Please note that Kingscliff, located in New South Wales, will be operating under daylight savings time (Australian Eastern Daylight Time – EDT) for the duration of the conference. This means the time in New South Wales will be 1 hour ahead of the time in Queensland (Australian Eastern Standard Time – EST) – for example 3pm in Queensland is 4pm in New South Wales. All times below refer to daylight savings time.
A digital copy of the conference booklet, containing all abstracts and an overview of the program can be found by clicking here.
Downloadable versions of the conference booklet are available here as: PDF and Word doc, or as an eBook by following this link to Dropbox.
Workshop 1: Spatio-Temporal Statistics with R – Day 1
Duration: 10am – 6pm
Workshop 1: Spatio-Temporal Statistics with R – Day 2
Duration: 8:30am – 5:30pm
Workshop 2: Methodological aspects of the use of geospatial technology for agriculture and agri-environmental statistics
Duration: 9am – 5pm
Workshop 3: Exploring data and models visually
Duration: 9am – 5pm
Registration Desk Open
Duration: 5pm – 7pm
Welcome Reception
Duration: 6pm – 8pm
Monday: Narrabeen Room
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Housekeeping
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Conference Welcome
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Agriculture and agri-environmental statistics with support of geospatial information, methodological issues
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Elisabetta Carfagna, University of Bologna, Italy
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Morning Tea
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Developing A Regulatory Definition For The Authentication Of Manuka Honey
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Claire McDonald, Ministry for Primary Industries, NZ
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Analysing Digestion Data
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Maryann Staincliffe, AgResearch Ltd.
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Challenges And Opportunities Working As A Consulting Statistician With A Food Science Research Group
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M. Gabriela Borgognone, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
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Robust Penalized Logistic Regression through Maximum Trimmed Likelihood Estimator
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Tong Wang, Shanxi Medical University, China
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Lunch
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A Multi-Step Classifier Addressing Cohort Heterogeneity Improves Performance Of Prognostic Biomarkers In Complex Disease
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Jean Yang, University of Sydney
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How To Analyse Five Data Points With Fun
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Pauline O'Shaughnessy, University of Wollongong
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Bayesian Spatial Estimation When Areas Are Few
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Aswi Aswi, Queensland University of Technology
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Understanding The Variation In Harvester Yield Map Data For Estimating Crop Traits
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Dean Diepeveen, Curtin University
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Afternoon Tea
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Introduction To “Deltagen” - A Comprehensive Decision Support Tool For Plant Breeders Using R And shiny
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Dongwen Luo, AgResearch Ltd.
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Lightning Presentations followed by Poster Session
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Presentations and posters to be held in the Zig-Zag Gardens
Monday: Gunnamatta Room
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Housekeeping
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Conference Welcome
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Agriculture and agri-environmental statistics with support of geospatial information, methodological issues
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Elisabetta Carfagna, University of Bologna, Italy
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Morning Tea
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On Testing Random Effects In Linear Mixed Models
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Alan Welsh, ANU
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A Permutation Test For Comparing Predictive Values In Clinical Trials
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Kouji Yamamoto, Osaka City University
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Robust Semiparametric Inference In Random Effects Models
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Michael Stewart, University of Sydney
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Robust Penalized Logistic Regression through Maximum Trimmed Likelihood Estimator
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Tong Wang, Shanxi Medical University, China
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Lunch
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A Multi-Step Classifier Addressing Cohort Heterogeneity Improves Performance Of Prognostic Biomarkers In Complex Disease
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Jean Yang, University of Sydney
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An Approach To Poisson Mixed Models For -omics Expression Data
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Irene Zeng, University of Auckland
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Knowledge-guided Generalized Biclustering Analysis for integrative –omics Analysis
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Qi Long, University of Pennsylvania
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Citizen Science To Surveillance: Estimating Reporting Probabilities Of Exotic Insect Pests
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Peter Caley, CSIRO
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Afternoon Tea
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Estimating Nitrous Oxide Emission Factors
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Alasdair Noble, AgResearch Ltd.
