SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM / PROGRAMME SCIENTIFIQUE

Monday, July 10th * Lundi 10 juillet

08:45-10:15

1. SSC Gold Medal Address * Allocution du récipiendaire de la médaille d'or de la SSC

Chair * Président: SRIVASTAVA, Muni * University of Toronto
08:45 Some Comments on the Theory, Computation and Application of Nonparametric Mixtures
KALBFLEISCH, John D. * University of Waterloo

10:45-12:15

2. IMS Special Invited Lecture I * Conférence spéciale de l'IMS I

Chair * Président: DONOHO, David * Stanford University
10:45 Adaptive Wavelet Approximations with Matching Pursuits
MALLAT, Stephane * New York University

3. Survey Methods in Wildlife and Fisheries Management * Méthodes d'échantillonnage pour la gestion des stocks fauniques

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: ARNASON, Neil * University of Manitoba
10:45 Migratory Bird Surveys in Canada
WENDT, J. Steven * Environment Canada * Environnement Canada

11:15 Problems Arising in Survey Sampling of Whale Populations
COSENS, Susan E. * Fisheries and Oceans Canada * Pêche et Océans Canada

11:45 Problems with Surveys for Marine Fishes with Particular Reference to Acoustic Methods
ROSE, George * Fisheries and Oceans Canada * Pêche et Océans Canada

4. Memorial Session for Wim Vervaat * Session en l'honneur de Wim Vervaat

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: O'BRIEN, George L. * York University
10:45 Large Deviations for Observation Processes
O'BRIEN, George L. * York University
VERVAAT, Wim

11:15 Lower Tails of Self-similar Stable Processes
SAMORODNITSKY, Gennady * Cornell University

11:45 Abstract not available * Titre à déterminer
DEHEUVELS, Paul * Université Paris VI

5. Robustness in Linear Models * Modèles linéaires robustes

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: Doug Wiens * University of Alberta
Chair * Président: ZHOU, Julie * University of Alberta
10:45 Generalized [[tau]]-estimates
ZAMAR, Ruben H. * University of British Columbia

11:15 Robust Designs for Approximately Linear Regression
WIENS, Douglas P. * University of Alberta

11:45 Bias-calibrated Estimation of Totals and Quantiles From Sample Surveys Containing Outliers
WELSH, Alan H. * Australian National University
RONCHETTI, Elvezio * University of Geneva

6. Time Series A * Séries chronologiques A

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: ABRAHAM, Bovas * University of Waterloo
10:45 Statistical Problems for Random Fields on a Sphere
MOKLYACHUK, M. P. * Kiev University

11:00 Temporal Disaggregation of Bivariate Time Series
HODGESS, Erin M. * University of Houston
WEI, William W. S. * Temple University

11:15 On Preliminary Test Estimation in Linear Models with Long Range Dependent Errors
MUKHERJEE, Kanchan * National University of Singapore

11:30 Inference for the Tail Parameters of a Linear Process with Heavy Tailed Innovations
MCCORMICK, William P. * University of Georgia
DATTA, Somnath * University of Georgia

7. Empirical Likelihood * Vraisemblance empirique

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: DUPUIS, Debbie * Technical University of Nova Scotia
10:45 Decision Theoretic Implications of Empirical Likelihood Selection In Bayesian Analysis: Issues of Simultaneous Robustness
BRIMACOMBE, Michael * University of Pittsburgh

11:00 Empirical likelihood in dependent data setttings
CORCORAN, Stephen A. * University of Oxford

11:15 Subsampling Likelihoods
MYKLAND, Per A. * University of Chicago

11:30 The Higher-Order Asymptotics of Empirical Likelihood with Nuisance Parameters
LAZAR, Nicole A. * University of Chicago

13:45-15:45

8. Wald Lecture I * Conférence Wald I

Chair * Président: BRILLINGER, David R. * University of California at Berkeley
13:45 Pattern Theory: Inference in Complex Systems
GRENANDER, Ulf * Brown University

15:45-17:15

9. Special Lecture Survey Methods * Conférence spéciale en méthodologie d'enquête

15:45 Social Surveys and Social Science
SMITH, T. M. Fred * University of Southhampton

10. Stochastic Processes on Fractals * Processus stochastiques et fractals

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: LYONS, Russel D. * Indiana University

15:45 Brownian motion on a random recursive fractal
HAMBLY, Ben * University of Edinburgh

16:15 Diffusions on Fractals and Shorting of Operators
METZ, Volker * University of California at San Diego

16:45 Weak Homogenization of Anisotropic Diffusion on Pre-Sierpinski Carpet
BARLOW, Martin T. * University of British Columbia
HATTORI, Kumiko * University of Tokyo
HATTORI, Tetsuya * Utsunomiya University
WATANABE, Hiroshi * Nippon Medical School

11. Practical Issues in Markov Chain Monte Carlo * Chaînes de Markov et méthode de Monte-Carlo

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: CARLIN, Brad * University of Minnesota
Chair * Président: LAHIRI, Pratha * University of Nebraska-Lincoln
15:45 Using MCMC Methods to Assess Environmental Justice
WALLER, Lance A. * University of Minnesota
CARLIN, Bradley P. * University of Minnesota
GELFAND, Alan E. * University of Connecticut

16:15 Fully Bayesian Estimation in Image Analysis and Spatial Statistics
HIGDON, David M. * Duke University

16:45 Reversible jump MCMC and Bayesian model determination
GREEN, Peter J. * University of Bristol

12. Environmental Epidemiology * Épidémiologie environnementale

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: COREY, Paul * University of Toronto
15:45 Associations Between Ambient Particulate Sulfate and Admissions to Ontario Hospitals for Cardiac and Respiratory Diseases
BURNETT, Richard T. * Health Canada * Santé Canada
KREWSKI, Daniel * Health Canada * Santé Canada
VINCENT, Renaud * Health Canada * Santé Canada
DANN, Tom * Environment Canada * Environnement Canada
BROOK, Jeffry R. * Environment Canada * Environnement Canada

16:15 A Comparison of Methods of Analyzing Longitudinal Pollution-Health Data
COREY, Paul * University of Toronto

