FORMAT:	15 minutes for presentations
	15 minutes for discussion following all presentations

Thursday, April 6, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Strategies for Investigating Geophysical and Other Complex Data Chair: Samantha Bates University of Washington Compressing Massive Geophysical Datasets Using Quantization Amy Braverman Jet Propulsion Laboratory Finding Bent-Double Radio Galaxies: A Case Study in Data Mining I. K. Fodor, C. Baldwin, E. Cantú-Paz, C. Kamath, and N. Tang Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Characterizing the Complexity of a High-Dimensional Classification Problem Carey E. Priebe Johns Hopkins University David Marchette Naval Surface Warfare Center Multiresolution Stochastic Models for Object Recognition in Self-Similar Texture Image Richard J. Barton, Jennifer Davidson, Lili Chen, and Fei Wan Iowa State University Predicting the Phase Transition in 3-Colorable Graphs Hao Zhang Washington State University On the Decomposition of Spatial Processes Reinhard Furrer Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Thursday, April 6, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Computational and Estimation Issues in Modeling Chair: Barbara Bailey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bayesian Computations for Random Environment Models Dhaifalla K. Al-Mutairi Kuwait University Borrowing Strength without Explicit Data Pooling: Estimating with External Constraints Jerome Reiter Williams College Do Blocks Make a Neighborhood? Approaches to Estimating Neighborhood Parameters Based on Localized Observations Carolyn A. Carroll Stat Tech, Inc. Semi-Parametric Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models Yuedong Wang and Chunlei Ke University of California, Santa Barbara Computational Aspects of Fitting Generalized Nonparametric Mixed Effects Models Peter Karcher and Yuedong Wang University of California, Santa Barbara Likelihood Based Tests for Over and Underdispersion Against General Alternatives Gordon K. Smyth and Heather Podlich University of Queensland
Thursday, April 6, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Wavelets, Splines, State-Space and Adaptive Models Chair: Hyunjoong Kim Worcester Polytechnic Institute NORM Thresholding Method in Wavelet Regression Dongfeng Wu University of Texas Data-Driven Optimal Denoising and Recovery of Derivatives Noisy Signals Using Multiwavelets Nathaniel Tymes and Sam Efromovich University of New Mexico Adaptive Splines and Genetic Algorithms for Optimal Low-Dimensional Statistical Modeling Jennifer I. Pittman Pennsylvania State University Partially Adaptive Bandwidth Used in Prediction and Local Regression Janis Grabis Riga Technical University Self-Modeling Regression with Random Effects Using Penalized Regression Splines Naomi S. Altman and Julio C. Villarreal Cornell University Estimation of Nonlinear State-Space Models in the Presence of Censored Observations Craig Johns, Colorado University and NCAR Robert H. Shumway,University of California, Davis
Thursday, April 6, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Applications of Exploring, Modeling, and Presenting Large Datasets Chair: Derek Stanford MathSoft, Inc. Predictive Statistical Models for Detecting Anomalies and Congestion in IP Based Networks Elisa M. Santos Telcordia Technologies A Hierarchical Mixture Model for WWW-Usage Dee Denteneer Philips Research Tracking Timing Patterns for Millions of Customers in Real-Time Jose C. Pinheiro, Diane Lambert, and Don X. Sun Bell Labs-Lucent Technologies Data Mining on Time Series: An Illustration Using Fast Food Restaurant Franchise Data Lon-Mu Liu, S. Bhattacharyya, S. L. Sclove, R. Chen, and W. J. Lattyak University of Illinois, Chicago, Scientific Computing Associates Corp. Redesigning Tables and Graphics for Federal Statistical Agencies Daniel B. Carr George Mason University Remote Medical Evaluation and Diagnostics: A Testbed for Hypertensive Patient Monitoring John C. Dumer, Timothy P. Hanratty, and Barry A. Bodt U.S. Army Research Laboratory H. Mitchell Perry and Sharon E. Carmody Veterans Administration
Friday, April 7, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Exploration and Visualization in High Dimensions Sponsored by The Caucus for Women in Statistics Chair: Matthias Schonlau RAND Exploration and Estimation of North American Climatological Data James A. Shine and Paul F. Krause U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center Visualizing Abandoned Hazardous Waste Sites in the United States Carolyn K. Offutt U.S. Environmental Protection Agency High-Dimensional Visualization Using Continuous Conditioning William C. Wojciechowski and David W. Scott Rice University Graphical Techniques for the Exploration of Functional Data E. Neely Atkinson MD Anderson Cancer Center Authenticating Vulnerability Measurements Edward J. Wegman George Mason University 2D Classification Trees Hyunjoong Kim Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wei-Yin Loh University of Wisconsin, Madison
Friday, April 7, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Multivariate Modeling: Issues and Applications Chair: Jerome Reiter Williams College Statistical Analysis of Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Jayson D. Wilbur, Cindy H. Nakatsu, Sylvie M. Brouder, and R. W. Doerge Purdue University A Study of Faculty Equity Salary Using Derived Data Trong Wu Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville Use of Latent Variable Models in Air Quality Monitoring William F. Christensen and Stephan R. Sain Southern Methodist University CCA: Cannonical Correlation or Correspondence Analysis? Which is Better for Analysis and Interpretation of Multivariate Data? A. Dale Magoun University of Louisiana at Monroe Linda Peyman U.S.A.E./WES Penalized Score Equations and Penalized GEE Wenjiang J. Fu Michigan State University Assessing Deformation in Glaciers S. Huzurbazar University of Wyoming Some Statistical Measures on the National, Distribution Center and Dealer Demands Along the Supply Chain Nick T. Thomopoulos Illinois Institute of Technology Wayne E. Bancroft Motorola Corporation Nick Z. Malham Forecasting & Inventory Consultants, Inc.
