International Conference on Statistical Distributions and Applications ICOSDA 2019 Oct. 10-12, 2019, at Eberhard Conference Center, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

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Local Organizing Committee and Contact Information
Felix Famoye (Co-Chair)		Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						felix.famoye@cmich.edu
Carl Lee (Co-Chair)		Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						carl.lee@cmich.edu
Mohamed Amezziane		Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						amezz1m@cmich.edu
Chin-I Cheng		Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						cheng3c@cmich.edu
Kahadawala Cooray		Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						coora1k@cmich.edu
John Daniels		Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						danie1je@cmich.edu
Madhuka Samanthi		Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						saman1rg@cmich.edu
Jungsywan Sepanski		Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						sepan1jh@cmich.edu
Dan Wang		Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI , USA						wang1dx@cmich.edu

Scientific Program Committee
	Last Name	First Name	E-mail	Title of Topic-Invited Session
1	Abdelrazeq	Ibrahim	AbdelrazeqI@rhodes.edu	Goodness of Fit Tests
2	Akinsete	Alfred	akinsete@marshall.edu	A new class of generalized distributions
3	Al-Aqtash	Raid	alaqtash@marshall.edu	Generalized distributions and Applications
5	Alzaghal	Ahmad	ahmad.alzaghal@oswego.edu	Distributions and Applications
6	Amezziane	Mohamed	amezz1m@cmich.edu	T-X family of distributions
7	Amezziane	Mohamed	amezz1m@cmich.edu	Models for complex data
8	Arslan	Olcay	oarslan@ankara.edu.tr	Some non-normal distributions and their applications in robust statistical analysis
9	Brazauskas	Vytaras	vytaras@uwm.edu	Actuarial Statistics
10	Chatterjee	Arpita	achatterjee@georgiasouthern.edu	Statistical Advances in Health Sciences
11	Coelho	Carlos Agra	cmac@fct.unl.pt	Contemporary Methods in Distribution Theory and Likelihood Inference
12	Cooray	K.	coora1k@cmich.edu	Parametric models for Actuarial Applications
13	DasGupta	Anirban	dasgupta@purdue.edu	Plenary session
14	Diawara	Norou	Ndiawara@odu.edu	Statistical Methods for Space and Time Applications
15	Flegal	James M.	jflegal@ucr.edu	Advances in Bayesian theory and computation
16	George	Olusegun	eogeorge@memphis.edu	Exchangeability in Statistical Inference - Theory and Applications
17	Ghosh	Indranil	ghoshi@uncw.edu	Probability and Statistical Models with Applications
18	Gilleland	Eric	ericg@ucar.edu	Comparing spatial fields
19	Huang	Hsin-Hsiung	Hsin-Hsiung.Huang@ucf.edu	Statistical Methodology For Big Data
20	Jureckova	Jana	jurecko@karlin.mff.cuni.cz	Nonlinear Functionals of Probability Distributions
21	Kumar	Satheesh	drcsatheesh@gmail.com	Distribution theory
22	Kao	Ming-Hung	mkao3@asu.edu	Design and analysis of complex experiments: Theory and applications
23	Kozubowski	Tomasz	tkozubow@unr.edu	Discrete Stochastic Models and Applications
24	Levine	Michael	mlevins@purdue.edu	Recent advances involving latent variable models for various distributions
25	Lio	Yuh Long	yuhlong.lio@usd.edu	Statistical Modeling for Degradation Data
26	Marques	Filipe	fjm@fct.unl.pt	Advances in distribution theory and statistical methodologies
27	McKean	Joseph	joseph.mckean@wmich.edu	Big Data: Algorithms, Methodology, and Applications
28	Melnykov	Volodymyr	vmelnykov@cba.ua.edu	New developments in finite mixture modeling with applications
29	Muthukumarana	Saman	Saman.Muthukumarana@umanitoba.ca	Bayesian Methods with Applications
30	Nayak	Tapan	tapan@gwu.edu	Protection of Respondents' Privacy and Data Confidentiality
31	Ng	Tony	ngh@smu.edu	Statistical Models and Methods for Analysis of Reliability and Survival Data
32	Nyanchoga	Justine	jonyanchoga@gmail.com	Introducing The Real-Time Normal Frequency Functions for Statistical Analyses
33	Oluyede	Broderick	boluyede@georgiasouthern.edu	Copulas, Informational Energy, Exponential Dominance and Uncertainty for Generalized and Multivariate Distributions
34	Omolo	Bernard	bomolo@uscupstate.edu	Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional Data Analysis: Application to Genomics
35	Peng	Jianan	jianan.peng@acadiau.ca	Generalized and Fiducial Inference with Applications
36	Pigeon	Mathieu	pigeon.mathieu.2@uqam.ca	Recent developments in predictive distribution modelling with applications in insurance
37	Provost	Serge	provost@stats.uwo.ca	Recent Advances Involving Distributional and Sample Moments
38	Qian	Lianfen	lqian@fau.edu	Recent Advances in Analyzing Medical Data and Dimension Reduction
39	Richter	Wolf-Dieter	wolf-dieter.richter@uni-rostock.de	Multivariate Distributions
40	Sarhan	Ammar	asarhan@mathstat.dal.ca	Generalization of lifetime distributions
41	Schick	Anton	anton@math.binghamton.edu	Empirical Likelihood
42	Shahtahmassebi	Golnaz	golnaz.shahtahmassebi@ntu.ac.uk	Statistical distributions in the era of big data: bioinformatics, medical imaging and drug discovery
43	Wang	Shan	s-wang3@neiu.edu	Recent Development in Nonparametric and Semiparametric Techniques
44	Wang	Xia	xia.wang@uc.edu	Bayesian Modeling of Dependent Non-Gaussian Data
45	Xu	Xiaojian	xxu@brocku.ca	Optimal design, active learning, and efficient statistics for big data
46	Yin	Xiangrong	yinxiangrong@gmail.com	Variable selection and dimension reduction for high-dimension data problems
47	Zhang	Jing	zhangj8@MiamiOH.edu	High-dimensional data analysis
48	Zitikis	Ricardas	rzitikis@uwo.ca	Risk Measures: Theory, Inference, and Applications