16:45 A Cohort Mortality Study of Occupational Radiation Exposure Based on the National Dose Registry of Canada and the Effect of Record Linkage Errors on Statistical Inference
KREWSKI, D. * Health Canada * Santé Canada & Carlton University
WANG, Y. * Health Canada * Santé Canada
ZIELINSKI, J. M. * Health Canada * Santé Canada

13. General Theory A * Théorie générale A

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: HOOPER, Peter * University of Alberta
15:45 Wishart Matrices on Symmetric Cones. Some of their properties.
MASSAM, Hélène * York University

16:00 Differentiable Structure of Infinite-dimensional Spaces of Probability Measures
BICKIS, Mikelis G. * University of Saskatchewan

16:15 Quadratic Distance Methods for the Zeta Parametric Family
DORAY, Louis G. * Université de Montréal
LUONG, Andrew * Université Laval

16:30 On the Properties of Bayes Procedures in General Parameter Space
SHEN, Xiaotong * Ohio State University

16:45 Pension Fund Modelling with Random Investment Performance
PARKER, Gary * Simon Fraser University

17:00 On the Strong Uniform Consistency of the Nonparametric Estimators of Survival Functions Under Bivariate Censoring
KWAI, Zhang * SUNY at Stony Brook
YU, Qiqing * SUNY at Stony Brook
HE, Qimei * SUNY at Stony Brook

14. Asymptotics * Théories asymptotiques

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: KULPERGER, R. J. * University of Western Ontario
15:45 Asymptotic Behavior of Least Squares Estimates of Superimposed Exponential Signals
KUNDU, Debasis * Indian Institute of Technology
MITRA, Amit * Indian Institute of Technology

16:00 Robust Parameter Estimator in the Contaminated Markovian Model.
KORDZAKHIA, Nino J. * Razmadze Mathematical Institute of Academy of Sciences.

16:15 Weighted Degenerate V-statistics and Shapiro-type statistics
SHIEH, Grace S. * Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica & University of Missouri

16:30 Consistent Estimation of the Structural Function in the Case of Large Number of Rare Events
MNATSAKANOV, Robert M. * Razmadze Mathematical Institute of Academy of Sciences.

16:45 On the Relative Accuracy of Exponential Tilting
ROBINSON, John * University of Sydney

17:00 A New Measure of Quantitative Robustness
MAZZI, Sonia V. * University of British Columbia
ZAMAR, Ruben H. * University of British Columbia

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Tuesday July 11th * Mardi 11 juillet

08:45-10:15

15. Wald Lecture II * Conférence Wald II

Chair * Président: STIGLER, Steve * University of Chicago
08:45 See Wald Lecture I * Voir conférence Wald I
GRENANDER, Ulf * Brown University

16. Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials * Essais cliniques et problèmes d'éthique

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: SHAPIRO, Stan * McGill University
08:45 Timely and Accurate Data: A Prerequisite to Ethical Clinical Trials
LOUIS, Thomas A. * University of Minnesota

09:20 Next Steps in Evaluating the Ethics of Clinical Trials
FREEDMAN, Benjamin * McGill University & SMBD Jewish General Hospital

09:55 Discussant * Modérateur: BAILAR III, John * McGill University

17. Time Series Analysis of Data from Repeated Surveys * Séries chronologiques et enquêtes à passages répétés

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: QUENNEVILLE, Benoît * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada
Chair * Président: BINDER, David * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada
08:45 - Benchmarking by State Space Models
DURBIN, James * London School of Economics and Political Science
QUENNEVILLE, Benoît * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

09:20 Bayesian Sampling Error Modelling With Applications
BELL, William * U. S. Bureau of the Census

09:55 Discussant * Modérateur: SINGH, Avi * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

18. Data Analysis Competition * Session d'études de cas en analyse des données

Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: BLANCHARD, Wade * Dalhousie University

19. Probability * Probabilités

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: FILL, James Allen * Johns Hopkins University
08:45 Spectral Criteria and SLLNS for Stationary Fields
HOUDRE, Christian * Georgia Institute of Technology

09:00 Exponential Convergence for General Sequences of Random Variables
SUN, Jiaming * York University

09:15 On p-variation of the classical empirical process for p less than or equal 2
DUDLEY, Richard M. * Massachusetts Institute of Technology

09:30 Laws of Large Numbers for Branching Markov Processes.
ATHREYA, Krishna B. * Iowa State University
KANG, Hye-Jeong * Iowa State University

09:45 On Positive Solutions of some Nonlinear Differential Equations-a Probabilistic Approach
SHEU, Yuan-chung * National Chiao Tung University

10:00 The Local Time of Iterated Brownian Motion
CSAKI, E. * Mathematical Institute, Budapest
CSORGO, M. * Carleton University
FOLDES, A. * City University of New York
REVESZ, P. * Institut fur Statistik und Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Vienna

20. Order Restricted Inference * Inférence sous des contraintes d'ordre

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: SWATRZ, Timothy * Simon Fraser University
08:45 Estimation of Survival Functions under Uniform Stochastic Ordering
MUKERJEE, Hari * Wichita State University

09:00 Estimating Distribution Functions with Monotone Densities.
SHAO, Yongzhao * Columbia University

09:15 Conditional Order-Preserving Inference in Problems Involving Ordered or Truncated Parameters
BREWSTER, John F. * University of Manitoba
MURPHY, Dennis J. * University of Manitoba

09:30 On Various Estimators of Regression Parameters With Stochastic Constraints
TABATABAEY, S. M. M. * Carleton University
SALEH, A. K. Md. Ehsanes * Carleton University

09:45Univariate Random Cut-Points Theory For Ordinal Data And The Mann-Whitney U Test
EDWARDES, Michael D. de B. * McGill University

10:45-12:15pm

21. IMS Special Invited Lecture II * Conférence spéciale de l'IMS II

Chair * Président: DAWSON, Donald * Carleton University
10:45 Some Aspects of Brownian Motion; Part III
YOR, Marc * Université Pierre et Marie Curie