Friday, April 7, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Innovations in Model Diagnostics and Fitting Algorithms Chair: David van Dyk Harvard University Multiple Outlier Detection David W. Scott Rice University Parameter Selection for Constrained Solutions to Ill-Posed Problems Bert W. Rust National Institute of Standards and Technology Optimal Algorithms for Unimodal Regression Quentin F. Stout and Janis Hardwick University of Michigan Using the Response Variable in Principal Components Regression Roy E. Welsch MIT Case Studies of Normal Diagnostics in Regression Using Recovered Errors Donald E. Ramírez University of Virginia Donald R. Jensen Virginia Polytechnic Institute Tree-Based Models for Fitting Stratified Linear Regression Models William Shannon Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Maciej Faifer and Cezary Janikow University of Missouri, St. Louis
Friday, April 7, 2000	1:30-3:15 p.m.
Time Series and Proportional Hazards Chair: Jennifer I. Pittman Pennsylvania State University Ingerence About the Change-Points in a Sequence of Random Vectors A. K. Gupta Bowling Green State University J. Chen University of Missouri, Kansas City Detecting Change in Variance for Unequally Spaced Time Series Tze-San Lee and N. Hou Western Illinois University Dynamic Modelling of Spectral Density Power Rhythms in All-Night Electroencephalograph (EEG) Recordings Matthew R. Marler, J. Christian Gillin, Arlene Schlosser, and Hanspeter Landolt University of California, San Diego Importance Bootstrap Resampling for Proportional Hazards Regression Kim-Anh Do MD Anderson Cancer Center Bradley M. Broom Rice University Xuemei Wang MD Anderson Cancer Center The Introduction of Local Spread as a Measure of Non-Stationarity Robert A. Hedges and Bruce W. Suter Air Force Research Laboratory Multivariate Time Series Analysis in Principal Component Space Joseph N. Ladalla University of Illinois, Springfield Sequential Testing of Proportional Hazards Models Victor D. Zurkowski University of Toronto
Saturday, April 8, 2000	8:00-9:45 a.m.
Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Models Chair: Todd L. Graves Los Alamos National Laboratory Quantifying the Effects of Noise on Biogeochemical Models Barbara Bailey University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Scott Doney NCAR The Selection of the Optimal Structure of the Earth's Model for Forecasting the Main Physical Parameters Alexander Dmitrievich Gorobets Sevastopol State Technical University Cost-Effective Uncertainty Analysis Daniela Stoevska-Kojouharov Monmouth University Statistical Quantification of Prediction Error Associated with Computational Predictions Robert G. Easterling and Marcey Abate Sandia National Laboratories The Role of Statistical Methods in Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Projects Christiane Jablonowski University of Michigan Confidence Bands for Nonparametric Curve Estimates David J. Cummins Eli Lilly & Company Douglas Nychka National Center for Atmospheric Research
Saturday, April 8, 2000	8:00-9:45 a.m.
Statistical Tests, Estimation and Stability Chair: Imola K. Fodor Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory An Adjusted, Asymmetric Two Sample t-Test Sandy D. Balkin Ernst & Young LLP Colin Mallows AT&T Labs-Research The Wilson-Hilferty Transform is Locally Saddlepoint George R. Terrell Virginia Polytechnic Institute On Numerical Stability of MGF and CF Jinhyo Kim Cheju National University, Korea A Test for Symmetry about a Known Median Based on a Runs Statistic Alex Leonardo Rojas Peña University of Puerto Rico Jimmy A. Corzo Salamanca National University of Colombia Mining Evolutionary Data for Multidimensional Scaling of Gene Measurements Rida Moustafa and Edward J. Wegman George Mason University Efficient Nonparametric Estimation of a Distribution Function Reza Modarres George Washington University Large One-Sample and Two-Sample Tests for Average Hazard Rates John J. Hsieh University of Toronto