Events: Colloquia

Kai Gong, MS Student

Student Seminar: Kai Gong

10:30–11:00 am Jones 303

Master’s Thesis Presentation
Kai Gong, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Comparison of Optimization Algorithms and Potential Improvement of ADAM Based on Time-Series”

Oct 4
Pedram Hassanzadeh

CAM Colloquium: Pedram Hassanzadeh

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Pedram Hassanzadeh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Rice University
“Integrating the spectral analyses of neural networks and nonlinear physics for explainability, generalizability, and stability”

Oct 4
William Eckhardt Research Center

Big Data and Machine Learning in Econometrics, Finance, and Statistics

Through October 7, 2023 Eckhardt Research Center, Room 161

This conference is made possible by the generous philanthropy of University of Chicago Trustee Steve G. Stevanovich and the Financial Mathematics Program.

Oct 5
Anna Siegal

CAM Colloquium: Anna Seigal

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Anna Seigal, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
“Factorising data”

Oct 5
Maryam Fazel, University of Washington

Autumn 2023 Distinguished Speaker Series: Maryam Fazel

12:00–1:30 pm JCL 390

Presented by the Data Science Institute in partnership with the Departments of Statistics, Computer Science, and the Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics
Maryam Fazel, Moorthy Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington
“Flat Minima and Generalization in Learning: the Case of Low-rank Matrix Recovery”

Oct 6
Sabyasachi Chatterjee

Statistics Colloquium: Sabyasachi Chatterjee

11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303

Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“Theory for Cross Validation in Nonparametric Regression”

Oct 9

CAM Colloquium: Mathias Oster

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Mathias Oster, Institute für Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik at the RWTH Aachen
“On Semi-global Optimal Control and its Application to Machine Learning”

Oct 12
Ingeborg Gjerde, Simula

CAM Colloquium: Ingeborg Gjerde

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Ingeborg Gjerde, Simula Research Laboratory
“Understanding the glymphatic mystery: Analysis and discretization methods for network models”

Oct 19

Statistics Colloquium: Morgane Austern

11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303

Morgane Austern, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
“TBA”

Oct 23
Nir Sharon, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University

CAM Colloquium: Nir Sharon

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Nir Sharon, Applied Mathematics Department, School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University
“TBA”

Oct 26
Liza Levina

Statistics Colloquium: Liza Levina

11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303

Liza Levina, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
“Latent space models for multiplex networks”

Oct 30
Per-Gunnar Martinsson

CAM Colloquium: Per-Gunnar Martinsson

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Joint colloquium with the Data Science Institute (DSI)
Per-Gunnar Martinsson, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
“TBA”

Nov 2
Susan Murphy, Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Harvard University

Statistics Colloquium: Susan Murphy

11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303

Susan Murphy, Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Harvard University

Nov 6
Shidong Jiang, CCM, Flatiron Institute

CAM Colloquium: Shidong Jiang

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Shidong Jiang, Center for Computational Mathematics, Flatiron Institute
“TBA”

Nov 9
Subhro Ghosh, Department of Mathematics/Dept of Statistics and Data Science, National University of Singapore

Statistics Colloquium: Subhro Ghosh

11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303

Subhro Ghosh, Department of Mathematics/Dept of Statistics and Data Science, National University of Singapore

Nov 13
Mirjeta Pasha, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mathematics, Tufts University

CAM Colloquium: Mirjeta Pasha

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Mirjeta Pasha, Department of Mathematics, Tufts University
“TBA”

Nov 16
Anna Gilbert, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University

Statistics Colloquium: Anna Gilbert

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Joint colloquium with The Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM) and the Data Science Institute (DSI)
Anna Gilbert, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University
“TBA”

Nov 30
Nisha Chandramoorthy, School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech

CAM Colloquium: Nisha Chandramoorthy

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Nisha Chandramoorthy, School of Computational Science and Engineering College of Computing, Georgia Tech
“TBA”

Dec 7
Emmanuel Candes

Bahadur Memorial Lectures: Emmanuel Candès (day 1)

4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303

Bahadur Memorial Lectures
Lecture 23
Emmanuel Candès, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
“TBA”

Apr 29
Emmanuel Candes, Department of Statistics, Stanford University

Bahadur Memorial Lectures: Emmanuel Candès (day 2)

3:30–4:30 pm Jones 303

Bahadur Memorial Lectures
Lecture 23
Emmanuel Candès, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
“TBA”

May 1