Student Seminar: Xinyi Gu
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
XINYI GU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Non-Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning with Video Frames”
Student Seminar: Seung Chul Lee
11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
SEUNG CHUL LEE, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Understanding Shift-Share Instruments: an Application”
Student Seminar: Kwong Wai (Theo) Man
11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
KWONG WAI (THEO) MAN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Modeling Subject-level Variances on Intensive Longitudinal Data: An Application of Mixed-effects Location Scale Model”
Student Seminar: Ruizheng (Patrick) Bai
2:00–2:30 pm Jones 303
Master’s Thesis Presentation
RUIZHENG (PATRICK) BAI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Functional Principal Trade-off Analysis: Universal Approximation via Disc Game Embedding”
Statistics Colloquium: Matthias Katzfuss
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
MATTHIAS KATZFUSS, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
“Scalable Gaussian-Process Inference via Sparse Inverse Cholesky Factorization”
DSI Events: Ari Holtzman
2:00–3:00 pm JCL 390
ARI HOLTZMAN, Department of Computer Science, University of Washington
“Controlling Large Language Models: Generating (Useful) Text from Models We Don’t Fully Understand”
Statistics Colloquium: Gemma Moran
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
GEMMA MORAN, Data Science Institute, Columbia University
“Identifiable deep generative models via sparse decoding”
Student Seminar: Jake Singleton
10:00–10:30 am Jones 111
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JAKE SINGLETON, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicagoi
“Bayesian Bradley-Terry Models Infer Tennis Player Skills and Predict Tennis Match Results”
Student Seminar: Sowon Jeong
11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
SOWON JEONG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Understanding Graph Neural Network as a Dimension Reduction Technique”
Student Seminar: Ilgee Hong
1:00–1:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
ILGEE HONG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Contrastive Learning for Node Representations: A Study of Alignment vs Uniformity”
Student Seminar: Taewan Kim
3:00–3:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
TAEWAN KIM, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Understanding the Transcriptional Regulation with 3D Genomic Structure”
Student Seminar: JungHo Lee
3:30–4:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JUNGHO LEE, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“TBA”
Registration for Spring 2023
Through February 24, 2023 Jones 222
Graduate registration for Spring 2023 runs from Monday, February 20th through Friday, February 24th, 2023.
DSI Events: Mina Lee
3:00–4:00 pm JCL 390
MINA LEE, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
“Designing and Evaluating Language Models for Human Interaction”
Statistics Colloquium: Chao Ma
4:30–5:30 pm
CHAO MA, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
“Implicit bias of optimization algorithms and generalization of over-parameterized neural networks”
DSI Events: Amin Karbasi
2:00–3:00 pm JCL 390
AMIN KARBASI, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science
“TBA”
CAM Colloquium: Antonio (Tuca) Auffinger
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
ANTONIO (TUCA) AUFFINGER, Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University
“TBA”
Student Seminar: Angzhi Fan
1:00–2:30 pm Jones 304
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
ANGZHI FAN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“TBA”
DSI Events: Tian Li
3:00–4:00 pm JCL 390
TIAN LI, Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
“Scalable and Trustworthy Learning in Heterogeneous Networks”
Statistics Colloquium: Frederic Koehler
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
FREDERIC KOEHLER, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Kristy Choi
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
KRISTY CHOI, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Aldo Pacchiano
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
ALDO PACCHIANO, Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research NYC
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Art Owen
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
ART OWEN, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
“Tie-breaker Designs”
CAM Colloquium: Peter Šemrl
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
PETER ŠEMRL, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, University of Ljubljana
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Yuting Wei
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
YUTING WEI, Department of Statistics and Data Science, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“A Non-asymptotic Framework for Approximate Message Passing Algorithm”
Statistics Colloquium: Molly Offer-Westort
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
MOLLY OFFER-WESTORT, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Lars Peter Hansen
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
LARS PETER HANSEN, Departments of Statistics and Economics; University of Chicago Booth School of Business
“TBA”
CAM Colloquium: Kui Ren
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
KUI REN, Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Ruodu Wang
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
RUODU WANG, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
“TBA”
CAM Colloquium: Lexing Ying
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
LEXING YING, Department of Mathematics and Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Xihong Lin
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
XIHONG LIN, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
“Ensemble methods for testing a global null with applications to whole genome sequencing studies”
Statistics Colloquium: Sara van de Geer
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
BAHADUR MEMORIAL LECTURES
Lecture 22
SARA VAN DE GEER, Department of Mathematics, ETH Zürich
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Sara van de Geer
Time TBA TBA
BAHADUR MEMORIAL LECTURES
Lecture 22
SARA VAN DE GEER, Department of Mathematics, Seminar für Statistik (SfS), ETH Zürich
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Johannes Schimidt-Hieber
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
JOHANNES SCHMIDT-HIEBER, Department of Statistics, University of Twente
“TBA”
CAM Colloquium: Rachel Ward
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
RACHEL WARD, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Peng Ding
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
PENG DING, Department of Statistics, University of California Berkeley
“Interpretable sensitivity analysis for the Baron–Kenny approach to mediation with unmeasured confounding”
CAM Colloquium: Chi-Kwong Li
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
CHI-KWONG LI, Department of Mathematics, College of William and Mary
“TBA”
Statistics Colloquium: Russell Lyons
4:30–5:30 pm Kent 120
BILLINGSLEY LECTURES ON PROBABILITY
RUSSELL LYONS, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University
“TBA”