Student Seminars: Lin Gui
10:30 am–12:00 pm Jones 111
Friday, May 22, 2026, at 10:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Lin Gui, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“On The Role Of Tail Behavior In Learning and Inference”
2nd Year Mini Seminars 2026
1:00–5:00 pm Rosenwald 011
Friday, May 22, 2026, from 1:00-5:00 PM, in Rosenwald 011, 58th St.
Mini-Seminars for Second-Year PhDs
Moderator: David Chen and Woohyun Choi
1:00 pm: Chandramauli Chakraborty
1:15 pm: Soutim Das
1:30 pm: Laura DeFalco
1:45 pm: Joonhyuk Jung: “Le Cam, Birgé, Huber, and Strassen”
2:00 pm: Akash Kannan
2:15 pm: Pui Kuen Leung
2:30 pm: Xiaoli Li
2:45 pm: Chenjia Lin
3:00 pm: Kaining Shi: “When Are Trade-Off Functions Testable from Finite Samples?”
3:15 pm: Xianwen Song
3:30 pm: Yinjie Wang
3:45 pm: Qichuan Yin: “Overcoming the Incentive Collapse Paradox”
4:00 pm: Stephen Yin
4:15 pm: Ziyi Zhou
4:30 pm: Jeirui Zhu: “Density Compound p-values”
4:45-5:00 pm: Questions
Student Seminars: Kulunu Dharmakeerthi
12:30–2:00 pm Jones 111
Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 12:30 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Dissertation Defense Presentation
Kulunu Dharmakeerthi, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“TBA”