2025
Joint Colloquium with DSI: Anastasios Angelopoulos
2:00–3:00 pm Jones 303
Anastasios Angelopoulos, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
“Statistical Foundations of Trustworthy AI Engineering”
Student Seminars: Brandon Hao
9:00–10:00 am Jones 111
Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 9:00 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis l Presentation
Brandon Hao, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Analyzing Stock Market Volatility During Crisis Periods: An AR-ARCH Model Approach with Extended Market Data”
Student Seminar: Yuwei Cheng
2:00–3:00 pm Jones 111
Monday, January 6, 2025, at 2:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Yuwei Cheng, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Aligning Machines with Human Preferences: Robustness, Inferences, and Personalization”
2024
Student Seminar: Aabesh Bhattacharyya
1:00–2:00 pm Jones 111
Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 1:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Defense Presentation
Aabesh Bhattacharyya, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A New Modeling Framework for Multi-Trait Mapping of Binary and Quantitative Phenotypes”
Student Seminars: Yi Wei
2:00–3:30 pm Jones 111
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Defense Presentation
Yi Wei, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A New Modeling Framework for Multi-Trait Mapping of Binary and Quantitative Phenotypes”
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”