh 201
May 23 AM Parallel Session 4 NESS2024-IS-11 Design and Analysis of Network-Based Studies To Inform Public Health and Education Policy Ke Zhang Ke Zhang; Ashley Buchanan; Samrachana Adhikari; Fei Fang McHugh 201
May 23 AM Parallel Session 4 NESS2024-IS-31 Statistical Inference, Geometry and AI Aritra Halder; Didong Li Rajarshi Guhaniyogi; Didong Li; Hengrui Luo; Lu Zhang McHugh 202
May 23 AM Parallel Session 4 NESS2024-IS-33 Modern Methods for Analysis of High-Dimensional Data In Biomedical Research Wenrui Li Xin Ma; Jun Young Park; Hai Shu; Wenrui Li McHugh 205
May 23 AM Parallel Session 4 NESS2024-IS-46 Bridging The Knowledge Gap: Advances In Pediatric Extrapolation Vickie (Yuanye) Zhang James Rogers; Vickie (Yuanye) Zhang; Yanyan Zhu; Discussant: Jerry Weaver McHugh 206
May 23 AM Parallel Session 4 NESS2024-IS-50 Opportunities and Challenges In The Use of Electronic Health Records for Making Informed Clinical Decisions Shuangge (Steven) Ma; Lei Yan Lei Yan; Kelson Zawack; Zuoheng Wang; Discussant: Yuan Huang McHugh 301
May 23 AM Parallel Session 4 NESS2024-IS-57 Beyond Independent and Identically Distributed: Models for Non-Standard Data Maryclare Griffin Rebecca Kurtz-Garcia; Carlos Soto; Nathan Wycoff; Qian Zhao McHugh 305
May 23 AM Parallel Session 4 NESS2024-IS-63 New England Journal of Statistics and Data Science Invited Session: Innovations In Statistical Machine Learning: Methodology and Inference Theories Minge Xie Colin Wu; Zhenyu Wang; Linjun Zhang McHugh 101
May 23 PM Parallel Session 5 NESS2024-IS-10 Recent Advances In Network Analysis: Theory and Applications Panpan Zhang Yuanjia Wang; Hosam Mahmoud; Laura Forastiere; Shiying Xiao McHugh 202
May 23 PM Parallel Session 5 NESS2024-IS-12 Statistics and AI In Finance: New Opportunities and Challenges Yang Liu Filipp Shelobolin; Leander Eberhard; Yang Liu; Chaoyu Yuan; Claudio Antonini McHugh 101
May 23 PM Parallel Session 5 NESS2024-IS-27 Innovative Statistical Modeling of Biomedical Big Data Victor Hugo Lachos Davila; Fernanda Schumacher Fernanda Schumacher; Daniela Oliveira;  Jiwon Park McHugh 205
May 23 PM Parallel Session 5 NESS2024-IS-38 Running The Gamut In Survival Analysis: Four Recent Results From Four Different Subfields Jackson Lautier Ted Westling; Ying Chen; Sy Han (Steven) Chiou; Jackson Lautier McHugh 206
May 23 PM Parallel Session 5 NESS2024-IS-42 Recent Development In Statistical Methodologies for Clinical Trials Yiming Zhang; Tianyu Bai Peiran Liu; Cheng Huang; Eric Baron; Ling Zhu McHugh 301
May 23 PM Parallel Session 5 NESS2024-IS-45 Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional and Complex Data Shuangge (Steven) Ma; Rong Li Jiping Wang; Yuanxing Chen; Lijun Wang; Tong Wang McHugh 201
May 23 PM Parallel Session 5 NESS2024-IS-59 Recent Advances of Latent Variable Models In Education and Psychology Xiiaojing Wang Betsy Mccoach; Sandip Sinharay ; Xiaojing Wang McHugh 305
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-55 Journal of Data Science Invited Overview Lecture: Power Priors for Leveraging Historical Data: Looking Back and Looking Forward Jun Yan Ming-Hui Chen; Discussants: Minge Xie; Chenguang Wang; Guohui Wu McHugh 101
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-21 Careers In Academia: A Panel Discussion By Ness Nextgen Elizabeth Upton; Gregory Vaughan Reagan Mozer; Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou; Debarghya Mukherjee; Duncan Clarke McHugh 102
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-22 Advanced Estimation Methods for Complex Data Structures In Medical Studies and Statistical Networks Ce Yang Zhuoran Wei; Ce Yang; Jialu Wang; Discussant: Sai Ma McHugh 205
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-28 Novel Statistical Approaches To Complex Data Structures Jung Wun Lee Jung Wun Lee; Mila Sun; Benjamin Stockton; Lucas Da Cunha Godoy McHugh 206
