Student Seminars: Xiaohan Zhu
11:00 am–12:30 pm DSI Room 103
Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 11:00 AM, in DSI Room 103, 5460 S University Ave.
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Xiaohan Zhu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Overfitting and Generalizing with MDL and (PAC) Bayesian Learning in Supervised Classification”
Student Seminars: Jeonghwan Lee
2:30–4:00 pm Jones 111
Friday, April 17, 2026, at 2:30 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Jeonghwan Lee, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“TBA”
Student Seminars: Jinwen Yang
4:30–6:00 pm Jones 111
Friday, April 17, 2026, at 4:30 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Ave.
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Jinwen Yang, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Scaling Up and Speeding Up Classical Optimization on Modern Computing Architectures”
Student Seminars: Soham Bonnerjee
3:00–4:00 pm Ryerson 177
Monday, April 20, 2026, at 3:00 PM, in Ryerson 177, 1100-14 East 58th St.
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Soham Bonnerjee, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Gaussian approximations for dependent data”
Student Seminars: Sean O'Hagan
1:00–3:00 pm Jones 111
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 1:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Ave.
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Sean O’Hagan, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“TBA”
Students Seminar: Kiho Park
1:00–3:00 pm Room 103
Thursday, April 23, 2026, at 1:00 PM, in Room 103, 5460 S University Ave.
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Kiho Park, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“TBA”
Student Seminars: Yuwei Cheng
2:30–4:00 pm Jones 111
Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 2:30 PM, Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Ave.
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Yuwei Cheng, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“TBA”