Agenda for What's Hot/What's Next VI
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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Darren Communication Center, (DCC)
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Welcoming Remarks:
Dr. Pasquale Sullo, RPI Dept. of Engineering Systems and Decision Sciences,
Professor G.P "Bud" Peterson, Provost of RPI, Lenny Gaines, Empire State
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DCC 337 |
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Keynote Address: John
Bailar,
Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
Statistical Thinking: A Broader View
[abstract]
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DCC 337 |
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Concurrent Sessions
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Special Session: 
Unlock
the power of location in your data, Andrew Dressel
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DCC 318 |
Session 1
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*Applications in Econometrics
Chair: Francisco Menendez, New York State Department of Labor
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DCC 324 |
| 10:05-10:20 |
| *Risk
Assessment Analysis Of Unemployment, Valentine
Njike |
| *Modeling
Labor Force Participation,
Vicki
Myers [View
PDF version of presentation] |
| 10:20-10:35 |
| 10:35-10:50 |
| *SIC
to NAICS Conversion Back casting, Yanmei
Jia |
| DCC 330 |
Practical Applications in Clustering and Identification
Chair: Andrew Reilly, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept of Health
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| Session 2 |
| Bayesian
Smoothing of Disease Maps, Glen
D. Johnson [View
PDF version of presentation] |
10:05-10:20 |
| Approaches
to Large Scale Probabilistic Record Linking for New York State Drug Treatment
Data, Nelson Toth
[View
PDF versions of presentation] |
| 10:20-10:35 |
| 10:35-10:50 |
| Factor
Analysis of Rank Order Data, M. Raghavachari
& Jill Richie |
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Concurrent Sessions
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| 11:05-11:55 |
*Applications in Time
Series
Chair: Thomas Corban, NYS Department of Labor
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DCC 324 |
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*An
evaluation model for the comparison of three NYSE Indexes,Alexia
Iasonos, Igor Zurbenko [View
PDF version of presentation] |
11:05-11:20 |
*Scenario
Generation by CART, Guaguang Feng
and
Nong
Shang
[View
PDF version of presentation] |
11:20-11:35 |
| *On
the Perception of Time: Experimental Impact, Jim
Burnes and James Tien |
11:35-11:50 |
| Session 2 |
Topics in Economics and Labor
Chair: Jonathan Cole, NYS Department of Labor
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DCC 330 |
| Digitization
in the New Economy: Limitations Assessing Labor Market Information,
Kevin
Hannel |
11:05-11:20 |
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| Identifying
High Duration Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries, Jon
Martina [View
PDF version of presentation] |
11:20-11:35 |
| 11:35-11:50 |
| The
Causality Between Interest Rates and the Stock Market: Empirical Evidence,Mohamed
Elsendiony |
Session 3 |
Statistics: Teaching, Acceptance, and Computing
Chair: M. Raghavachari, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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DCC 318 |
| 11:05-11:20 |
| Juarez
Lincoln Marti: A Faculty Development Project For Technology in Statistical
Education in Mexico, Jorge
Luis Romeu [View
PDF version of presentation] |
| 11:20-11:35 |
| An
Attack of Common Sense, Fred Barney & Joe
McCollum |
| 11:35-11:50 |
| Comparing
Statistical Software on Internet Data:Splus and APL Analyze the Consumer
Confidence Index,
Andrew
Reilly and Aida Aydemir [View
PDF version of presentation] |
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LUNCHEON
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Sage Dinning Hall [Map:
Building #14] |
| 12:05-12:55 |
| 1:05-1:55 |
Panel: What's Hot/What's
Next
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DCC 318 |
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Barbara Bailar,
University of Chicago [abstract]
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Michael Zuker, RPI Center
for Bioinformatics [abstract]
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Robert Scardamalia,
NYS Demographer [abstract]
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James Nolan, VP Siena College
(moderator)
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Dr. Bailar
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Concurrent Sessions
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| 2:05-2:55 |
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Session 1
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*Applications in Optimization and Operations Research
Chair: Patrice Kuzniak, NYS Assembly Ways & Means
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DCC 324 |
| *An
Application of the Multinomial Distribution in the Development of an Active
Set Strategy for the Ellipsoid Algorithm, Tyge
Rugenstein [View
PDF version of presentation] |
2:05-2:20 |
| *BALSA:
Bayesian Algorithm for Local Sequence Alignment, Bobbie-Jo
M . Webb [View
PDF version of presentation] |
2:20-2:35 |
| *Parametric
Modeling of Pavement Network Deterioration, Rodney
DeLisle |
2:35-2:50 |
| Session 2 |
Applications in Reliability
Chair: John Michalke, NYS Department of Labor
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DCC 330 |
| 2:05-2:20 |
| Mixtures
of Proportional, Increasing Hazard Rate Families, Pasquale
Sullo |
| Model
Sensitivity in Stress-Strength Statistical Reliability Computations,
Donald
M. Neal & Mark Vangel |
| Optimization
of Z Scores in Multiple Response DOEs for Robust Design, Christopher
Stanard [View
PDF version of presentation] |
2:20-2:35 |
| 2:35-2:50 |
| Session 3 |
Approaches to Needs Assessment
Chair: Robert Gallati, NYS Office of Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Services
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DCC 318 |
| 2:05-2:20 |
| Data
Mart, The OASAS Data Warehouse Dawn
Amsler-Nunzi |
| 2:20-2:35 |
| The
Duration of Public Assistance Episodes for the Alcohol and Other Drug Population
of New York State: Models and Trends 1993 - 1998. Nelson
Toth, Robert J. Gallati,
and Dawn A. Lambert-Wacey
[View
PDF version of presentation] |
| 2:35-2:50 |
| Using
Community Indicators for County Level Alcohol & Substance Abuse Prevention
Needs Assessment, Kathy Dixon |
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Concurrent Sessions
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| 3:05-4:10 |
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Session 1
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*Applications in Public Policy
Chair: Lawrence Lessner, NYS Dept. of Health
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DCC 324 |
| 3:05-3:20 |
| *An
Investigation of Stability over time of the Labor Force for different industries
in New York, Darlene Olsen |
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| 3:20-3:35 |
| *Alcohol
and Other Drug Treatment Patterns and Payment Sources for Vulnerable Populations
in New York State, Pen-che Ho,
Dawn Lambert-Wacey, Robert
Gallati [View
PDF version of presentation] |
| *Benefits
& Disadvantages of Internet Data Collection for Psychology Experiments,
John
R. McCarthy |
3:35-3:50 |
| Session 2 |
Statistical Methods in Public Health
Chair: Mycroft Sowizral, NYS Department of Labor
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| DCC 330 |
| Correlation
Matrix Based Feature Selection with Genetic Algorithms for In-Silico
Drug Design , Mark J. Embrechts
and Muhsin Ozdemir [View
PDF version of presentation] |
| 3:05-3:20 |
| Capture-Recapture
Analysis For a Dynamic Open Population, Nelson
Toth [View
PDF version of presentation] |
| 3:20-3:35 |
| Developing
Sample Sizes for New Surveys: Estimating the Design Effect Adjustment,Gene
Shackman [View
PDF version of presentation] |
| 3:35-3:50 |
| 3:05-4:05 |
Special Session(Repeated): MAPINFO
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DCC 318 |
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Student Posters
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Conference Wrap-up and Presentation of Awards.
Funds for the 'GE Best Presentation' award were made available by
General Electric Corporate Research & Development.
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DCC 337 |
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