22. Time Series * Séries chronologiques

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: STEPHENS, Michael * Simon Fraser University
10:45 Goodness-of-fit Tests for the Time Series Models AR(1) and MA(1)
ANDERSON, T. W. * Stanford University
LOCKHART, R. A. * Simon Fraser University
STEPHENS, M. A. * Simon Fraser University

11:15 Identification of Refined ARMA Echelon Form Models For Multivariate Time Series
NSIRI, Said * INSEA, Rabat, Maroc
ROY, Roch * Université de Montréal

11:45 Robust Estimation of Auditory Evoked Potentials
KNIGHT, Keith * University of Toronto

23. Geometrical Methods in Statistics * Méthodes géométriques en statistique

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: KIM, Peter * University of Guelph
10:45 Spherical Deconvolution and Sobolev Spaces.
HENDRIKS, Harrie * Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen

11:15 Computing Fourier Transforms and Convolutions on the 2-Sphere with Statistical Applications
HEALY, Dennis M. Jr. * Dartmouth College

11:45 Inclusion-Exclusion Inequalities via Abstract Tubes
NAIMAN, Daniel Q. * Johns Hopkins University

24. Analysis of Incomplete Data * Analyse de données incomplètes

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: AKRITAS, Micheal * Pennsylvania State University
Chair * Président: YING, Zhialiang * Rutgers University
10:45 - Theil-Sen Procedures for Randomly Censored or Truncated Data
LA VALLEY, Michael P. * Harvard School of Public Health

11:05 - Likelihood Ratio Based Confidence Intervals in Missing Data Models
MURPHY, Susan A. * Pennsylvania State University

11:25 The Tarone-Ware Class of Tests for Factorial Designs with Randomly Censored Data
BRUNNER, Edgar * University of Goettingen

11:45 Rank Estimation of Treatment Differences Based on Repeated Measurements Subject to Dependent Censoring
WEI, L. J. * Harvard University
GLIDDEN, David * Harvard University

25. MCMC and other things * Chaînes de Markov, méthode de Monte-Carlo et autres

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: SUN, Weimin * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada
10:45 Estimating L1 Error of Kernel Estimator: Monitoring Convergence of Markov Samplers
YU, Bin * University of California at Berkeley

11:00 Phylogenetic Inference using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods in a Bayesian Framework
MAU, Bob * University of Wisconsin
NEWTON, Michael * University of Wisconsin

11:15 Systematic Sampling and Groups
EVANS, Michael * University of Toronto
SWARTZ, Timothy * Simon Fraser University

11:30 Image Restoration
CHAN, A. * University of British Columbia
MELOCHE, J. * University of British Columbia

11:45 Estimation for a Smoothed Poisson Model, with Application to Scanning Fluoresence Correlation Spectroscopy
BENN, A. G. * University of Western Ontario
KULPERGER, R. J. * University of Western Ontario

12:00 Testing the intensity and the extent of brain responses using a hierarchical decomposition
POLINE, Jean-Baptiste * Hammersmith Hospital, London

26. Regression A * Régression A

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: XU, Jianmeng * University of British Columbia
10:45 Objective Function Frameworks for Latent Variable Methods for Multivariate Regression
BURNHAM, Alison * McMaster University

11:00 Nouvelle méthode d'estimation de relations empiriques en présence d'erreur dans la variable independante
LARRIBE, Fabrice * Université du Québec à Montréal
MACGIBBON, Brenda * Université du Québec à Montréal
PRAIRIE, Yves T. * Université du Québec à Montréal

11:15 On Vector Correlation
CHOULAKIAN, V. * Université de Moncton

11:30 On Nonlinear Berkson Models
CHENG, Chi-Lun * Academia Sinica, Taiwan

11:45 Tests for the Analysis of Variance of Crossover Designs with Correlated Errors
BELLAVANCE, Francois St. Mary's Hospital Center, Montréal
TARDIF, Serge * Université de Montréal
STEPHENS, Michael A. * Simon Fraser University

12:00 Measuring Top-down Correlation
SHIEH, Grace S. * Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica & University of Missouri

13:45-15:15

27 Probablilty and Analysis * Probabilités et analyse

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitationOrganizer/Chair * Responsable/président: SALISBURY, Thomas * York University
13:45 A Probabilistic Approach to some Semilinear Heat Equations
ETHERIDGE, Alison * University of Edinburgh

14:15 Quasilinear Stochastic Partial Differential Equations of McKean Vlasov Type with Creation and Annihilation
KOTELENZ, Peter * Case Western University

14:45 Diffusions and Random Shadows in Negatively-curved Manifolds
LYONS, Russell D. * Indiana University

28. Topics in Longitudinal Data * Analyse de données longitudinales

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/présidente: MURPHY, Susan * Pennsylvania State University
13:45 Data Summary: Before, During, or After Analysis? Challenges to Tracking Multiple Outcomes over Time.
BANDEEN-ROCHE, Karen J. * Johns Hopkins University
ZEGER, Scott L. * Johns Hopkins University

14:20 Stochastic Processes and Smoothing for Longitudinal Data
TAYLOR, Jeremy M G * University of California at Los Angeles

14:55 Discussant * Modérateur: LITTLE, Rod * University of Michigan

29. General Theory B * Théorie générale B

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
13:45 Approximations for Gittins Indices
KEENER, Robert W. * University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

14:00 On the Inversion of Bayes Theorem
NG, Kai W. * University of Hong Kong

14:15 The Modelling of Multivariate Discrete Response and Longitudinal Data
JOE, Harry * University of British Columbia
XU, Jianmeng * University of British Columbia

14:30 Breakdown Properties of Location M Estimators
ZHANG, Jian* Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
LI, Guoying * Academia Sinica, Beijing, China

4:45 Another look at Supersaturated Designs
VIJAYAN, K. * University of Western Australia
ABRAHAN, B. * University of Waterloo

15:00 More on Partitioned Possibly Restricted Linear Regression
WERNER, Hans J. * University of Bonn, Germany

30. Smoothing A * Lissage A

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: LI, Xiaochun * University of British Columbia
13:45 Positive, Monotone, and Convex Smoothing
RAMSAY, James O. * McGill University

