
Preliminary Information on Scientific Programme
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Workshops
- Biostatistics Section: Using Bioconductor for High Throughput Data, Robert Gentleman, University of Washington
- Business and Industrial Statistics Section: Monte Carlo Method — Optimization, Don McLeish, University of Waterloo
- Survey Methods Section: Treatment of Unit and Item Nonresponse in Surveys, David Haziza, Université de Montréal
Plenary Sessions
- Building the Pyramids — Chris Wild, University of Auckland :
- Randomness is Not a Bad Word — Luc Devroye, McGill University :
Statutory Invited Paper Sessions (and Organizers)
- Statistical Learning with Trees — Hugh Chipman, Acadia University (Louis-Paul Rivest, Université Laval) :
- Qing Pan, George Washington University (Mary Lesperance, University of Victoria) —
- Statistical Methods for Multi-State Analysis of Incomplete Longitudinal Data — Baojiang Chen, University of Washington (Sudhir R. Paul, University of Windsor) :
Invited Paper Sessions Organized by SSC Sections and Committees (and Organizers)
- Special Invited Session of the Biostatistics Session — Charles E. McCulloch, University of California at San Francisco (Subhash Lele, University of Alberta)
- Complex Methods for Longitudinal and Survival Data (Biostatistics Section, Joel Dubin, University of Waterloo)
- Ecological Processes, Mechanisms, and Statistical Evidence (Biostatistics Section, Christopher Jerde, University of Notre Dame)
- Quantitative Challenges in Climate Change and Ecosystem Sustainability Research (Biostatistics Section, Colin Soskolne, University of Alberta)
- Isobel Loutit Invited Address on Business and Industrial Statistics — Bill Woodall, Virginia Tech (Smiley Cheng, U. of Manitoba)
- Quality Improvement in Healthcare (Business and Industrial Statistics Section, Charlie H Goldsmith, McMaster University)
- Statistics/Mathematics Finance-1 (Business and Industrial Statistics Section, Mark Reesor, University of Western Ontario)
- Statistics/Mathematics Finance-2 (Business and Industrial Statistics Section, Mark Reesor, University of Western Ontario)
- Special Invited Session of the Probability Session — Peter Guttorp, University of Washington (Reg Kulperger, University of Western Ontario)
- Stochastic Spatial Models (Probability Session, Ed Perkins, University of British Columbia)
- Stochastic Modeling of Disordered Spatial Patterns (Probability Session, Jeff Picka, University of New Brunswick)
- Empirical Processes and Applications to Finance (Probability Session, Hao Yu, University of Western Ontario)
- Special Invited Session of the Survey Methods Section — Jean-François Beaumont, Statistics Canada (Julie Trépanier, Statistics Canada)
- Small Area Estimation at Statistics Canada (Survey Methods Section, Mike Hidiroglou, Statistics Canada)
- Statistical Inference Based on Data from Different Sources (Survey Methods Section, Milorad Kovacevic, Statistics Canada)
- What do Mathematical Statisticians do at Statistics Canada (Survey Methods Section, Lenka Mach, Statistics Canada)
- Teaching Statistics to Future Statisticians (Education Committee, Alison Gibbs, University of Toronto)
- Teaching Biostatistics in Public Health Programs: Struggles and Successes (Education Committee, Rollin Brant, University of British Columbia)
- History of Statistics - Lifetime Modeling and Data (Education Committee, David Bellhouse, University of Western Ontario)
- Innovative Uses of Statistical Software in the (Remote) Classroom (Education Committee, John Amrhein, McDougall Scientific Ltd)
- Modelling and Measuring Pollution and Natural Systems (Women in Statistics & Caucus for Women in Statistics, Sylvia Esterby, University of British Columbia, Okanagan)
- Evaluation of Medical Screening and Diagnostic Tests (SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work, Stephen Walter, McMaster University)
Invited Sessions Suggested by SSC Members (and Organizers)
- Memorial Session for Randy Sitter (Charmaine Dean & Derek Bingham, Simon Fraser University)
- Statistical Models and Methods in Infectious Disease Presentation and Control (Ping Yan, Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Implications of Sample Selection and Observation Schemes on the Analysis of Life History Processes (Richard Cook, University of Waterloo)
- Multivariate Survival Analysis (Lajmi Lakhal-Chaieb, Université Laval)
- Nonparametric Multivariate Methods (Shojaeddin Chenouri & Christopher Small, University of Waterloo)
- Functional Data Analysis (Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University)
- Statistical Methods for Causal Inference (Lawrence McCandless, Simon Fraser University)
- Analysis of Correlated Data with Excessive Zeros (Renjun Ma, University of New Brunswick)
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (K.K. Gordon Lan, Johnson & Johnson Inc.)
- Some Recent Developments on Response Adaptive Designs of Clinical Trials (Xikui Wang, University of Manitoba)
- Recent Development in Analysis of High Dimensional Data (Wenqing He, Univeristy of Western Ontario)
- Recent Developments in Order-Restricted Inference (Lang Wu, University of British Columbia)
- Statistical Inference in Studies with Large p and Small n (Zeny Feng, Guelph University)
- Simulator Assisted Inference for Environmental Systems (Derek Bingham, Simon Fraser University)
- Theory and Application of the Finite Mixture Models (Jiahua Chen, University of British Columbia)
- Runs, Patterns and the Finite Markov Chain Imbedding Technique (Brad Johnson, University of Manitoba)
- Emerging Issues in Graphical Models (Lang Wu, University of British Columbia)
- Statistics in Sports (Paramijit Gill, University of British Columbia, Okanagan)
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