DIMACS Working Group on Data Mining and Epidemiology

Second Meeting, March 18-19, 2004
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:

James Abello, DIMACS, abello@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Graham Cormode, DIMACS, graham@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Kenton Morgan, University of Liverpool, k.l.morgan@liverpool.ac.uk

David Ozonoff, Boston University, dozonoff@bu.edu

Workshop Program:

 
Thursday, March 18, 2004

 8:00 -  8:50  Breakfast and Registration - CoRE Building - 4th floor

 8:50 -  8:55  Welcome and Opening Remarks
               Brenda Latka, DIMACS Associate Director

 8:55 -  9:05  Opening Remarks:
               James Abello, and Graham Cormode, DIMACS, Rutgers University

 9:05  - 9:45  Biostatistical Challenges in Molecular Epidemiology
               William Shannon, Washington University

 9:45 - 10:00  Coffee Break-Discussion

10:00 - 10:50  Data Mining Overview
               Dave Madigan, Rutgers University
		  
10:50 - 11:00  Coffee Break - DIMACS Lounge

11:00 - 11:25  Perspectives on Automated Methods for
               Pharmacovigilance Signal Detection
               A. Lawrence Gould and Peter K. Honig, Merck Research Laboratories

11:25 - 11:50  Pattern Analysis and Data Mining Efforts of the National
               Plant Diagnostic Network for Early Detection of Infectious
               Crop Disease and Pest Outbreaks
               Carla Thomas, University of California 
               Leonard Coop, and Hang-Kwang Luh, Oregon State University 
        
11:50 - 12:15  Observational Data Sets in Veterinary Epidemiology,
               The Challenges for New Data Mining Techniques
               Kenton Morgan, University of Liverpool, UK

12:15 -  1:45  Lunch  - DIMACS Lounge

 1:45 -  2:10  Retooling Propensity ScoreTechniques with Machine Learning
               for Evaluating Solutions to the Los Angeles Drug Abuse Epidemic
               Greg Ridgeway, The Rand Corporation

 2:10 - 2:35   Finding Interactions and Assessing Variable Importance in SNP
               Association Studies
               Ingo Ruczinski, Johns Hopkins University

 2:35 - 3:00   Coffee Break-Discussion - DIMACS Lounge

 3:00 - 3:25   Case-Control Surveillance Methods
               Michael N. Cook, Merck Research Laboratories

 3:25 - 3:50   The Generalized Contingency Table, its Concept Lattice and 
               Connections with 2x2 Tables
               Dave Ozonoff, Boston University and Alex Pogel, New Mexico State University 
         
 3:50 - 4:15   The Exploration of Spatial Data Mining (and Mind Mining) 
               to model the risk of Emerald ash borer (EAB)
               (Agrilus planipennis) and its likely spread
               from current areas of infestation
               Bill Smith, USDA Forest Service

 4:15 -  4:30  Coffee Break/Working Groups - DIMACS Lounge

 4:30 -  4:50  Epidemiological Factors of Survival Time for Cancer Patients Discovered
               via SVM Learning Classification Method: An Experimental Study on SEER Data              
               Ilya Muchnik and Jixin Li, DIMACS, Rutgers University   

 4:50 -  5:10  Graph Theoretical Methods in Epidemiology
               James Abello, DIMACS- Rutgers University

 5:10 -  6:30  Working Groups Discussions

 6:30 -  8:30  Dinner - Reception - DIMACS Lounge

 8:30          Van to the Hotel

Friday, March 19, 2004

 8:00 -  8:50  Breakfast and Registration - CoRE Building - 4th floor

 8:50  - 9:05  Introductory Remarks
               James Abello, Graham Cormode, DIMACS, Rutgers University

 9:05 - 10:00  Association Rule Mining of Biological Data Sets
               Tomasz Imielinski,  Rutgers University

10:00 - 10:20  Capture and Use of Free Text Information for Tracking Disease Outbreaks              
               Lynette Hirschman, The MITRE Corporation

10:20 - 11:45  Working Groups Discussions and Report Preparation

11:45 - 12:30  Descriptive Epidemiology for Data Miners
               Dona Schneider, Rutgers University

12:30 -  1:45  Lunch - DIMACS Lounge

 1:45 -  2:45  Working Groups Presentations

 2:45 -  3:30  Discussion and Future Plans

 3:30 -  3:45  Closing Remarks

 4:30          Van to the Hotel

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