SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015
7:00-8:00 am
7:00-8:00 am
Workshop registration
Breakfast for Workshop participants
Conference Center Lobby
Big Basin Ballroom D
8:00-5:00 pm
Workshop
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Statistics for Spatio-Temporal Data
Christopher K. Wikle, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Outline:
Introduction
Visualization and Exploratory Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data
Brief Introduction to Spatial Statistics
Brief Introduction to Dynamical Models
Spatio-Temporal Statistical Models
Brief Introduction to Hierarchical Statistical Modeling
Hierarchical Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Statistical Models
Examples
10:00-10:15
Break
Big Basin Ballroom D
12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch
Big Basin Ballroom D
2:45-3:00 pm
Break
Big Basin Ballroom D
7:30-9:30 pm
Cash Bar and snacks
Big Basin Ballroom D
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015
7:30-8:30 am
8:30-8:45 am
Breakfast
Welcome
Big Basin Ballroom D
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
8:45-9:15 am
Session #1A
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
On Fixed Effects Estimation in Spline-based Models for Spatial Data
Guilherme Ludwig and Jun Zhu – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chun-Shu Chen – National Changhua University of Education-Taiwan
9:15-9:45 am
Session #1B
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Semiparametric Mixed Beta Regression with Penalized Splines for Disease Severity in Plants
Raúl Macchiavelli, Adriana Calvo, Pedro Torres Saavedra and José Chavarría Carvajal - University of
Puerto Rico
9:45-10:15 am
Session #1C
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Using a Generalized Linear Mixed Model Framework to Account for Spatial Variability in Comparing
Orchard Sprayer Efficacy
William J. Price, Bahman Shafii and Don W. Morishita - University of Idaho
10:15-10:45 am
Break
Big Basin Ballroom D
10:45 am-12:00 pm Session #1D
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Predictive Modeling of Agricultural Characteristics Utilizing Spatio-Temporal Models with Multiple
Information Sources and Scales of Variability
Christopher K. Wikle, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
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12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch
Big Basin Ballroom D
1:00-1:30 pm
Session #2A
By How Much Did Railroads Conquer the West?
Ross Knippenberg – American Veterinary Medical Association
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
1:30-2:00 pm
Session #2B
On Quantifying Urban Agriculture
Linda Young – USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
2:00-2:20 pm
Big Basin Ballroom D
Break
2:20-2:50 pm
Session #2C
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Understanding the Structure of Complex, High-Dimensional Datasets with Applied Topology
Patrick Medina and Rebecca W. Doerge – Purdue University
2:50-3:20 pm
Session #2D
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Empirical Bayes Analysis for Detection of Gene Heterosis in RNAseq Data
Jarad Niemi, Eric Mittman, Will Landau and Dan Nettleton – Iowa State University
3:20-3:50 pm
Session #2E
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
A Plasmode-based Approach to Inform Inference on Low-count RNA-seq Transcripts of an Edaphic
Subspecies of Dominant Prairie Grass Andropogon Gerardii
Seth Raithel, Loretta Johnson, Matthew Galliart, Sue Brown, Jennifer Shelton, Nicolae Herndon and Nora
M. Bello - Kansas State University
3:50-5:00
Poster Session- Cash Bar
Big Basin Ballroom D
Presentation of posters P01, P03, P05, P07, P09, P11, P13, P15.
See Poster listing at the end of this program
8:00-10:00 pm
Kansas Country Dance
Cash bar and snacks
Ballroom E, Kaw Nations
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast
Big Basin Ballroom D
8:30-9:00 am
Session #3A
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Improving Soybean Variety Trial Analysis by Augmented Design
Adams Kusi Appiah, Rebecca Helget, Nathan Mueller and Jixiang Wu - South Dakota State University
9:00-9:30 am
Session #3B
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Accelerated Crop Improvement by Genomic Selection and Virtual Breeding
Russ Wolfinger – JMP Division/Life Sciences, SAS Institute Inc.
Eric Jackson – General Mills
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9:30-10:00 am
Session #3C
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Uncertainty in Model Selection: Testing Different Modes of Inheritance in Genetic Association Studies
Emery Goossens – Purdue University
10:00-11:00 am
Poster Session-Break
Big Basin Ballroom D
Presentation of posters P02, P04, P06, P08, P10, P12, P14.
