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2021 JSM TSIG Annual Meeting

Join us to our 2021 JSM TSIG Annual Meeting on August 27, 2021 at 3:00 - 6:00 PM EST. 
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2021 Virtual JSM TSIG Participation

Session# 75

Mon, 8/9/2021, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM

SPEED: Data Challenge and SPAAC — Topic-Contributed Speed

Government Statistics Section, SPAA Committee

Chair(s): Wendy Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics

11:25 AM

Estimation of Crash Type Frequencies on Individual Collector Roadway Segments
Asif Mahmud, The Pennsylvania State University; Vikash V. Gayah, The Pennsylvania State University

Session# 164

Tue, 8/10/2021, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Social Statistics Speed Session — Contributed Speed

Social Statistics Section, Text Analysis Interest Group

Chair(s): Robin Mejia, Carnegie Mellon University

11:00 AM

Is Automated Driving Safer? An Application of Survival Analysis in Automated Vehicle Safety Evaluation
Soheil Sohrabi, Texas A&M University; Bahar Dadashova, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; Dominique Lord, Texas A&M University

11:05 AM

A Hybrid Approach for Traffic Crash Identification Using Deep Learning and Xgboost
Liang Shi, Virginia Tech; Chen Qian, Virginia Tech; Yanran Wei, Virginia Tech; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

11:10 AM

Evaluating Risk of Eye Glance Patterns by Embedding Based Kernel Two Sample Test
Chen Qian, Virginia Tech; Jingbin Xu, Virginia Tech; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

11:15 AM

Disparities in Ride-Hailing Usage in the US
Wenjian Jia, University of Virginia; Donna Chen, University of Virginia

11:20 AM

Bayesian Criterion-Based Assessments of Recurrent Event Models with Applications to Commercial Truck Driver Behavior Studies
Yiming Zhang, University of Connecticut; Ming-Hui Chen, UCONN; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

Session# 168

Tue, 8/10/2021, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Risk analysis and related topics — Contributed Speed

Section on Risk Analysis

Chair(s): Indranil Ghosh, University of North Carolina Wilmington

11:30 AM

Discovering Reasons and Patterns for Bridges with Fast Deteriorating Deck Conditions
Xiaoqiang Kong, Texas A&M University; Zihao Li, Texas A&M University; Yunlong Zhang, Texas A&M University

11:35 AM

Leveraging Administrative Data to Improve Child Passenger Safety
Elizabeth Petraglia, Westat

 

Session# 27

Sun, 8/8/2021, 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM

SDNS Speed Session — Contributed Speed

Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security

Chair(s): James M. Murphy, Tufts University

2:15 PM

C'est La VIE: Variational Inference of Extremal for Rare Event Modeling
Chen Qian, Virginia Tech; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

The following are TSIG-related meetings and events during the 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 

Session Title

Date and Time

Location

SPEED: Statistics and Econometrics — Contributed Speed

Sun, 7/29/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM

CC-West 209

SPEED: Statistics and Econometrics — Contributed Poster Presentations

Sun, 7/29/2018, 5:05 PM - 5:50 PM

CC-West Hall B

Transportation Statistics Interest Group Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business

Mon, 7/30/2018, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

F-Mackenzie I

SPEED: Sports to Fire: Fascinating Applications of Statistics — Contributed Speed

Tue, 7/31/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

CC-West 209

Modeling in Transportation Safety Issues — Contributed Papers

Tue, 7/31/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM

CC-East 9

Contributed Poster Presentations: Transportation Statistics Interest Group

 

Tue, 7/31/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM

CC-West Hall B

SPEED: Sports to Fire: Fascinating Applications of Statistics — Contributed Poster Presentations

Tue, 7/31/2018, 3:05 PM - 3:50 PM

CC-West Hall B

SAMSI Program on Transportation Statistics — Topic Contributed Papers

Wed, 8/1/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

CC-East 9

Applying Item Response Theory Models to Estimate Motor Carrier Safety — Invited Panel

Wed, 8/1/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

CC-East 10

Privacy Protections for Transportation Data in the Big Data Environment — Topic Contributed Papers

Thu, 8/2/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

CC-West 202

CC = Vancouver Convention Centre East Building

F = The Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver (900 Canada Place Way)




Transportation Statistics Interest Group Activity at JSM 2015, Seattle

TSIG Business meeting:  Monday, Aug. 10:  12:30 - 2:00 in the Sheraton Ravenna Room A. ( bring their own sandwiches---no food has been arranged)

TSIG is involved in Sponsoring the following sessions at JSM 2015.

172*!

