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Scientific Program: 2015 IISA ConferenceCelebrating Statistical Innovation and Impact in a World of Big and Small Data

Co-organizer: Department of Statistics, Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityYASHADA Management Development Center, Raj Bhavan Complex, Baner Road Pune 411007, INDIA

December 20–24, 2015LAST UPDATED: NOV 9, 2015

Saturday, Dec 19, 2015

Workshops and Short Courses

• 8:00am – 6:00pm: Short Courses & Workshops

Sunday, Dec 20, 2015

Registration and Inauguration

• 8:00am – 5:00pm: Registration

• 8:30am – 9:00am: Inauguration and Welcome

9:00am – 10:00am Plenary Session

• Why Everyone Needs Statistics, and What the American Statistical Association is Doing to Help Jessica Utts, Uni-versity of California, Irvine, USA; President-Elect of the American Statistical Association

10:00am – 10:30am: Refreshments

10:30am – 12:00 noon: Parallel Scientific Sessions

Special Invited Session

1. 10:30am–11:15am: Species sampling priors for modeling dependence, Michele Guindiani, MD Anderson Cancer Center,USA.

2. 11:15am–12:00pm: Goodness-of-fit Testing of Error Distribution in Linear Measurement Error Models, Hira Koul,Michigan State University, USA.

Invited Sessions

1. Survey Sampling - IOrganizer: Bikas K. Sinha (Retired) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.Chair: D.C. Nath

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Randomized Response Technique and Its Application on Drug Use among Dormitory Students,Ozgl Nilgun, Hacettepe University, Turkey

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Interactive Linear Model and Unbiased Estimation of Incidence Proportion of a QualitativeResponse Characteristic in a Finite Population Set Up, Pulakesh Maiti, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata,India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Successive Sampling Strategy Under Non Response Over Two Occasions, Jaishree P. KarnaGauhati University, Guwahati, India.

2. Urn Models and its ApplicationsOrganizer: Antar Bandyopadhyay Indian Statistical Institute, DelhiChair: Antar Bandyopadhyay Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Edge and Vertex-Reinforced Random Walks with Super-Linear Reinforcement on Infinite Graphs,Codina Cotar, University Collage of London, London, UK.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Urn Models with Random Reinforcement Weights, Krishanu Maulik, Indian Statistical Institute,Kolkata, India

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Polya Urns Via the Contraction Method, Ralph Neiningher, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt,Germany

3. High-dimensional Inference in Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Settings.Organizer: Karthik Bharath The University of Nottingham, UKChair: Anil Ghosh Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

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(a) 10:30am–11:00am Bayesian model Based Shape Clustering, Debdeep Pati, Florida State University, Tallahassee,USA.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Asymptotic Distribution of Lasso and Bridge Estimators in Increasing Dimensions, ArindamChatterjee, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Distributions on Warping Functions with Statistical Applications, Karthik Bharath, The Uni-versity of Nottingham, UK

4. Miscellaneous TopicsOrganizer: Subrata Kundu George Washington University

(a) 10:30am–11:00am A Practical Model-Based Segmentation Approach to Improved Activation Detection in fMRIStudies, Ranjan Maitra, Iowa State University, Ames, USA.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am What is an analogue of Odds Ratio in higher order tables?, M.B. Rao, University of Cincinnati,USA

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Variable Selection Using Kullback-Leibler Divergence Loss, Shibashis Dasgupta, University ofSouth Alabama, USA.

5. Current Statistical Challenges in Clinical ResearchOrganizer: Vishwanath Iyer Novartis, Hyderabad, IndiaChair: Vishwanath Iyer

(a) 10:30am–11:00am A Proposed Statistical Approach for Analyzing Dose Proportionality Studies, Radha Railkar,Merck & Co., USA

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Statistical Assessment of Blinding, Anil Gore, Cytel, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Statistical Challenges in Risk Based Monitoring, Ashwini Mathur, Novartis, India.

Contributed Session

1. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics IChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 10:30am–10:45am Identifying the unknown lag order in an autoregressive model in the possible presence of a singlestructural break, Souveek Halder, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

(b) 10:45am–11:00am A Statistical Evaluation of In Vitro Micronucleus Assay in Toxicology, John C.F. Olivio, CentralLuzon State University, Phillipines

(c) 11:00am–11:15am Regional variation in the impact of infrastructure on economic growth: A multivariate analysisof Indian States, Nitika Malhotra, Amity University.

(d) 11:15am–11:30am Bayesian Dose-Exposure Model for Oncology Phase I dose-escalation Combination Studies, ArunKumar, Novartis Healthcare Private Limited.

(e) 11:30am–11:45am Performance of Small Sample Estimators in Autocorrelated and Endogeneized Linear Model,John Olaomi, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

(f) 11:45am–12:00pm Transmuted Exponentiated Frechet Distribution: Properties and Applications, Vincent R. An-thonisamy, Cochin University of Science and Technology

12:00 noon – 1:30pm LUNCH

1:30pm – 3:00pm: Parallel Scientific Sessions

Special Presidential Invited Session

Organizer: Soumen Lahiri, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.Chair: Soumen Lahiri

1. 1:30pm–2:15pm Feynmans Foibles on the Concept of Probability in Quantum Mechanics, Nozer D. Singpurwalla TheCity University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

2. 1:30pm–2:15pm TITLE OF TALK Asaf Hajiyev Academician of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

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Invited Sessions

1. Statistics for Large Spatial DataOrganizer: Soutir Bandyopadhyay, Lehigh University, USA

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Matrix-free conditional simulations of Gaussian Markov random fields and their applications,Somak Dutta, Iowa State University, USA.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Multi-species Integral Projection Models, Souparno Ghosh, Texas Tech University, USA.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Bayesian models in spatial inverse problems, Anirban Mondal, Case Western Reserve University,USA.

2. Analytical Challenges in Statistical GenomicsOrganizer: Saurabh Ghosh Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Allelic versus genotypic level tests for multivariate phenotypes, Saurabh Ghosh Indian StatisticalInstitute, Kolkata, India.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm On testing of gene-gene interaction based on case-control data using genotype similarity betweenindividuals, Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Assessing Copy Number Variation Using Genome-Wide Alignments, Deepayan Sarkar, IndianStatistical Institute, Delhi, India.

3. Design of Experiments IOrganizer: Bikas K. Sinha, (Retired) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, IndiaChair: Dilip K. Ghosh

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Statistical Designs Under Three-Way Blocking Structure Where Experimental Units Form Clumps,Cini Varghese, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Some Results on Sudoku Square Designs and Their Applications, Jambulingam Subramani, PondicherryUniversity, Puducherry, India.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Combinatorial Properties of Sudoku Squares and Their Use in Statistical Experiments, JyotirmoySarkar, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA.

