2024
Student Seminar: Xiaohan Zhu
9:00–11:00 am Jones 111
Monday, December 9, 2024, at 9:00 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Xiaohan Zhu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A Complete Characterization of the Worst-Case Limiting Error for the Standard and Modified Two-Part-Code Minimum Description Length, with Extensions to a Broader Class of Learning Rules”
Student Seminar: Annie Xie
2:00–2:30 pm Jones 303
Friday, December 6, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Annie Xie, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Comparison of Methods for Covariance Matrix Decomposition”
Student Seminars: Yuguan Wang
1:00–2:30 pm Kent 106
Friday, December 6, 2024, at 1:00 PM, in Kent 106, 1020 E 58th St.
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Yuguan Wang, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Fast Algorithms for Two Large-Scale Problems in Scientific Computing”
Student Seminar: Sean O'Hagan
3:00–4:30 pm Jones 303
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 3:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Sean O’Hagan, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Adaptive Nonparametric Bayesian Methods for Modern Inference Problems”
Student Seminar: Ziming Gan
10:00–11:00 am Jones 111
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 10:00 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Ziming Gan, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistical Models for Relationships Detection in Genomics and Biomedical Research”
Statistics Colloquium: Veronika Rockova
11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303
Monday, December 2, 2024, at 11:30 AM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Ave.
Statistics Colloquium
Veronika Rockova, Department of Econometrics and Statistics, Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago
“TBA”
Student Seminar: Kiho Park
9:30–11:00 am Jones 111
Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 9:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Kiho Park, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“The Geometry of Concepts in Large Language Models”
Statistics Colloquium/Joint Seminar with Human Genetics: Augustine Kong and Stefania Benonisdottir
4:00–5:00 pm KCBD 1103
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 4:00 PM, in KCBD 1103, 900 E 57th St.
Joint Colloquium with Human Genetics
Augustine Kong, Department of Population Health, Oxford University and Nuffield College
and Stefania Benonisdottir, Department of Population Health , University of Oxford and Nuffield College / Institute of Physical Science, University of Iceland
“Participation Bias in Genetic Studies: A Case of Applied Statistics and a Curious Example for Sampling Theory”
Student Seminar: Soham Bonnerjee
2:00–3:30 pm Jones 111
Monday, November 18, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Soham Bonnerjee, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Gaussian approximations for dependent data: Theory and applications”
Statistics Colloquium: Ilias Diakonikolas
11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303
Monday, November 18, 2024, at 11:30 AM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Ave.
Statistics Colloquium
Ilias Diakonikolas, Departments of Statistics and of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin- Madison
“Algorithmic Robust Statistics”