2024
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”
Statistics Colloquium: Susan Murphy
11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303
Monday, November 11, 2024, at 11:30 AM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Ave.
Statistics Colloquium
Susan Murphy, Departments of Statistics and of Computer Science, Harvard University
“Online Reinforcement Learning in Digital Health Interventions”
Student Seminars: Zehao Niu
1:00–2:00 pm Jones 111
Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 1:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Defense Presentation
Zehao Niu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Gaussian Processes and Neural Networks in Graph Learning”
Statistics Colloquium: Brian Reich
11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303
Monday, November 4, 2024, at 11:30 AM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Ave.
Statistics Colloquium
Brian Reich, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
“Bayesian computational methods for spatial models with intractable likelihoods”
Student Seminar: Guilherme (Will) Biem
10:30–11:00 am Jones 111
Wednesday, October30, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Guilherme (Will) Biem, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
““Dynamic Covariance Shrinkage Estimators for High Dimensional Time Series”“
Statistics Colloquium: Ming Yuan
11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303
Monday, October 28, 2024, at 11:30 AM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Ave.
Statistics Colloquium
Ming Yuan, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
“Tensors in High Dimensional Data Analysis: Opportunities and Challenges”