Program in Brief

The 2014 program for the Conference on Applied Statistics in Defense is taking form now. More details on the conference will follow. Check http://www.armyconference.org for official updates.

• Welcome:
  
• TBD
  
  
• Short Course:
  
  Statistical Methods for Product Life Analysis and Accelerated Testing
  Prof. William Q. Meeker (Iowa State) will present a short course "Statistical Methods for Product Life Analysis and Accelerated Testing" on October 20 & 21 preceding the conference beginning on October 22. 


• Invited Speakers:
  
  
  • Antonio Possolo (Keynote), National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Shape Metrology
    
    
  • Shane Reese, Brigham Young University
    Mixing Apples and Oranges: Complex System Reliability with Multi-Modal Testing
    
    
  • David Hunter, Penn State University
    Model-based Clustering of Large Networks
    
    
  • David Marchette, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
    A Statistical Analysis of a Time Series of Twitter Graphs
    
    
  • Richard Davis, Columbia University
    Applications of the Extremogram to Time Series and Spatial Processes
    
    
• Special Sessions:
  
  
  • Applications of Multivariate Heavy Tailed Statistics
    Organizer: Sidney Resnick, Cornell University
    
    Gennady Samorodnitsky, Cornell University
    Tail Inference: Where Does the Tail Begin?
    
    John Nolan, American University
    Computational Tools for Non-Gaussian Multivariate Distributions
    
    Don Towsley, University Massachusetts
    Sampling Heavy Tailed Multivariate Distributions on Large Networks
    
    Sidney Resnick, Cornell University
    Models with Hidden Regular Variation: Generation and Detection
    
    
  • Predictive Analytics
    Organizer: Tom Donnelly, SAS Institute
    
    Robert Gramacy, University of Chicago
    Practical Large-Scale Computer Model Calibration to Real Data
    
    Chris Gotwalt, SAS Institute
    Interactive Model Building Using JMP
    
    Andrew Fast and John Elder, Elder Research
    Ensemble Methods in Data Mining
    
    
    
• Special Contributed Sessions:
  
  
  
• Reliability, Rare Events, and Censored Data
  Organizer: Shuguang Song, Boeing Company
  
  Russell W. Morris, Technical Fellow of The Boeing Company
  Application of Failure Mode Distributions to Reliability Analysis of Combat Systems
  
  Dragos D. Margineantu, Technical Fellow of The Boeing Company
  Statistical Tests for Rare Event Predictors
  
  Ying Zhang, Indiana University
  Tensor Spline-Based Sieve Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Bivariate Current Status Data
  
  
• Network Science
  Organizer: Dave Jakubek, OUSD
  
  Stephen Russell, Naval Research Laboratory
  Applications of the Law of First Digits in Cyber and Soft Biometrics
  
  Elizabeth Bowman, Army Research Laboratory
  Statistical Approaches in Mining Unstructured Text for Contextual Understanding and Event Prediction
  
  Robert Bonneau, OASD (R&E)
  Risk Analysis for Complex Information Networks
  
  Chris Arney and Kate Coronges, USMA and Army Research Office
  Social Networks as Basic Science for Understanding Human Dimensions of Military Operations
  
  
  
• Clinical Session 1: Reliability
  
  
• John L. Eltinge, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Prospective Application of System Reliability Concepts and Methods to Analysis of Survey Participation
  
  
• Discussants: William Q. Meeker, Iowa State and Shane Reese, Brigham Young University
  
  
  
• Contributed Presentations
  
  Building Requirements-Flow Models Using Bayesian Networks and Designed Simulation Experiments
  Terril Hurst, Jarom Ballantyne, Allan Mense, Raytheon Missile Systems
  
  Petri Net Models of Adversarial Scenarios in Safety and Security
  David Collins, Aparna Huzurbazar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  
  Mixed Graphical Models via Exponential Families
  Eunho Yang, Yulia Baker, Pradeep Ravikumar, Genevera Allen, and Zhandong Liu, University of Texas at Austin
  
  Success Indicators in the USMA Advanced Core Mathematics Program
  Pamela Harris, MAJ Jarrod Shingleton, MAJ James Starling, and MAJ Christopher Thoma, USMA
  
  Modeling and Inference in Ecological Problems
  MAJ Wesley McCardle, Alongkot Ponlawat, Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS)
  
  Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis on Aircraft Stringer Selection
  Shuguang Song, The Boeing Company
  
  Bayesian Estimation Under Informative Sampling
  Terrance D. Savitsky, Daniell Toth, and Michail Sverchkov, Bureau of Labor Statistics
  
  How Bayesian Reliability Analysis was Developed and Implemented for Production Decisions
  Bruce Baber (USAF, Eglin AFB, FL), Allan T. Mense (Raytheon Missile Systems), C. Shane Reese (Brigham Young University)
   
  Automatic Defect Searching and Categorization, Method and Application
  David Hughes and Bill Thomas, Raytheon Missile Systems
  
  Modeling the Active and Idle Durations of Network Hosts
  Soumyo Moitra, CERT/Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
  
  Comparative Analysis of TAR, SEHM, and HMM Frameworks in Modeling the Activity Profile of Terrorist Groups
  Vasanthan Raghavan, Qualcomm Flarion Technologies
  
  Statistical Issues in Combat Helmet Acceptance Testing
  Robert G. Easterling, Sandia National Laboratories (retired)
  
  Applying Risk Analysis to Acceptance Testing of Combat Helmets
  Janice Hester and Laura Freeman, Institute for Defense Analyses
  
  Constructing a Movement Model for a Small Unit
  Vince Pulido, Craig Lennon, Mary Anne Fields, Laura Barnes, University of Virginia and Vehicle Techonology Directorate, Army Research Laboratory
  
  Convergence of Cyclic Stochastic Optimization and Generalizations
  Karla Hernandez and James Spall, The Johns Hopkins University Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Applied Physics Laboratory
  
  Empirical Signal to Noise Ratios for Operational Tests
  Matt Avery and Kelly McGinnity, Institute for Defense Analyses
  
  Science of Test: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of DoD Test and Evaluation
  V. Bram Lillard and Laura Freeman, Institute for Defense Analyses
  
  Analysis of High-Dimensional Biomarker Data for Binary Outcomes
  Hongda Zhang and Yuanzhang Li, Digital Systems Inc and Preventive Medicine Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
  
  An R Plugin Package For Geospatial Analysis
  Erin Hodgess, Visiting Scientist, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
  
  The Economy and Enlisted Retention in the Navy
  Jane Pinelis and Jared Huff, CNA Center for Naval Analyses
  
  An Autonomous Robotic Trenching Experiment
  Barry Bodt, Craig Lennon, and Marshal Childers (U.S. Army Research Laboratory), Richard Camden (Engility Corporation), and Nicolas Hudson (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  
  
  
• Events:
  Wilks Banquet, Wednesday, 22 October
  Speaker: John Eltinge on Big Data
  6:00 - 8:30 PM, Clydes Parlour Room
  707 7th Street, NW, Washington DC
  

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