4. Clinical Trials and ApplicationsOrganizer: Shesh N. Rai, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.Chair: Cyrus Mehta

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Imputing partial status to improve efficiency of estimating incidence rate with application of phaseIV cancer trial, Shesh N. Rai, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Covariance modeling of multivariate longitudinal data with applications in clinical trials, PriyaKohli, Connecticut College, New London, USA

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Title, Speaker, Affiliation

5. Statistical Analysis of Data Generated by Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (PMNS) at KEM HospitalResearch Centre, PuneOrganizer: Sharad Gore University of Pune, India.Chair: C.S. Yajnik

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Stunting is Predicted by Femur Length at 28 Weeks of Gestation, Suyog Joshi, KEM HospitalResearch Centre, Pune

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Dermatoglyphics and Cardiometabolic Risk in Indian Children, Swati Pandit, KEM Hospital Re-search Centre, Pune

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Lifecourse Associations of Body Fat Patterns With Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors,Rohini Kelkar, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune

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Student Session: 1:30pm – 3:10pm

1. Student Paper Competition I (Theory & Methods)Organizer: IISAChair: M. B. Rao

(a) 1:30pm–1:50pm A Mixture of g-priors for Variable Selection when the Number of Regressors Grows with the SampleSize, Minerva Mukhopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

(b) 1:50pm–2:10pm A Subsampled Double Bootstrap for Massive Data Srijan Sengupta, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

(c) 2:10pm–2:30pm Optimal Two-level Choice Designs for any Number of Choice Sets, Rakhi Singh, IIT Bombay,India

(d) 2:30pm–2:50pm Community Detection in Multi-Relational Data Through Restricted Multi-Layer Stochastic Block-model, Subhadeep Paul, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

(e) 2:50pm–3:10pm Multivariate Output Analysis for Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Dootika Vats, University of Min-nesota, Minneapolis, USA

3:00pm – 3:30pm: Refreshments

3:30pm – 5:00 pm: Parallel Scientific Sessions


1. 3:30pm–4:15pm: On Statistical Thinking Beyond Ontology and Epistemology Status Of Scientific Theory: An Unavoid-able Requirement for Statistical Modeling, M. Ratnaparkhi Wright State University, Dayton, USA.

2. 4:15pm–5:00pm: Functional quantile regression, Arnab Maity, North Carolina State University, USA.

Invited Sessions

1. Optimum Life-testing Plans and Lifetime Data AnalysisOrganizer: Biswabrata Pradhan, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.Chair: Somak Dutta, University of Chicago, USA

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Graphical tests for proportionality of hazards in two samples, Shyamsundar Sahoo, Haldia Gov-ernment College, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Inference and Optimum Life Testing Plans for Lognormal Distribution under Progressive Type-IInterval Censoring, Soumya Roy, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Optimum life-testing plans under hybrid censoring scheme, Biswabrata Pradhan, Indian StatisticalInstitute, Kolkata, India.

2. Reliability Theory and Its ApplicationsOrganizer: Sanjeev Sabnis, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.Chair: Sanjeev Sabnis

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Modelling a Bivariate distribution for Life and the Quality Characteristics, Avinash Dharmad-hikari, Tata Motors, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Bivariate Accelerated Life Test Model With Time Varying Stress, Preeti Srivastava, Indian Insti-tute of Technology, Delhi, India.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Parameter Estimation in Series and Parallel Multi-state Coherent Systems with Positively Quad-rant Dependent Data, Sanjeev Sabnis Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.

3. Miscellaneous TopicsOrganizer: Bikas K. Sinha, (Retired) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, IndiaChair: Jyotirmoy Sarkar

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Dealing with Big Data in Regression: A Sufficient Dimension Reduction Approach, Andragni Kofi,University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Big Data in Agriculture, S. Ravichandran, National Academy of Agricultural Research Manage-ment, Hyderabad, India.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm On Some Introspection of Equal-Row-Sum Covariance Structure, Saran I. Maiti, Visva BharatiUniversity, Santiniketan, India

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Student Session

1. Student Paper Competition II (Applications)Organizer: IISAChair: Debajyoti Sinha Florida State University, USA

(a) 3:30pm–3:50pm Bayesian Crossover Designs for Generalized Linear Models, Satya Prakash Singh, IIT Bombay

(b) 3:50pm–4:10pm Calibration of River Flow Measurements from Historical Data: Paving the Way for an Interna-tional Accord, Kaushik Jana, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

(c) 4:10pm–4:30pm Regression under Coxs model for recall-based time-to-event data in observational studies, SedighehMirzei, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

(d) 4:30pm–4:50pm Bayesian estimation of the parameters of exponentiated exponential distribution under progressiveinterval type-I censoring scheme with random removals, Arun Kaushik, Benaras Hindu University

(e) 4:50pm–5:00pm Discussion

Contributed Sessions

1. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics IIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 3:30pm–3:45pm Impact of asymptotic bias formulas in misclassification, Sreelatha Chakrala, Andhra University,India

(b) 3:45pm–4:00pm Bayesian estimation of linear regression parameters in medical data, Georgekutty Mathew Chris-tian Medical College, Vellore, India

(c) 4:00pm–4:15pm Sex ratio fluctuations of child (0-6) and adult stages in Uttar Pradesh - A Study, Karedula Lak-shman Rao, University College of Science, Osmania University

(d) 4:15pm–4:30pm Testing the constancy of the thinning parameter in a random coefficient integer autoregressivemodel, Manik Awalee, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

(e) 4:30pm–4:45pm Assessment of agriculture productivity performance in the region of Tamil Nadu: A statisticalapproach, C. Arul Kumar, Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tiruchengode, India.

(f) 4:45pm–5:00pm Risk Modelling in Non-Life Insurance, K.K.Thampi, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, INDIA.

2. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics IIIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 3:30pm–3:45pm A General Class of Stochastic Restricted Regression Estimator in Linear Regression Model, GargiTyagi, Banasthali Vidyapith, India

(b) 3:45pm–4:00pm Fuzzy Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for Production Distribution Problems, Raosaheb V. Lat-pate, Savitribai Phule Pune University

(c) 4:00pm–4:15pm Inverse Size Biased p-Dimensional Rayleigh Distribution, Ranjita Pandey, University of Delhi,India.

(d) 4:15pm–4:30pm EWMA-D control chart for monitoring process variability, S.V. Rajmanya, Solapur University,India.

(e) 4:30pm–4:45pm Estimation Of Mean Of A Rare And Clustered Population Using Edge Units In The Networks,Jayant Kashinath Kshirsagar, SSPU,Pune, India.

(f) 4:45pm–5:00pm Bayesian Concordance Correlation Coefficient With Application to Repeatedly Measured Data,Atanu Bhattacharjee, Malabar Cancer Centre, India.

