Louisiana ASA Chapter Meeting Archive
Information about recent chapter meetings is provided below. Please select a meeting archive from the following list.
- Fall 2022 archive
- Fall 2021 archive
- Fall 2018 archive
- Spring 2017 archive
- Fall 2016 archive
- Spring 2016 archive
- Fall 2015 archive
- Spring 2015 archive
- Fall 2014 archive
- Spring 2014 archive
- There was no Fall 2013 meeting
- Spring 2013 archive
- Fall 2012 archive
- Spring 2012 archive
- Fall 2011 archive
- Spring 2011 archive
- Fall 2010 archive
- Spring 2010 archive
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2022 Meeting
Friday, 18 November 2022 (On Zoom)
View the titles and abstracts here.
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 1:30-1:45 | Visit and welcoming remarks |
| 1:45-2:15 |
Joint modeling approaches for censored predictors due to detection limits Hua He Department of Biostatistics Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Cluster detection of regression coefficients for spatial data Junho Lee Department of Experimental Statistics Louisiana State University |
| 2:45-3:15 |
A New SVM-Based Promotion Time Cure Model Suvra Pal Department of Mathematics University of Texas at Arlington |
| 3:15-3:30 | Stretch break |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Hypothesis Testing for Two Sample Comparison of Network Data Han Feng Tulane Research Innovation for Arrhythmia Discovery Tulane University School of Medicine |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Smooth coalescent prior for scalable Bayesian phylogenetic demographic inference Yuwei (Wei) Bao Department of Mathematics Tulane University |
| 4:30-5:00 |
High-Dimensional Multivariate Linear Regression with Weighted Nuclear Norm Regularization Li-Hsiang Lin Department of Experimental Statistics Louisiana State University |
| 5:00-5:15 | Visit and closing comments |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2021 Meeting
Friday, 22 October 2021 (On Zoom)
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 1:30-1:45 | Visit and welcoming remarks |
| 1:45-2:15 |
A mixture binary randomized response technique model with a unified measure of privacy and efficiency Maxwell Lovig University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Investigation of adolescent antisocial behaviors in the U.S. under item response theory models with Add Health data Jiayun Ling Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2:45-3:15 |
Impacts of COVID-19 local spread and Google search trend on the US stock market Kumer Das University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 3:15-3:30 | Stretch break |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Depth-based weighted jackknife empirical likelihood for non-smooth U-structure equations Yongli Sang University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Bayesian mediation analysis with survival outcomes: With an application to explore racial disparity in breast cancer survival Wentao Cao LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 4:30-5:00 |
Digital Ag, applications of data analysis in Agriculture Thanos Gentimis Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 5:00-5:15 | Visit and closing comments |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2018 Meeting
Friday, 9 November 2018
Patrick F. Taylor (PFT) room 1236
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Keynote Address Generalized Fiducial Inference: A Review Jan Hannig Department of Statistics and Operations Research University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| 11:00-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Highest posterior mass prediction intervals for binomial and poisson distributions Shanshan Lv Mathematics Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:00 |
Generalizing Multistage Partition Procedures for Two-parameter Exponential Populations Rui Wang Department of Mathematics University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2:00-2:30 |
Subgroup-specific dose finding in phase I clinical trials based on time to toxicity allowing adaptive subgroup combination Andrew G. Chapple LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-3:30 |
ANOVA SSs and Proportional Subclass Numbers Lynn Roy LaMotte LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Confidence intervals for the mean and a percentile based on zero-inflated lognormal data Md Sazib Hasan Mathematics Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2017 Meeting