Mon, 8/10/2015, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM

CC-614

Advanced Statistical Models for Driving Risk and Driving Behavior — Topic Contributed Papers

Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Government Statistics Section

Organizer(s): Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

Chair(s): Youjia Fang, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

10:35 AM

Development of a Real-Time Prediction Model of Driver Behavior at Intersections Using Kinematic Time Series DataYaoyuan Vincent Tan, University of Michigan; Michael Elliott, University of Michigan ; Carol A.C. Flannagan, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

10:55 AM

Change-Points Detection in Driving Risk Allowing for Varying Change-Points Among Subjects by Parametric Latent Class ModelingQing Li, Virginia Tech; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

11:15 AM

The Effectiveness of Commercial Driver Training: A Times Series Modeling ApproachXingwei Wu, University of Washington; Huizhong Guo, University of Washington ; Linda Boyle, University of Washington

11:35 AM

The Application of Artificial Neural Network in Identifying Driver DistractionShan Bao, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute; Zizheng Guo, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute ; Jim Sayer, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

11:55 AM

Discussant:Linda Boyle, University of Washington

12:15 PM

Floor Discussion

241*!

Mon, 8/10/2015, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM

CC-206

Crowd-Sourcing Big Data from Smartphone Apps for Transportation Research: Role of Statistics and Challenges — Topic Contributed Panel

Government Statistics Section, International Indian Statistical Association , Transportation Statistics Interest Group

Organizer(s): Stacey Bricka, Texas Transportation Institute

Chair(s): Linda Boyle, University of Washington

Abstract:

Crowdsourcing Big Data from Smartphone Apps for Transportation Research: Role of Statistics and Challenges

Panelists:

Feng Guo, Virginia Tech
Arash Mirzaei, North Central Texas Council of Governments
Elaine Murakami, Federal Highway Administration
Bianica Pires, Virginia Tech
Tianjia Tang, Federal Highway Administration

3:45 PM

Floor Discussion

96

Wed, 8/12/2015, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

TCC-101

Topics in Transportation Statistics — Contributed Papers

Transportation Statistics Interest Group

Chair(s): Ching-Ray Yu, Pfizer Inc.

8:35 AM

Bayesian Random Exposure Poisson Regression Models for Evaluating the Safety Impact of Cellphone Visual-Manual TasksYoujia Fang, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

8:50 AM

Quantifying the Causal Effect of Speed Cameras on Road Traffic Accidents via an Approximate Bayesian Doubly Robust EstimatorDaniel Graham, Imperial College London; Haojie Li , Imperial College London

9:05 AM

Evaluating the Benefits of Satellite-Based Final Approaches in Aviation Using Statistical Techniques and Simplified Queueing TheoryNastaran Coleman, Federal Aviation Administration

9:20 AM

Factor Importance and Predictive Models for Nonsignalized Intersection Crash DataKetong Wang, The University of Alabama; Jenna Simandl, The University of Alabama ; Michael Porter, The University of Alabama ; Andrew Graettinger, The University of Alabama ; Randy Smith, The University of Alabama

9:35 AM

Validating Ramp Crash Prediction Models Used for Roadway Design Decision-Making with a Negative Binomial Generalized Linear ModelLindsay M. Lucas, MRIGlobal; Karin M. Bauer, MRIGlobal

9:50 AM

Modeling Jointly Low, Moderate, and Heavy Rainfall Intensities Without a Threshold SelectionRaphael Huser, KAUST; Philippe Naveau, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement

10:05 AM

Predicting Regolith Depth Using Bayesian Hierarchical Spatial ModelsWen-Hsi Yang, CSIRO; David Clifford, The Climate Corporation ; Ross Searle, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship ; John Wilford, Geoscience Australia

621*!

Thu, 8/13/2015, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

TCC-204

New Tools for Transportation Statistics — Invited Papers

Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Government Statistics Section

Organizer(s): David Banks, Duke University

Chair(s): Li Leung, Bureau of Transportation Statistics

8:35 AM

Unstructured Social Media Data for Transportation Applications: Benefits and ChallengesPiyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah, University of Glasgow

8:55 AM

Design of a Micro-Simulation for Mobility: A Case Study from Nebraska— Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University ; Laurence Rilett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Bhaven Naik, Ohio University

9:15 AM

A New Generalized Heterogeneous Data Model (GHDM) to Jointly Model Mixed Types of Dependent VariablesChandra R. Bhat, The University of Texas at Austin

9:35 AM

Discussant:Feng Guo, Virginia Tech

9:55 AM

Discussant:Pradeep Mohan, SAS Institute

10:15 AM

Floor Discussion

 

Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM)

Monday, August 4, 2014 - TSIG business meeting at JSM 2014 in Boston, MA

               Agenda | Meeting Notes | Suggested Activities

August 5, 2013 - TSIG meeting at JSM 2013 in Montréal, Québec, Canada

                Agenda | Suggested Activities

July 31, 2012 - TSIG meeting at JSM 2012 in San Diego, CA

                Meeting Notes

August 1, 2011 - initial meeting of TSIG at JSM 2011 in Miami, FL

                Meeting Notes

Transportation Research Board Annual Meetings (TRB)

January 11, 2015 - TSIG meeting at TRB 94th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

                  Agenda | Meeting Notes | Suggested Activities

January 12, 2014 - TSIG meeting at TRB 93rd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

                Agenda | Meeting Notes | Suggested Activities

January 15, 2013 - TSIG meeting at TRB 92nd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

               Agenda | Meeting Notes | Suggested Activities

January 24, 2012 - TSIG meeting at TRB 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

                Agenda | Meeting Notes