5:30pm – 6:30pm Public Lecture

Chair:

• Arsenic Contamination in Indian Subcontinent and Public Health Pranab K. Sen University of North Carolina, ChapelHill, USA.

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Monday, Dec 21, 2015


• Reflections on priors for Bayesian latent variable models Kerrie Mengersen, Queensland University of Technology,Brisbane, Australia.




Chair: Dipak Dey University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.

1. 10:30am–11:15am: A New Approach to Classical and Modern Urn Models, Antar Bandyopadhyay Indian StatisticalInstitute, Delhi, India.

2. 11:15am–12:00pm: Large sample properties of high dimensional autocovariance matrices, Arup Bose Indian StatisticalInstitute, Kolkata, India.

Invited Sessions

1. Modelling Pharmaceutical Data in Drug Development.Organizer: Byron Jones, Novartis-Pharma, Basel, SwitzerlandChair: Byron Jones

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Joint modeling of continuous end point and multiple correlated time to event endpoints: A Casestudy., Arnab Sarkar, Novartis Health Care Pvt. Ltd., India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Robust inference for mixed censored and binary response models with missing covariates., Ang-shuman Sarkar, Novartis Health Care Pvt. Ltd., India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Inference for mixed nominal and ordinal response models, Ayan Das Gupta, Novartis HealthcarePvt. Ltd., India.

2. Topics in Lifetime Data AnalysisOrganizer: U.V. Naik-Nimbalkar, University of Pune, IndiaChair:

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Inference procedures for current status competing risks data., E.P. Sreedevi, Carmel College,Thrissur, India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Small sample interval estimation for Weibull parameters, Madhuri G. Kulkarni, University ofPune, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm TBD, Speaker, Affiliation

3. Inference for Reliability ModelsOrganizer: Isha Dewan Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, IndiaChair: Isha Dewan

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Testing specified relations between two probability distributions, J.V. Deshpande, University ofPune, India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Semiparametric analysis of linear transformation models with covariate measurement errors.,Sudheesh K. Kattumannil, Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai Centre, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Growth of Reliability Theory: A Study, Alka Chaudhary, Meerut College, Meerut,U.P., India

4. Survey Sampling - IIOrganizer: Bikas K. Sinha (Retired) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.Chair: Pulakesh Maity Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Systematic Sampling With Inverse Hypergeometric Stopping Rule for Estimation of IncidenceRate of a Rare Attribute, Dilip Nath, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Estimating the Size of a Population Comprising of Individuals With Indirect Accessibility,Vidyasagar Padmawar, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Eliciting Information on Sensitive Features : Block Total Response Technique and RelatedInference, Bikas K. Sinha (Retired) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

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5. Advances and Applications of Statistical Methods for Medical DataOrganizer: Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA.Chair:

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Impacting patient care, cost, and efficiency with innovative statistical methods, Jay Mandrekar,Mayo Clinic, USA.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am A multi-treatment adaptive allocation for circular response trials, Atanu Biswas, Indian Statis-tical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm A Latent-variable approach to derive a pediatric cardiac inotrope score associated with congenitalheart surgery, Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA.

6. Application of Bayesian Approaches in Drug Development.Organizer: Ramachandran Suresh, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA, and Amarjot Kaur, Merck & Co. Inc., USA.Chair: Shailaja Suryawanshi, Merck & Co. Inc., USA.

(a) 10:30am–11:00am A Bayesian approach for designing Phase 2 clinical trials with rare tumor types in Oncology,Satrajit Roychoudhury, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Bayesian Framework in Development of Pediatric Clinical Trials, Amarjot Kaur, Merck & Co.Inc., USA.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Innovation in Oncology Clinical Trial Designs and use of Bayesian Methodology., PanduranganKulkarni, Eli Lilly & Company, USA



Invited Sessions

1. Contemporary Topics in Clinical TrialsOrganizer: Devan Mehrotra, Merck & Co. Inc., USA.Chair: Amarjot Kaur, Merck & Co., Inc. USA.

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Exact confidence intervals and unbiased point estimates for adaptive multi-arm and multi-stageclinical trials, Cyrus Mehta, Cytel, USA.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm A Review of Some Old Contemporary Issues, Steve Snappin, Amgen, USA

(c) 3:30pm–4:00pm A Proposed Tipping Point Analysis for Clinical Trials with Dropouts, Devan Mehrotra, Merck &Co. Inc., USA.

2. Design of Experiments IIOrganizer: Bikas K. Sinha, (Retired) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, IndiaChair: Cini Varghese

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm On Resolvable and Affine Resolvable Designs, Premadhis Das, Kalyani University.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Complete Diallel Crosses plans through Latin Squares and Mutually Orthogonal Latin SquaresDesigns, Dilip K. Ghosh, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Measure of Slope Rotatability for Second Order Response Surface Designs Using a Pair of BalancedIncomplete Block Designs, Victor Babu Acharya Nagarjuna University, India

3. Recent Advances in Small Area EstimationOrganizer: Hukum Chandra Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, IndiaChair: Sanghamitra Pal

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Small Area Estimation for Discrete Data under Area Level Spatial Models, Hukum Chandra IndianAgricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm A Bayesian Analysis of Odds Ratios from Small Areas with an application to Breast Cancer data.,Dhiman Bhadra, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm A Bayesian Test of Independence for Several Sparse Two-Way Contingency Tables, BalgobindNandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA.

4. Advances in Statistical Process ControlOrganizer: Digambar Shirke Shivaji University, Kohlapur, IndiaChair: Digambar Shirke

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(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Bayesian control charts, Sharada Bhat, Karnataka University, Dharwad, India

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Improved Control Chart Structure for Process Parameters, Vikas B. Ghute, Solapur University,India

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm A Simultaneous Evaluation of Some Adaptive Design Parameters Policies for Shewhart ControlCharts, Mahadik Shashibhushan, Shivaji University, Kohlapur, India.

5. Probability and Heavy Tailed DistributionsOrganizer: Parthanil Roy Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.Chair: Rajarshi Guhaniyogi University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Stability for Point Processes, Branching Random Walks, and A Conjecture of Brunet and Derrida,Ayan Bhattacharya, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Inverse Problem for Weighted Sums with Dependent Weights and Regularly Varying Tails, MoumantiPodder, New York University, USA.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Stable random fields indexed by trees, Parthanil Roy Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

6. Bayesian Nonparametric StatisticsOrganizer: Eswar Phadia, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.Chair: Ananda Sen University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Ferguson-Sethuraman processes, Eswar Phadia, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,USA.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) for Flexible Nonparametric Modeling and Inference,Purushottam (Prakash) Laud, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm TITLE, SPEAKER, AFFILIATION

7. Interdisciplinary StatisticsOrganizer: Amarjot Kaur, Merck & Co. Inc., USA.

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm LISA 2020: Growing a Network of Statistical Collaboration Laboratories to Impact the World,Eric A. Vance, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Adaptive designs, permutation tests and blinded modifications, Ekkehard Glimm, Novartis Phar-maceuticals, USA.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Analysis of Discrete Choice Probit Models with Structured Correlation Matrices, Chaganty Rao,Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA.




