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Summary of the Conference Program [I _Session = Invited Session, C_Session = Contributed Session]

[Venue of Parallel Sessions: I- Regency Hall, II – Gregory, III – Longdon, IV - Araliya, V – Grand Crystal Ballroom]

28 December 2017

8.45 am – 10.45 am Opening Ceremony – Grand Crystal Ballroom

10.45am – 11.30 am Morning Tea

I-Regency Hall II-Gregory Hall III-Longdon Hall IV-Araliya Hall V- Grand Crystal Hall

11.30 am -1.00 pm I_Session 2 I_Session 3 I_Session 7 I_Session 9 I_Session 23

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch – Grand Crystal Ballroom

2.00 pm - 2.30 pm Plenary Speech 1 - Grand Crystal Ballroom

2.30 pm - 3.00 pm Plenary Speech 2 - Grand Crystal Ballroom

3.00 pm – 3.30 pm Evening Tea

3.30 pm - 5.30 pm C_Session 1 I_Session 4 I_Session 5 I_Session 25 I_Session 8

5.30- pm - 6.30 pm I_Session 22 C_Session 2 C_Session 3 C_Session 7 C_Session 5

7.30 pm – 9.30 pm Conference Dinner

29 December 2017

8.30 am - 10.30 I_Session 1 I_Session 10 I_Session 11 I_Session 14 I_Session 20

10.30 am – 11.00 am Morning Tea

11.00 am - 1.00 pm I_Session 18 I_Session 16 I_Session 15 I_Session 17 I_Session 6

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch

2.00 pm - 2.30 pm Plenary Speech 3

2.30 pm - 3.00 pm Plenary Speech 4

3.00 pm – 3.30 pm Evening Tea

3.30 pm - 5.00 pm

I_Session 12 I_Session 19

I_Session 24

3.30 pm – 4.30 pm I_Session 13 I_Session 21

4.30 pm - 5.30 pm C_Session 6 C_Session 4

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Detailed Program

Keynote Speeches Date & Time Speaker & Title

28 December

9.25 am – 9.50 am Professor Bimal Sinha

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, UMBC

Data Analysis under Confidentiality Protection

28 December

10.00 am – 10.25 am

Prof. Jessica Utts, President ASA 2016

The Importance of Statistics for Good Governance and What ASA is Doing to Help

Plenary Speeches Time & Venue Speaker & Title Chair of the Session

28 December

2.00 pm -2.30 pm Professor Nagaraj Neerchal

Department of Mathematics & Statistics,UMBC

The Statistical Modeling of Self-reported and Proxy Observations in Longitudinal

Studies

Dr. Gamini De Silva.

President, IASSL

28 December

2.30 pm -3.00 pm Professor Shelton Peiris

School of Mathematics and Statistics , University of Sydney

Recent Developments of Multivariate Time Series Analysis and Applications

Mrs. Padma Yatapana,

Treasurer, IASSL

29 December

2.00 pm -2.30 pm Professor Robert Paige

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Missouri University of Science & Technology

USA

Statistical Analysis in High-Level Computer Vision

Prof. T S G Peiris,

General Chair of the Conference,

IASSL

29 December

2.30 pm -3.00 pm Professor Sam Weerahandi Former Senior Director, Prizer Company, New Jersey, USA

Generalized Inference with Application to Business and Clinical Analytics

Prof. W N Wickramasinghe

Department of Statistics

University of Colombo

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Technical Sessions on 28 December 2017 I-Session 2: Sequential Sampling Methods with Applications Using Real Data

11.30 am – 1.00 pm on 28 Decembe

Prof. Nitis Mukhopadhyay (Chair),

Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

Time Name Affiliation Title

11.30-12.00 Sudeep R Bapat Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut,

Storrs, USA

Multistage Estimation of a Negative Binomial Mean with Applications in

Ecology

12.00-12.30 Bhargab

Chattopadhyay

Department of Sciences and Humanities,

Indian Institute of Information Technology

Vadodara, India

Sequential Tests for Equivalence and Superiority

12.30-1.00 Shyamal Krishna De School of Mathematical Sciences, National

Institute of Science Education & Research, Odisha,

India

Minimum Risk Point Estimation of Gini Index

I-Session 3: Cutting Edge Research Interfacing Data Security: Biostatistics - Bioinformatics – Genomics

