Agenda
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Day One — Monday, May 16
8:30 am – 4:30 pm |
Workshop: Regression and Classification Applied to Precision Agriculture |
Guilherme Rosa |
Day Two — Tuesday, May 17
8:30 – 9:35 am |
Moderator: Chris Davies |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Chris Davies |
Keynote Speaker: Deep Neural Network Applied to Genome-Enabled Prediction of Complex Phenotypic Traits: Why its Performance has Been Limited so Far? |
Guilherme Rosa |
10:05 – 11:30 am |
Moderator: Brennan Bean |
Two-Dimensional P-Spline Smoothing for Spatial Analysis of Plant Breeding Trials |
Hans-Peter Piepho |
Overview of Optimal Experimental Design and a Survey of its Expanse in Application to Agricultural Studies |
Stephen Walsh
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Spectrum Food Data Classification With Kernel-Based Regularized Partial Least Squares Learning |
Tahir Mehmood |
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Production of Official Statistics: a Case Study |
Linda Young |
1:00 – 2:30 pm |
Moderator: Hao Zhang |
Invited Speaker: Recursive Computing Strategies Inspire New Model Specifications |
Mevin Hooten |
Handling Non-Detects With Imputation: a Simulation Study |
Rose Adjei |
Detection and Attribution of Extreme Climate Change in the United States |
Wei Zhang |
Modeling the Spatial Invasibility of Slash Pine Flatwoods to Chinese Tallow (Triadica sebifera) Invasion |
Zhaofei Fan (Virtual) |
3:30 – 4:30 pm |
Moderator: Raul Macchiavelli |
In-vitro Analysis of Cannabidiol and Resveratrol Antioxidants Against Diesel Exhaust Particle-Induced Cytotoxicity of Human a549 Lung Cells Based on Machine Learning Raman Spectroscopy |
Ashton Young |
Valid Predictions of Group-Level Random Effects |
Nicholas Syring (Virtual) |
Principal Response Curve Analysis of Community Abundance Data Containing Sparse Subsets |
Changjian Jiang (Virtual) |
Day Three — Wednesday, May 18
8:30 – 10 am |
Moderator: Hans-Peter Piepho |
Invited Speaker: Advances in Statistics: 2 Steps Forwards, 3 Steps Backwards…
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Normand St-Pierre |
Why Don't R and SAS Produce the Same Results? Understanding Where and Why They Differ in Their Behavior and How to Make Them Agree |
Simon Riley |
Bayesian Analysis of Agricultural Risk Mitigation via Adoption of Regenerative Soil Health Practices |
Sarah Manski |
Bias Protection in Mixed-Level Fraction Factorial Experiments |
Vinny Paris |
10:30 am – 12 pm |
Moderator: Nora Bello |
Invited Speaker: What are Animal Scientists Learning From Using Deep Learning? |
Juan Steibel |
A Computer Vision Framework for Real-Time Monitoring Growth of Finishing Cattle in Feedlots |
Joseane Padilha da Silva |
Predictive Models for Weekly Cattle Mortality After Arrival to the Feedlot Using Records, Weather, and Transport Data |
Lauren Wisnieski (Virtual) |
Malivhu: a Web Server for Predicting Human-Virus Protein-Protein Interactions Using Machine Learning Algorithms |
David Guevara-Barrientos (Virtual) |
1:15 – 2:45 pm |
Moderator: Guilherme Rosa |
Invited Speaker: Transcriptional Profiling of Two Contrasting Genotypes Uncovers Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Salt Tolerance in Alfalfa |
Rakesh Kaundal |
SVEN: A New Tool for GWAS |
Somak Dutta |
Predicting Blueberry Cold Hardiness in Washington |
Clark Kogan |
Correlation Modeling of High-Throughput Phenotype Data by MM Algorithm and its Application to Photosynthesis |
Abhijnan Chattopadhyay (Virtual) |
3– 4 pm |
Moderator: Bill Price |
Virtual Poster Presentations |
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4 – 5 pm |
Moderator: Susan Durham |
The Power of Data Visualization: Revealing Random-Effect Structures Through Faceting |
Miranda Tilberg |
New features in JMP v17 |
Kevin Potcner (Virtual) |
A Robust Clustering Method Using Compositional Data Restrictions. Studying Wood Properties in the Reforestation of Portugal |
Pamela Solano (Virtual) |
Day Four — Thursday, May 19
8:30 – 10 am |
Moderator: John Stevens |
Invited Speaker: Model Averaging in Agriculture and Natural Resources: What it is, When it is Useful, and When it is a Distraction |
Philip Dixon |
Exploration of Ensemble Approaches for Creating Automated Maps of Soil Moisture and Snow Water Equivalent in the State of Utah |
Brennan Bean |
pySeqRNA: An Automated Python Package for RNA Sequencing Data Analysis |
Naveen Duhan |
Environmental Parameterizations for Predictive Agriculture |
John Gottula (Virtual) |
10:30 – 11:30 am |
Moderator: Bruce Craig |
Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Statistics in the Big Data Era |
Panelists: James Reecy, Jennifer Clarke, Juan Steibel, Rakesh Kaundal, Ann Stapleton (Virtual) |
1– 2 pm |
Awards Ceremony and Concluding Remarks |