1. 3:30pm–4:15pm: Some Novel Scalable Bayesian Frameworks for Big Data with an Emphasis on Bayesian TensorRegression, Rajarshi Guhaniyogi, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

2. 4:15pm–5:00pm: Models for step-stress experiments, Nandini Kannan National Science Foundation, USA.

Invited Sessions

1. Advances in High-Dimensional StatisticsOrganizer: Debashis Paul, University of California, Davis, USA.Chair: Arindam Chatterjee, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, India.

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Distribution-free run tests for high dimensional data, Anil K. Ghosh, Indian Statistical Institute,Kolkata, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Statistical Inference of Networks with Vertex and Edge Covariates, Sharmodeep Bhattacharya,Oregon State University, USA.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm A Bayesian approach for envelope models, Kshitij Khare, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

2. Contemporary Topics in Clinical Trial Design and AnalysisOrganizer: Radha Railkar, Merck & Co. Inc., USA.Chair: Radha Railkar

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(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Evaluation of Seamless Adaptive Design for Dose Selection, Shyla Jagannatha, Johnson and John-son, USA.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Much Ado About Safety, Vishwanath Iyer, Novartis, Hyderabad, India.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Challenges and Opportunities with Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials, Arvind Shah, Merck & Co.Inc., USA.

3. Reliability Theory and Survival AnalysisOrganizer: David Hanagal University of Pune, IndiaChair:

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Some recent results on stochastic comparisons of parallel systems, Subhash Kochar Portland StateUniversity, USA.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Motivating some simple classical nonparametric tests through the empirical likelihood approach,K.S.M. Rao, University of Botswana

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Mixture models with frailty in the presence of covariates, Richa Sharma, University of Pune, India

4. Quantile modeling in ReliabilityOrganizer: P.G. Sankaran Cochin University of Science and Technology, India.Chair:

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm The cause specific hazard quantile function, P.G. Sankaran Cochin University of Science andTechnology, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Divergence measures: A quantile approach, S.M. Sunoj, Cochin University of Science and Tech-nology, India.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Nonparametric estimation of the quantile density function, Isha Dewan, Indian Statistical Institute,Delhi, India

5. Linear Models and Designs of ExperimentsOrganizer: Bikas K. Sinha, (Retired) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, IndiaChair: Premadhis Das

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm AMMI Models and Its Analysis, M.R. Srinivasan, University of Madras, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm A Note on Slope Rotatable Designs, G.V.S.R. Anjaneyulu, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur,India

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Construction of Binary and Ternary Variance Balanced Block Designs, A. Rajarathinam, Manon-maniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India

Contributed Session

1. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics IVChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 3:30pm–3:45pm Estimation of P (X > Y ) for Maxwell distribution under progressive type-II censoring scheme,Sachin Chaudhary, Banaras Hindu University, India.

(b) 3:45pm–4:00pm Parameter estimation of Inverse Lindley Distribution for Progressively Type-I Censored data,Suparna Basu, Banaras Hindu University, India.

(c) 4:00pm–4:15pm Bayesian Estimation procedure for parameters of Negative Binomial Distribution under Type-IICensoring Scheme, Jitendra Kumar, Banaras Hindu University, India.

(d) 4:15pm–4:30pm Genetic Association Tests Based On Transmission Information On Both Parents, Hemant Kulka-rni, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(e) 4:30pm–4:45pm Survival Analysis of First Birth Interval: Evidences From NFHS 3 Data, Abhishek Bharti, BanarasHindu University, India.

(f) 4:45pm–5:00pm Asymptotic Theory of Bayes Factors in Stochastic Differential Equations, Trisha Maitra, IndianStatistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

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1. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics VChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 5:15pm–5:30pm Reliability and reliability importance measures for circular consecutive systems, Kirtee Kiran Ka-malja, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India.

(b) 5:30pm–5:45pm Multi-objective supply chain models with distributor storage and carrier delivery: fuzzy NSGAmethod, Sandesh S. Kurade, MES Abasaheb Garware College, India.

(c) 5:45pm–6:00pm Single Attribute Control Charts for a Markovian Dependent Process, Mukund P. Gadre, SavitribaiPhule Pune University, India.

(d) 6:00pm–6:15pm A Nonparametric Side Sensitive Group Runs Control Chart to Detect Shifts in the Process Median,Vikas C. Kakade, T.C. College, Baramati, India.

(e) 6:15pm–6:30pm Least Square Estimators for Aggregate Data MTD Model for Large Populations and their Asymp-totic Properties, Inderdeep Kaur, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India.

(f) 6:30pm–6:45pm A Statistical Analysis of Trends in Mortality from Major Infectious Diseases in India, M.N. Megeri,Karnatak Arts College, Dharwad, India

2. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics VIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 5:15pm–5:30pm Some Generalized Class of Synthetic Estimators for Small Domains, Shreya Agarwal, BanasthaliUniversity, India.

(b) 5:30pm–5:45pm Computing Robust Measure of Multivariate Location: Data Depth Approach, G. Poonkuzhali,Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.

(c) 5:45pm–6:00pm Modified two-parameter estimator in linear regression, Ashok V. Dorugade, Y C Mahavidyalaya,Kolhapur India

(d) 6:00pm–6:15pm Jackknifing and Bootstrapping the Liu type estimator, Mansi Khurana, Banasthali University,India.

(e) 6:15pm–6:30pm ARMA Models with Generalized Error Distributed Innovations, C.G. Sri Ranganath, Cochin Uni-versity Of Science And Technology, India.

(f) 6:30pm–6:45pm

3. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics VIIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 5:15pm–5:30pm An Intuitionistic Fuzzy Approach to Solve Multi-objective Transportation Problem, Manmath H.Lohgaonkar, Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji College, India.

(b) 5:30pm–5:45pm Production distribution model based on a buyback contract under fuzzy normal random demand,Maruti R. Bhosale, Shri Shahu Mandir Mahavidyalaya, Pune, India.

(c) 5:45pm–6:00pm Multivariate Analysis of EEG Data: Some Aspects of Diagnostic of MANOVA Model, Md Rokonuz-zaman, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

(d) 6:00pm–6:15pm Multivariate Control Charts using Robust Estimators, R. Muthukrishnan, Bharathiar University,Coimbatore, India.

