Past Events

2024

Huy Dang Tran, PhD candidate

Student Seminar: Huy Tran

11:00 am–1:00 pm Jones 304

Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 11:00 AM, in Jones 304, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Defense Presentation
Huy Dang Tran, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“New Methodologies for High-Dimensional Data”

Jun 20
Rohan Hore

Student Seminar: Rohan Hore

9:00–11:00 am Jones 304

Monday, June 10, 2024, at 9:00 AM, in Jones 304, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Rohan Hore, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Localized hypotheses: the impact of randomization on hardness in distribution-free inference”

Jun 10
Arthur Owen, Stanford

Incubator:  Causal Inference OCE Conference III: Art Owen

3:45–4:30 pm The David Rubenstein Forum, University of Chicago, 1201 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL

Friday, June 7, 2024, 3:45-4:30 PM
The David Rubenstein Forum, University of Chicago, 1201 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL

Art Owen, Max H. Stein Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
will speak at the  Incubator:  Causal Inference OCE Conference III

Hosted by the Griffin Applied Econometrics Incubator.  

Jun 7
Yu Gui, PhD Student

Student Seminar: Yu Gui

10:30–11:00 am Jones 304

Monday, June 3, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in Jones 304, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Yu Gui, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistical learning with distribution shift: sample reweighting and constrained boosting for robustness”

Jun 3
Bernd Sturmfels

CAM & Department of Mathematics Special Joint Colloquium: Bernd Sturmfels

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 4:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Avenue
CAM & Department of Mathematics Special Joint Colloquium
Bernd Sturmfels, MPI Leipzig and UC Berkeley
“The two lives of the Grassmannian”

May 30
Wentao Hu

Student Seminar: Wentao Hu

9:30 am–12:00 pm Jones 111

Friday, May 24, 2024, at 9:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Wentao Hu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Granger Causality Test in High Dimensional Time Series”

May 24
Haizhao Yang, University of Maryland

CAM Colloquium: Haizhao Yang

4:00–5:30 pm Jones 226

Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 4:00 PM, in Jones 226, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
CAM Colloquium
Haizhao Yang, Departments of Mathematics and Computer science (Affiliated), The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland
“Finite Expression Method: A Symbolic Approach for Scientific Machine Learning”

May 23

Student Seminar: Lin Gui

2:30–4:00 pm Jones 111

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 2:30 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Lin Gui, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Unleash the power of special distributions in statistics and machine learning”

May 21
Maroon Phoenix

Mini-seminars for Second Year PhDs

1:00–4:30 pm Jones 303

Friday, May 17, 2024, from 1:00-4:30 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Mini-Seminars for Second-Year PhDs
Moderator: Sean O-Hagan

May 17
Laure Zanna

CAM Colloquium: Laure Zanna

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

*** CANCELLED ***
Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 4:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Avenue
CAM Colloquium
Laure Zanna, Courant Institute, New York University
“Multiscale Climate Modeling in the Era of AI”

May 16