2024
Spring 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series: Brandon Stewart
12:30–1:30 pm JCL 390
Spring 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series
Joint series by the Data Science Institute, Departments of Statistics and Computer Science, and the Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics
Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 12:30 PM, JCL 390
Social lunch before seminar provided at 12:30 pm.
Brandon Stewart, Princeton University
“Inference Right with LLM Annotations in the Social Sciences”
Student Seminar: Alexander Austine Vattakkattu
11:30 am–12:00 pm Jones 111
Monday, May 2, 2024, at 11:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Alexander Vattakkattu, Department of Statistic, The University of Chicago
“Apply Generalized Gamma Distribution in Two part MELS model”
Bahadur Memorial Lectures: Emmanuel Candès (day 2)
3:30–4:30 pm Jones 303
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 3:30 PM
Jones Laboratory, Room 303, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Pre-Seminar Refreshments will be served at 3:00 PM in Jones 303
Emmanuel Candès, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
“Model-free selective inference and applications to drug discovery”
Student Seminar: Yichen Ji
2:30–3:00 pm Searle 236
Monday, May 1, 2024, at 2:30 PM, in Searle 236, 5735 S Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Yichen Ji, Department of Statistic, The University of Chicago
“Realized Volatility Forecasting with Machine Learning”
Student Seminar: Xiaoran Cheng
2:00–2:30 pm Searle 236
Thursday, May 1, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in Searle 236, 5735 S Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Xiaoran Cheng, Department of Statistic, The University of Chicago
“Large Language Models and Textual Analysis for Stock Return Prediction”
Student Seminar: Chad Schmerling
1:30–2:00 pm Searle 236
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 1:30 PM, in Searle 236, 5735 S Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Chad Schmerling, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A Granular Approach: Constructing and Evaluating Financial Factors at High-Frequency Intervals”
Student Seminar: Zhanpeng Song
11:00–11:30 am Jones 111
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 11:00 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Zhanpeng Song, Department of Statistic, The University of Chicago
“Approaches to Spectral Estimation of Covariance for High-Dimensional Data Analysis”
Student Seminar: Yifang Zhang
10:30–11:00 am Jones 111
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Yifang Zhang, Department of Statistic, The University of Chicago
“Volatility Forecasting and VaR Performance: Insights from Emerging Markets”
Student Seminar: Theodora Ko
3:00–3:30 pm Jones 111
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 3:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Theodora Ko, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Minimizing Empty Truck Miles Driven via Decision-Theoretic Online Learning and Link Prediction on a Temporal Transportation Graph”
Student Seminar: Haoyuan Mao
2:00–2:30 pm Jones 111
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Master’s Thesis Presentation
Haoyuan Mao, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Apply Generalized Gamma Distribution in Two part MELS model”