Friday, 7 April 2017
227 Mouton Hall
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Keynote Address Distributions Associated with Simultaneous Multiple Hypothesis Testing Daniel Zelterman Division of Biostatistics Yale University New Haven, Connecticut |
| 11:00-11:45 |
Multiple Comparison Issues in Analysis of Glyphosate Bioassay Data Kenny Crump Ruston, Louisiana |
| 11:45-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:00 |
An Improved Meta-analysis for Analyzing Cylindrical-type Time Series Data with Applications to Forecasting Problem in Environmental Study Sungsu Kim University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 2:00-2:20 |
Estimation of Crowd Size in Lafayette, Louisiana at King's Parade during Mardi Gras 2017 Marina Ledet, Ngan Hoang Nguyen Thuy, Phontita Thiuthad, and Suntaree Unhapipat (advisor Nabendu Pal) University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 2:20-2:40 |
A Bayesian Sequential Design with Adaptive Randomization for Two-sided Hypothesis Tests Lin Zhu, Han Zhu (advisor Qingzhao Yu) School of Public Health Louisiana State University Health Science Center New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2:40-3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Use of a novel statistical method for identifying interactions of SNP pairs associated with prostate cancer aggressiveness in African Americans Heng-Yuan Tung (advisor Hui-Yi Lin) School of Public Health Louisiana State University Health Science Center New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 3:20-3:40 |
Online News Popularity: Trend Analysis Krunal Khatri Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 3:40-4:00 |
Using Inverse Prediction to Determine if Lab Grown Maggots Reflect Wild Maggots' Growth Curves Christie Watters (advisor Lynn LaMotte) School of Public Health Louisiana State University Health Science Center New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 4:00-4:20 |
The monthly conservice bill at Campus Crossings Apartment, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Daniella Tran, Suntaree Unhapipat (advisor Sungsu Kim) University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2016 Meeting
Friday, 18 November 2016
220 Kirschman Hall
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| 10:00-11:00 |
Keynote Address Statistical methods for cost-effectiveness analysis: A selected review Thomas Mathew Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland |
| 11:00-11:45 |
Blind source separation for operator self-similar processes Hui Li Department of Mathematics Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 11:45-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:00 |
Visualizing Louisiana Educational Data to Inform Administrators and the Public Amy Gray, Jack Hogan, Everett Moser, Billy Musgraves, Wayne Picou, Jewell Simon, Laura Vavrek, and Zhaoxia Mary Wang Department of Mathematics Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 2:00-2:45 |
A Revisit to Test the Equality of Variances of Several Populations Nabendu Pal Department of Mathematics University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2016 Meeting
Friday, 22 April 2016
Tureaud Hall, room 109
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| 10:00-10:30 |
A Nonparametric Test of Independence Between Two Variables Bin Li Louisiana State University |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Exploring the Racial Disparity in Health-related Quality of Life among Young Breast Cancer Survivors in Louisiana Ruijuan Gao (speaker), Donna Williams, Xiao-Cheng Wu, and Qingzhao Yu Department of Biostatistics LSU School of Public Health New Orleans |
| 11:00-11:30 |
A (Gentle) Introduction to Statistics Brian D. Marx Louisiana State University |
| 11:30-11:45 | Break |
| 11:45-12:15 |
On Improved Estimation Under Weibull Model Nabendu Pal University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 12:15-12:45 |
Analyzing partially paired data BeiBei Guo Louisiana State University |
| 12:45-1:15 |
General Multiple Mediation Analysis To Examine Ethnic Differences in Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Survivors Using the MY-Health Survey Kaelen L. Medeiros Department of Biostatistics LSU School of Public Health New Orleans |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2015 Meeting
The Fall 2015 meeting was held in conjunction with the 2015 Lloyd Roeling Conference.
