Conference on Predictive Inference and Its Applications

Conference Schedule

May 7, 2018Day One
 
7:15 – 8:15            Light Breakfast
 
8:15 – 8:30Welcoming Remarks
 
Session One – Plenary Talks (Chair: Somak Dutta)
 
8:30 – 9:10Opening Lecture: Edward George
 High Dimensional Predictive Inference
9:10 – 9:20Questions and Answers
 
9:20 – 9:50Tianxi Cai
Efficient Use of Electronic Health Records for Translational Research
9:50 – 10:00Questions and Answers
 
10:00 – 10:30Break and Refreshments
 
Session Two – Plenary Talks (Chair: Lily Wang)
 
10:30 – 11:00Hao Helen Zhang
 Interaction Selection: Its Past, Present, and Future
11:00 – 11:10Questions and Answers
 
11:10 – 11:40Hal Stern
 Getting Beyond the Mean in Predictive Inference
11:40 – 11:50Questions and Answers
 
11:50 – 1:15Lunch and Poster Set up
 
Session Three – Plenary Talks (Chair: Alicia Carriquiry)
 
1:15 – 1:45Regina Liu
 Prediction with Confidence – a General Framework for Predictive Inference
1:45 – 1:55Questions and Answers
 
1:55 – 2:25Dan Jeske
 Maximizing the Usefulness of Statistical Classifiers for Two Populations
2:25 – 2:35Questions and Answers
 
2:35 – 3:05Dale Zimmerman
 Spatial Prediction: An Exhibition
3:05 – 3:15Questions and Answers
 
Session Four – Poster Session
 
3:15 – 4:30Poster Session with Refreshments
 
Session Five – Zyskind Memorial Lecture (Chair: Peng Liu)
 
4:30 – 5:10Ronald Christensen
 Learning About Learning
5:10 – 5:20Questions and Answers
 
May 8, 2018Day Two
 
7:15 – 8:25Light Breakfast
 
8:25 – 8:30Announcements
 
Session Six – Plenary Talks (Chair: Max Morris)
 
8:30 – 9:10Snedecor Memorial Lecture: David Dunson
 Predictive Inference from Replicated Network Data
9:10 – 9:20Questions and Answers
 
9:20 – 9:50Stephanie Kovalchik
 Predicting the Emotions of Tennis Players from Single-Camera Video
9:50 – 10:00Questions and Answers
 
10:00 – 10:30Break and Refreshments
 
Session Seven – Plenary Talks in Honor of C. R. Henderson (Chair: Max Rothschild)
  
10:30 – 10:35Introductory Remarks by Max Rothschild
 
10:35 – 11:05Dale Van Vleck
 Someone to Remember: Charles Roy Henderson      Full Talk via Adobe Connect
11:05 – 11:15Questions and Answers
 
11:15 – 11:45Daniel Gianola
  Prediction of Complex Traits in Animal Breeding: From Henderson to Bayesian Machine Learning
11:45 – 11:55Questions and Answers
 
11:55 – 1:15Lunch
 
Session Eight – Plenary Talks (Chair: Petrutza Caragea)
 
1:15 – 1:45David Harville
  Model-Based Prediction in General and as Applied to the Outcomes of College Football Games
1:45 – 1:55Questions and Answers
 
1:55 – 2:25Carl Morris
 Prediction in Sports
2:25 – 2:35Questions and Answers
 
2:35 – 3:05Jing Lei
 Accounting for Uncertainties in Predictive Inference
3:05 – 3:15Questions and Answers
 
3:15 – 3:45Break and Refreshments
 
Session Nine – Baker / Kingland Lecture (Chair: Steve Vardeman)
 
3:45 – 4:25Martin Wainwright
 Computational Challenges in High-dimensional Prediction
4:25 – 4:35Questions and Answers
 
4:35 – 4:45Concluding Remarks