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-30 Exploring Heterogeneity In Treatment Effects Qi Zhang Ron Coury; Xinyuan Chen; Michael Lingzhi Li; Sarah Robertson McHugh 301
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-40 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Application In Pharmaceutical Statistics Xiaofei Bai Nan Miles Xi; Yu Deng; Jinchun Zhang; Reuben Retnam McHugh 201
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-41 Understanding Change In Dynamic and Evolving Networks Daniel L Sussman Shiwen Yang; Ankan Ganguly; Tianyi Chen; Joshua Loyal McHugh 202
May 23 PM Parallel Session 6 NESS2024-IS-56 Decoding The Future: Navigating Statistical Challenges and Innovations In Gene Therapy Trials Chenguang Wang Chenguang Wang; Sammi Tang; Bret Musser; Siyu Zhang McHugh 305
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-18 External Data Borrowing for Drug Approval: Review and Experience Sharing Lanju Zhang Yiyue Lou; Jianchang Lin; Tianyu Sun; Discussant: Yang Song McHugh 101
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-23 Job Hunting and Career Development In Statistics and Data Science Yang Liu Leander Eberhard; Nathan Bick; Catherine Reynolds; Daniel Chen; Yiming Zhang; Susan Wang McHugh 102
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-43 Statistical Learning Incorporating Data Structures Shuangge (Steven) Ma; Rong Li Haoyu Yang; Weijuan Liang; Jiping Wang; Rong Li McHugh 201
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-48 Advances In Latent Factorization Methods for Biomedical Data Jeffrey W Miller Phillip Nicol; Gemma Moran; Blake Hansen; Jenna Landy McHugh 202
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-52 New Statistical Methods for Network Science Krista Gile Daniel Sussman; Dongah Kim; Isabelle Beaudry; Amirhossein Alvandi McHugh 205
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-54 Recent Development In Spatial and Spatiotemporal Modeling Yeongjin Gwon Malcolm Itter; Rajarshi Mukherjee; TBD; TBD McHugh 206
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-65 Theory and Methods On Statistical Learning and Machine Learning Kun Chen Ye Tian; Zeyuan Song; Stephen Bates; Awni Altabaa McHugh 301
May 24 AM Parallel Session 7 NESS2024-IS-60 Recent Advances In Data-Driven Decision-Making and Generative Models Henry Lam Hanyang Zhao; Man Yiu (Tim) Tsang; Chengpiao Huang; Arindam Roy Chowdhury McHugh 305
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-13 Advanced Design Techniques for Data Science Weng Kee Wong Qiong Zhang; Nicholas A Rios; Lulu Kang; Jing Wang McHugh 201
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-20 Innovative Statistical Modeling With Applications In Epidemiology and Public Health Priya Kohli Elizabeth Upton; Mengyan Li; Yichi Zhang; Gregory Vaughn McHugh 202
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-32 Drawing Causal Conclusions With Observational Data: Recent Theory and Methods Ted Westling Nicole Pashley; Rohit Bhattacharya; Jessica Young; Edward Kennedy McHugh 205
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-34 Innovative Statistical Methodologies for The Design of Patient-Centric Clinical Trials Meizi Liu Yu-Che Chuang; Miachael Kane; Rachael Liu; Xiaofei Bai McHugh 206
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-35 Recent Advances In Variational Inference Mike Wojnowicz Mike Wojnowicz; Diana Cai; Manushi Welandawe; Tamara Broderick McHugh 101
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-53 Recent Developments In The Analysis of Time-To-Event Data With Cured Fractions Austin Menger Austin Menger; Md. Tuhin Sheikh; Shike Xu; Hongfei Li McHugh 301
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-61 Advancements In Modern Inference for Correlated and Dependent Data Jian Zou Adam Sales; Zheyang Wu; Yao Zheng; Jian Zou McHugh 305
May 24 PM Parallel Session 8 NESS2024-IS-68 Utility and limitation of re-randomization methods in clinical trials research Yeh-Fong Chen Ke Zhu; Alex Sverdlov; Qing Liu McHugh 307