11.30 am – 1.00 pm on 28 December

Prof. Bimal Sinha (Chair),

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, UMBC, USA


11.30-12.00 Swati Biswas Department of Mathematical Sciences, University

of Texas at Dallas, USA

Logistic Bayesian LASSO – A Toolkit for Identifying Rare Haplotype-

Environment Interactions

12.00-12.30 Sat Gupta Department of Mathematics and Statistics,

University of North Carolina- Greensboro, USA

Respondent Privacy and Data Security Through Randomized Response

Models

12.30-1.00 Sumona Mondal Department of Mathematics, Clarkson University-

Potsdam, New York, USA

Analysis of Cell Dynamics to Assess Hypoxic Damage and Recovery

I-Session 7: Recent Advances in Bayesian Methodology


Prof. Vivekananda Roy (Chair),

Department of Statistics, IOWA State University, USA


11.30-12.00 Vivekananda Roy Department of Statistics, IOWA State University, USA Effective Importance Sampling for Bayesian Model Selection

12.00-12.30 Malay Ghosh University of Florida, USA Bayesian Variable Selection and Estimation Based on Global-Local

Shrinkage Priors

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12.30-1.00 Kiranmoy Das Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Modeling Multiple Time-Varying Related Groups: A Dynamic

Hierarchical Bayesian Approach

I-Session 9: Statistical Methods for High Dimensional Data and Functional Data


Dr. Anil K Ghosh (Chair)

Indian Statistical Institute, India


11.30 – 12.00 Anil K Ghosh Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit

Indian Statistical Institute

203, B. T. Road, Kolkata 700108, India

Some Nonparametric Tests of Independence Between Two Random

Vectors of Arbitrary Dimensions

12.00-12.30 Bala Rajaratnam Department of Statistics, University of California,

Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Advances in Modern Large Scale Statistical Inference with

Applications

12.30 – 1.00 N A D N Napagoda Department of Mathematical Sciences, Wayamba

University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

GLIM: A Novel Approach for Feature Selection of High

Dimensional Data

I-Session 23: Novel Techniques in Data Analyses 11.30 am – 1.00 pm on 28 December

Prof. Robert Paige (Chair)

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Missouri University of Science &Technology, USA


11.30-11.52 P M Edirisinghe Department of Mathematics,

Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri

Lanka

Confidence Intervals for Ratio of Two Poisson Random Variables

11.52-12.14 K A N K Karunarathna Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science,

Eastern University, Sri Lanka

Modeling Counts in Dependent Clusters with Dependence of Model

Errors

12.14-12.36. I T Jayamanne and K P

A Ramanayake

Department of Statistics, University of Colombo, Sri

Lanka

Cold Deck Imputation for Survey Non-response Through

Record Linkage

12.36-1.00 M A C S Sampath

Fernando, James M

Curran and Renate

Meyer

Department of Economics and Statistics,

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya,

Sri Lanka

Limitations of Bayesian Model Comparisons

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C-Session 1: Special Session for PG and UG Research Winners


Prof. Jessica Utts (Chair),

President ASA 2016 and Department of Statistics, University of California, USA


3.30-3.54 A A Sunethra and M R

Sooriyarachchi

Department of Statistics, University of Colombo,

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Development of an Efficient Methodology for Analyzing ultivariate

Cluster Correlated Data

3.54-4.18 A Yasara Dissanayake,

A Priyadarshana,

Buddhika

Jayawardhana, Lakmini

Chathurika and Nalin D

Karunasinghe

Department of Computer Science, University of

Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Lightweight Solution for Stem and Leaf Classification in Tea

Industry Hybrid Color Space for Black Tea Classification

4.18-4.42 J C Hapugoda and M R

Sooriyarachchi

Department of Management Studies, The Open

University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka

Modeling Bivariate Survival and Count Responses

4.42-5.06 B K D J R

Samarasinghe and N R

Abeynayake

Department of Agri-Business Management, Wayamba

University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Sri Lanka

Forecasting of Tea Export using VAR Model

5.06-5.30 S A P K Sirisena, D A

B N Amarasekara and

D G C Diluk

Department of Crop science, Faculty of Agriculture,

University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

Forecasting Coconut Offered at Colombo Coconut Auction:

