2013-14: CMSS: Transition Workshop: May 5-7, 2014
Workshop Information
May 5, 2014 - 8:30am - May 7, 2014 - 12:30pm
Registration for this workshop is currently closed.
The workshop was held at SAMSI.
The goals of the workshop were:
- To reunite the participants from all active working groups in the SAMSI CMSS Program.
- To report and to review the progress of the working groups.
- To foster continuation of the research of the working groups beyond the SAMSI CMSS Program.
There were five sessions, covering the five active working groups:
Social Networks (session organizers: Peter Mucha and Tom Carsey)
Causal Inference (Fan Li)
Censuses and Surveys (Jerry Reiter)
Weighting in Surveys (Joe Sedransk and Malay Ghosh)
Agent-Based Models (David Banks)
For further information please send an email to [email protected] .
Schedule
Participant List
Speakers Abstracts Titles
Poster Titles
Schedule
Monday, May 5, 2014
at SAMSI, Room 150
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:45-9:00 | Introduction and Welcome |
| Session 1: Social Networks (Peter Mucha and Tom Carsey, University of North Carolina) | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Dane Taylor, SAMSI Complex Contagion on Noisy Geometric Networks |
| 9:45-10:30 | Justin Zhan, N.C. A&T University Networks for Data Science |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Jake Bowers, University of Illinois & Bruce Desmarais, University of Massachusetts Experiments on Networks |
| 12:00-12:30 | General Discussion |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch at SAMSI |
| Session 2: Causal Inference (Fan Li, Duke University) | |
| 1:30-2:15 | Michael Hudgens, University of North Carolina Causal Inference in the Presence of Interference |
| 2:15-3:00 | Andrea Mercatanti, Bank of Italy Bayesian Inference for Randomized Experiments with Noncompliance and Nonignorable Missing Data |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:15 | Elizabeth Ogburn, Johns Hopkins University Vaccines, Contagion, and Social Networks |
| 4:15-4:45 | Fan Li, Duke University Weighting Beyond Horvitz-Thompson in Causal Inference |
| 4:45-5:00 | General Discussion |
| 5:00-6:30 | Poster Session and Reception SAMSI will provide poster presentation boards and tape. The board dimensions are 4 ft. wide by 3 ft. high. They are tri-fold with each side being 1 ft. wide and the center 2 ft. wide. Please make sure your poster fits the board. The boards can accommodate up to 16 pages of paper measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches. |
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
at SAMSI, Room 150
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Registration |
| Session 3: Censuses and Surveys (Jerry Reiter, Duke University) | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Tracy Schifeling, Duke University Marginal Information for Contingency Tables |
| 9:45-10:30 | Bailey Fosdick, SAMSI Relaxing Conditional Independence Assumptions in Data Fusion |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Mauricio Sadinle, Carnegie Mellon University Detecting Killings Reported Multiple Times to the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador |
| 11:45-12:15 | Discussant: Jerry Reiter, Duke University |
| 12:15-12:30 | General Discussion |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch at SAMSI |
| Session 4: Weighting in Surveys (Joe Sedransk, University of Maryland, and Malay Ghosh, University of Florida) | |
| 1:30-2:15 | David Haziza, University of Montreal Weight Trimming and Weight Smoothing Methods |
| 2:15-3:00 | Qixuan Chen, Columbia University Modifying Weights to Improve Survey Estimates using Regression Models |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:15 | Ye Yang, University of Michigan A Comparison of Weighted Estimators for the Population Mean |
| 4:15-5:00 | Neung Soo Ha, SAMSI Modeling and Small Area/Domain Inference for BRFSS Data |
| 5:00-5:15 | General Discussion |
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
at SAMSI, Room 150
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Registration |
| Session 5: Agent-Based Models (David Banks, Duke University) | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Gelonia Dent, CUNY Agent-Based Modeling and Associated Statistical Aspects - An Overview of ABM Applications |
| 9:45-10:30 | Kristian Lum, Virginia Tech An Agent-Based Epidemiological Model of Incarceration |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Daniel Heard, Duke University Statistical Inference Using Agent-Based Models |
| 11:45-12:15 | Discussant: David Banks, Duke University |
| 12:15-12:30 | General Discussion |
| 12:30 | Box Lunch and Adjourn |