Detailed Agenda
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* Indicates Student in Student Competition
Sunday, May 11, 2025
4:00pm-6:00pm
Registration Open and Poster & Sponsor Display Set Up
[Prefunction Space]
Monday, May 12, 2025
7:30am-5:00pm
Registration Open and Poster & Sponsor Display Set Up
[Prefunction Space]
8:30am–5:00pm
Optional Workshop: Multi-Omics Integration for Applied Prediction, Concepts, Foundations, and Strategies
Diego Jarquin
University of Florida
United States
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Morning Break and Networking
(Workshop Attendees Only)
[Prefunction Space]
Group Luncheon
(Workshop Attendees Only)
[Celebration Ballroom & Prefunction Space]
Afternoon Break and Networking
(Workshop Attendees Only)
[Prefunction Space]
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7:30am-4:30pm
Registration Open
[Prefunction Space]
7:30am-8:30am
Morning Refreshments
[Celebration Ballroom & Prefunction Space]
8:30am–10:00am
Welcome Remarks & Keynote Speaker
[Celebration Ballroom]
Welcome Remarks
Welcome to University of Florida
Kati Migliaccio
Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Florida
United States
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"Multi-Omics Integration for Applied Prediction, Concepts, Foundations, and Strategies"
Diego Jarquin
University of Florida
United States
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10:00am-10:30am
Morning Break and Networking
[Prefunction Space]
10:30am–12:00pm
Session 1: Data Quality and Data Generation
[Celebration Ballroom]
Simon Riley
University of Florida
United States
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"The Importance of Data Quality"
Julian Garcia-Abadillo
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and University of Florida
Spain
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"Generating High-Quality Simulated Data Using Process-Based Crop Models for AI Applications"
Rishabh Gupta
University of Florida
United States
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"Quantifying the Sensitivity of Land Use Land Cover Metrics Through Simulation Techniques"
Brennan Bean
Utah State University
United States
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Discussion & 3-minute Poster Introductions
12:00pm-1:00pm
Group Luncheon
[Celebration Ballroom & Prefunction Space]
1:00pm–2:30pm
Session 2: General Session
[Celebration Ballroom]
Edzard van Santen
University of Florida
United States
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"Random Regression Finlay-Wilkinson Models for Yield and Stability Prediction in Cereals"
Lucia Gutierrez
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
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"Conditional Simulation of Gaussian Fields"
Somak Dutta
Iowa State University
United States
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"Measuring Spatial Consistency in Simulated Crop Yield with Tensor-Product Splines and Interclass Correlation"
Payton Miloser*
Iowa State University
United States
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"Using Segmented Regression to Estimate Decay of Curve in Seismic Data"
Rebekah Scott*
Iowa State University
United States
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Discussion & 3-minute Poster Introductions
2:30pm–3:00pm
Afternoon Break and Networking
[Prefunction Space]
3:00pm–4:30pm
Session 3: General Session
[Celebration Ballroom]
Edzard van Santen
University of Florida
United States
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"Improving Wheat Genomic Prediction Through Random Regression and Optimized Sowing Dates"
Pablo Gonzalez Barrios
Universidad de la República
Uruguay
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"Estimating Genetic Gain – Correctly, Poorly, or Badly?"