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Lightning Presentations followed by Poster Session
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Presentations and posters to be held in the Zig-Zag Gardens
Tuesday: Narrabeen Room
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Housekeeping
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Cluster Capture-Recapture: A New Framework For Estimating Population Size
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Rachel Fewster, University of Auckland
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Morning Tea
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Propensity Score Approaches In The Presence Of Missing Data: Comparison Of Balance And Treatment Effect Estimates
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Jannah Baker, The George Institute for Global Health
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The Missing Link: An Equivalence Result For Likelihood Based Methods In Missing Data Problems
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Firouzeh Noghrehchi, University of New South Wales
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Analysis of Melanoma Data with a Mixture of Survival Models Utilising Multi-class DLDA to Inform Mixture Class
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Sarah Romanes, University of Sydney
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Identifying Clusters Of Patients With Diabetes Using a Markov Birth-Death Process
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Mugdha Manda, University of Auckland
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A Hidden Markov Model For Sleep Stage Detection Using Raw Tri-Axial Wrist Actigraphy
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Michelle Trevenen, University of Western Australia
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Comparisons Of Two Large Long-Term Studies In Alzheimer's Disease
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Charley Budgeon, University of Western Australia
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A Semi-Parametric Linear Mixed Models For Longitudinally Measured Fasting Blood Sugar Level Of Adult Diabetic Patients
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Legesse Kassa Debusho, University of South Africa
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Lunch
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Lunch provided as take-away boxes to cater for those participating in social activities
Tuesday: Gunnamatta Room
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Housekeeping
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Cluster Capture-Recapture: A New Framework For Estimating Population Size
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Rachel Fewster, University of Auckland
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Morning Tea
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Visualising Model Selection Stability in High-Dimensional Regression Models
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Garth Tarr, University of Sydney
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Dimensionality Reduction of LIBS Data for Bayesian Analysis
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Anjali Gupta, University of Auckland
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Forecasting Hotspots Of Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations With Spatially Aggregated Longitudinal Health Data: All Subset Model Selection With A Novel Implementation Of Repeated k-Fold Cross-Validation
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Matthew Tuson, University of Western Australia
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Challenges Analysing Combined Agricultural Field Trials With Partially Overlapping Treatments
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Kerry Bell, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
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Sparse Phenotyping Designs For Early Stage Selection Experiments In Plant Breeding Programs
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Nicole Cocks, University of Wollongong
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A One-Stage Mixed Model Analysis Of Canola Chemistry Trials
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Daniel Tolhurst, University of Wollongong
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Individual And Joint Analyses Of Sugarcane Experiments To Select Test Lines
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Renata Alcarde Sermarini, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Lunch
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Lunch provided as take-away boxes to cater for those participating in social activities
Wednesday: Narrabeen Room
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Housekeeping
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Statistics On Street Corners
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Di Cook, Monash University
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Morning Tea
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Estimating Overdispersion in Sparse Multinomial Data
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Farzana Afroz, University of Otago
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Statistical Analysis Of Coastal And Oceanographic Influences On The Queensland Scallop Fishery
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Wen-Hsi Yang, University of Queensland
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Subtractive Stability Measures For Improved Variable Selection
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Connor Smith, University of Sydney
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Species Distribution Modelling For Combined Data Sources
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Ian Renner, University of Newcastle
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The LASSO On Latent Indices For Ordinal Predictors in Regression
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Francis Hui, ANU
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Fast And Approximate Exhaustive Variable Selection For GLMs With APES
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Kevin Wang, University of Sydney
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Lunch
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IBS-AR Annual General Meeting
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Statistical Strategies for the Analysis of Large and Complex Data
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Louise Ryan, University of Technology Sydney and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Optimal Experimental Design for Functional Response Experiments
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Christopher Drovandi, Queensland University of Technology
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An Evaluation of Error Variance Bias in Spatial Designs
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Emlyn Williams, ANU
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Always Randomize?
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Chris Brien, University of South Australia and University of Adelaide
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Afternoon Tea
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Exploring the social relationships of dairy goats
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Vanessa Cave, AgResearch Ltd.
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Efficient Multivariate Sensitivity Analysis Of Agricultural Simulators
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Daniel Gladish, CSIRO
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Conference Dinner
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Buses departing to Conference Dinner venue at 5pm sharp. Last bus departs 5:15pm
Wednesday: Gunnamatta Room
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Housekeeping
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Statistics On Street Corners
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Di Cook, Monash University
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Morning Tea
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Assessing Mud Crab Meat Fullness Using Non-Invasive Technologies
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Carole Wright, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
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Saved By The Experimental Design: Testing Bycatch Reduction And Turtle Exclusion Devices In The Png Prawn Trawl Fishery
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Emma Lawrence, CSIRO
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GxE for Genomic Prediction Models
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Colleen Hunt, Queensland Department of Fisheries and Agriculture
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A Factor Analytic Mixed Model Approach For The Analysis Of Genotype By Treatment By Environment Data
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Lauren Borg, University of Wollongong
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Whole‑Genome QTL Analysis For Nested Association Mapping Populations
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Maria Valeria Paccapelo, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
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Order Selection Of Factor Analytic Models For Genotype X Environment Interaction
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Emi Tanaka, University of Sydney
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Lunch
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IBS-AR Annual General Meeting
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Statistical Strategies for the Analysis of Large and Complex Data
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Louise Ryan, University of Technology Sydney and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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To PCA Or Not To PCA
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Catherine McKenzie, AgResearch Ltd.
