| Presenting author names appear in bold. Times listed below observe the Eastern Time Zone (ET). | |
| Presenters highlighted in this color represent students participating in the student competition. | |
| Monday, May 17, 2021 | |
| Session I | |
| Moderator: Dr. George A Milliken, Milliken Associates, Inc. | |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Evolution of Bayesian Software in SAS — Dr. Fang Chen, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 1 of 8) | 11:00am-12:00pm | |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | Dr. Fang Chen, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Break for Lunch |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm | Workshop Discussion: Practical Bayesian Computation — Dr. Fang Chen, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC |
| Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | |
| Session II | |
| Moderator: Dr. Edzard van Santen, University of Florida | |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Using Long-Term Databases to Inform Decisions Regarding
Field-Based Research Designs — Dr. Michael Casler, USDA and University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 2 of 8) | 11:00am-12:00pm | |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | Experimental Design Optimization for Large Genomic Studies
— Dr. Lucia Gutierrez, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| Optimal Step-stress Accelerated Life Test Under
Type-I Censoring with Flexible Stress Durations
(Poster) — Dr. David Han, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
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| Inference and Design Optimization for Step-Stress Accelerated Life Tests with the Lifetimes from a Log-Location-Scale Family — Dr. David Han, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX | |
| Model Selection for the Assessment of Treatments from a Long-term Rotation Experiment for Two Time Periods — Dr. Bärbel Kroschewski, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany | |
| Soybean Maturity Characterization of Pan-African Breeding Trials Using Generalized Additive Models (GAM) — Dr. Guillermo Marcillo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | |
| Spanova: An R Package to Perform Analysis of
Variance with Spatially Dependent Errors (Poster) — Prof. Renato de Lima, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Brazil |
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| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Break for Lunch |
| Session III | |
| Moderator: Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin - Madison | |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm | An Extended Approach to Modeling Repeated, Over Dispersed Data, Using Normal and Conjugate Random Effects — Prof. Clarice Demetrio, Universidade de São Paulo, ESQ, Piracicaba, Brazil |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 3 of 8) | 1:30pm-2:30pm | |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | Joint Use of Genome, Pedigree and their Interaction with Environment for Predicting the Performance of Wheat Lines in New Environments — Dr. Reka Howard, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE |
| Statistical Analysis of Highly Unbalanced Crop
Variety Testing Data — Mr. Zhou Fang, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS |
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| Statistical Methods Applied to Monitoring
Growth in Shrimp Farms — Prof. Ismael Sánchez, Universidad de Piura, Piura Perú |
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| Assessing Genotype by Environment Interactions for Repeated Measurements Collected at a High Throughput Phenotyping Field Platform — Mrs. Diana Marcela Pérez Valencia, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Bilbao, Spain | |
| A Simple Approach to Analyze Split Planter Data — Dr. Jochum Wiersma, University of Minnesota, Crookston, MN | |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Break |
| Session IV | |
| Moderator: Nora M. Bello, Kansas State University | |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | A Coefficient of Determination (R2) for Generalized Linear Mixed Models — Prof. Hans-Peter Piepho, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 4 of 8) | 3:30pm-4:30pm | |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm | Accounting for Underlying Spatiotemporal Structure In Investigations of Routine Mosquito Control Data Using R-INLA — Dr. Lindsay Campbell, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, UF/IFAS, Vero Beach, FL |
| Genotyping and Phasing Allotetraploids Using
Short Sequencing Reads (Poster) — Ms. Yudi Zhang, Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
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| Machine Learning Models to Predict Price of
Cull Dairy Cows Based on their Life History Information — Dr. Ligia C. Moreira, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
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| Investigating Diagnostics for Generalized
Linear Mixed Models — Mr. Adam Karren, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
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| A Decision Matrix to Inform Model Selection for
the Analysis of One-Dimensional Spatial Data — Dr. Aurelie Poncet, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR |
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| A Statistical Model for the Development of the
Ethiopian Agriculture — Dr. Gloria Gheno, Ronin Institute, Valbrenta, Italy |
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| Measuring the Influence of Irrigation and Soil Water Management on Organic Banana Growth in Northern Peru (Poster) — Dr. A. Valeria Quevedo, Universidad de Piura, Peru | |
| Geographies of US Agricultural Production — Dr. Emily Burchfield, Emory University Decatur, GA | |
| Wednesday, May 19, 2021 | |
| Session V | |
| Moderator: Bruce Craig, Purdue University | |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Using All Available Data to Produce Official Estimates: Insights from an Illinois Pilot Study — Dr. Linda Young, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington DC |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 5 of 8) | 11:00am-12:00pm | |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | Sampling Approaches for Monitoring Urban Forests Inventories: Sample Size, Costs and Accuracy of Estimates (Poster) — Dr. Agustin Alesso, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