(e) 6:15pm–6:30pm Risk-efficient sequential estimation of the parameter in the uniform (θ,mθ), Vidya Kadam, S. B.Zadbuke Mahavidyalaya, Barsi, India.

(f) 6:30pm–6:45pm A deterministic algorithm for robust multivariate τ estimator for location and scatter, E.D.Boobalan, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India

4. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics VIIIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 5:15pm–5:30pm Characterization of One Truncation Parameter Family Of Distribution Through Expectation OfFunction of Order Statistics, Milind Bhatt, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India.

(b) 5:30pm–5:45pm Sequential Procedures in Clinical Trial for Normal Response Variable, H.S. Patil, S.B. ZadbukeMahavidyalaya, Maharashtra, India.

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(c) 5:45pm–6:00pm Robust Model fitting using Symmetry Distance, R. Reka, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.

(d) 6:00pm–6:15pm Change Point Estimation in a M/M/2 Queue With Heterogeneous Servers, Sibanee Sahu, Sam-balpur University, India.

(e) 6:15pm–6:30pm Computing Projection Depth Based on Weight Functions, M. Vadivel, Bharathiar University,Coimbatore, India.

(f) 6:30pm–6:45pm

5. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics IXChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 5:15pm–5:30pm Secondary Level Teachers Education of General Education in Bangladesh, Nazneen Akhtar, BangladeshOpen University, Bangladesh.

(b) 5:30pm–5:45pm Propensity Score Estimation Models with Hierarchical Linear Modeling: A Simulation Study, AartiBellara, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.

(c) 5:45pm–6:00pm Bayesian analysis of semiparametric single-index model, Kumaresh Dhara, Florida State Univer-sity, Tallahassee, USA.

(d) 6:00pm–6:15pm Variable Selection Using Shrinkage Priors Hanning Li Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA.

(e) 6:15pm–6:30pm Sequential Sparse SVD Regression, Aditya K. Mishra, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.

6. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 5:15pm–5:30pm GENERALIZED ROW-COLUMN DESIGNS WITH FACTORIAL TREATMENT STRUCTUREAnindita Datta Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India

(b) 5:30pm–5:45pm A Divide-and-Conquer Approach To Estimating Massive Covariance Matrices, Gautam Sabnis,Florida State University, USA.

(c) 5:45pm–6:00pm A class of ratio cum product type exponential estimator in sample surveys, Sayed Zeeshan, IndianSchool of Mines, Dhanbad, India.

(d) 6:00pm–6:15pm COM-type Generalizations of the Hypergeometric and the Negative Hypergeometric Distributions.,Sudip Roy, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.

(e) 6:15pm–6:30pm Control Chart Based On Trimmed Mean And Modified Trimmed Standard Deviation, M.R.Sindhumol,University of Madras, India.

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Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015


• Harnessing Big Data to Statistical Modeling Dipak K. Dey, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.Chair: Malay Ghosh University of Florida, Gainesville, USA




1. 10:30am–11:15am: Bayesian Methods for Boundary Detection in Images, Subhashis Ghoshal North Carolina StateUniversity, USA

2. 11:15am–12:00pm: Directional Statistics for Analysis of High Volatility Financial Data, Ashis Sengupta Indian Statis-tical Institute, Kolkata, India.

Invited Sessions

1. Directional Statistics.Organizer: Ashis Sengupta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.Chair: Ashis Sengupta

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Inference for certain bivariate circular models., Barry Arnold, University of California, River-side, USA.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Distribution of Traffic Accident Times in India - Some Insights using Circular Data Analysis,Arnab Laha, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Adaptive Cluster Sampling with Directional Data, Sanghamitra Pal, West Bengal State Univer-sity, Barasat, India.

2. Topics in High-Dimensional StatisticsOrganizer: Moulinath Banerjee University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USAChair: Arup Bose Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(a) 10:30am–11:00am The nearest neighbor classifier for HDLSS data, Subhajit Dutta Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur, India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Network Modeling of High-dimensional Time Series in the Presence of Factors, Sumanta Basu,University of California, Berkeley, USA

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Asymptotic Minimax Detection in High-Dimensional Binary Regression Models, Rajarshi Mukher-jee Stanford University, USA

3. Public Health and Statistics in IndiaOrganizer: Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.Chair: Bhramar Mukherjee

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Linear Additive Model for PM2.5 Concentration for Urban Community of Chennai, SantuGhosh, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Effect of physical violence on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and treatment seeking be-havior among female sex workers (FSW) in Thane district, Maharashtra, Ravi Prakash, Public Health Foundationof India, Delhi, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Stage-wise Determinants of Dropout from Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus Immunization in India,Arpita Ghosh, Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi, India.

4. Recent Advances In Analyzing Complex Multivariate Biomedical Data.Organizer: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.Chair: Michele Guindani M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA.

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Analyzing highly skewed clustered response from complex medical survey, Apurva Bhingare,Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Quantile regression for nonlinear mixed-effects models with Application to HIV studies, ChristianGalarza, Escuela Superior Politcnica del Litoral, Ecuador

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(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Nonparametric spatial models for clustered ordered periodontal data, Dipankar BandyopadhyayVirginia Commonwealth University, USA.

5. Reliability Models.Organizer: Isha Dewan Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, IndiaChair: Isha Dewan

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Reliability of Phased Mission Systems, Kanchan Jain, The Panjab University, Chandigarh,India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am A Bivariate Model for Cascading Failures, Asha Gopalkrishnan, CUSAT, Cochin, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm On U-Statistics for Associated Random Variables, Mansi Garg Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi,India.

Panel Discussion

1. Professional Development Skills for an Effective StatisticiansOrganizer: Amarjot Kaur Merck & Co. Inc., USA and Soumendra Lahiri North Carolina State University, USA.Chair: Amarjot KaurSpeakers:

(a) Amit Bhattacharya, GlaxoSmithKline, USA.

(b) Shailaja Suryawanshi, Merck & Co. Inc., USA

(c) Rajeeva L. Karandikar Chennai Mathematical Institute, India.

(d) Ajay Sathe, Cytel, India.

(e) Hira Koul, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.

(f) Eric A. Vance, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.



Invited Sessions

1. Recent advances on Time-to-Event ModelsOrganizer: Samiran Sinha Texas A&M University, USA and Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Virginia Commonwealth Uni-versity, USA.Chair: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Quantifying treatment benefits according to biomarker levels for time-to-event endpoints, JayaSatagopan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Inferring the timing of gene duplications: use of mixture models for data measured with errors,Snehalata Huzurbazar, University of Wyoming, USA.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Title, Speaker, Affiliation

2. Simultaneous InferenceOrganizer: Somesh Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.Chair: Somesh Kumar,

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm On some asymptotic optimality properties of continuous shrinkage priors under sparsity, ArijitChakraborty, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Minimax Estimation for the Lower-Bounded Scale Parameter of an Exponential Distribution,Yogesh M. Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Simultaneous Estimation of Quantiles of Two Normal Populations with a Common Mean, ManasR. Tripathy, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India.