Philip Dixon
Iowa State University
United States
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"Assessing the Efficiency and Heritability of Blocked Tree Breeding Trials"
Hans-Peter Piepho
Universität Hohenheim
Germany
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"Combining Genomic Prediction and Machine Learning Approaches to Improve Genotype Recommendations"
Vitor Sagae*
University of Florida
United States
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Discussion & 3-minute Poster Introductions
4:30pm–5:30pm
Poster Session
[Prefunction Space]
6:00pm-8:00pm
Networking Reception & Line Dancing Event
[Prefunction Space]
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
8:30am-4:50pm
Registration Open
[Prefunction Space]
8:30am–12:00pm
Session 4 (Special Session): Best Practices for GLMM Implementation: Hard-Won Lessons and Ongoing Struggles
[Celebration Ballroom]
Hans-Peter Piepho
Universität Hohenheim
Germany
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"Best Practices for GLMM Implementation: Setting the Stage"
Nora Bello
USDA-ARS
United States
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Walter Stroup
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
United States
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"Allowing Negative Variance Component Estimates in REML: Inferential Consequences for Fixed Effects and Type I Error Control"
Reka Howard
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
United States
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"Correlated Binomial Data: A Confluence of Analytic Challenges"
Nora Bello
USDA-ARS
United States
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"Mixed Models-Based Precision and Power Analyses for Design Comparisons Using PROC GLIMMIX and glmmTMB"
Daniel Palmer
USDA-ARS
United States
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GLMM Implentation Poster Viewing and AM Break
[Prefunction Space]
"Multinomial Logistic GLMMs: A Patchy Landscape of Software Implementations"
Quentin Read
USDA-ARS
United States
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"Using Randomized Quantile Residuals to Assess Model Fit of Generalized Linear Mixed Models"
Julia Piaskowski
University of Idaho
United States
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Wrap-up and Open Floor Discussion
Nora Bello
USDA-ARS
United States
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Walter Stroup
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
United States
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Panel Discussion
12:00pm-1:00pm
Group Luncheon
[Celebration Ballroom & Prefunction Space]
1:00pm–2:30pm
Session 5: AI and Statistical Consulting
[Celebration Ballroom]
Julia Piaskowski
University of Idaho
United States
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"Launching and Sustaining Statistical and Data Science Consulting: Planning and Assessing for Success"
Mara Rojeski Blake
North Carolina State University
United States
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Emily Griffith
North Carolina State University
United States
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"How Are Large Language Models Changing the Analytics Industry?"
James Long
Palomar Speciality Insurance
United States
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Discussion
2:30pm–3:00pm
Afternoon Break and Networking
[Prefunction Space]
3:00pm–4:50pm
Session 6: General Session
[Celebration Ballroom]
Philip Dixon
Iowa State University
United States
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"Sample Size for Estimating Disease Prevalence in Free-Ranging Wildlife Populations: A Bayesian Modeling Approach"
James Booth
Cornell University
United States
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"Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling of Fusarium Head Blight Epidemics Using Zero-Inflated Data and Environmental Covariates"
Wanderson Bucker Moraes
Corteva Agriscience and The Ohio State University
United States
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"Generalized Foldover Designs: A Class of Designs for Irregular Fractional Factorial Experiments with Bias Protection Properties"
Vinny Paris*
Iowa State University
United States
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"EoA Models: Is Partially Combining Data from Multiple Sites Useful for Estimating Bat Mortality Rates in Wind Farms?"
Natalia Berberian*
Universidad de la República
Uruguay
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"ANOVA P-Values and Confidence Sets via Monte Carlo Simulation"
Benjamin Jacobs*
Iowa State University
United States
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Discussion
Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30am-11:30am
Registration Open
[Prefunction Space]
7:30am-8:30am
Breakfast Buffet
[Celebration Ballroom & Prefunction Space]
8:30am–10:00am
Session 7: General Session
[Celebration Ballroom]
Reka Howard
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
United States
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"Using Historical Control Data to Assess Study Quality for Medaka Extended One Generation Reproduction Test (MEOGRT)"
Yushan Gu
Corteva Agriscience
United States
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"Quantifying Irrigation Influence on Crop Likelihood in the Central and Eastern U.S."
Lokendra Rathore
Emory University
United States
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"Determinants of Smallholder Rice Farmers’ Willingness-To-Pay for Private Extension Services in Liberia: The Case of Gibi District"
Togba Sumo
University of Nairobi
Kenya
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"Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Convert Legacy Statistical Code"
Linda Young
USDA-NASS
United States
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Discussion
10:00am-10:15am
Stretch Break and Poster & Sponsor Display Breakdown
[Prefunction Space]
10:15am–10:55am
Session 8: General Session
[Celebration Ballroom]
Josefina Lacasa
Kansas State University
United States
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"Artificial Intelligence for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures"
Xiao Xu
University of New South Wales
United States
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"Canonical Discriminant Analysis – A Multivariate Technique You Didn’t Think You Needed"
10:55am–11:30am
Student Competition Awards and Closing Remarks
[Celebration Ballroom]
