May 22-23, 2014
CANSSI--SAMSI Workshop: Geometric Topological and Graphical Model Methods in Statistics
at the Fields Institute, 222 College St.
Organizing Committee
Peter Kim, University of Guelph
Hélène Massam, York University
Ezra Miller, Duke University

Registration on-site May 22 Fees: $ 125, Students $ 75, Fees waived for invited speakers		Housing and Hotels
Schedule	Confirmed Participants	Map to Fields

OVERVIEW

Massive, high-dimensional data sets, for which traditional methods are inadequate, pose challenges in processing, interpretation and analyses. These challenges have led to increased innovations in scale and complexity of data where a fusion of various approaches is required. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together research directions using geometric, topological and graphical model methods with applications to subjects such as bioinformatics, genetics and neurosciences, to name a few. The kernel of this workshop stems from some of the working groups coming from the 2013-14 SAMSI LDHD program. invited speakers will present their methodological advancements with a heavy emphasis on applications.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

Ejaz Ahmed, Brock, (Mathematics and Statistics)
Emanuel Ben-David (Columbia)
Joseph Beyene, McMaster (Biostatistics)
Peter Bubenik, Cleveland State (Mathematics)
David Dunson, Duke University (Statistics)
Subhashis Ghosal, NCSU (Statistics)
Elizabeth Gross, NCSU
Giseon Heo, University of Alberta (Dentistry, Statistics)
Stephan Huckemann, Goettingen (Stochastiks)
Georges Michailidis, Michigan(Statistics)
Washington Mio, FSU (Mathematics)
Sayan Murherjee, Duke (Statistical Sciences)
Victor Patrangenaru, FSU (Statistics)
Thanh Mai Pham Ngoc, Paris-Orsay (Mathematics)
Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford (Statistics)
Elena Villa, Universita' degli Studi di Milano (Mathematics)

Draft Schedule (speakers abstracts)

Thursday, May 22
8:30-9:00	Registration
9:00-9:15	Welcome and Introductions
	Session I
9:15-9:45	Stephan Huckemann, Goettingen University
9:45-10:15	David Dunson, Duke University
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:00	Thanh Mai Pham Ngoc, Paris-Orsay University
11:00-11:30	Elena Villa, Milano University
11:30-12:00	Discussion
12:00-1:30	Lunch
	Session II
1:30-2:00	Emanuel Ben-David, Columbia University
2:00-2:30	Elizabeth Gross, North Carolina State University
2:30-3:00	Discussion
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-4:00	George Michailidis, University of Michigan
4:00-4:30	Bala Rajaratnam, Stanford University
5:00-7:00	Poster Reception
Friday, May 23
9:00-9:15	Registration
	Session III
9:15-9:45	Sayan Mukherjee, Duke University
9:45-10:15	Giseon Heo, University of Alberta
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-11:00	Subhashis Ghosal, North Carolina State University Bayesian estimation of sparse precision matrices
11:00-11:30	Victor Patrangenaru, Florida State University
11:30-12:00	Discussion
12:00-1:30	Lunch
	Session IV
1:30-2:00	Washington Mio, Florida State University
2:00-2:30	Joseph Beyene, McMasterUniversity
2:30-3:00	Discussion
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-4:00	Syed Ejaz Ahmed, Brock University (slides)
4:00-4:30	Peter Bubenik, Cleveland State University

Confirmed Participants as of May 22

Full Name	University/Affiliation
Ahmed, Syed Ejaz	Brock University
Bemn-David, Emanuel	Columbia University
Beyene, Joseph	McMaster University
Bodwin, Kelly	University of North Carolina
Bubenik, Peter	Cleveland State University
Chamberlin, Stephen	York University
Choi, Young-Geun	Seoul National University
Dunson, David	Duke University
Fedoruk, John	University of Alberta
Ghoshal, Subhashis	North Carolina State Univeristy
Gold, Nathan	York University
Guo, Ruite	Florida State University
Heo, Giseon	University of Alberta
Huckemann, Stephan	Institut für Mathematische Stochastik
Johndrow, James	Duke University
Kim, Jisu	Carnegie Mellon University
Kovacev-Nikolic, Violeta	University of Alberta
Lim, Johan	Seoul National University
Linton, Peter	UMBC
Malagon-Lopez, Jose	Univerity of Toronto Mississauga
Michailidis, George	University of Michigan
Mincheva, Martina	Princeton University
Mio, Washington	Florida State University
Montague, David	Stanford University
Mukherjee, Sayan	Duke University
Nanwei, Wang	York University
Petrov, Pavel	University of Alberta
Pham Ngoc, Thanh Mai	Equipe Probabilités et Statistiques
Picka, Jeffrey	University of New Brunswick
Pinky, Saadia	University of Alberta
Rajaratnam, Bala	Stanford University
Reid, Nancy	University of Toronto
Roy, Anindya	University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Rush, Stephen	University of Guelph
Scholz, Jan	Mouse Imagining Center
Scully, Letryce	Florida State University
Stona, Thaicia	University of Sao Paulo
Villa, Elena	Universita' degli Studi di Milano
Wilburne, Dane	Illinois Institute of Technology
Yee, Yohan	McMaster University

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