INVITED PROGRAM WITH TIME SCHEDULE
Note: This schedule is posted to allow speakers to
confirm that I met all time constraint requests.
Thus it is subject to minor changes for a few days.
FINAL LIST 5/8 4/30 4/27 4/18 4/7 4/4 4/1 3/21 3/3
SCHEDULE: Conference registration begins on Wednesday afternoon.
The first official conference event is a Wednesday evening mixer.
Technical sessions will be held on Thursday and Friday from
8:15 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 on Saturday.
An exhibition hall will be open during those hours (and registration).
(PLEASE CHECK THE PROGRAM FOR ANY ERRORS OR CONFLICTS)
(INDIVIDUAL SESSION NUMBERS HAVE NO SPECIAL MEANING)
(PLEASE SEND ANY ERRORS TO scottdw@rice.edu)
WEDNESDAY May 14, 1997
8:00 - 9:00 Registration for Short Courses (Holiday Inn)
9:00 - 4:30 * Short Course I, John Elder, Chief Scientist, Quantitative Solutions
"Tools for Discovering Patterns in Data" (Galveston Room)
* Short Course II, James R. Thompson, Dept. Statistics, Rice Univ.
"Simulation: A Modeler's Approach" (El Paso Room)
3:00 - 8:00 Registration for Interface`97
Exhibition Hall Open (tentative)
7:45 -10:00 Evening Mixer (light refreshments and cash bar)
THURSDAY May 15, 1997
7:00 - 8:15 ASA Statistical Graphics Executive Committee Breakfast (Boardroom)
Sally Morton, Chair (closed)
T-A1 8:15 - 9:45
Opening and Welcome
President Malcolm Gillis, Rice University
David W. Scott, Rice University
1. Keynote Address
Jerome H. Friedman, Stanford University
"Data Mining and Statistics: What's the Connection?"
T-A2 10:15 - 12:00
24. "Uncertainty Analysis for Computer Modeling Systems"
Organizer: Al Liebetrau, Battelle Labs Northwest
1. Albert M. Liebetrau, Guang Chen, Feng Gao, PNNL
"Uncertainty Analysis for Computer Modeling Systems"
2. Michael D. McKay and John D. Morrison, LANL
"Structural Model Uncertainty in Stochastic
Simulation Models"
3. Jim Koehler, U. Colorado Denver
"Estimating the Response, Derivatives and Transmitted
Variance using Computer Experiments"
7. "New Directions for Statistical Packages/Environments"
1. John Sall, SAS
"The Theme of 'Context' in Statistics Software"
2. Leland Wilkinson and Laszlo Engelman, SPSS
"Tables and Graphs"
3. Cleve Moler, Chairman and Chief Scientist, MathWorks
"Matrix -- The Mother of All Data Structures"
Discussant: R. Douglas Martin, University of Washington
16. "Computational Environmental Geostatistics"
Organizers: Dennis Cox and Katherine Ensor, Rice University
Session Chair: Dennis Cox
1. Donald E. Myers, U. of Arizona
"Spatial vs Ensemble Statistics of Spatial
Simulation Algorithms"
2. Steve Rathbun, U. Georgia
"Geostatistical Methods for Estimating the Total
Mass of Mercury in the Waters of the Florida
Everglades"
3. David A. Andrews & Dennis D. Cox, Rice University
"Statistical Modeling of Vector-Valued Spatial
Data using Gradient Processes"
T-Lunch 12:15 - 1:00 (Box lunch furnished; courtesy of SAS, Inc)
2. Plenary Address (Luncheons)
Bruce Nelson, Chief Science Officer, Cisco Systems
"An Insider's View of Networking Trends"
12:00 - 1:30 Executive Meeting of the Statistical Computing Section Lunch
Daryl Pregibon, Chair (closed)
T-P1 1:30 - 3:15
25. "Numerical Methods for Large Problems"
Session Chair, Karen Kafadar, UC Denver
1. Richard Tapia, Rice University
"Interior-Point Methods: New Algorithmic
Methodology for Large-Scale Inequality
Constrained Optimization"
2. Bill Symes, Rice University
"Software and Algorithms for Estimation Problems
in Reflection Seismology"
3. Art Owen, Stanford University
"Numerical Integration in Infinite
and Other High Dimensions"
4. "Educational Issues and Examples"
1. Sandy Weisberg and Dennis Cook, U. Minnesota
"Graphs in Statistical Data Analysis: Is the
Medium the Message?"
