Past Events

2024

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”

Dec 6
Yuguan Wang, MS Candidate

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”

Dec 6
Sean O'Hagan, PhD Student

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”

Dec 4

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”

Dec 4

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”

Dec 2

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”

Nov 21

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”

Nov 20

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”

Nov 18

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”

Nov 18
Susan Murphy, Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Harvard University

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”

Nov 11