14:00 The Influence Surface
MANCHESTER, Lise * Dalhousie University

14:15 Simultaneous Estimation of a Probability Density and its Derivatives
ABDOUS, Belkacem * Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

14:30 Bivariate Density Estimation with Left Truncated and Right Censored Data
PREWITT, Kathryn A. * Arizona State University
GURLER, Ulku * Bilkent University

14:45 Histogram Regression Estimation Using Data-dependent Partitions
NOBEL, Andrew B. * Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

15:00 On the Behaviour of Kernel Density Estimators for Singular and Absolutely Continuous Distribution Functions
FRIGYESI, Attila * University of Lund
HOSSJER, Ola * University of Lund

31. Bayesian Methods * Méthodes bayésiennes

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: BREWSTER, John F. * University of Manitoba
13:45 A Comparison of Likelihood and Bayesian Inference for a Threshold Parameter
DESMOND, Anthony F. * University of Guelph
YANG, Zhenlin * National University of Singapore

14:00 Minimax Regret Approach to Overcoming Prior Uncertainty and Application to Pattern Recognition Problems
TARTAKOVSKY, Alexander G. * Institute of Radio Technology, Moscow, & University of California at Los Angeles

14:15 Bayesian Approach to the Reflected Normal Loss Function
YEUNG, A. S. K. * University of Manitoba
SPIRING, F. A. * University of Manitoba

14:30 Fast Fourier Transforms and Bayesian Estimation of Location Parameters
LEBLANC, Alexandre * Université de Montréal

14:45 Fourier transform and Bayes estimator of a location parameter
ANGERS, Jean-Francois * Université de Montréal

15:00 Contributions of Statistical Methodologies to Quality Improvement Strategies
CHAN, Lai K. * City University of Hong Kong

15:45-17:15

32. Planning and Evaluation of Sequential Trials * Élaboration et évaluation des essais séquentiels

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: WHITEHEAD, John * Reading University
15:45 Sequential Clinical Comparisons of Long-term Survival when Hazards may not be Proportional
WHITEHEAD, John * Reading University

16:15 Estimation of Survivor Function Following Group Sequential Testing
EMERSON, Scott S. * Arizona Cancer Center
DURAZO-ARVIZU, Ramon * University of Chicago

16:45 Using Sequential Trial Methodology for Interim Analyses - Practical Applications and Issues
THORN, Michael D. * Biometric Research Institute

33. Applications of Large Deviations * Applications des déviations larges

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: DEMBO, Amir * Stanford University
15:45 On Entropy Repulsion for the Free Lattice Field
BOLTHAUSEN, Erwin * Universitat Zurich-Irchel
DEUSCHEL, Jean-Dominique * Universitat Zurich-Irchel
ZEITOUNI, Ofer * Technion, Israel

16:15 Large Deviations for a Communication Network
DUPUIS, Paul * Brown University

16:45 Applications of Large Deviations to Sequence Analysis
ZEITOUNI, Ofer * Technion, Israel

34. Issues in the Teaching of Statistics * Enseignement de la statistique

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: BROWN, Steve * University of Waterloo
15:45 Processes, Customers and Improving the Teaching of Statistics
WILD, Christopher J. * University of Auckland

16:15 Towards a Standard for Case Studies
STRUTHERS, C. A. * University of Waterloo
OLDFORD, R. W. * University of Waterloo
MACKAY, R. J. * University of Waterloo

16:45 Teaching an Introductory Biostatistics Course
PAGANO, Marcello * Harvard School of Public Health

35. Smoothing B * Lissage B

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: MAZZI, Sonia * University of British Columbia
15:45 Function Estimation via Wavelets for Both Direct and Indirect Data With Long Range Dependence
WANG, Yazhen * University of Missouri

16:00 Basis Pursuit
CHEN, Shaobing * Stanford University
DONOHO, David * Stanford University

16:15 Nonparametric Quantile Regression by Penalized Likelihood
GREEN, Peter J. * University of Bristol
LOPATATZIDIS, Athanasios * University of Bristol

16:30 Semiparametric Estimation of Generalized Linear Models
BONNEU, Michel * Université de Toulouse I
DELECROIX, Michel * Université de Toulouse I
HRISTACHE, Marian * Université de Toulouse I

16:45 Kernel Smoothing of the Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimates for Biased Sampling Models
WU, Colin O. * John Hopkins University

17:00 On Robust Regression Quantiles in Locally Parametric estimation
KOZEK, Andrzej S.. * Macquarie University, Australia

36. Survey Sampling A * Échantillonnage A

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
15:45 Adjusting for Nonresponse in the Reverse Record Check Using Logistic Regressions and Clustering
WU, Shiying * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

16:00 Mass Imputation for Two Phase Sampling: Use of Small Area Estimation and Calibration Techniques
MANTEL, H. J. * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada
SINGH, A. C. * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada
YU, M. * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

16:15 A Hierarchical Bayes Approach for Estimating Small Area Proportions
FARRELL, Patrick J. * University of Waterloo

16:30 Using Principal Components and Cluster Analyses to Detect Multivariate Outliers: a Case Study on Data from the 1991 Canadian Census of Agriculture
THOMAS, Bradley W. * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

16:45 Imputation vs Reweighting for Total Nonresponse in a Business Survey
MACH, Lenka * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

17:00 Adjustment of the Inclusion Properties in Case of Nonresponse
CHAUBEY, Y. B. * Concordia University
CRISALLI, A. N. * Concordia University

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Wednesday, July 12th * Mercredi 12 juillet

08:45-10:15

37. SSC Presidential Invited Address * Allocution de l'invité du président de la SSC

Chair * Président: TOMPKINS, Jim * University of Regina
08:45 Heavy Tailed Modelling
RESNICK, Sidney I. * Cornell University

38. Environmental Issues * Problèmes environnementaux

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/présidente: ESTERBY, Sylvia * Environment Canada * Environnement Canada
08:45 Emission and Immission Approaches to Statistical Source Apportionment of the Transport of Pollutants in Rivers
GRIMVALL, Anders * Linkoping University

09:15 A Simulation Study on Statistical Power for Trend Assessment in Environmental Monitoring
CONQUEST, Loveday L. * University of Washington
SHELLY, Alice * University of Washington

09:45 Environmental Impact Assessment
EL-SHAARAWI, A. H. * National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ont.