Smoothing Techniques and ARIMA Modeling Approaches

I-Session 4: Emerging Methods and Tools in Statistical Genetics

3.30 pm – 5.30 pm on 28 December

Dr. Sayantan Das (Chair)

Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, USA


3.30-4.00 Sayantan Das Department of Biostatistics

University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Next Generation of Genotype Imputation Methods

4.00-4.30 Diptavo Dutta Department of Biostatistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Multi-SKAT: A Generalized Framework for Testing Pleiotropic

Associations of Rare Variants

4.30-5.00 Kushal Kumar Dey Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, USA Logo Visualizations in Sequence Modeling and Their Applications

in Analyzing Ancient DNA Damage Patterns

5.00-5.30 Rounak Dey Department of Biostatistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

A Fast and Accurate Algorithm to Test for Binary Phenotypes and

Its Application to Phewas

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I-Session 5: Recent Advances in Design of Experiments


Prof. V A Samaranayake (Chair)

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA


3.30-4.00 Rita Saha Ray Applied Statistics Division, Indian Statistical Institute,

203, B.T.Road, Kolkata-700108, India.

Study on the Optimality Aspects of Covariate Designs in the

Crossover Design Model Set–Up

4.00-4.30 John Stufken School of mathematics and Statistical Sciences, Arizona

State University, USA AZ- 85287 USA

Thoughts About Optimal Statistical Design for Environmental Risk

Assessment

4.30-5.00 Pritam Ranjan OM & QT, IIM Indore, Prabandh Shikhar

Rau-Pithampur Road, Indore, M.P, 453556 India

Batch–Sequential Designs for Estimating Multiple Contours from A

Complex Computer Simulator

5.00-5.30 Wei Zheng Department of Business Analytics and Statistics,

University of Tennessee, USA

Optimal Design of Sampling Survey for Parameter Estimation

I-Session 25: Computational Statistics


Prof. Alexandre Thiery (Chair)

National University of Singapore, Singapore


3.30-4.00 Sujit Kumar Samantha Department of Mathematics, National Institute of

Technology, Raipur, India

Computing Stationary Distribution of the D-MAP / D-MSP/1/

Queuing System

4.00-4.30 Dulal K Bhaumik Biostatistical Research Center, Psychiatry and

Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Sample Size Determination for Multi-level Hierarchical Designs

Using Generalized Linear Mixed Models

4.30-5.00 Dhanushi A

Wijeyakulasuriya,

Ephraim M Hanks and

Benjamin A Shaby

Pennsylvania State University, USA

Extreme Value Based Methods for Modeling Elk Dispersal

5.00-5.30 Hana Sulieman

Department of Mathematics and Statistic

American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Supervised Feature Selection Approach Based on Global

Sensitivity

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I-Session 8: Mathematical Statistics


Asst. Professor Debasisha Mishra (Chair)

NIT Raipur, Raipur, India


3.30-4.00 Debasisha Mishra

Department of Mathematics, NIT Raipur, Raipur

India

Convergence Theory of Alternating Interactions for

Square Singular Matrix

4.00-4.30 Xiaomi Hu

Department of Mathematics and Statistics,

Wichita State University, USA

A Pseudo Restricted MLE Under Multivariate Order

Restrictions

4.30-5.00 Jajati Keshari Sahoo

Department of Mathematics

Birla Institute of Technology &Science, India.

Convergence Analysis of Preconditioned Iterative Scheme

for Singular Matrices

5.00-5.30 Ratikanta Behera Department of Mathematics and Statistics,

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,

Kolkata, Indi

General Solution for Multilinear Systems of Tensors

I-Session 22: Quality Data for Quality Information" (To be fixed on 28th

afternoon)


Mr. Nandana Gunarathne (Chair)

