Past Events

2023

Student Seminar: Yuchien Chu

2:00–2:30 pm Jones 111

Master’s Thesis Presentation
YUCHIEN CHU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Informative Dorfman’s Two-Stage Group Testing: An Analysis of Efficiency and Accuracy”

Feb 7
Nicole Immorlica

DSI Events: Nicole Immorlica

2:00–3:00 pm JCL 390

Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Research New England
“Data, the Fundamental Particle of Interaction”

Feb 7
Abigail Poteshman, CCAM PhD Student

CAM and Stats Student Seminar: Abigail Poteshman

12:30–1:30 pm Jones 303

ABIGAIL POTESHMAN, Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics, The University of Chicago
“Comparing ab initio methods to calculate polarization for high-throughput ferroelectric screening”

Feb 7
Alessandro Rinaldo

Statistics Colloquium: Alessandro Rinaldo

4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303

ALESSANDRO RINALDO, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University
“High-dimensional CLTs: near-optimal rates and modern inference for OLS regression”

Feb 6
Lunar New Year 2023, the year of the rabbit!

Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit

11:45 am–1:15 pm Jones 303

Annual Lunar New Year Lunch
The Year of the Rabbit begins January 22, 2023, and culminates in the Lantern Festival on February 5, 2023.

Feb 3
Zhenghao Jiang, MS Student

Student Seminar: Zhenghao Jiang

10:30–11:00 am Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
ZHENGHAO JIANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Solving and Estimating Structural Dynamic Equilibrium Models”

Feb 3
Qingyao Sun, MS Student

Student Seminar: Qingyao Sun

2:30–3:00 pm Jones 111 and via Zoom

MASTER’S THESIS PRESENTATION
XINGYAO SUN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Beyond Invariance: Test-Time Label-Shift Adaptation for Addressing ‘Spurious’ Correlations”

Feb 2

Student Seminar: Yu-Chun Lai

3:30–4:00 pm Jones 303

Master’s Thesis Presentation
YU-CHUN LAI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Hidden Markov Models and Their Application in Finance”

Jan 31
Sounak Paul, PhD Student

CAM and Stats Student Seminar: Sounak Paul

12:30–1:30 pm Jones 303

SOUNAK PAUL, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Amortized Method of Moments for Multireference Alignment and Cryo-EM”

Jan 31
Ce Zhang, ETH Zurich

DSI Events: Ce Zhang

2:00–3:00 pm JCL 390

CE ZHANG, ETH Zurich
“Optimizing Communications and Data for Distributed and Decentralized Learning”

Jan 26