39. Adaptive Designs * Plans adaptifs

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: ROSENBERGER, William F. * University of Maryland
08:45 Allocation of Experiments to Estimate a Common Success Probability
HARDWICK, Janis P. * University of Michigan
PAGE, Connie F. * Michigan State University
STOUT, Quentin F. * University of Michigan

09:10 Modifications of Bandit Problems for Sequential Clinical Trials
JONES, Peter W. * Keele University
HARTLEY, Roger * Keele University
LEWIS, Alyn M. * Keele University

09:35 Randomized Up-and-Down Designs for Quantile Estimation
FLOURNOY, Nancy * American University, Washington
DURHAM, Stephen D. * University of South Carolina
ROSENBERGER, William F. * University of Maryland

10:00 Discussant * Modérateur: TAMURA, Roy N. * Eli Lilly and Co.

40. Bootstrap A

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: LéGER, Christian * Université de Montréal
08:45 Asymptotics of Bootstrapping Mean on Some Empirical Distribution
LIN, Yachen * Syracuse University

09:00 Bootstrap Tests for Multimodality
MAMMEN, Enno * Humboldt Universitaet

09:15 On the Optimal Choice of Block-size for the Moving Block Bootstrap Method
LAHIRI, Soumendra Nath * Iowa State University

09:30 Comparison of Hodges-Lehmann and Bootstrap Confidence Intervals
ROSTAMI, H. J. * The Upjohn Company
SKINNER, J. B. * Stifel Research Institute

41. Time Series B * Séries chronologiques

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: ROY, Roch * Université de Montréal
08:45 Local Lyapunov Exponents
SEIFU, Yodit * University of Toronto
REID, Nancy * University of Toronto

09:00 Trimmed Least Squares Estimation of Autoregression Parameters
ALIMORADI, S. * Carleton University
SALEH, A. K. * Carleton University

09:15 Maximum Entropy Method for Periodically Correlated Time Series and Parameter Estimation
ZHANG, Hao * Michigan State University

09:30 Optimal Importance Sampling for the Probability of False Alarm in Gaussian Signal Detection
PICCIONI, Mauro * Universita di L'Aquila

09:45 Pre-Gaussian Random Vectors and their Applications
KOZACHENKO, Yury * Kiev University
MOKLIATCHOUK, Oksana * Columbia University

10:45-12:15

42. Wald Lecture III * Conférence Wald III

Chair * Président: BERGER, Jim * Purdue University
10:45 See Wald Lecture I * Voir conférence Wald I
GRENANDER, Ulf * Brown University

43. Adjusting for Covariates Post-Randomization and Related Topics * Ajustement pour la randomisation à posteriori des covariables

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: ROCHON, James * George Washington University
10:45 Adjusting for Differential Rates of Prophylaxis Therapy for PCP in an AIDS Randomized Trial
ROBINS, James M. * Harvard School of Public Health
GREENLAND, Sander * University of California at Los Angeles

11:15 Estimating Change in Longitudinal Studies in the Presence of Informative Censoring
SCHLUCHTER, Mark D. * Cleveland Clinic Foundation

11:45 Adjusting for Confounders Observed Post Randomization for Repeated Measures Data
ROCHON, James * George Washington University

44. Statistics and Science * Science et statistique

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: HERZBERG, Agnes M. * Queen's University
10:45 Oceans, Climate and Greenhouse Gases
MYSAK, L. A. * McGill University

11:30 Reliability Aspects of Undersea Telecommunications Cable Systems: The MPB Technologies TAT-9 Experience
SCHNEIDER, C. W. * MPB Technologies

45. Bootstrap B

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: SUTRADHAR, Brajendra * Memorial University
10:45 Goodness of Fit Tests with Censored Data
REN, Jian-Jian * University of Nebraska

11:00 A Bootstrap for Gaussian Time Series
BRAUN, W. John * University of Winnipeg
KULPERGER, Reg J. * University of Western Ontario

11:15 Confidence Intervals for Regenerative Simulation
CHOQUET, Denis A * Université de Montréal
L'ÉCUYER, Pierre * Université de Montréal
LÉGER, Christian * Université de Montréal

11:30 Symbolic Computation of Bootstrap Quantities and their Moments: A Monte Carlo-free Method
SAMPSON, George T. * University of Toronto.

46. Applied Probability * Probabilités appliquées

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: ATHREYA, Krishna B. * Iowa State University
10:45 Limits and Rates of Convergence for the Distribution of Search Cost under the Move-to-Front Rule
FILL, James Allen * Johns Hopkins University

11:00 Multiway Trees of Maximum and Minimum Probability under the Random Permutation Model
DOBROW, Robert P. * National Institute of Standards and Technology
FILL, James Allen * Johns Hopkins University

11:15 On the Exit Distribution of Simulated Annealing/A Backward Equation Approach
CHIANG, Tzuu-Shuh * Academia Sinica, Taiwan
CHOW, Yunshyong * Academia Sinica, Taiwan

11:30 How to Stabilize a Dynamical System?
BASAK, Gopal K. * Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

11:45 Average Delay in an Ek+M/Mi/1 Priority queue
RAMACHANDRAN, Karuna * University of Western Ontario
STANFORD, David * University of Western Ontario

12:00 Some Discrete Maximum Entropy Distributions.
KEMP, Adrienne W. * University of St Andrews, Scotland.

