12:30 p.m. - J. Wellner “Nonparametric estimation under shape constraints:  monotone, convex, and beyond” (Univ. of Washington) 

1:00 p.m. - A. Tsybakov “How to aggregate density estimates?” (Univ. Paris VI) 

1:30 p.m. - D. Mason “Results on the L1-norm density estimator process ” (Univ. of Delaware) 

2:00 p.m. - S. Wu "Nonparametric tests for umbrella alternatives" (Univ. of Florida)

2:30-3:00 p.m. - COFFEE BREAK & REGISTRATION 

3:00 p.m. - R. Carroll “Longitudinal and clustered data and Non/Semiparametric regression” (Texas A&M Univ.) 

3:30 p.m. - K. Doksum “Lorenz, Gini, Bonferroni and quantile regression” (Univ. of Wisconsin) 

4:00 p.m. - W. Schucany “Treed kernel smoothers: recursive partitioning of bandwidths for local-linear regression (Southern Methodist Univ.) 

4:30 p.m. - F. Bunea “Is consistent covariate selection compatible with adaptive estimation in semiparametric models?   (Florida State Univ.) 

5:00-5:30 p.m. - COFFEE BREAK 
5:30-6:30 p.m. - POSTER SESSION
7:00 p.m. - BANQUET 
 

12:30 p.m. - J. McKean “SMVCIR: robust discriminating (visualization) procedures” (Western Michigan Univ.) 

1:00 p.m. - E. Matzner-Løber “Errors-in-variables : the nonlinear model with an error in the equation” (CREST-ENSAI, France) 

1:30 p.m. - J. Glaz and V. Pozdynakov “Robust nonparametric repeated significance tests” (Univ. of Connecticut) 

2:00 p.m. - R. Randles “On comparing the robustness of affine-equivariant location estimators” (Univ. of Florida) 

2:30-3:00 p.m. - COFFEE BREAK & REGISTRATION 

3:00 p.m. - J. Lynch “On the distribution of the breaking strain of a bundle of brittle elastic fibers” (Univ. of South Carolina) 

3:30 p.m. - M. Pencina and R. D’Agostino  “Modified Kendall's tau as a measure of discrimination in survival analysis”(Boston Univ.) 

4:00 p.m. - I. Ahmad  “Several new approaches to life testing” (Univ. of Central Florida) 

4:30 p.m. - R. Tiwari  “Bayesian nonparametric estimation in a series system or a competing-risks model ” (National Cancer Inst.) 

5:00-5:30 p.m. - COFFEE BREAK 
5:30-6:30 p.m. - POSTER SESSION 
7:00 p.m. - BANQUET 
 

9:00 a.m. - V. Patrangenaru “Nonparametric bootstrap and its applications” (Georgia State Univ.) 

9:30 a.m. - B. Presnell “Biased-bootstrap recycling” (Univ. of Florida) 

10:00 a.m. - R. Taylor “Consistency and validity of dependent nonparametric bootstrap estimators” (Univ. of Georgia) 
 

10:30 a.m. – COFFEE BREAK 

11:00 a.m. - N. Singpurwalla “The hazard potential of items and individuals” (George Washington Univ.) 

11:30 a.m. - M. Hollander “Nonparametric methods for repair models” (Florida State Univ.) 

12:00 p.m. - J. Sethuraman “Bayesian methods in estimating a Distribution from Failure Data”(Florida State Univ.) 

12:30 p.m. - C. Huber “Frailty models for arbitrarily censored and truncated data"  (Univ. of Paris V) 
 

1:00-2:30 p.m. - LUNCH & COFFEE 

2:30 p.m. - E. Parzen “Sieve strategy of nonparametric statistical data modelling”(Texas A&M Univ.) 

3:00 p.m. - P.K. Sen “Nonparametric comparison of genomic sequences” (UNC, Chapel Hill) 

3:30 p.m. - D. Wolfe “Ranked set sampling for estimating a proportion: how to improve the ranking ” (Ohio State Univ.) 

4:00 p.m. - P. Mykland “Statistics and the trading of options” (University of Chicago) 

9:00 a.m. - J. Gastwirth “Use of the Wilk-Shapiro test in two-stage adaptive tests for paired data” (George Washington Univ.) 

9:30 a.m. - M. Ernst “A pseudo-exact sign test for cluster correlated data” (Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ. -Indianapolis) 

10:00 a.m. - T. Hettmansperger “Nonparametric tests for intransitivity in multiple samples” (Penn State Univ.) 

10:30 a.m. - COFFEE BREAK 

11:00 a.m. - A. Nobel “Hypothesis testing for families of dependent processes” (UNC, Chapel Hill) 

11:30 a.m. - R. Lund  “Markov chain and renewal rates of convergence via
 nonparametric structural orderings" (Univ. of Georgia) 

12:00 p.m. - I. McKeague  “Empirical likelihood in non-standard settings” (Florida State Univ.) 

12:30 p.m. - N. Lazar  “Diagnostics for empirical likelihood inference ” (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) 

1:00-2:30 p.m. - LUNCH & COFFEE 

2:30 p.m. - R. Liu “Text classification for mining massive report Data”(Rutgers Univ.) 

3:00 p.m. - E. Peña “Estimation after model selection in a Gaussian model ” (Univ. of South Carolina) 

3:30 p.m. - D. Draghicescu “Theoretical and computational issues related to optimal bandwidth selection” (CISES, Univ. of Chicago) 

4:00 p.m. - M. Wegkamp “Complexity regularization via localized random penalties” (Yale Univ.) 
 

          Conference Banquet ---- Friday, Jan 17th, 7:00 (covered by the conference fee). 

          Brown bag luncheon  --- Saturday, January 18th, 12:00 (covered by the conference fee). 

          Cocktail party at the house of Myles and Glee Hollander---- Saturday, January 18th 6:00. 

          Dinner at Lucy Ho's (best chinese restaurant in town!)  ---- Saturday, January 18th  7:30 (Group rate, $15/person). 

          Excursion to Wakulla Springs + lunch (around $16/person, including 1 hour boat ride). ---- Sunday, January 19th  (estimated departure from Tallahassee at 12:00 noon, estimated return 4:00 PM).