JSM 2026 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Yiting Wang University of Virginia Chunlin Li and Shan Yu Winner Causal Learning of Invalid Instruments for High-Dimensional Imaging Responses
Xinyuan Tian Yale University Yize Zhao Runner-Up A Bayesian Deep Learning Framework for Brain Dynamic Functional Connectivity
Wei Zhao North Carolina State University Brian Reich Runner-Up Estimating Covariate Effects on Functional Connectivity using Voxel-Level fMRI Data
Jingsong Zhou University of Maryland Shuo Chen Runner-Up Graph-Guided ComBat (GG-ComBat) - A New Harmonization Method Accounting for Multivariate Dependencies in Multi-Site Neuroimaging Data 

JSM 2024 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Jue Wang University of California, Davis Thomas Lee Winner Uncertainty Quantification of Object Boundaries Extracted from Spatial Point Pattern Images
Taehyo Kim New York University Hai Shu Runner-Up DeepFDR: A Deep Learning-based False Discovery Rate Control Method for Neuroimaging Data
Tong Lu University of Maryland Shuo Chen Runner-Up Evaluating the effects of high-throughput structural neuroimaging predictors on whole-brain functional connectome outcomes via network-based vector-on-matrix regression
Zihang Wang Emory University Benjamin Risk Runner-Up Sparse Independent Component Analysis with an Application to Cortical Surface fMRI Data in Autism
Yuan Zhong University of Michigan Jian Kang Runner-Up Deep kernel learning based Gaussian processes for Bayesian image regression analysis

JSM 2023 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Jingxuan Bao University of Pennsylvania Qi Long and Li Shen Winner Heritability-aware brain atlas improves the power of brain imaging-genetic studies
Mengyu Li Renmin University of China Cheng Meng Runner-Up Importance Sparsification for Sinkhorn Algorithm with Application in Efficient Echocardiogram Analysis
Guoxuan Ma University of Michigan Jian Kang Runner-Up Bayesian Image-on-Image Regression via Deep Kernel Learning based Gaussian Processes
Paolo Victor Redondo King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Raphael Huser and Hernando Ombao Runner-Up Measuring Information Transfer Between Nodes in a Brain Network through Spectral Transfer Entropy
Xi Tan Rice University Meng Li Runner-Up Bayesian Structural Determination by Cryo-Electron Microscopy

JSM 2022 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Carlos Llosa-Vite Iowa State University Ranjan Maitra Winner Reduced-Rank Tensor-on-Tensor Regression and Tensor-variate Analysis of Variance
Andrew Chen University of Pennsylvania Taki Shinohara and Haochang Shou Runner-Up Harmonizing Functional Connectivity Reduces Scanner Effects in Community Detection
William Consagra University of Rochester Zhengwu Zhang Runner-Up Optimized Diffusion Imaging for Brain Structural Connectome Analysis
Yifei Hu North Carolina State University Jesse Jeng Runner-Up Weak Signal Inference Under Dependence and Sparsity with Application to fMRI Image Data
Nathan Tung North Carolina State University Jesse Jeng Runner-Up Neuro-Hotnet - A Graph Theoretic Approach for Brain FC Estimation

JSM 2021 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Yingtian Hu Emory University Ying Guo Winner A Multimodal, Multilevel Neuroimaging Model for Investigating Brain Connectome Development
Erin McDonnell Columbia University Yuanjia Wang Winner Dynamic Gaussian Graphical Models to Study Time-Varying Clinical Symptom and Imaging Networks
Geoffrey Thompson Indiana University Ranjan Maitra Winner CatSIM - A Categorical Image Similarity Metric
Joshua Lukemire Emory University Ying Guo Runner-Up Sparse Bayesian Modeling of Hierarchical Independent Component Analysis - Reliable Estimation of Individual Differences in Brain Networks
Sarah Weinstein University of Pennsylvania Russell Shinohara Runner-Up A Simple Permutation-Based Test of Intermodal Correspondence

JSM 2019 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Bingyuan Liu Pennsylvania State University Lingzhou Xue Winner High-Dimensional Robust Scalar-on-Image Regression via Thresholding Function and Nonconvex Learning
Yujia Deng University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign Annie Qu Runner-Up Correlation Tensor Decomposition and Its Application in Spatial Imaging Data
Jun Young Park University of Minnesota Mark Fiecas Runner-Up Semiparametric modeling of time-varying activation and connectivity in task-basedfMRI data
Shan Yu Iowa State University Lily Wang Runner-Up Estimation and Inference for Spatially Varying Coefficient Models with Applications to Image-on-Scalar Regression

JSM 2018 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Yikai Wang Emory University Ying Guo Winner A novel hierarchical independent component modeling framework with application to longitudinal fMRI study
Dustin Steven Pluta University of California, Irvine Hernando Ombao and Zhaoxia Yu Runner-Up Adaptive Mantel Test for Penalized Inference, with Applications to imaging genetics
Youyi Zhang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Jeffrey Morris and Veera Baladandayuthapani Runner-Up Radio-iBAG - Radiomics-based Integrative Bayesian Analysis of Multiplatform Genomic Data

JSM 2017 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Eunjee Lee University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Hongtu Zhu Winner Bayesian Low-rank Graph Regression Models for Mapping Human Connectome Data
Xu Gao University of California, Irvine Hernando Ombao Runner-Up Evolutionary State-Space Model and Its Application to Time-Frequency Analysis of Local Field Potentials
Subhadeep Paul University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Yuguo Chen Runner-Up Community Detection in a Group of Related Networks with Applications to Neuroimaging Studies
Cheng-Han Yu University of California, Santa Cruz Raquel Prado Runner-Up A Bayesian Variable Selection Approach Yields Improved Brain Activation From Complex-Valued fMRI

JSM 2016 Winners

Name Affiliation Advisor Status Paper Title
Eric Hare Iowa State University Heike Hofmann and Alicia Carriquiry Winner Matching Bullets
Tian Dai Emory University Ying Guo Runner-Up Predictability of Brain Functional Connectivity in Resting-state fMRI Data Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Model
Leo Yu-Feng Liu University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Hongtu Zhu and Yufeng Liu Runner-Up Spatial Large-Margin Angle-Based Classifier for Multi-Category Neuroimaging Data
Benjamin Risk SAMSI David Matteson and David Ruppert Runner-Up Spatiotemporal Mixed Modeling of Multi-subject fMRI via Method of Moments
Shulei Wang University of Wisconsin-Madison Ming Yuan Runner-Up Optimal Correlation Detection with Application to Colocalization Analysis in Dual-Channel Fluorescence Microscopic Imaging