3. Challenges and Opportunities for Genetic Mapping of Complex TraitsOrganizer: Saonli Basu, University of Minnesota, USA.Chair: Saurabh Ghosh, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Detecting Rare Haplotype-Environment Interaction under Uncertainty of Gene-Environment In-dependence Assumption, Swati Biswas, University of Texas, Dallas, USA.

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(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Statistical Methods for Analyzing X-chromosome data in Genetic Association Studies, SanjayShete, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Tree-Based Model Averaging Approaches for Detecting Rare Variant Association in Case ControlStudies, Saonli Basu, University of Minnesota, USA.

4. Bayesian Biostatistics: Some Challenges and OpportunitiesOrganizer: Ananda Sen University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USAChair:

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Flexible modeling of competing risks and cure rate, Sanjib Basu, Northern Illinois University,USA.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Safe statistical practices for non-inferiority trials: Bayesian perspective, Debajyoti Sinha, FloridaState University, Tallahassee, USA

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Shrinkage in Reduced-rank Regression: An application in Non-Hodgkins Lympoma, Ananda SenUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

5. Some Recent Advances in Scalable Methods for Complex Statistical Problems.Organizer: Rajarshi Guhaniyogi, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.Chair: Rajarshi Guhaniyogi

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Constrained maximum likelihood estimation for regression models utilizing summary-level infor-mation from external big-data sources., Nilanjan Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University, USA.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30am Fast sampling with Gaussian scale-mixture priors in high-dimensional regression, Anirban Bhat-tacharya, Texas A&M University, USA.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Scalable Bayes via fast computation of barycenter of subset posteriors, Sanvesh Srivastava, DukeUniversity, USA.

6. Frailty ModelsOrganizer: David Hanagal University of Pune, IndiaChair:

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Compound negative binomial shared frailty model, Alok Dabade, University of Pune, India

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm The additive shared gamma frailty model, Arvind Pandey, Institute of Research in Medical Statis-tics, New Delhi, India.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Modeling Australian Twin Data using the shared Positive Stable frailty model based on ReversedHazard Rate, Sushmita Bhambure, S.P. College, Pune, India.

7. Environmental StatisticsOrganizer: Arun K. Sinha Central University of Bihar, India.Chair:

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Human Environment Index and Related Issues, Arun K. Sinha Central University of Bihar, India.

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Temporal Scan Statistics with its Applications to Directional Data, Neeraj Tiwari, Kumaun Uni-versity, India

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm TITLE OF TALK, Speaker Affiliation.




Chair: Malay Ghosh University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

1. 3:30pm–4:15am: The Horseshoe+ Estimator of Ultra-Sparse Signals, Anindya Bhadra Purdue University, USA

2. 4:15pm–5:00pm: Shrinkage methods utilizing auxiliary information from external data sources to improve predictionmodels with many covariates, Bhramar Mukherjee University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

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Invited Sessions

1. Joint Models and Related InferencesOrganizer: Arindom Chakraborty Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, IndiaChair: Jaya Satagopan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA.

(a) 1:30pm–2:00pm Joint Analysis of Longitudinal and Survival Data Measured on Nested Time-scales: An Applicationto Fecundity Data, Rajeshwari Sundaram, National Institutes of Health, USA

(b) 2:00pm–2:30pm Modelling Informative Dropout in Longitudinal Studies: A Joint Model Approach, Rudrani Baner-jee, Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, India.

(c) 2:30pm–3:00pm Joint Modelling of Longitudinal Data - subject to Partial Linear Mixed Effects Model and Time-to-event Data, Arindom Chakraborty Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India

2. Reliability and Survival AnalysisOrganizer: Debasis Kundu, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.Chair: Debasis Kundu

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm An Extreme Zero-Inflated Multinomial Logit Model for Predicting the Hospital Admissions forAging Population, Bhuvanesh Pareekh, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Analysis of Left Truncated and Right Censored Data from Weibull Distribution, Debanjan Mitra,Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur, India.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Analysis of Simple Step-Stress Model in the Presence of Competing Risks, Ayon Ganguly, Univer-sity of Pune, India.

3. Statistical Theory and Methods for Complex, High-dimensional and Correlated DataOrganizer: Debashis Mondal, Oregon State University, USA.Chair:

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm High-dimensional consistency of robust precision matrix estimators, Po-Ling Loh, University ofPennsylvania, USA

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Non-separable Dynamic Nearest-Neighbor Gaussian Process Models for Large spatio-temporalData, Abhirup Datta, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm

4. Applied Stochastic Modeling in Business and IndustryOrganizer: Nalini Ravishanker University of Connecticut, Storrs, USAChair:

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Whos who in my transaction data?, Balaji Raman, Cogitaas, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Safety Analysis for Automobile Drivers using Smartphone based Sensors, Jayanta K. Pal, ZendriveInc., San Fransicso, USA.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Applications of Bayesian Decision Theoretic approach in Dose Escalation Clinical Studies, AshutoshGupta, Glaxo-Smithkline, Bangalore, India.

5. Recent Developments in Statistical MethodologyOrganizer: Sharad Gore University of Pune, India.Chair: Sharad Gore

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Extreme value Theory for Hot Spot Detection, Rajendra Gurao, University of Pune, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Adaptive Sampling for Improving Representativeness of Samples, Jayant Kshirsagar, Universityof Pune, India.

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm Linear Regression-based Clustering Algorithm (LCA), Behzad Khafaie, University of Pune, India.

6. Reliability TheoryOrganizer: Ashis Sengupta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.Chair: Ashis Sengupta

(a) 3:30pm–4:00pm Generalized Prediction Intervals, Hemangi V. Kulkarni, Shibaji University, India.

(b) 4:00pm–4:30pm Early Failure Analysis In Life Testing: A Revisit, K. Muralidharan, The Maharaja SayajiraoUniversity of Baroda, India

(c) 4:30pm–5:00pm TITLE OF TALK, Speaker, Affiliation.

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Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015


• Tests for High Dimensional Data Probal Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.




1. 10:30am–11:15am: High dimensionality effects on the Efficient Frontier, Rituparna Sen Indian Statistical Institute,Chennai Centre, India.

2. 11:15am–12:00pm: Role of Statistics in the Big Data Era, Rajeeva L. Karandikar Chennai Mathematical Institute,India.