2. R.W. Oldford, University of Waterloo
"Hubs and Signposts: Incremental Implementation
of Statistical Strategy"
3. Adrian Bowman, University of Glasgow
"Technology in the Teaching and Learning of Statistics"
21. "Business Data Mining: Methodological Viewpoints"
Organizer/Chair: Clark R. Abrahams, NationsBank Consumer Credit Policy
1. Kenneth L. Reed and John Gins, HyperParallel
"A Systems Approach to Knowledge Discovery"
2. Troy Haines, American Management Systems
"The Importance of Preprocessing in Data Mining"
3. Jim Sattler, Saber Consulting Services
"Operational Data Considerations in Data Mining"
T-P2 3:45 - 5:30
8. "Visualization: Applications and Environments"
Organizer/Session Chair: Sally C. Morton, RAND Corp
1. Linda Clark, William S. Cleveland, Lorraine Denby (*),
and Chuanhai Liu, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies
"Analyzing Complex Data Sets: Visualization
and Modeling"
2. Steve Bankes, RAND Corp
"Visualizing Multi-Dimensional Spaces of Models"
3. Dan Rope, Bureau of Labor Statistics
"A Java Graphics Production Class Library"
26. "Software for Data Mining and Data Warehousing"
Organizer: Willy Zwaenepoel and Tony Elam, Rice University
Chair: Tony Elam, CITI, Rice University
1. Alan Cox, Rice University
"TreadMarks: Software Support for Distributed
Data Mining on Workstation Clusters"
2. David Martin, IBM
"Data Mining for Internet Applications"
3. Arun Jain, Assoc. VP Information Technology, Rice Univ.
"Knowledge-Based Pre- and Post-Processors"
10. "Massive Data Sets in an Industrial Setting and Finance"
1. R. Douglas Martin, University of Washington
"Robust Statistics and Data Mining In Finance
and Financial Engineering"
2. Peter Rousseeuw, University of Antwerp, Belgium
"Applications of Positive-Breakdown Methods"
3. Daryl Pregibon, Richard A. Becker and Allan R. Wilks,
AT&T Labs
"War Stories from the Data Trenches"
BANQUET -- 6:30 - 10:30 (see new time schedule 5/9)
Banquet Address: James R. Thompson, Rice University
"Has High Speed Computing Caused A Paradigm
Shift in Statistical Science?"
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FRIDAY May 16, 1997
F-A1 8:15 - 10:00
18. "Wavelets and Image Processing"
Session Chair, Guy Nason, University of Bristol
1. Andrew Bruce, Sylvain Sardy, and Paul Tseng, MathSoft/UWash
"Alternative to the Basis Pursuit
Algorithm for Wavelet Denoising"
2. C. Sidney Burrus and Jan E. Odegard, Rice University
"Generalized Coiflets, A New Wavelet
System for DSP"
3. Richard Baraniuk, Rice University
"Statistical Signal and Image Processing using
Wavelet-Domain Hidden Markov Models"
3. "Virtual Reality and Data Analysis"
1. Ed Wegman, George Mason University
"Immersive Methods for Exploratory Analysis"
2. Dianne Cook, Laura Nelson, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Juergen
Symanzik, Anthony Olsen, Sue Pierson, and Noel Cressie
Iowa State University/EPA
"Exploring Associations Among Mid-Atlantic Stream
Indicators Using Dynamic Multivariate Graphics and
Geographic Mapping In A Highly Immersive Virtual
Reality Environment"
3. A.J. Rossini and R.W. West, University of South Carolina
"Virtual Reality as a Tool for Statistical Research"
30. "Semi-Parametric Modeling -- State of the Art and Computational Issues"
Organizer/Chair: Michael Schimek, KFU Graz, Austria
(with discussants)
1. Marlene Mueller, Humboldt University, Berlin
"Computer-assisted Semiparametric Generalized
Linear Models"
(Disc: Joan Staniswalis, UTEP)
2. Joan Staniswalis, Peter F. Thall, John Salch
UT El Paso, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Rice Univ
"Semiparametric Regression Analysis for
Recurrent Event Interval Counts"
(Disc: Doug Nychka, NCSU)
3. Robert Kohn and Mike Smith, AGSM, New South Wales/Monash U
"A Bayesian Approach to Bivariate Nonparametric
Regression"
(Disc: Michael Schimek, KFU Graz
Leonhard Knorr-Held, LMU Munich)
F-A2 10:30 - 12:15
15. "National Research Center on Statistics and the Environment"
Organizer: Peter Guttorp, University of Washington
Chair: Doug Nychka, N.C. State University
1. Peter Guttorp, University of Washington
"NRCES: The University of Washington Vision"