Davis Peiris Motor Company (Ltd), Hyde Park Corner, Colombo


5.30-5.50 L H P Gunaratne Department of Crop Science

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

The Role of Data Quality in Social Science Research

5.50-6.10 J K S Sankalpa,

Wasana Wijesuriya,

Senani Karunaratna

and P G N Ishani

Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Dartonfield,

Agalawatta, 12200, Sri Lanka

A Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Methods in Developing

Yield Maps of Natural Rubber for Precision Crop Production: A

Case Study from Smallholder Rubber Lands in Kalutara District of

Sri Lanka

6.10-6.30 D A B N Amarasekara,

S A P T K Sirisena, W

W U I

Wickramaarachchi

and W A N P

Wanniarachchi

Department of Crop Science, University of Ruhuna,

Sri Lanka

Prediction of Rainfall and Temperature for Better Planning of

Paddy Cultivation...130

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C-Session 2: Time Series Forecasting


Prof. Rita SahaRay (Chair)

Interdisciplinary Statistical Research Unit(ISRU), Applied Statistics Division, ISI, India


5.30-5.45 L B M Sivaraj, N V

Chandrasekara and D D M

Jayasundara

Department of Statistics & Computer Science,

University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Forecasting Monthly Pepper Retail Prices in Sri Lanka: A Neural

Network Approach

5.45-6.00 N M Udumulla and A P

Hewarachchi

Department of Statistics & Computer Science,

University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Forecasting Export Prices of Sri Lankan Coconut Products; A Time

Series Approach.

6.00-6-15 N W L R Indrajith

and R A B

Abeygunawardana

Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science,

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Forecasting Tourist Arrivals in Sri Lanka Using Main Economic

Determinants

6.15-6.30 B N Wijewickrama and R

A B Abeygunawardana


Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Hybrid ARIMA-GARCH Modelling in Short-Term Forecasting

Gold Price in Sri Lanka

C-Session 3: Macroeconomic Impact of Economic Growth in Sri Lanka


Prof. L H P Gunaratne (Chair)

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka


5.30-5.45 P H N Shashikala and D

Kuruppuarachchi

Department of Statistics, University of Sri

Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Macroeconomic Impact on Economic Growth of Sri Lanka

5.45-6.00 D D P Gallage and R A B

Abeygunawardana


University of Colombo.

Use of Variance-Covariance Method to Measure Value at Risk of a

Portfolio: A Case Study on SL Stock Exchange

6.00-6-15 R M K C Rathnayake, H T

K Abeysundara and S P

Abeysundara

Department of Statistics and Computer Science,

Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri

Lanka

Monetary Model for The Prediction of Exchange Rates in Sri Lanka

6.15-6.30 Aboobucker Haalisha and

Aboobucker Jahufer

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of

Applied Sciences, South Eastern University of Sri

Lanka.

Modelling and Forecasting Inflation Rates in Sri Lanka: An

Implementation of SARIMA Models

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C-Session 7: Applications of Regression Analysis


Mrs. D A B N Amarasekara (Chair),

Department of Crop Science, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka


5.30-5.45 M Kayanan and P

Wijekoon

Department of Statistics and Computer Science,

Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya,

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Modified Stochastic Restricted Ridge Estimator in Misspecified

Linear Regression Model

5.45-6.00 H V S DE Silva Department of Mathematics, University of

Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Effects of Different Types of Crimes on The Safety of Provinces in

Sri Lanka

6.00-6-15 C W Chathurani Silva Department of Decision Sciences, University of Sri

Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Usefulness of Finite Mixture Partial Least Squares in New Product

Development Researc

6.15-6.30 M B Rao Department of Biomedical Engineering

University of Cincinnati, India

Brain Tales

C-Session 5: Applications of Multivariate Analysis II


Dr. Niroshan Withanage (Chair)

Department of Statistics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka


5.30-5.45 R L C Shyama and R A B

Abeygunawardan


University of Colombo, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka

Sports Injuries Among Sportsmen’s in Western Province State

Universities in Sri Lanka

5.45-6.00 S T C Perera and D C

Wickramarachchi

Department of Statistics, Faculty of Applied

Sciences, University of Sri


Study on Online User Generated Reviews on Hospitality Industry in

Sri Lanka

6.00-6-15 G Y Vanodya Perera and B

M S G Banneheka


Sciences, University of Sri


A Statistical Look in to the H-Index of Sri Lankan Researchers

6.15-6.30 N Jayasekara and W M L

K N Wijesekara



Image Based Banknote Classification Algorithm for Sri Lankan

Rupee: For Visually Impaired

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Sessions on 29 December 2017 I-Session 1: Statistical Applications in Genomics