13:45-15:15

47. IMS Special Invited Lecture * Conférence spéciale de l'IMS

Chair * Président: DURRETT, Richard T. * Cornell University
13:45 Tree-indexed Processes
PEMANTLE, Robin * University of Wisconsin at Madison

48. Small Area Estimation * Estimation dans les domaines

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: PRASAD, N. G. N. * University of Alberta
13:45 How to Adjust if You Must - Experience with the Estimation of 1991 Canadian Census Undercount
MACGIBBON, Brenda K. * Université du Québec à Montréal
RIVEST, Louis-Paul * Université Laval

14:30 Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Small Area Characteristics
ARORA, Vipin * University of Nebraska
LAHIRI, P. * University of Nebraska

49. Statistics and Genetics * Génétique et statistique

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/présidente: MCPEEK, Mary Sara * University of Chicago
13:45 Statistical Problems Associated with Mapping Quantitative Traits Using a Dense Set of Linked Markers
DUPUIS, Josee * Northwestern University, Chicago

14:15 Statistical Tests for Multiple Loci Affecting a Quantitative Character
DOERGE, R. W. * Cornell University

14:45 Estimating Mitochondrial Mutation Rates
NAVIDI, William * University of Southern California
TAVARE, Simon * University of Southern California
ARNHEIM, Norman * University of Southern California

50. Contemporary Nonparametric Techniques * Méthodes non paramétriques récentes

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: FAN, Jianqing * University of North Carolina
Chair * Présidente: HECKMAN, Nancy * University of British Columbia
13:45 Wavelet Methods in Statistics: Some Recent Developments
SILVERMAN, Bernard W. * University of Bristol

14:15 Generalized Partially Linear Single-Index Models
CARROL, Ray, J. * Texas A&M University, College Station
FAN, Jianqing * University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
GIJBELS, Irène * Université catholique de Louvain
WAND, Matt P. * University of New South Wales

14:45 Exact risk analysis of wavelet regression
JOHNSTONE, I. M. * Stanford University
MARRON, J. S. * University of North Carolina
NEUMANN, M. H. * Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin
PATIL, P. * Australian National University

51. Regression B * Régression B

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: SMITH, Terry * Queens University
13:45 The Historical Development of the Minimax Absolute Residuals Estimation Procedure: 1786-1960
FAREBROTHER, Richard William * Victoria University of Manchester

14:00 T-Optimum Near Replicates for Regression Lack of Fit Tests
NEILL, James W. * Kansas State University
MILLER, Forrest R. * Kansas State University

14:15 On the Equality of the OLSE and BLUE in a Partitioned Linear Model
GROSS, Juergen * University of Dortmund
PUNTANEN, Simo * University of Tampere
TRENKLER, Goetz * University of Dortmund

14:30 Nonparametric Random Coefficient Regression: An Application of the Radon Transform
FEUERVERGER, Andrey * University of Toronto

14:45 Correlation Uniform Incomplete Block Designs
BENCHEKROUN, K. Institut national de statistique et d'économie appliquée, Rabat, Morocco
CHAKRAVARTI, I. M. * University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill

15:00 On Order of Predictor Variables Selected by Different Selection Statistics in Foward Stepwise Logistic Regression
LEE, Kang-In * Institute for Work & Health, Toronto
KOVAL, John J. * University of Western Ontario

52. Biostatistical Methods * Méthodes biostatistiques

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: BARTLETT, Sheryl * Health Canada * Santé Canada
13:45 A Proportional Reporting Rates Model with Applications to Swiss AIDS Incidence Data
NEUENSCHWANDER, Beat E. * Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
GEBHARDT, Martin * Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
ZWAHLEN, Marcel * Swiss Federal Office of Public Health

14:00 Penalizing Negative Estimates in an Objective Function: An Application to Backcalculating the HIV Epidemic in Québec.
VANDAL, Alain C. * Direction de la santé publique, Montréal
REMIS, Robert S. * Direction de la santé publique, Montréal

14:15 Predictive Analysis on a Stochastic Network Model for AIDS
BUTLER, Ronald W. * Colorado State University
HUZURBAZAR, Aparna V. * University of Florida

14:30 Age-Specific HIV Incidence in Canada - A Non-Parametric Approach
HUNTLEY, Jacolyn * University of Waterloo
YAN, Ping * Health Canada * Santé Canada

14:45 A Cross Sectional Analysis of Air Pollution's Impact on Chronic Respiratory Disease in Ontario
DUDDEK, Christopher A * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

15:00 Bayesian Approach for Combination of Bioassays
CHEN, D . G. * Ontario Forest Research Institute

15:45-17:15

53. Rietz Lecture * Conférence Rietz

Chair * Président: DUDLEY, Richard M. * Massachussetts Institute of Technology
15:45 A New Look at Independence
TALAGRAND, Michel * C. N. R. S., Paris

54. Statistical Inference in AIDS Research * Inférence statistique et recherche sur le sida

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: JEWELL, Nicholas P. * University of California at Berkeley
15:45 Imputation of Incidence of HIV-Related Deaths in the United States
BACCHETTI, Peter * University of California at San Francisco

16:15 Statistical Methods for Estimating Current HIV Incidence Rates
BROOKMEYER, Ron * Johns Hopkins University

16:45 HIV Vaccines: Epidemic Control & Clinical Trials.
BLOWER, SM * University of California at Berkeley

55. Symbolic Computation for Research in Statistics * Calcul symbolique et recherche en statistique

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: ANDREWS, David * University of Toronto
15:45 Symbolic Computation and Empirical Likelihoods
CORCORAN, Stephen A. * University of Oxford
DAVISON, Anthony C. * University of Oxford

16:30 Partitions and the Symbolic Method
STAFFORD, James E. * University of Western Ontario

56. Econometrics * Économétrie

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: DUFOUR, Jean-Marie * Université de Montréal
Chair * Président: CAMPBELL, Bryan * Concordia University
15:45 Graphical Methods for Investigating the Size and Power of Hypothesis Tests
MACKINNON, James * Queen's University
DAVIDSON, Russell * Queen's University

16:15 Power Functions of Structural Change Tests in the Presence of Serial Correlation
PERRON, Pierre * Université de Montréal

16:45 Monte-Carlo Tests with Nuisance Parameters : A General Approach to Finite Sample Inference and Nonstandard Asymptotics in Econometrics
DUFOUR, Jean-Marie * Université de Montréal

57. General Theory B * Théorie générale B

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: COLLINS, John * University of Calgary
15:45 Some Interesting Properties of Progressive Type-II Censored Order Statistics
BALAKRISHNAN, N. * McMaster University
SANDHU, R. A. * McMaster University

16:00 On the Estimation of Record Values
BERRED, Alexandre M. * Université du Havre

