2024
Student Seminar: Shu-Hsiang Wang
9:30–10:00 am Jones 111
Monday, April 29, 2024, at 9:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Shu-Hsiang Wang, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Sample Size Determination Methods for Non-Randomized Studies with Historical Data”
Student Seminar: Hao Zhu
8:50–9:20 am Jones 111
Monday, April 29, 2024, at 8:50 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Hao Zhu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Time Series and Machine Learning Approaches for Forecasting Inflation in the USA”
Student Seminar: Mengqi Liu
2:00–2:30 pm Jones 111
Friday, April 26, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Mengqi Liu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Revised Local Permutation Test for Conditional Independence Test”
Student Seminar: Austin Koort
10:30–11:00 am Jones 303
Friday, April 26, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Austin Koort, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Evaluating the Effect of Round Type on Collegiate Policy Debate Outcomes”
Student Seminar: Daniel Li
10:00–10:30 am Jones 303
Friday, April 26, 2024, at 10:00 AM, in Jones 303, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Daniel Li, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Simulation Study for Spatially Coherent Topic Modeling Utilizing Graph Structure”
CAM Colloquium: Jonathan Hauenstein
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 4:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Avenue
Jonathan Hauenstein, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame
“Estimating root counts and probability distributions using homotopies”
Student Seminar: Xingyu Qu
4:00–4:30 pm Jones 304
Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 3:30 PM, in Jones 304, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Xingyu Qu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Exploring Win Determinants in the English Premier League: Insights from Poisson Mixed-Effects Modeling and Skellam Process”
Student Seminar: Melissa Adrian
3:30–5:30 pm Jones 111
Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 3:30 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Proposal Presentation
Melissa Adrian, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Estimation, prediction, and uncertainty quantification using sparse data in weather applications”
Student Seminar: Sida Li
3:30–4:00 pm Jones 111
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 3:30 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Sida (Star) Li, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Beyond Vanilla Metropolis-adjusted Langevin Algorithms: A Simulation-based Survey”
Student Seminar: Yuhan Liu
8:25–9:25 am Jones 111
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 8:25 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
PhD Dissertation Presentation
Yuhan Liu, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“NON-PARAMETRIC CHANGE POINT ANALYSIS: TACKLING IRREGULAR CONDITIONS IN UNI-VARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE DATA”