8.30 am – 10.30 am on 29 December

Prof. Saurabh Ghosh (Chair)

Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India


8.30 -8.54 Saurabh Ghosh Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute,

Kolkata, India

Allelic Versus Genotypic Tests for Mapping Multivariate Phenotypes

8.54-9.18 Masao Ueki Statistical Genetics Team, RIKEN Center for

Advanced Intelligence Project, Japan

Rapid and Accurate Genetic Predictive Modelling for Large-Scale

Genetic Study

9.18-9.42 Anbupalam Thalamuthu Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, University of

New South Wales, Australia

Heritability Analysis of Cortical and Subcortical Brain Structures

9.42-10.06 Deepayan Sarkar Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit,

Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, India

Performing Gene Set Enrichment Analysis with Multi-Omics Data

10.06-10.30 Charith Karunaratna and

Jinko Graham

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science,

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada

Using Gene Genealogies to Localize Rare Variants Associated With

Complex Traits in Diploid Populations

I-Session 10: Statistics for Good Governance


Prof. Sam Weerahandi (Chair)

Former Senior Director, Prizer Company, New Jersey, USA


8.30-9.00 Nitis Mukhopadhyay Department of Statistics, University of

Connecticut, Storrs, USA

Statistics for Good Governance in SL: Selected Thoughts

9.00-9.25 Gamini De Silva Department of Statistics, University of Sri


Enhancing Data Resources for Inclusive Development

925-9.45 T S G Peiris Department of Mathematics, University of

Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Role of Statisticians in Promoting Good Governance

9.45-10.10 R A R Prabodanie

Department of Industrial Management, Wayamba


Operations Research for Good Governance: Potential Applications for

Sri Lanka

10.10 – 10.30 K A H P Perera, D C

Wickramarachchi and J

S N P Dhamawardena

University of Sri Jayawardenapura,

Sri Lanka

Developing an Alternative Method to Categorize Small and Medium

Enterprises in Sri Lanka

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I-Session 11: Statistically Designed Experiments for Product Quality Improvement


Prof. Nihal Jayamaha (Chair)

Massey University New Zealand


8.30-9.00 Nihal Jayamaha Department of Statistics School of Engineering &

Advanced Technology, Massey University New

Zealand

Estimating the Quantity of Meat Available in New Zealand Green

Lipped Mussel

9.00-9.30 Nisansala Pallawala and

Nihal Jayamaha

Department of Statistics School of Engineering &

Advanced Technology Massey University New

Zealand

Analyzing the Effects of Hardware Design and a Key Product Feature

of a State-of-the Art GPS Tracking Device for Aircrafts – A GLM

Application

9.30-10.00 Achinthya Perera and

Pramila Gamage

Department of Manufacturing and Industrial

Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka

Enhance the Abrasion Resistance Level of Industrial Gloves –An

Application of Taguchi’s Robust Parameter Design Approach

10.00-10.30 S Thalagala, L

Samaraweera, P Gamage

and N K B M P

Nanayakkara

Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya

Sri Lanka

Improve the Surface Profile of White Cast Iron Grinding Plates by

Factorial Design of Experiment – A Case Study

I-Session 14: Statistical Methods to Advance Cancer Research


Prof. Bala Rajarathnam (Chair)

Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA


8.30-9.10 Bhramar Mukherjee Department of Biostatistics, School of Public

Health, University of Michigan, USA

Joint Analysis of Electronic Health Records and Genomics: Lessons

Learned in the Michigan Genomics Initiative

9.10-9.50 Jeremy Taylor Department of Biostatistics , Comprehensive

Cancer Cent MA509 SPH II 1415 Washington

Heights Ann Arbot, Michigan 48109-202, USA

Modeling Cancer Outcomes Using Multistate Cure Models

9.50-10.30 Alexandre Thiery National University of Singapore, Singapore Deep-Learning for Probabilistic Glaucoma Diagnosti

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I-Session 20: Statistical Applications for Scientific Decisions


Dr. (Mrs) N R Abeynayake (Chair)

Department of Agribusiness Management,

Faculty of Agriculture, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, Sri Lanka