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2015 Meeting
Friday, 24 April 2015
Medical Education Building, Room S14
LSU Health Sciences Center
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Reception |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Stochastic aspects of the mean-square displacement of tracer particles in biophysical experiments Gustavo Didier and Kui Zhang (speaker) Mathematics Department Tulane University New Orleans |
| 11:00-11:30 |
More on point estimation of parameters under a zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) distribution for modeling rare events Suntaree Unhapipat (speaker) and Nabendu Pal Mathematics Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Sample size under the additive hazards model Lee S. McDaniel (speaker), Menggang Yu, and Richard J. Chappell Biostatistics LSUHSC New Orleans |
| 12:00-12:15 | Break |
| 12:15-12:45 |
On better virus quantification using dilution assay with a small amount of samples Jian Li Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Tulane University New Orleans |
| 12:45-1:15 |
Variable selection in linear models Ondrej Blaha (speaker), Julia Volaufova, and Lynn Roy LaMotte Biostatistics LSUHSC New Orleans |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2014 Meeting
Friday, 7 November 2014
9:30 am - 3:15 pm
208 Maxim Doucet Hall
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:15 | Reception (Maxim Doucet room 451) |
| 10:15-11:15 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Business Analytics in Corporate America Sam Weerahandi Pfizer, Inc. |
| 11:15-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:30 |
A Bayesian Analysis of Bioassay Experiments Luis G. León Novelo Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 1:30-1:45 | Discussion |
| 1:45-2:15 |
A Revisit to Testing the Equality of Several Poisson Parameters Suntaree Unhapipat Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, and University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 2:15-2:30 | Discussion |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Interval Estimation for Hurricane Storm Surge Levels and Other Extreme Events Michael Beck, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 3:00-3:15 | Discussion |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2014 Meeting
Friday, 4 April 2014
228 Coates Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Reception |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Simple closed-form confidence intervals for some functions of binomial proportions with comparisons Meesook Lee South Louisiana Community College Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Optimization by Metaheuristics: Algorithms and Applications T. Warren Liao Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 11:30-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 |
Modeling zeroes in fish abundance data Stephen Potts Department of Experimental Statistics Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| 1:45-2:15 |
Relative Survival Modeling of Laryngeal Cancer Runhua Shi Department of Medicine Feist-Weiller Cancer Center LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Louisiana |
| 2:15-2:30 | Break |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Environmental Data Analysis Using Gamma Distributions K. Krishnamoorthy Department of Mathematics University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Using Generalized Linear Modeling for Improved Reservoir Characterization Watheq Mohammed Al-Mudhafar Department of Petroleum Engineering Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2013 Meeting
Friday, 26 April 2013
208 Maxim Doucet Hall
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| 10:00-10:45 |
Modified Large Sample Method with Applications |
| 10:45-11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00-11:45 |
Improved tests for the equality of normal coefficients of variation Meesook Lee South Louisiana Community College |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:15 |
Race-ethnic, socioeconomic status, and sexual behavior differentials in HPV infection and cancer risk in US female adult: NHANES 2001-2010 Runhua Shi Feist-Weiller Cancer Center LSUHSC - Shreveport |
| 2:15-2:30 | Discussion |
| 2:30-3:15 |
A Bayesian Analysis of Bioassay Experiments Luis G. Léon Novelo University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 3:15-3:30 | Discussion |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2012 Meeting
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
103 Design Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Reception |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Bayesian Decision Theoretic Multiple Comparison Procedures: An Application to Phage Display Data Luis G. León-Novelo University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Nonlinear Regression of von Bertalanffy Growth Curves for Farm Released American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) Xiaotuan (Michelle) Liu Louisiana State University |
| 11:30-11:45 | Business meeting |
| 11:45-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 |
Testing linear hypotheses in nonlinear random coefficients models Jeff Burton LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans |
| 1:45-2:15 |
Racial Disparities in Diabetic Complications in an Underinsured Population Yujie Wang Louisiana State University |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Time and spectral domain analysis of biodiffusion Gustavo Didier Tulane University |
| 2:45-3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Precision Farming Technology Adoption in Cotton Farming: Duration Analysis Mahesh Pandit Louisiana State University |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Using Random Forests and Cox Proportional Hazards to Understand and Predict Subscriber Longevity in a Subscription-based On-line Web Service Christopher Peters Louisiana State University |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2012 Meeting
Friday, 27 April 2012
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
220 Kirshman Hall
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Reception |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Copula-based Log-Logistic Regression Models for Bivariate Binary Responses Xiaohu Li Department of Mathematics University of New Orleans New Orleans |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Statistical tests in Gene Set Enrichment Analysis Zhide Fang Biostatistics Program, School of Public Health LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Statistical problems in Biophysics Gustavo Didier Mathematics Department Tulane University New Orleans |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Genomics by Committee: Coexpression and cross-platform analysis using publicly available data Michelle Lacey Tulane University New Orleans |