16:15 Inference Problems of a Class of Univariate Distributions Based on Record Values
AHSANULLAH, Mohammad * Rider University

16:30 On Estimating Several Poisson Parameters
GREEN, Jeffrey J. * Ball State University

16:45 Action of SL(2, R) on Exponential Families on R
LETAC, Gérard G. * Université Paul Sabatier

17:00 Estimating a Distribution Function with Auxiliary Information
ZHANG, Biao. * University of Toledo
LETOWKY, Pie T. * Independent University, Scitown

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08:45-10:15

58. Robillard Award Winner Lecture * Allocation du lauréat du prix Pierre-Robillard

Chair * Président: HOOPER, Peter * University of Alberta

59. Statistics for Dynamics and Fractals * Statistique, systèmes dynamiques et fractals

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: CUTLER, Colleen * University of Waterloo
08:45 Tools for Analysis of Chaotic Data
ABARBANEL, Henry D. I. * Institute for Nonlinear Science & University of California

09:15 Statistics for Chaos: Some Recent Results
TONG, Howell * University of Kent

09:45 Statistical Estimation of Fractal Dimension
HALL, Peter * Australian National University

60. Graphical Models and Invariance in Multivariate Analysis * Modèles graphiques et invariance en analyse multivariée

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: PERLMAN, Michael * University of Washington
08:45 Testing Problems in Graphical Models
LAURITZEN, Steffen L. * Aalborg University

09:15 Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Normal Models with Causal Relations given by Acyclic Directed Graphs
ANDERSSON, Steen * Indiana University
PERLMAN, Michael D. * University of Washington

09:45 Implications of Invariance in Certain Multivariate Inference Problems
EATON, Morris L. * University of Minnesota

61. Survey Sampling B * Échantillonnage B

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
08:45 Surveys of Skewed Populations: Optimal Sample Re-design Methodology Under the Generalized Regression Estimator with Application to the Local Government Finance Survey Re-design
PANDHER, Gurupdesh S. * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

09:00 Impact of High Income Stratification in the Redesign of the Canadian Labour Force Survey: An Evaluation
CHUN, Barbara * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

09:15 Interviewer Burden:experiences with the Survey of the Cultural Labour Force Survey at Statistics Canada
CYR, André * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

09:30 Inference Implications of Sampling Designs
THOMPSON, Steven K. * Pennsylvania State University

09:45 An Algorithm to Maximizes the Conditional Overlap of Samples from two Consecutive Surveys. Application to the Labour Force Survey(LFS)
SCHIOPU-KRATINA, Ioana * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

10:00 Improved Estimation in Randomized Response Model
AHMED, S. Ejaz * University of Regina
KHAN, S. M. * University of Regina

62. Survival Analysis * Analyse de survie

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
08:45 Estimating the Cumulative Distribution Function for Longitudinal Failure Time Data with Diagnostic Errors
GU, Xiaolin * University of Waterloo
MATTHEWS, David E. * University of Waterloo

09:00 A Sampling Approach to Self-consistent Estimators with Arbitrary Censored Data
GU, Minggao * McGill University
LI, Shaolin * McGill University

09:15 Parametric Hypothesis Testing for Censored Observations
NIKABADZE, Avtandil M. * Razmadze Mathematical Institute of Academy of Sciences

09:30 Likelihood Ratio Based Confidence Bands for Survival Functions
HOLLANDER, Myles * Florida State University
MCKEAGUE, Ian W. * Florida State University
YANG, Jie * Florida State University

09:45 Inference Based on Weighted Empiricals in Survival Regression Models
YANG, Song * Texas Tech University

10:00 An Outlier Test for Detecting a Suspected Sudden Shift in the Life-length Parameter
GADAG, Veeresh * Memorial University of Newfoundland
BALASOORIYA, Uditha * Memorial University of Newfoundland

10:45-12:15

63. IMS Special Invited Lecture * Conférence spéciale de l'IMS

Chair * Président: TWEEDIE, Richard L. * Colorado State University
10:45 Regenerative Simulation
GLYNN, Peter W. * Stanford University

64. Bayesian Methods for Categorical Data * Méthodes bayésiennes pour données catégoriques

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: STROUD, Thomas * Queen's University
Chair * Président: NEBEBE, Fassil * Concordia University
10:45 Bayesian Testing and Estimation of Association in a Two-Way Contingency Table
ALBERT, James H. * Duke University and Bowling Green State University

11:20 Bayesian Approaches to the Analysis of Contingency Table Data: A Retrospective Overview and Modern Synthesis
FIENBERG, Stephen E. * Carnegie Mellon University

11:55 Discussant * Modérateur: STROUD, Thomas * Queen's University

65. Inference, Its Evolution and Directions * L'inférence, son évolution et ses perspectives d'avenir

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: FRASER, D. A. S. * York University
10:45 On the Re-Integration of Bayesian Inference with Frequentist and Likelihood Paradigms
BERGER, James * Purdue University

11:15 Some Current Issues in Estimating Function Methodology * Problèmes méthodologiques en estimation
LINDSAY, Bruce G. * Pennslyvania State University

11:45 Directions in Statistical Inference: From Sufficiency to Likelihood Asymptotics
FRASER, D. A. S. * York University

66. Clinical Trials * Essais cliniques

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
10:45 The Merits of Matching: A Cautionary Tale
KLAR, Neil * University of Western Ontario
DONNER, Allan * University of Western Ontario

11:00 Longitudinal Analysis of a Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial
GILL, P. S. * Okanagan University College
PETKAU, John * University of British Columbia

11:15 Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate Survival Data
GUSTAFSON, Paul A. * University of British Columbia

11:30 Estimating a Multivariate Treatment Effect Under a Biased Allocation Rule
BILODEAU, Martin * Université de Montréal

11:45 Missing Values in Quality of Life Data
NJUE, Catherine * University of Manitoba
SPIRING, Fred A. * University of Manitoba

13:45-15:15

67. Applications of Coupling * Applications du couplage

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: MOUNTFORD, Tom * University of California at Los Angeles
13:45 The Existence of Extreme Equilibria in Particle Jump Models
GRAY, Larry

14:15 A Spatial Model for Species Area Curves
BRAMSON, Maury * University of Wisconsin, Madison