| Sampling Density for Mapping Soil Depth in
Southern Pampas, Argentina (Poster) — Dr. Agustin Alesso, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
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| Lasso and Random Forest – Lime Models:
Predicting Paddy Harvest For Area Yield Index Crop Insurance — Mrs. Dian Kusumaningrum, Prasetiya Mulya University, Bogor, Indonesia |
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| Estimating the Economies of Scope Using the Translog Cost Function: The Econometrics of Imposing Concavity and Convexity — Prof. Charles Moss, University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL | |
| Implementation of Model-Based Estimates in Support of the USDA Nass Crops County Estimates Program — Dr. Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington DC | |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Break for Lunch |
| Session VI | |
| Moderator: Xin Dai, Utah State Univeristy | |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm | Challenges in Establishing Bioequivalence when Small Values are Good: An Example Using Coccidiosis Scoring — Dr. George A Milliken, Milliken Associates, Inc, Manhattan, KS |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 6 of 8) | 1:30pm-2:30pm | |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | Comparison of Data Analytics Strategies in Computer Vision Systems to Predict Pig Body Composition Traits from 3D Images — Dr. Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
| Comparative Analysis of Statistical Methods for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data — Ms. Rose Adjei, Utah State University, Logan, UT | |
| Automatic Dynamic Relevance Determination of Soil Properties Over Different Soil Layers for Yield Prediction Using APSIM (Poster) — Mr. Luis Damiano, Iowa State University, Ames, IA | |
| Analyzing Minirhizotron Data: An Assessment of the Accuracy and Efficiency of Root Length Estimates from Three Modeling Approaches — Mr. Simon Riley, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | |
| Facilitating Key Student Learning through Involvement in Applied Research in Design, Bioassay, Synergy and Longitudinal Modelling — Prof. Timothy O'Brien, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| The Role of the Statistician in Reproducible Research — Dr. Julia Piaskowski, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID | |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm | Break |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm | Networking Social and Sponsor Spotlights |
| Thursday, May 20, 2021 | |
| Session VII | |
| Moderator: Robert Tempelman, Michigan State University | |
| 10:30am-11:00am | The Latent Dirichlet Allocation Model Applied to Biodiversity Data — Dr. Denis Valle, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 7 of 8) | 11:00am-12:00pm | |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | Quantifying the Sensitivity of Agricultural Diversity Metrics and their Influence on Variable Importance Measures — Dr. Brennan Bean, Utah State University, Logan, UT |
| Data Visualizations for Agricultural Data:
Communicating Results to a Broad Audience — Dr. Ruth Hummel, SAS Institute/JMP Division, Winter Park, FL |
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| Multiple Testing Problems on Microbiome
Profiling for Human Nutrition Study — Dr. Jung Ae Lee, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR |
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| Analyzing Ordinal Plant Cover Class Data from
the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem — Ms. Audrey McCombs, Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
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| Improving Species Distribution Model Predictive
Accuracy Using Weighted Boosted Regression Trees
— Dr. Hao Yu, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
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| Cropland Connectivity: A Risk Factor for Invasion and Saturation by Emerging Pathogens and Pests (Poster) — Ms. Yanru Xing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | |
| Bayesian Estimation of the Analyte Concentrations Using the Sensor Responses and the Design Optimization of a Sensor System (Poster) — Dr. David Han, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX | |
| Predicting Soil Texture Mapping in the Basque Country Using Spatial Bayesian Geo-Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape — Dr. Joaquín Martínez-Minaya, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Bilbao, Spain | |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Break for Lunch |
| Session VIII | |
| Moderator: Hans-Peter Piepho, University of Hohenheim | |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm | Where Do Bayesian Methods Fit in An Applied Statistician’s
Toolbox? — Dr. Philip Dixon, Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
| Q&A Discussion Series (Part 8 of 8) | 1:30pm-2:30pm | |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | A Hierarchical Spatial Finlay-Wilkinson Model for Analysis of
Multi-Environment Field Trials — Prof. Somak Dutta, Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
| Order-Restricted Bayesian Inference and Optimal Designs for the Simple Step-Stress Accelerated Life Tests (Poster) — Dr. David Han, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX | |
| Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling of Multi-Location Trials in the Case of Season Factor Nested Into Location Factor — Dr. Siraj Omer, Chicago, IL | |
| A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Dynamic
Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) Models for Repeated Measures Data on
Wheat Growth (Poster) — Ms. Pratishtha Poudel, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK |
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| Label-Free, Machine Learning-Raman Spectroscopy for Quantification of Protective Effect of Antioxidants Against Particulate Matter (Poster) — Dr. Wei Zhang, Utah State University, Logan, UT | |
| Diagnosing the Pregnancy Status of Dairy Cows
Using Milk Spectral Data — Mr. Piush Khanal, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
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| 2:30pm | Conference Concludes |