2. Larry Cox, EPA
"Establishing the National Research Center
on Statistics and the Environment"
3. Abdel H. El-Shaarawi (Disc) Canadian Center for Inland Waters
32. "Math/Stat Massive Information Retrieval"
Organizer/Chair: Jim Maar, DOD
1. Michael W. Berry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
"Intelligent Information Management Using
Latent Semantic Indexing"
2. Samuel Kaski, Timo Honkela, Krista Lagus, Teuvo Kohonen
Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland
"Statistical Aspects of the WEBSOM System
in Organizing Document Collections"
3. Jan Pedersen, Verity, Inc
"Document Routing and Filtering: Experiments
in the Application of Classification
to Textual Documents"
38. "Imaging"
1. Wendy Poston, Thomas Holland, and Edward Wegman, NSWC/GMU
"Ultrasonic Imaging of Cast Ductile Iron Projectiles"
2. J.L. Solka, G.W. Rogers, and W.L. Poston, NSWC
"Application of Statistical Visualization Techniques
to SAR Derived Feature Sets"
3. Ranjan Maitra, Bellcore
"Synthetic Resampling Methods for Variability
Estimation in Functional Images"
F-Lunch 12:30 - 1:15 (Box lunch furnished; courtesy of Visual Numerics Inc)
2. Plenary Addresses (Luncheons)
1. "Computational Biochemistry"
George Phillips, Rice University
"Computer Models of Proteins in Action"
2. "Grand Challenges and Massive Data Sets"
Siddartha Dalal, Susan Dumais, Jon Kettenring(*),
Verghese Kurien, Allen McIntosh, Ranjan Maitra, Bellcore
"Massive Data Sets, Data Mining, and Decision
Support: Challenges and Experiences"
3. Richard J. Hanson, Visual Numerics, Inc.
"Fortran Mathematical Software:
A Distributed Network Library"
F-P1 1:30 - 3:15
19. "Dimension Reduction and Projection Pursuit"
1. Guy Nason, University of Bristol
"Functional Projection Pursuit"
2. Carey Priebe, The Johns Hopkins University
"Approximate Distance Clustering"
3. Mark Marson and David Scott, DOD and Rice University
"Dimension Reduction Via Kernel Bias Decomposition"
22. "Business Data Mining: Application Views"
Organizer/Chair: Clark R. Abrahams, NationsBank Consumer Credit Policy
1. Michael Berry and Gordon Linoff (*), MRJ Technology Solutions
"Business Data Mining in Practice"
2. Marc Goodman, Continuum Software Inc
"Data Mining for Simulation in a
Process-Control Domain"
3. Robert Singer, CMS
"Strategic Integration: Utilizing Data Mining to
Create Intelligent Customer Communication Programs"
31. "Statistics and Statisticians in the 21st Century:
In Appreciation of Herman Chernoff's Distinguished
Contributions and Unique Style as He Retires in 1997
Organizer: Arnie Goodman
1. Emanuel Parzen, Texas A&M University
"Data Mining, Statistical Methods Mining,
and History of Statistics"
2. Anne C. Petersen, WK Kellogg Foundation
"Using Statistics: The Perspective From Funders
and Consumers"
3. Arnie Goodman, University of California at Irvine
"Career Insurance for the 21st Century"
39. "Sampling and Time Series"
1. David F. Findley and Bor-Chung Chen, U.S. Census Bureau
"Novel Methods and Features in the Census Bureau's
X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Program"
2. Vicki Lancaster and Sallie Keller-McNulty, Kansas State Univ
"The Use of Weighing Designs and Inverse Theory
on Composite Sampling Problems"
3. Rong Chen and Thomas B. Fomby, Texas A&M University & SMU
"Forecasting with Stable Seasonal Pattern Models with
an Application of Hawaiian Tourist Data"
F-P2 3:45 - 5:30
17. "Computing Issues in Environmental Statistics"
Organizer/Chair: Peter Guttorp, U Washington
1. Wendy Meiring, Peter Guttorp, and Paul Sampson, UCAR/UWash
"Computational Issues in Fitting Spatial Deformation
Models for Heterogeneous Spatial Correlation"
2. Doug Nychka and Nancy Saltzman, NC State/NISS
"Design and Evaluation of Networks
for Monitoring Air Quality"
3. Colin Goodall, Health Process Management
Kanti V. Mardia, University of Leeds
"Kriged Kalman Filering"
29. "Virtual Departments"
Organizer: Jan de Leeuw
1. Balasubramanian Narasimhan, Stanford University
"Virtual Departments: The Technology"
2. Jan de Leeuw, UCLA
"Teaching in the Virtual Department"
3. Tony Rossini, University of South Carolina
"What Is There In Research?"