14:45 Traffic Characteristics in Queueing Networks.
PRABHAKAR, Balaji

68. Analysis of Rank Data * Analyse de données ordonnées

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: GENEST, Christian * Université Laval
13:45 Rank-Based Methods for the Analysis of Incomplete Data
ALVO, Mayer * University of Ottawa
CABILIO, Paul * Acadia University

14:15 Graphical Techniques for Examining Ranked Data
BAGGERLY, Keith * Los Alamos National Laboratory
THOMPSON, Georgia Lee * University of Texas at Dallas

14:45 Copulae for Permutations
VERDUCCI, Joseph S * Ohio State University

69. Statistics and Neurophysiology * Statistique et neurophysiologie

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: SMITH, Bruce * University of Victoria
13:45 Statistics for Ion Channel Gating: The Aplysia S-channel
DABROWSKI, Andre R. * University of Ottawa

14:15 The Analysis of Data from Neuronal Networks
BRILLINGER, David R. * University of California at Berkeley

14:45 Estimating the Effect of a Stimulus on a Neurophysiological Point Process
VENTURA, Valerie * University of Oxford
DAVISON, Anthony C. * University of Oxford

70. Biometry * Biométrie

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: BULL, Shelley * Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
13:45 The Use of the Theory of Random Allocations in DNA-fingerprinting.
GRISHECHKIN, Sergey * Academy of Oil and Gas, Moscow

14:00 Influence Diagnostics in Logistic Regression Analyses of Fishing Gear Length Selectivity Experiments
CADIGAN, Noel G. * University of Waterloo

14:15 Estimation of Sib Relationships from Single Generation Samples
ALMUDEVAR, Anthony L. * Dalhousie University

14:30 DNA Sequencing Strategies and Mutation Rate Estimation
PLUZHNIKOV, Anna * University of Chicago
DONNELLY, Peter * University of Chicago

14:45 A New Method for Characterizing Hormone Pulses in a Time Series
MAUGER, David T. * University of Michigan
BROWN, Morton B. * University of Michigan

15:00 Analytical Curves * Courbes analytiques
KIMANANI, Ebi K. * Phoenix International LifeSciences
FORER, David * Phoenix International LifeSciences
FARMEN, Ray * Phoenix International LifeSciences
LALONDE, Richard * Phoenix International LifeSciences

15:45-17:15

71. Measured-Value Processes Motivated by Genetics * Processus à valeur-mesure et génétique

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer/Chair * Responsable/président: DONNELLY, Peter * University of Chicago
15:45 Measure-valued Population Models
O'CONNELL, Neil * Trinity College, Dublin

16:15 Measure-valued Models of Spatially Structured and Evolutionary Systems.
DAWSON, Donald A. * Carleton University

16:45 Stepping Stone Models with Extinction and Recolonization
KRONE, Stephen M. * University of Wisconsin at Madison
NEUHAUSER, Claudia * University of Wisconsin at Madison
KANG, Hyun * University of Wisconsin at Madison

72. Time/Space; Random Effects * Effets aléatoires spatio-temporels

Invited Paper Session * Conférences sur invitation
Organizer * Responsable: LE, Nhu * University of British Columbia
Chair * Président: JORGENSEN, Bent * University of British Columbia
15:45 On the Use of Random Effects Models to Assess the Effects of Ozone on Respiratory Hospitalizations in Canada
BURNETT, Richard T. * Health Canada * Santé Canada
BROOK, Jeff * Environment Canada * Environnement Canada

16:15 The Relative Efficiency of the Analysis of Counts versus Event Times in Poisson Processes
BALSHAW, Robert F. * Simon Fraser University
DEAN, Charmaine B. * Simon Fraser University

16:45 A State Space Model for Longitudinal Count Data Related to Air-pollution and Public Health
LUNDBYE-CHRISTENSEN, Soren * Aalborg University
JORGENSEN, Bent * University of British Columbia
SONG, Xue-Kun * University of British Columbia
SUN, Li * Simon Fraser University

73. Survey Sampling C * Échantillonnage C

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
15:45 Can the Jackknife Be Used with a Two-Phase Sample?
KOTT, Phillip S. * Census Bureau

16:00 Jackknife Variance Estimation for Survey Data with Imputed Values
LEE, Hyunshik * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada
RANCOURT, Éric * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada
SÄRNDAL, Carl E. * Université de Montréal & Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

16:15 A Comparison of Two Variance Techniques: The Jackknife Method and the Linearized Jackknife Method
BEEBAKHEE, Roanna, M. * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

16:30 On the Use of Auxiliary Information for Large Scale Business Surveys: the Case of the Survey of Employment Payroll and Hours Survey
HIDIROGLOU, M. A. * Statistics Canada * Statistique Canada

16:45 Seasonal and Calendar Adjustment for Count Data
CROWE, Brenda J. * University of Toronto
KNIGHT, Keith * University of Toronto

74. Mixture Models * Modèles mixtes

Contributed Paper Session * Session de communications libres
Chair * Président: RAMSAY, Jim * McGill University
15:45 Between- and Within-Cluster Covariate Effects in the Analysis of Cluster Data
NEUHAUS, John M. * University of California at San Francisco
KALBFLEISCH, John D. * University of Waterloo

16:00 On the Conditional and Mixture Model Approaches for Matched Pairs
CHEN, Jiahua * University of Waterloo

16:15 Likelihood Ratio Statistic Tests of Mixture Hypotheses for Multinomial Models
SUSKO, Edward A. * University of Waterloo

16:30 Efficient MLE in Semi-parametric Mixture Models
VAN DER VAART, Aad * Free University

75. Poster Session * Session par affichage

Time to be arranged * Horaire à déterminer
Using IRIS Explorer for the Statistical Analysis of Random Fields
WORSLEY, Keith J. * McGill University

A New Measure of Quantitative Robustness
MAZZI, Sonia V. * University of British Columbia
ZAMAR, Ruben H. * University of British Columbia

Functional Data Analysis, Dynamic Graphics, and Speech Articulation
RAMSAY, James O.. * McGill University
OSTRY, David J. * McGill University