8.30-8.54 P Dharmawardena, R O

Thattil and S Samita

Department of Census and Statistics,

Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

Statistical Methodology for Urban Rural Classification in Sri

Lanka

8.54-9.18 D D N D S Kumari

and N R Abeynayake

Department of Agric. Business Management,

Faculty of Agriculture, Wayamba University of

Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Modelling of Carbon Dioxide Emission Pattern in Sri Lanka

9.18-9.42 W H M L S Waidyarathna, S

A I M Wickramasinghe and H

M L K Herath


Faculty of Agriculture, Wayamba University of

Sri Lanka, Makandura, Sri Lanka

Synchronized Rebasing of Colombo Consumer Price Index and

Identifying Its Dynamic Behavior

9.42-10.06 T U S Peiris, J R C K

Jayakody, C K Walgampaya,

R O Thattil, D L Banks

and I S B Abeysinghe

Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Livestock Fisheries

and Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka,

Makandura, Gonawila, Sri Lanka

Authentication of Geographical Origins in Regional Teas in Sri

Lanka

10.06-10.30 A H B Chandrasena and N R

Abeynayake


Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation

Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka,

Makandura, Gonawila (NWP), Sri Lanka

Forecasting of Electricity Demand Using Regression with Error

ARIMA Model

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I-Session 18: Econometric Modeling for Good Governance _II


Prof. N S Cooray (Chair)

Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan, Japan


11.00-11.24 Wimal Rankaduwa Department of Economics, University of Prince

Edward Island, Canada,

Purchasing Power Parity and Regional Economic Integration in

South Asia

11.24-11.48 A A M D Amarasinghe

and T S G Peiris

Department of Accountancy Finance, Faculty of

Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa University

of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka

Impact of The Macroeconomic Variables on All Share Price Index:

GARCH-X Approach

11.48-12.12 S Sivarajasingham,

Fazeel M Jaleel and N

Balamurali

Department of Economics and Statistics,

Faculty of Arts,University of Peradeniya

Does LKR/AUD Exchange Rate Exhibit Long Memory-

An Empirical Evidence Using Fractional Integration Approach

12.12-12.36 K D U D Fernando, T

U I Peiris and T S G

Peiris

Department of Accountancy & Finance, Faculty

of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa


Determinants of the Banking Sector Development

12.36-1.00 Mohamed Ismail

Rifkhan Ahamed and S

Sivarajasingham

Postgraduate Institute of Science,

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Testing for Long Memory in The Sri Lankan Foreign Exchange

Rates

I-Session 16: Statistical Process Control


Prof. Fah Fatt Gan (Chair)

Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, Singapore


11.00-11.24 Fah Fatt Gan Department of Statistics and Applied Probability,

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Risk-Adjusted Control Charting Procedures

11.24-11.48 Su-Fen Yang Department of Statistics, National Chengchi

University, Taiwan

A Distribution-Free Control Chart for The Monitoring of Process

Scale

11.48-12.12 R A Abeygunawardana

and Fah Fatt Gan


Colombo, Sri Lanka

Simultaneous Cusum-Shewhart Charting Schemes

12.12 – 12.36 A M Razmy and Rashid

Saifa-Hobi

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Sultan

Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

A New Shewhart Scheme for Joint Monitoring of Process Mean and

Variance

12.36-1.00 K K D S Silva and R M

Silva


Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka

An Analysis of Batting Consistency in ODI Cricket Using One Sided

EWMA Control Chart

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I-Session 15: Modeling bivariate cluster correlated data in Medicine and Biology Impact of Health of Humans and Animals on Good Governance


Prof. Roshini Sooriyarachchi (Chair)

Department of Statistics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Time Name Affiliation E-mail Title

11.00-11.24 Roshini Sooriyarachchi Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science,

University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri

Lanka

[email protected] Bivariate Modeling of Cluster Correlated

Counts on Dengue and Rat Fever

11.24-11.48 Sunethra Abeysinghe and

Roshini Sooriyarachchi


University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri

Lanka

[email protected] Bivariate Modeling of Cluster Correlated

Survival and Count Data on Epilepsy

11.48-12.12 Jayani Hapugda and

Roshini Sooriyarachchi

Department of Management Studies, The

Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri

Lanka

[email protected] Bivariate Modeling of Discrete Time Hazard

Model with The Poisson Regression Model:

A Case Study on Poultry Data.