27. "Hardware Architectures and Networks to Support Data Mining Applications"
Organizer: Tony Elam and David Scott, Rice University
Chair: Willy Zwaenepoel, CS and CITI, Rice University
1. Arcot Rajasekar, San Diego Supercomputer Center
(joint with Chaitan Baru, Richard Frost,
Richard Marciano, Reagan Moore, Mike Wan)
"MDAS -- A Massive Data Analysis System"
2. Robert Hollebeek, U. Pennsylvania
"Data Engines for Large Scale Mining"
3. Denise Moreau, Baylor College of Medicine
TBA
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SATURDAY May 17, 1997
S-A1 8:15 - 10:00
40. "Topics in Biomathematics and Biostatistics"
1. Terry Therneau, Mayo Clinic
"Cox Models for Subsampled Data"
2. Babette A. Brumback and John A. Rice, Harvard & UC Berkeley
"Smoothing Spline Models for Stratified
Longitudinal Data"
3. William M. Sallas and Jerry R. Nedelman,
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp
"Selection of Covariates for Population
Pharmacokinetic Models"
13. "Highlights of JCGS"
Organizer: Bill Kennedy
Session Chair: Sallie Keller-McNulty, Kansas State Univ
1. David Marchette and Ed Wegman, NSWC and GMU
"Finding Modes with the Filtered Kernel Estimator"
2. Michael O'Connell and Russell Wolfinger
Becton Dickinson and SAS
"Flexible Response Surface Methods via Spatial
Regression and EBLUPS"
3. Russell G. Almond and David Madigan, ETS and U Washington
"Visual Explanation Tools for Graphical Models"
37. "Smoothing"
1. Jeff Simonoff, New York University
"Three Sides of Smoothing: Categorical Data Smoothing,
Nonparametric Regression, and Density Estimation"
2. Lasse Holmstrom, University of Helsinki, Finland
"The Error and the Computational Complexity of
a Multivariate Binned Kernel Density Estimator"
3. Michael D. Lock, Douglas Haney, and Michael E. Tarter
Becton Dickinson and UC Berkeley
"Using Weighted, Smooth Quantile Estimates to
Establish Medical Normal Ranges"
S-A2 10:30 - 12:15
23. "Bayesian Methods"
1. Sid Chib, Washington University
"On Computing Model Evidence by Markov
Chain Monte Carlo"
2. Luke Tierney, University of Minnesota
"Some Adaptive Monte Carlo Methods
for Bayesian Inference"
3. David M. Higdon, Duke University
"A Process-Convolution Approach for Spatial Modeling"
6. "Neural Nets and Pattern Recognition"
1. Trevor Hastie, Stanford University
"Polychotomus Classifiers and PACTS"
2. John Elder, Chief Scientist, Quantitative Solutions
"Fusing Diverse Algorithms"
3. Brian Ripley, University of Oxford
"Can Statistical Theory Help Us
Use Neural Nets Better?"
12. "Linking Software for Environmental and Spatial Data Sets"
1. Daniel B. Carr, George Mason University
Anthony R. Olsen, US EPA
Jean-Yves (Pip) Courbois, Oregon State University
Suzanne Pierson, OAO Corporation, Corvallis, OR
"Linking Statistical Summaries and Maps: An
Approach to Understanding Massive Spatial Data Sets"
2. Juergen Symanzik, Thomas Koetter, Swetlana Schmelzer,
Sigbert Klinke, Dianne Cook, Debby Swayne
Iowa State, Humboldt University, Bellcore
"Spatial Data Analysis in the Dynamically Linked
ArcView/XGobi/XploRe Environment"
3. Jerry Whittaker and David Scott, ERS/USDA and Rice Univ
"Applications of the Averaged Shifted Histogram
in Environmental Economics"
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