Computational and Methodological Statistics and Biostatistics

10. On High-Dimensional Multivariate Bayesian Geostatistics - by Sudipto Banerjee (University of California, USA).- 11. On Improving The Performance Of Logistic Regression Analysis Via Extreme Ranking - by Hani M. Samawi (Georgia Southern University, USA).- 12. Optimal Sample Size Allocation For Multi-Level Stress Testing With Extreme Value Regression Under Time Censoring - by Ping Shing Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong),Hon Yiu So (University of Waterloo, Canada), Hon Keung Tony Ng (Southern Methodist University, USA) and Wei Gao (Northeast Normal University, China).- 13. Robust Mixtures Of Scale Mixtures In The Exponential Family - by Frans Kanfer and Sollie Millard (University of Pretoria, South Africa).- 14. Variable Selection Of Interval-Censored Failure Time Data - by Tony Sun (University of Missouri, USA).- 15. On The Design Of A Platform Trial For The Treatment Of Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection By Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - by Christine H. Lee (Royal Jubilee Hospital, Canada), Dina Kao (University of Alberta, Canada), Theodore Steiner (University of Vancouver, Canada), Augustine Wigle (University of Guelph, Canada) and Peter T. Kim (University of Guelph, Canada).- 16. Recent Advances In Bayesian Adaptive Designs And Applications - by J. Jack Lee (University of Texas, USA).- 17. Generalizability Theory For Clinician-Rated Outcomes - by Joseph C. Cappelleri (Executive Director of Biostatistics, Pfizer Inc).- 18. Simultaneous Variable Selection And Estimation In Generalized Semiparametric Mixed Effect Modeling Of Longitudinal Data - by Mozhgan Taavoni and Mohammad Arashi (Shahrood University of Technology, Iran).- 19. Generalized Rayleigh-Exponential-Weibull Distribution and its Application to Modelling of Progressive Type-I Interval Censored Data - by Ding-Geng Chen (University of Pretoria) and Y. L. Lio (University of South Dakota).- 20.  Applications Of Spatial Statistics In Poverty Alleviation In China- by Yong Ge (State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China).- 21. Using Improved Robust Estimators In Semiparametric Models For High Dimensional Data - by Mahdi Roozbeh and  Mina Norouzirad (Semnan University, Iran).- 22. GMM marginal models with time dependent covariates - by Elsa Vazquez (Arizona State University) and Jeffrey R Wilson (Arizona State University).

ofthe Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Science based at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He regularly publishes in accredited peer-reviewed journals and reviews manuscripts for international journals. He is an ASLP 4.1/4.2 fellow of Future Africa and has been identified as one of the Top 200 South Africans under the age of 35 by the Mail & Guardian newspaper in the Education category in 2016.