12.12 – 12.36 Hasani Sandamali

Karunaratna and Roshini

Sooriyarachchi


University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

s.hasanikarunarathna@g

mail.com

Bivariate Multilevel Competing Risk Model

for Dengue Data

12.36-1.00 Niroshan Withanage, A R

De Leon and C J Rudnisky

Department of statistics, University of Sri


[email protected]

Joint Modelling of Hierarchically Clustered

Binary Data with Crossed Random Effects:

An Application to Diabetic Retinopathy

Data.

I-Session 6: Risk Handling


Prof. Holger Rootzen (Chair)

Gothenburg University, SE 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden


11.00-11.30 Holger Rootzen Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers and Gothenburg

University, Sweden

Risk Estimation Using the Multivariate Generalized Pareto

Distribution

11.30-12.00 Nader Tajvidi Mathematical Statistics, Centre for Mathematical

Sciences, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden

On Statistical Inference for Bivariate Extremes

12.00 – 12.30 Marie Kratz ESSEC Business School, CREAR Risk Research Center,

France

An Implicit Backtest for Expected Shortfall Via a Simple

Multinomial Approach

12.30-1.00 Ruodu Wang Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science,

University of Waterloo, Canada

Risk Aggregation and Dependence Uncertainty

mailto:[email protected]

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I-Session 17: Econometric Modeling for Good Governance _I


Prof. Wimal Rankaduwa (Chair)

Department of Economics, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada


11.00-11.20 Wimal Rankaduwa

Department of Economics, University of Prince

Edward Island, Canada

Merits of Econometric Modeling for Good Governance

11.20-11.40 N S Cooray and

Wimal Rankaduwa

Graduate School of International Relations,

International University of Japan, Japan

Forecasting of the Sri Lankan Economy: A Simulation Model

11.40-12.00 S R Ginige Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce,

University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Modelling of Paddy Production in Sri Lanka: A Simulation

Analysis

12.00-12.20 M W Amali De Silva Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce,

University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Modeling of Tea Production in Sri Lanka: Policy Analysis with

A Simulation Model

12.20-12.40 Ayesh I Ariyasinghe Financial Intelligence Unit, Central Bank of Sri

Lanka, Sri Lanka

Dynamics Relating to Bank Lending Channel in The Monetary

Transmission Mechanism of Sri Lanka

12.40-1.00 N S Cooray,

Nayanahari Jayakodi

and Buddhika

Hettiarachchi

IUJ and Department of Census and Statistics, Sri

Lanka

Nexus of Producer and Consumer Prices: New Empirical

Evidence from Sri Lanka

I-Session 13: Climate Analysis for Better Planning


Dr. Kanthi Perera (Chair)

Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka


3.30- 3.50 K P Waidyarathne, H D

M A C Dissanayake, S

A C N Perera and T H

Chandrathilake

Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka Temporal Yield Stability of Coconuts to Extreme Weather Events

– A Case Study

3.50 - 4.10 H P T N Silva and T S

G Peiris

Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Humanities

& Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura,

Sri Lanka

Modeling Weekly Rainfall: Problems Encountered

4.10 – 4.30 H W Y J Hettiwaththa

and R A B

Abeygunawardana


University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

A Comparison of Methods in Estimating Missing Rainfall Data in

Upper Catchment Area in Kalu River in Sri Lanka

16

C-Session 6: Application of Optimization for Good Governance


Dr. (Mrs.) Lakshika Nawaratna (Chair)

Department of Statistics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka


4.30-4.45 E A C Dilrukshi and

R A R Prabodanie

Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of

Applied Sciences, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka,

Kuliyapitiya, 60200, Sri Lanka

Optimal Routing of Milk Collection Bowsers

4.45-5.00 K S Saubhagya, K P A

Ramanayake, W M L K N

Wijesekara and

I T Jayamanne



Airline Ticket Allocation Optimization Through Revenue

Management

5.00- 5.15 N A H W S Chathuranga

and D C Wickramarachchi


Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri

Lanka

Proposing an Alternative Method to Identify the Best

Influencers of a Cellular Network Using Social Network Data

Analysis

5.15-5.30 K A H P Perera, D C

Wickramarachchi and J N

S P Dharamwardena


Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Sri Lanka

Developing an Alternative Method to Categorize Small and

Medium Enterprises in Sri Lanka

I-Session 12: Applied Probability


Prof. Nitin Gupta (Chair), IIT, India


3.30-4.00 Nitin Gupta Department of Mathematics, IIT Kharagpur, India Optimal Allocation of Spare in Series System and Component