Invited Sessions

1. Reliability : Theory and ApplicationsOrganizer: Asok K. Nanda Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India.Chair:

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Stochastic comparisons of parallel systems with exponentiated Weibull components, ShovanChowdhury, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India

(b) 11:00am–11:30am On Bivariate Dynamic Cumulative Past Entropy Functions, Amarjit Kundu, Shantipur College,West Bengal, India

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Some Properties of General Standby System, Asok K. Nanda Indian Institute of Science Edu-cation and Research, Kolkata, India.

2. Statistical Methods for Joint Analyses of Imaging Genomics DataOrganizer: Veerabhadran Baladandayuthapani and Arvind Rao MD Anderson Cancer Center, USAChair: Bhramar Mukherjee

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Case studies in Radiomics and Radiogenomics, Arvind Rao MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Imaging characteristics of common brain tumors: interpretations, inferences, and insights, Tej-pal Gupta, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai and MRI Centre, Division of Imaging, Global Hospitals, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Bayesian nonparametric functional models for high-dimensional genomics and imaging data,Veerabhadran Baladandayuthapani MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

3. Miscellaneous TopicsOrganizer: Subrata Kundu George Washington University, USAChair: Shesh N. Rai University of Louisville, USA

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Characterization of Exponential Distribution and Sukhatme-Renyi Decomposition of ExponentialMaxima, Santanu Chakraborty, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Testing Equality of Two Negative Binomial Means in Presence of Unequal Over-dispersionParameters: A Behrens-Fisher Problem Analog , Sudhir Paul, University of Windsor, Canada.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm title, Speaker, Affiliation, USA.

4. Trends in Spatial and Spatio-temporal AnalysisOrganizer: Pradeep Mohan SAS Inc., USAChair:

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Trends in Spatial and Spatio-temporal Analysis, P. Venkatachalam, Indian Institute of Technol-ogy, Mumbai, India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Mathematical Morphology in Spatiotemporal Analysis and Modelling, B.S. Daya Sagar, IndianStatistical Institute, Bangalore, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Accelerating Gaussian Process Based Statistical Methods for Spatio-temporal Analysis, VarunChandola, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.

5. MiscellaneousOrganizer: David Hanagal University of Pune, IndiaChair:

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(a) 10:30am–11:00am Non-inferiority, Non-superiority and Equivalence Randomized Controlled Trials in Clinical Re-search: Statistical Considerations, Sada Nanda Dwivedi, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Estimation and testing for symmetric distribution using signed ranks, R.N. Rattihalli, Universityof Hyderabad, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Estimation of the functions of parameters of the selected subset under stein loss function, AshokShanubhogue, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India.

6. Bayesian Inference and ANOVAOrganizer: David Hanagal University of Pune, IndiaChair:

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Asymmetric ANOVA, Rakesh Srivatsava, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India.

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Empirical Bayesian multivariate autoregression model versus classical autoregression model,Kambiz Ahmadi, Ahvaz Jundishapur University, Iran.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Bayesian estimation in shared positive stable frailty models, Asmita Kamble, Modern College ofArts,Science and Commerce, Pune, India.

7. Non-parametric and robust statistical methodsOrganizer: Subhra Shankar Dhar Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, IndiaChair: Rajeshwari Sundaram

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Tolerance Bands for Functional Data, Pankaj Choudhary, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Nonparametric Estimation of Time-to-event Distribution Based on Recall Data in ObservationalStudies, Sedigheh Mirzaei, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Multivariate Forward Search Estimators for Location Parameter in Elliptical Model and Asso-ciated Tests, Chitradipa Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

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Thursday, Dec 24, 2015

8:30am – 10:00 am: Parallel Scientific Sessions

Invited Sessions

1. Analysis of Misaligned Spatial Data.Organizer: Souparno Ghosh, Texas Tech University, USAChair: Souparno Ghosh, Texas Tech University, USA

(a) 10:30am–11:00am Large sample behaviour of high dimensional autocovariance matrices, Monika Bhattacharjee,Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

(b) 11:00am–11:30am Generalized Multilevel and Multiresolution Random Effects Model for Spatial-Longitudinal Data,Rajib Paul, Western Michigan University, USA.

(c) 11:30am–12:00pm Dynamic Spatial Bayesian Models for Radioactivity Deposition, Swarup De, SAS Institute, USA.

2. Stochastic ControlOrganizer: Anindya Goswami, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, IndiaChair:

(a) 08:30am–09:00am On the risk-sensitive cost for a Markovian multiclass queue with priority, Anindya Goswami,Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India

(b) 09:00am–09:30am Mean field games with ergodic costs, Anup Biswas, Indian Institute of Science Education andResearch, Pune, India

(c) 09:30am–10:00am Risk-sensitive control and Collatz-Wielandt formula, Suresh K. Kumar, Indian Institute of Tech-nology, Bombay, India.

3. Topics in High Dimensional and Nonparametric InferenceOrganizer: Debashis Paul, University of California, Davis, USA.Chair: Rajib Paul, Western Michigan University, USA

(a) 08:30am–09:00am Estimation of spectra of high-dimensional time series and its applications, Debashis Paul, Uni-versity of California, Davis, USA.

(b) 09:00am–09:30am Empirical Bayes Prediction for the Multivariate Newsvendor Loss Function, Gourab Mukherjee,University of Southern California, USA.

(c) 09:30am–10:00am On Empirical Likelihood-Based Methods in ABC, Sanjay Chaudhuri, National University ofSingapore, Singapore.

4. Reliability Measures with Arbitrary DistributionsOrganizer: S.C. Malik Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India.Chair: S.C. Malik

(a) 08:30am–09:00am Reliability measures of a parallel system with priority and arbitrary distributions for repairactivities, S.C. Malik, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India.

(b) 09:00am–09:30am Performance evaluation of a repairable standby system with server failure, Roshan K. Bharadwaj,Punjabi University, Patiala, India.

(c) 09:30am–10:00am Availability and cost analysis of clarifier system in sugar industry, Mukender Singh Kadyan,Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India.


1. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 08:30am–08:45am Estimation of Growth Rate and Extinction Probability in Second Order Branching Process,Akansha S. Kashikar, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India.

(b) 08:45am–09:00am Polya random walks, Srinivasan Balaji, George Washington University, USA

(c) 09:00am–09:15am Modelling Stochastic Volatility using Birnbaum-Saunders Markov Sequence, T. Rahul, CochinUniversity of Science and Technology, Cochin, India.

(d) 09:15am–09:30am Some mixed portmanteau tests for diagnostic checking in ARMA models, P. Muhammed Anvar,Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin

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(e) 09:30am–09:45am Variable Selection through Robust Estimator in Multiple Linear Regression, D.N. Kashid, ShivajiUniversity, Kolhapur India.

(f) 09:45am–10:00am Implementation of Bayesian approach for futility interim analysis in a single-arm oncology PhaseII trial, Rajkumar Radhakrishnan, Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., India.

2. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XIIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 08:30am–08:45am Ultimate Population Size: Reduction in Fertility Schedule, Jyoti Pandey, Savitribai Phule PuneUniversity, India.

(b) 08:45am–09:00am Logistic Regression in genetic case-control studies, Rakesh Kumar Saroj, Institute of MedicalSciences/Banaras Hindu Uinversity, India.

(c) 09:00am–09:15am Estimation of System Reliability for Dynamic Stress-Strength Modeling with Cumulative Stressand Strength Degradation, Prajamitra Bhuyan, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.

(d) 09:15am–09:30am On Adaptive Cluster Sampling using Ordered Statistics, Girish Chandra, Indian Council ofForestry Research and Education, Dehradun, India.

(e) 09:30am–09:45am Estimation of finite population total under PPS sampling in presence of extra auxilliary infor-mation, Shraddha C. Bhatt, St.Xavier’s college, Ahemdabad, India.

(f) 09:45am–10:00am Bayesian Estimation for Exponentiated Gamma Distribution Under Progressive Type-II Cen-soring Using Different Approximation Techniques, Abhimanyu Singh Yadav, Mizoram University, India.




1. 10:30am–11:15am: On Bivariate Weibull-Geometric Distribution, Debashis Kundu Indian Institute of Technology, Kan-pur, India.

2. 11:15am–12:00pm: Bayesian multiple testing under sparsity for polynomial-tailed distributions, Malay Ghosh, Universityof Florida, Gainesville, USA.


1. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XIIIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 10:30am–10:45am Life-course behavioural risk factors for cancer of upper aero-digestive tract cancer, BhawnaGupta, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.

(b) 10:45am–11:00am A Two Component Parallel Load Sharing Systems with Non-identical Components, Santosh S.Sutar, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India.

(c) 11:00am–11:15am Transdimensional Transformation based Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Moumita Das, IndianStatistical Institute, India.

(d) 11:15am–11:30am Order Restricted Bayesian Analysis of Simple Step Stress Model Under Generalized ExponentialDistribution, Debashis Samanta, Rabindra Mahavidyalaya

(e) 11:30am–11:45am Sequential Bayesian inference for static parameters in dynamic state space models, Arnab Bhat-tacharya, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

2. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XIVChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 10:30am–10:45am An Exploratory Data Analysis of Terrorism in India using Random Effect Models, HimanshuPokhriyal, Central University of Rajasthan, India..

(b) 10:45am–11:00am Statistical Analysis of Small Data from Non-clinical Toxicology Studies, Mansi Gandhi, FinOrionPhama India Pvt. Ltd.

(c) 11:00am–11:15am Comparison of Result of two Different Contingency Table of Financial Data Using Log-linearModel, Parmod Kumar Paul, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India.

(d) 11:15am–11:30am Statistical Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Tuberculosis: The Case of North Shoa Zone,Ethiopia, Habte Tadesse Likassa, Ambo University, Ethiopia.

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(e) 11:30am–11:45am A statistical study about the slog overs in one-day cricket, G. Kumarapandiyan, Indian StatisticalInstitute, Chennai, India.

(f) 11:45am–12:00pm Modelling bivariate extremes of rainfall in South Africa, Legesse K. Debusho, University ofSouth Africa.

3. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XVChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 10:30am–10:45am Functional Principal Component Analysis with Dependent Errors, Haiyan Liu, University ofKonstanz, Germany.

(b) 10:45am–11:00am Two Sample Inference for Functional Data Analysis with Dependent Errors, Klaus Telkmann,University of Konstanz, Germany.

(c) 11:00am–11:15am A Markovian Weibull sequence generated by product autoregressive model and its statisticalanalysis, K. Shiji, Puthukkudi Cheruvath House, Cherukulathoor, Calicut, India.

(d) 11:15am–11:30am ARMA Models with Generalized Error Distributed Innovations, C.G. Sri Ranganath, CochinUniversity Of Science And Technology, India.

(e) 11:30am–11:45am Robustness Study For The Scale Parameter of Power Function Distribution, Mukesh Kumar,Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

(f) 11:45am–12:00pm Unit Root and Cointegration with Logistic Errors Nimitha John Department of Statistics, CochinUniversity of Science and Technology, Cochin, India

4. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XVIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 10:30am–10:45am Frechet Distribution: Parametric Estimation and its Comparison by Different Methods of Esti-mation, Aruna N. Joshi, Saurashtra University, India.

(b) 10:45am–11:00am Construction of group divisible designs, Nutan Mishra, University of South Alabama, USA.

(c) 11:00am–11:15am Note on reduction of response surface design model, Deepthi Togercheti, Osmania University,India.

(d) 11:15am–11:30am Quantile based tests for exponentiality, N. Sreelakshmi, Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai,India.

(e) 11:30am–11:45am A Monte Carlo Comparison of Entropy Estimators, Mbanefo Solomon Madukaife, University ofNigeria, Nsukka

5. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XVIIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 10:30am–10:45am Extension of Exponential count model, Manoj Kumar, Central University of Rajasthan, India.

(b) 10:45am–11:00am Generalized Exponential Extension Model: A Bayes Study Using MCMC Approach, Vijay Ku-mar, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India.

(c) 11:00am–11:15am Estimation of missing observations in randomized block designs - Bayesian approach, AjanthaRudra, Osmania University, India.

(d) 11:15am–11:30am Bayesian control limits of Shewhart-type gamma-chart for monitoring times between events,Nirpeksh Kumar, MG Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, India.

(e) 11:30am–11:45am Bayesian Analysis for Inverse Weibull Distribution under Progressive Type-II Censored Samplewith Beta-binomial Removals, Pradeep K. Vishwakarma, Banaras Hindu University, India.

6. Miscellaneous Contributed Topics XVIIIChair: NAME AFFILIATION

(a) 10:30am–10:45am Choice of trimming proportion for circular trimmed mean in symmetric distributions, PravidaA.C. Raja, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

(b) 10:45am–11:00am Some class of factor type estimators for the estimation of population mean under non response,Abhishek Kumar, Banaras Hindu University, India.

(c) 11:00am–11:15am Two General Classes Of Chain Type Estimators For Product Of Two Population Means UsingTwo Auxiliary Characters In The Presence Of Nonresponse, Utkarsh Parmar, Banaras Hindu University, India.

(d) 11:15am–11:30am Chaintype estimators using two phase sampling for the Estimation of Population mean underNon-response, Priyanka Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India.

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(e) 11:30am–11:45am Estimation of Mean Under Imputation of Missing Data in Two-Phase Sampling Under PositiveCorrelation, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Central University of Rajasthan, India.

(f) 11:45am–12:00pm Robustness of quantitative investment strategies, Aniruddha Arun Meher, Pune University,India.

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