PROGRAM
[Note: All sessions including welcome will take place in the Auditorium (Room-2001) in the Inco Innovation Center (IIC)]
[Note 2: In case of multiple authors for a paper, the speaker is indicated by `(S)']
[Note: All sessions including welcome will take place in the Auditorium (Room-2001) in the Inco Innovation Center (IIC)]
[Note 2: In case of multiple authors for a paper, the speaker is indicated by `(S)']
- Monday, 20 July
- 08:30-10:00 Registration and Welcome Reception : IIC Atrium (first floor)
- 10:00-10:15Welcome
- 10:00 Dr. Christopher Loomis, Acting President and Vice Chancellor, Memorial University
- 10:10 Dr. Brajendra Sutradhar, General Chair, ISS-09, Memorial University
- 10:00-12:00Session 1
-  Chair: Mary E. Thompson, University of Waterloo
- 10:15 Plenary Presentation
-   Brajendra Sutradhar, Memorial University
-  GLLMMs and Inferences
- 11:15 Invited Presentation
-   Grace Y. Yi, Richard J. Cook (S), and Baojiang Chen, University of Waterloo and University of Washington
-  Estimating Functions for Evaluating Treatment Effects in Clustered-Randomized Longitudinal Studies in the Presence of Drop-out and Non-compliance
- 12:00-13:30Lunch : Dining Room, R. Gushue Hall
- 13:30-15:15Session 2
-  Chair: Noel Cressie, The Ohio State University
- 13:30 Plenary Presentation
-   William T.M. Dunsmuir, The University of New South Wales
-  Inference and Computational Methods for Regression Modeling in Multiple Time Series of Counts with Random Effects
- 14:30Invited Presentation
-   Marco Alfo' (S) and Antonello Maruotti, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy
-  Two-part Regression Models for Longitudinal Zero-inflated Count Data
- 15:15-15:45Coffee Break : IIC Atrium (first floor)
- 15:45-17:10Session 3
-  Chair: Richard J. Cook, University of Waterloo
- 15:45Invited Presentation
-   Vandna Jowaheer,Gary Sneddon (S), and Brajendra C. SutradharUniversity of Mauritius and Memorial University
-  Maximum Quasi-likelihood versus Generalized Absolute-deviation Based Quasi-likelihood Inferences for Median Regression
- 16:30-17:10Contributed Papers Presentation (2)
- 16:30 Joel A. Dubin (S) and Xiaoqin Xiong, University of Waterloo
-  Investigating the Feasibility of Binning for Analyzing Mixed Longitudinal Data Measured at Distinct Time Points: A Simulation Study
- 16:50 Yunqi Ji (S) and Zhaozhi Fan, Memorial University
-  Analysis of Longitudinal Binary Data with Misclassification
- 18:30Barbecue : R. Gushue Hall
- 08:30-10:45Session 4
-  Chair: Brajendra Sutradhar, Memorial University
- 08:30 Plenary Presentation
-   Raymond J. Carroll, Texas A & M University
-  Hierarchical Functional Data: Semi-parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Modeling Functional Dependence, With Application to Colonic Crypt Signaling
- 09:30Invited Presentation
-   Terry C.K. Lee, Leilei Zeng and Charmaine B. Dean (S), Simon Fraser University
-  An Imputation Based Method for Joint Modeling of Interval Censored Tree Growth and Mortality Data
- 10:15-10:45Coffee Break : IIC Atrium (first floor)
- 10:45-12:05Session 5
-  Chair: Alwell Oyet, Memorial University
-  Contributed Papers Presentation (4)
- 10:45 Renè Holst, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
-  Efficient and Robust Estimation for Longitudinal Mixed Models for Binary Data
- 11:05 R. Prabhakar, Rao (S) and Brajendra Sutradhar, Sri Sathya Sai University, India and Memorial University
-  Bias Corrected Quasi-likelihood Inferences in Generalized Linear Longitudinal Models for Count Data with Measurement Error
- 11:25 Mido Chang, Virginia Tech, USA
-  Does Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Make a Difference in Estimation?
- 11:45 JC Loredo-Osti (S) and Brajendra C. Sutradhar, Memorial University
-  Analysis of Non-linear Multinomial Time Series
- 12:05-13:30Lunch : Dining Room, R. Gushue Hall
- 13:30-15:15Session 6
-  Chair: Charmaine B. Dean, Simon Fraser University
- 13:30 Plenary Presentation
-   Emily L. Kang, Noel Cressie (S), and Tao Shi, The Ohio State University
-  Using Temporal Variability to Improve Spatial Mapping with Application to Satellite Data
- 14:30Invited Presentation
-   Brajendra Sutradhar and Alwell Oyet (S), Memorial University
-  On Conditional Quasi-likelihood Inferences with Negative Binomial Offspring and Immigration
- 15:15-15:45Coffee Break : IIC Atrium (first floor)
- 15:45-16:45Session 7
-  Chair: Zhaozhi Fan, Memorial University
-  Contributed Papers Presentation (3)
- 15:45 Arindom Chakraborty (S) and Kalyan Das, Visva-Bharati University and University of Calcutta, India
-  Joint modeling of Time to Event Data and Repeated Ordered Longitudinal Scores Subject to Linear Mixed Model
- 16:05 Bingrui Sun (S) and Brajendra C. Sutradhar, Memorial University
-  GMM versus GQL Inferences in Linear Mixed Models with Dynamic Mean Structure
- 16:25 Vickneswary Tagore (S), Brajendra Sutradhar and R. Prabhakar Rao,Memorial University and Sri Sathya Sai University, India
-  GQL Inferences in Linear Dynamic Stochastic Volatility Models
- 19:00-Banquet : The Rooms
- 08:30-10:15Session 8
-  Chair: William T. M. Dunsmuir, The University of New South Wales
- 08:30 Plenary Presentation
-   Mary E. Thompson, University of Waterloo
-  Models for longitudinal survey data
- 09:30Invited Presentation
-   Brajendra Sutradhar and Taslim S. Mallick (S), Memorial University
-  Conditional Weighted Generalized Quasi-likelihood Inferences in Incomplete Longitudinal Binary Models
- 10:15-10:45Coffee Break : IIC Atrium (first floor)
- 10:45-11:45Session 9
-  Chair: JC Loredo-Osti, Memorial University
-  Contributed Papers Presentation (3)
- 10:45 Daniel Li (S) and Liqun Wang, University of Manitoba
-  Second-order Least Squares Estimation of Mixed Effects Models
- 11:05 Yasunori Fujikoshi (s), Tetsuro Sakurai and Yuka Kobayashi, Chuo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
-  On Conditional AIC for Random Coefficient Models
- 11:25 M. R. I. Chowdhury (S) and Brajendra Sutradhar,Memorial University
-  Generalized Quasi-likelihood versus Hierarchical Likelihood Inferences in Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Count Data
- 12:05-13:30Lunch : Dining Room, R. Gushue Hall
- 14:30-Ocean Tour
Tuesday, 21 July
Wednesday, 22 July