and System Redundancies

4.00-4.30 G S Dissanayake, M S

Peiris and T Proietti

School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of

Sydney, Australia

A deeper insight into fractionally differenced Gegenbauer

processes with long memory

4.30-5.00 Manas Ranjan Tripathy Department of Mathematics, National Institute of

Technology Rourkela, India

Estimating Quantiles of Two Exponential Populations Under

Ordered Location Using Censored Samples

17

I-Session 19: Statistics in Neuroimaging, Big Data and High Dimensional Problems


Prof. Mirza Faisal Beg (Chair)

Faculty of Applied Science, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar,

Simon Fraser University, Canada


3.30-4.00 Mirza Faisal Beg Faculty of Applied Science,

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar,

Simon Fraser University, Canada

Design of Imaging Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease

using Features derived from FDG-PET Metabolism

Neuroimagin

4.00-4.30 Ragini Verma Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, USA

Connectomics: The Characterization of High

Dimensional Brain Networks

4.30-5.00 Ganesh

Sundaramoorthi

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,

Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia

New Methods in Geometric Optimization and Statistical

Analysis for Video Analysis

I-Session 21: Statistical Applications in Education


Mr. R A Abeygunawardena (Chair)

Department of Statistics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka


3.30- 3.50 Pragalathan

Apputhurai, Simon R

Knowles and Stephan

Moller

Faculty of Health Arts, and Design, Swinburne University of

Technology, Melbourne, Australia Compare the Orto 15-, 11- And 9-Item Scales for An

English-Speaking Cohort and The Development of a

Clinical Cut Off Scores

3.50 - 4.10 P S Yatapana and M R

Sooriyarachchi

Institute of Technology, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Comparability of the Effect of Rescrutiniziing on Two

University Selection Methods, Z_ Score and Common

Currency Index (CCI) Method in Sri Lanka

4.10 – 4.30 W A D S K

Wijesinghe and U S

Thathsarani

Faculty of Social sciences and Languages, University of

Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka.

Influence of Vocational Education and Training on Youth

Unemployment Duration: A Case Study of Youth Trained

in Veta in Colombo District

18

C-Session 4: Applications of Multivariate Analysis I


Prof. S Samita (Chair)

Department of Crop Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka


4.30- 4,45 P N Bandara and D

Tissera

Department of Statistics, University of Colombo, Colombo,

Sri Lanka

Risk Factors Associated with Motor Difficulty for Cerebral

Palsy: A Case Study

4.45-5.00 B Rajkumar and D

Tissera

Department of Statistics, University of Colombo, Colombo

3, Sri Lanka

Factors Associated with The Usage of Electronic Banking -

A Case Study

5.00-5.30 D R T Jayasundara and

C H Magalla

Department of Mathematics, University of Moratuwa, Sri

Lanka

A Comparison of Influencing Factors to Traffic Accidents

Caused by Faulty Light Vehicle Drivers Versus Lorry

Drivers in Sri Lanka

5.00-5.30 K G L C

Kahatagahadiwela and

R A B

Abeygunawardana

Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Factors Associated with Job Vacancies in Sri Lanka: A

Study Based on Newspaper Advertisements

I-Session 24: Advances in Time Series


Prof. Shelton Peiris (Chair)

School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia


3.30-4.00 Anindya Roy Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UMBC, USA Estimation of Differencing Operator in Cointegrated

Systems

4.00-4.30 Rasitha Jayasekare,

Ryan Gill, Kiseop

Lee and Keith

McKnight

Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial

Science, Indiana, USA

Modeling the Changes in The Minimum Gasoline Price

Using Threshold Vector Error Correction

4.30-5.00 D M Senaratna

Roam Analytics, Inc., San Mateo, California, Sri Lanka

A Novel Approach to Matching Time-Series Patterns in

Temperature Data

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