| 12:30-1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:15 |
Estimation in Binary and Linear Regression Models with a Stochastic Predictor Variable Evrim Oral Biostatistics Program LSUHSC School of Public Health New Orleans |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Efficient Large Design Space Exploration and Prediction in Computer Microarchitectural Study Bin Li Department of Experimental Statistics Louisiana State University Baton Rouge |
| 2:45-3:00 | Coffee break |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Relating red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) habitat selection in Bayou St. John to changes in water quality variables using linear regressions and generalized estimating equations Patrick Smith Graduate Student Nekton Research Lab University of New Orleans New Orleans |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Hypothesis Testing On The Common Location Parameter Of Several Shifted Exponential Distributions Nabendu Pal Mathematics Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2011 Meeting
2011 Lloyd Roeling UL Lafayette Mathematics Conference
Thursday and Friday, 11-12 November 2011
208 Maxim Doucet Hall
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
Schedule
Friday
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1:15-1:45 | Reception | -- |
| 1:45-2:00 |
Azmy Ackleh University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Opening remarks |
| 2:00-2:45 |
Thomas Mathew University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus |
Reference Intervals and Reference Regions With Applications in Laboratory Medicine |
| 3:00-3:45 |
Evrim Oral LSUHSC School of Public Health |
Robust Estimation in Simple Random Sampling |
| 4:00-4:45 |
Nicholas Ruiz Center for Business & Information Technologies |
Question Answering Systems |
| 7:00 | Friday Night Dinner | -- |
Saturday
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Coffee | -- |
| 9:00-9:45 |
Xiaohu Li University of New Orleans |
A New Family of Bivariate Copulas Generated by Univariate Distributions |
| 10:00-10:45 |
Nabendu Pal University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Inferences On A Skew-Normal Distribution |
| 11:00-11:45 |
Meesook Lee South Louisiana Community College |
Score and Fiducial Confidence Intervals for the Difference Between Two Poisson Means |
| 12:00-12:45 |
Calvin Berry and Charles Anderson University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Dominance Measures for Univariate Distributions |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2011 Meeting
Friday, 6 May 2011
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
212 Efferson Hall
LSU Agriculture Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Using Logistic Regression to Assess Survival of Honey Bees Chelsea Deroche Louisiana State University |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Economic Design of Two-stage Control Charts Tzong-Ru Tsai Kansas State University |
| 11:00-11:30 |
On Parameter Estimation Under a t-Model Nabendu Pal University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 11:30-11:45 | Business meeting |
| 11:45-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 |
Confidence Limits for Lognormal Percentiles and for Lognormal Mean based on Samples with Multiple Detection Limits Zhao Xu University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 1:45-2:15 |
Analysis of Longitudinal Categorical Data with Nonignorable Dropout using Shared Random Effects Models Myungok Lee LSU Health Sciences Center |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Analysis of Bivariate Longitudinal Quality of Life Data Keunbaik Lee LSU Health Sciences Center |
| 2:45-3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Bootstrapping Oracle Estimators in Correlation Models Mihai C. Giurcanu University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Use of Biplots to Identify Stable-Resistant Rice Lines James Silva Louisiana State University |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Fall 2010 Meeting
Environmental Statistics
Friday, 19 November 2010
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Maxim Doucet Hall, room 208
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
This meeting was partially funded by a faculty development grant from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Reception |
| 10:00-10:45 |
Statistical Analysis based on 'Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models' Bimal K. Sinha University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| 10:45-11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00-11:45 |
Detection of leaks in underground storage tanks as a multiple change-point problem Michael Baron University of Texas at Dallas |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:15 |
Confidence and Prediction Intervals for Small Sample Asbestos Fiber Counts Based on Lognormal and Gamma Distributions Dulal K. Bhaumik University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2:15-2:30 | Discussion |
| 2:30-3:15 |
Presenting Environmental Statistics: How to be Green and Objective at the Same Time Barry D. Nussbaum Chief Statistician US Environmental Protection Agency |
| 3:15-3:30 | Discussion |
Louisiana Chapter of the ASA: Spring 2010 Meeting
Friday, 30 April 2010
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mathematics Building, room 214
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Schedule
| Time | Title and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Reception |
| 10:30-11:00 |
A Statistical Analysis of the 2004 NEEA Update Matthew Healy Mathematics Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 11:00-11:15 | Discussion |
| 11:15-11:45 |
Analysis of Affymetrix Exon Arrays Yuan Zhou Biostatistics Section LSU Health Science Center |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:00 |
Bayesian Inference for Stable Distributions Ece Oral Research and Monetary Policy Department Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
| 2:00-2:15 | Discussion |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Syndromic surveillance: STL for modeling, visualizing, and monitoring disease counts David Anderson Mathematics Department Xavier University of Louisiana |
| 2:45-3:00 | Discussion |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Inferences on Parameters of a Generalized Exponential Distribution Haochun Zhang Mathematics Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 3:30-3:45 | Discussion |