Tentative  agenda for:

Applications In Statistics: What's Hot / What's Next IV

Conference Agenda, March 20, 1999

Union College &   Albany NY Chapter American Statistical Association
                                 

Time	Event	Location
8:00 - 8:55 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast	College Center Foyer [Map: Building  #14]
9:05 - 9:55	Welcoming Remarks:   Josef Schmee, Union College  and Robert Balmer, Dean of Engineering, Union College	College Center Auditorium
	Keynote Address:  Katherine Wallman, Office of Management and Budget [abstract]	College Center Auditorium
10:05 - 10:55	Panel: 'Applications In Statistics - What's Hot / What's Next'	College Center Auditorium
	Joe Caruso, IBM
	Robert Scardamalia, Empire State Development
	Katherine Wallman, OMB
	James Nolan, Siena College (Moderator)
11:15 - 12:05	Special Session(Repeated in Afternoon): Data Mining	Social Science 014 [Map: Building #57]
	Mary Elizabeth Eddlestone, SAS
	Roger Yetzer, IBM
11:05-11:20	Concurrent Sessions
	Topics in Statistical Methods *	Social Science 103
Session  1	Mihoko V. Hanafuji & Thomas R. Willemain A New Test of Multivariate Normality Based on Minimum Spanning Trees [abstract] Chuanming Gao and Kajal Lahiri A Comparison of Some Recent Bayesian Procedures for Simultaneous Equation Models Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo [abstract] Radu Neagu & Igor Zurbenko Local Information Algorithm for Estimating the Spectra [abstract]	11:05-11:20 11:20-11:35 11:35-11:50
	Medical Applications in Statistics	Social Science 104
Session  2	D.J. McFarland, T.M. Vaughan & J.R. Wolpaw: Development of EEG-Based Communication and Control [abstract] Jonathan B. Skinner Bioequivalence, Topical Corticosteroids, and Nonlinear Mixed Effect Modelling[abstract]	11:05-11:25 11:25-11:45
12:05-12:55	Luncheon	College Center Upper-Class Dining
1:05-1:55	Panel: 'Problems in Data Mining'	College Center Auditorium
	Dr. Kristen Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
	Dr. Roger Yetzer, IBM
	Dr. Mary Elizabeth Eddlestone,  SAS
	Dr. Andrew Reilly, Wadsworth Labs, NYSDOHealth and Albany SPH (Moderator)
1:05 - 1:55	Concurrent Sessions
	Applications in Economics *	Social Science 103
Session 3	Omer Demirel & Thomas Willemain Adapting the Bootstrap to Generate Realistic Simulation Systems[abstract] James J. Jozefowicz Estimating University Spillovers with Count Panel Data[abstract] Detelina Ivanova & Kajal Lahiri: Determinants of Consumer Sentiment – Evidence from Household Survey Data[abstract]	1:05-1:20 1:20-1:35 1:35-1:50
	Topics in Regression and Statistical Literacy	Social Science 104
Session 4	Jorge Luis Romeu: Statistical Training and Statistical Literacy at AMPTIAC Mycroft Sowizral The Destructive Effect of Noise On Linear Regression [abstract] Larry Lessner Standardized Regression Coefficients: Right or Wrong? [Abstract]	1:05-1:20 1:20-1:35 1:35-1:50
2:05-2:55	Special Session(Repeat of morning session): Data Mining	Social Science 014
	Mary Elizabeth Eddlestone, SAS
	Roger Yetzer, IBM
2:05-2:55	Concurrent Sessions
	Topics in Time Series Analysis*	Socail Science 103
Session 5	Sanghamitra Senapati Study of Elnino Wave: Four Dimensional Mapping of Temperature in the Eastern United States [abstract] Georg E. Fabiani Conversion of EEG Activity into Cursor Movement by a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) [abstract] Jhumoor Biswas Spatio-temporal Analysis of Ozone and its Presursors Over Eastern United States [abstract]	2:05-2:20 2:20-2:35 2:35-2:50
2:05-2:55	Performance Assessment & Classification	Social Science 104
Session 6	Suthathip Yaisawarng Evaluating the Performance of Credit Unions [abstract] James Lambrinos Evaluating the Performance of Golfers on the PGA, LPGA and SPGA Tours [abstract] Jonathan Cole The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Ready Or Not, Here It Comes! [abstract]
3:05-3:55	Medical Applications in Statistics*	Social Science 103
Session 7	Michael J. Bauer and Andrew Reilly An Alternative Method for Estimating Mutagenic Potency in BioAssays with Non-Linear Time Dependent Responses [abstract] Xiang Yang Ye & Andrew Reilly Mammographic Screening: Fractal Dimensional Malignancy Identification[abstract] Althea Bartley A Time Series Analysis of Ambulatory Surgery in NYS from 1990-1996 [abstract]	3:05-3:20 3:20-3:35 3:35-3:50
	Applications in Industrial Process	Social Science 104
Session 8	Donald M. Neal A Statistical Fail-Safe Methodology for Fatigue Loaded Components [abstract] Jeff Stein & Necip Doganaksoy Life-Test Planning for Preliminary Screening of Materials: A Case Study [abstract] Eve Eigo & Christopher Stanard Process Capability In The Six Sigma Environment [abstract]	3:05-3:20 3:20-3:35 3:35-3:50
4:05 - 4:30	Conference Wrap-up and Presentation of Awards.	College Center Auditorium
Poster Sessions		On going

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