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New Model-Based Ordination Data Exploration Tools For Microbiome Studies
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Olivier Thas, Ghent University, Belgium
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Comparing Classical Criteria For Selecting Intra-Class Correlated Features For Three-Mode Three-Way Data
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Lynette Hunt, University of Waikato
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Afternoon Tea
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Bayesian Semi-Parametric Spectral Density Estimation With Applications To The Southern Oscillation Index
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Claudia Kirch, University of Magdeburg, Germany
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Bayesian Hypothesis Tests With Diffuse Priors: Can We Have Our Cake And Eat It Too?
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John Ormerod, University of Sydney
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Conference Dinner
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Buses departing to Conference Dinner venue at 5pm sharp. Last bus departs 5:15pm
Wednesday: Bundeena Room
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Housekeeping
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Statistics On Street Corners
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Di Cook, Monash University
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Morning Tea
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Analysis Of Multivariate Binary Longitudinal Data: Metabolic Syndrome During Menopausal Transition
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Geoff Jones, Massey University
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Rethinking Biosecurity Inspections: A Case Study Of The Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) In Australia
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Petra Kuhnert, CSIRO
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A Comparison Of Multiple Imputation Methods For Missing Data In Longitudinal Studies
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Md Hamidul Huque, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
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The Impact Of Cohort Substance Use Upon Likelihood Of Transitioning Through Stages Of Alcohol And Cannabis Use And Use Disorder: Findings From The Australian National Survey On Mental Health And Well-Being
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Chrianna Bharat, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Australia
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An Asymmetric Measure of Population Differentiation Based on the Saddlepoint Approximation Method
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Louise McMillan, University of Auckland
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Multiple Sample Hypothesis Testing Of The Human Microbiome Through Evolutionary Trees
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Martina Mincheva, Temple University, USA
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Lunch
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IBS-AR Annual General Meeting
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Statistical Strategies for the Analysis of Large and Complex Data
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Louise Ryan, University of Technology Sydney and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Afternoon Tea
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Conference Dinner
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Buses departing to Conference Dinner venue at 5pm sharp. Last bus departs 5:15pm
Thursday: Narrabeen Room
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Housekeeping
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A General Framework For Functional Regression Modelling
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Sonja Greven, LM University, Munich
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Morning Tea
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Hockey Sticks And Broken Sticks – A Design For A Single-Arm, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial Suitable For Chronic Diseases
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Hans Hockey, Biometrics Matters
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Correlated Bivariate Normal Competing Risks---Structuring Estimation In An Ill-Posed Problem
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Malcolm Hudson, Macquarie University
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Genetic Analysis Of Renal Function In An Isolated Australian Indigenous Community
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Russell Thomson, Western Sydney University
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Deconstructing The Innate Immune Component Of A Molecular Network Of The Aging Frontal Cortex
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Ellis Patrick, University of Sydney
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The Parametric Cure Fraction Model of Ovarian Cancer
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Serifat Folorunso, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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Conference Closing Ceremony
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Louise Ryan
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Lunch
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Lunch provided from local food vans
Thursday: Gunnamatta Room
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Housekeeping
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A General Framework For Functional Regression Modelling
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Sonja Greven, LM University, Munich
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Morning Tea
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Hockey Sticks And Broken Sticks – A Design For A Single-Arm, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial Suitable For Chronic Diseases
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Hans Hockey, Biometrics Matters
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Bayesian Regression with Functional Inequality Constraints
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Joshua Bon, University of Western Australia
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The Performance Of Model Averaged Tail Area Confidence Intervals
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Paul Kabaila, La Trobe University
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Bias Correction In Estimating Proportions by Pooled Testing
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Graham Hepworth, University of Melbourne
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The Skillings-Mack Statistic For Ranks Data In Blocks
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John Best, University of Newcastle
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Conference Closing Ceremony
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Louise Ryan
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Lunch
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Lunch provided from local food vans