Program in Brief

The preliminary program appears below. We welcome technical papers discussing methods or applications with a potential tie to defense and security issues. More details on the conference will be available. Check the web site http://www.arl.army.mil/main/acas/default.htm for updates.

• Welcome:
  Dr. James Gantt, Dir(A), Computational & Information Sciences Directorate, U.S.Army Research Laboratory
  
• Short Course:
  A short course on "Quantitative Graphics and Visual Analytics for Communication and Discovery," offered by Dan Carr, George Mason University will precede the conference on 18-19 October. The tutorial will start at 8:30 AM.
  
• Invited Speakers:
  
  • Ron Brookmeyer, Johns Hopkins University (Keynote Address)
    Models for Anthrax: Antibiotics and Vaccines
    
  • Douglas M. Bates, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    MAJ Paul Bliese, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
    Mixed-Effects Models for Organizational Data
    
  • David Banks, Duke University
    Data Mining in Homeland Defense
    
  • Bill Szewczyk, National Security Administration
    The Challenges of Streaming Data
    
  • Mark Vangel, Massachusetts General Hospital
    Consensus Inference in Multi-Subject fMRI: An Old Problem Meets a New Technology
    
  • Russell Lenth, University of Iowa
    Techniques for Sample Size
    
    
• Banquet Speaker:
  
  • John W. Loonsk, M.D., Associate Director for Informatics, CDC
    
• Special Sessions:
  
  • Statistical Text Processing
    Organizers: Carey Priebe, Johns Hopkins University and Ed Wegman, George Mason University
    
    • Jeffrey L. Solka and Avory C. Bryant, Naval Surface Warfare Center
      Edward J. Wegman, George Mason University
      Recursive Bipartite Spectral Clustering for Document Categorization
      
    • Carey Priebe, Johns Hopkins University
      Iterative Denoising for Cross-Corpus Discovery
      
    • Damianos Karakos, Johns Hopkins University
      Iterative maximization of Mutual Information in Integrated Sensing and Processing Decision Trees for Unsupervised Classification
      
  • Recent Advances in Engineering Statistics
    Organizer: Jeff Wu, Georgia Tech
    
    • Paul Kvam, Georgia Tech
      Estimating Load-Sharing Properties in a Dynamic Reliability Model
      
    • Roshan Joseph, Georgia Tech
      Adaptive Designs for Stochastic Root-Finding
      
    • C.F. Jeff Wu, Georgia Tech
      Building Surrogate Models Based on Detailed and Approximate Simulations
      
  • The Volume-of-Tube Formula, Perturbation, Mixture Models and Applications
    Organizers: Ramani S. Pilla, Catherine Loader, Case Western Reserve University
    
    • Jonathan Taylor, Stanford University
      Applications of the Volume of Tubes Formula in Functional NeuroImaging
      
    • Ramani S. Pilla and Catherine Loader, Case Western Reserve University
      The Volume-of-Tube Formula: Applications to Perturbation and Mixture Models
      
    • Cyrus Taylor, Case Western Reserve University
      Perturbation Theory and Mixture Models: Application to Particle Physics
      
• Contributed Papers Confirmed to Date
  
  • Extrapolating Testing for Biological Warfare Agents from the Laboratory to a Field Environment
    Charlie E. Holman, Army Evaluation Center
    Carl T. Russell, CTR Analytics
    Chuck Jennings, EAI Corporation
    
  • System Engineering Approach and Metrics for Evaluating Digitization for the U.S. Army Battle Command
    Jock O. Grynovicki and Jean Breitenbach, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
    
  • Detecting Bio-Terrorist Attacks by Monitoring Non-Traditional Data Streams Using Wavelets
    Galit Shmueli and Bernard L. Dillard,* University of Maryland, College Park
    
  • A Noninformative Prior Bayesian Approach to Reliability Growth Projection
    Paul M. Ellner, J Brian Hall, U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
    
  • A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Kriging Model
    Jay D. Martin, Applied Research Laboratory, State College
    Timothy W. Simpson, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    
  • Some Things Economists Know That Just Aren't So
    James R. Thompson, Rice University
    
  • Interval Estimates for Probabilities of Penetration Using a Generalized Pivotal Quantity
    David W. Webb, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
    
  • Establishing the Center for Data Analysis and Statistics (CDAS) at the United States Military Academy
    LTC Rodney X. Sturdivant, United StatesMilitary Academy, West Point, NY
    
  • Residual Based Goodness-of-fit Statistics for Logistic Hierarchical Regression Models
    LTC Rodney X. Sturdivant, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
    
  • A Bayesian Framework for Statistical, Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion
    Michael J. Smith, United States Military Academy, West Point
    Anuj Srivastava, Florida State University
    
  • Determining A Minimal Alternatives Replication Set For Constructive Combat Simulation
    Paul J. Deason, U.S. Army TRADOC Analysis Center ­ White Sands Missile Range, NM
    
  • Reducing Simulation Runs for Future Combat System Key Performance Parameter Analysis
    LTC Thomas M. Cioppa, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Analysis Center
    
  • Distributions of the Frequency of Waiting k Years for the Next Record
    Jayaram Sethuraman, Florida State University
    
  • An Evaluation of Advanced Aluminum Alloys for Armor and Structural Applications
    John Chinella, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
    
  • Research Directions in Adaptive Mixtures and Model-Based Clustering
    Wendy L. Martinez, Office of Naval Research
    Jeffrey L. Solka, Naval Surface Warfare Center
    
  • Modeling a Binary Response Variable Using L2E
    David Kim, Manhatten College
    
  • Parametric Estimators for False Discovery Rates
    Harry L. Hurd, Harry L. Hurd Assoc and Adjunct Professor, UNC Chapel Hill
    
  • Getting the Most Bang for the Buck: Optimal System Design Under Reliability and Economic Constraints
    Francisco J. Samaniego, University of California, Davis
    
  • STATISTICS COUNTS! - Examples of the Impact of Statistical Analyses on the Operational Test and Evaluation of Major Defense Systems
    Arthur Fries, Institute for Defense Analyses
    
  • Forensic Analysis: Statistical Comparison of Bullet Lead Compositions
    Karen Kafadar, University of Colorado, Denver
    
  • Recurrent Event Modeling Using Survival Analysis Techniques, with Application to Hospitalizations of Army Recruits
    Yuanzhang Li and Timothy Powers, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
    
  • Visual Analytics for Streaming Internet Traffic
    Edward J. Wegman, George Mason University
    Karen Kafadar, University of Colorado, Denver
    
  • A Sequential Stopping Rule for Determining the Number of Replications Necessary when Several Measures of Effectiveness are of Interest
    Anthony J. Quinzi, TRADOC Analysis Center - WSMR
    
  • Fallacies and Myths in Elementary Statistics
    Bernard Harris, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    
    
• Events:
  • Social: Tuesday, October 19, 6:30PM - 8:00PM, GA Tech Conference Center
  • Wilks Award Banquet: Wednesday, October 20, 6:30PM Social, 7:30PM Dinner, GA Tech Conference Center
    

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