See Poster listing at the end of this program
11:00-11:30 am
Session #3D
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Statistical Analysis of DNA Methylation Data in Plants
Gayla Olbricht – Missouri University of Science and Technology
Douglas Baumann – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
11:30 am-12:00 pm Session #3E
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Equivalence Criteria in the Safety Evaluation of a Genetically Modified Crop
Christopher I. Vahl - Kansas State University
Qing Kang - The Statistical Intelligence Group, LLC
12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch
Big Basin Ballroom D
1:00-1:30 pm
Session #4A
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Modeling the Occurrence of Four Cereal Crop Aphid Species in Idaho
John Merickel, Bahman Shafii, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Christopher J. Williams and William J. Price University of Idaho
1:30-2:00 pm
Session #4B
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia Coli in Meat: A Preliminary Simulation Study on Detection
Capabilities for Three Sampling Methods
Julie Couton and David Marx - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:00-2:30 pm
Session #4C
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Best Linear Unbiased Prediction: An Illustration Based On, But Not Limited To, Shelf Life Estimation.
Marina Ptukhina and Walter Stroup - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:30-2:50 pm
Break
Big Basin Ballroom D
2:50-3:20 pm
Session #4D
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Exploring Challenges Encountered with ‘Streaming Data’ Analyses
Julia Sharp, Jessie Smith and Dara Park – Clemson University
3:20-4:00 pm
Session #4#E
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
Expired Equines and Other Challenges in On-Farm Systems Research in the Tropics
Edzard van Santen – Auburn University
Stuart Weiss – University of the Virgin Islands
4:00-4:30 pm
Travel Awards and Farewell
ABC-McDowell/Tuttle/Alcove
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POSTER SESSIONS
All posters will be on display for the duration of the conference.
MONDAY APRIL 27, 2015
3:50-5:00 PM
Authors responsible for poster presentations P01, P03, P05, P07, P09, P11, P13, P15, will be available to
discuss their posters with conference attendees.
Session P01
Sample Size Calculation while Controlling False Discovery Rate for Differential Expression Analysis
with RNA-Seq Experiment
Ran Bi and Peng Liu – Iowa State University
Session P03
Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling of RNA-seq Data with Stan
Eric Mittman – Iowa State University
Session P05
Hierarchical Modeling and Differential Expression Analysis for RNA-seq Experiments with Inbred and
Hybrid Genotypes
Andrew Lithio and Dan Nettleton – Iowa State University
Session P07
Sample Size, Read Depth, and Power in RNA-Seq Experiments
Jeremiah Rounds – Purdue University
Session P09
mvGST: Multivariate and Directional Gene Set Testing
John Stevens, Dennis Mecham and S Clay Isom - Utah State University
Garrett Saunders – Brigham Young University
Session P11
PBTools for Design and Analysis of Plant Breeding Trials
Violeta I. Bartolome, Alaine A. Gulles, Alexander A. Cañeda, Angel Manica V. Raquel and Guoyou Ye
International Rice Research Institute, Laguna College, Philippines
Session P13
qgtools: An R Tool for Various Quantitative Genetics Analyses
Jixiang Wu and Karl Glover – South Dakota State University
Johnie Jenkins and Jack McCarty – USDA-ARS
Session P15
Comparison of MINQUE and REML for Linear Mixed Model Analysis
Nan Nan and Jixiang Wu – South Dakota State University
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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015
10:00-11:00
Authors responsible for poster presentations P02, P04, P06, P08, P10, P12, P14, will be available to
discuss their posters with conference attendees.
Session P02
SimSeq: A Nonparametric Approach to Simulation of RNA-Sequence Datasets
Sam Benidt and Dan Nettleton – Iowa State University
Session P04
A Hierarchical Modeling Strategy for Identifying Gene Expression Heterosis using Parallel Computing
with Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)
William Landau and Jarad Niemi - Iowa State University
Session P06
Detecting Differentially Expressed Genes with RNA-seq Data Using Backward Selection to Account for
the Effects of Relevant Covariates
Yet Nguyen and Dan Nettleton – Iowa State University
Session P08
RNA-seq Comparison of Two Tissue Sites Responsible for Nutrient Delivery to Developing Maize
Kernels
Faye Zheng and R. W. Doerge – Purdue University
Peng Liu, Melissa R. Jaskiewicz, Kwanhee Lee, Byung-Ho Kang, Donald R. McCarty and Karen E. Koch University of Florida
Session P10
Breeding Implications of Heteroskedastic Whole-genome Prediction of Genetic Merit
Zhining Ou and Nora M. Bello - Kansas State University
Robert J. Tempelman, Juan P. Steibel, Catherine W. Ernst and Ronald O. Bates - Michigan State
University
Session P12
Field Design Factors Affecting Perennial Ryegrass Forage Yield Estimation
Raghuveer Sripathi and Michael Casler - University of Wisconsin,
Patrick Conaghan, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow,
Ireland
Dermot Grogan, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Davis Street, Tipperary Town, Ireland
Session P14
Small Sample Properties of the two Independent Sample Test for Means from Beta Distributions
Edward Gbur and Kevin Thompson - University of Arkansas
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