2022
![Stefanie Jegelka](https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif)
DSI Autumn 2022 Distinguished Speaker Series: Stefanie Jegelka
12:00–1:00 pm JCL 390
STEFANIE JEGELKA, X-Consortium Career Development Associate Professor, EECS Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Understanding Generalization and Improving Invariances in Graph Representation Learning”
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DSI Events: Human + AI Conference
9:00 am–5:30 pm JCL 390
This conference brings together diverse perspectives to think about the best way for AI to fit into society and how to develop the best AI for humans.
![BENJAMIN PEHERSTORFER, Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics (affiliated); Center for Data Science (affiliated), Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University](https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif)
CAM Colloquium: Benjamin Peherstorfer
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
BENJAMIN PEHERSTORFER, Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics (affiliated); Center for Data Science (affiliated), Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
“Neural Galerkin Schemes for Evolution Equations”
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Student Seminar: Xuan Lin
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
XUAN LIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“An Application of Dynamic Asymmetric Exponential Power Distributions on Value-at-risk Estimation”
![Christine Carpenter, UChicago Booth](https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif)
DSI Postdoc Series: Christine Carpenter
9:00–10:00 am JCL 390
CHRISTINE CARPENTER, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
“Developing Effective Leadership in Academia”
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Student Seminar: Zexuan Zhang
1:00–1:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
ZEXUAN ZHANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Prediction of Return at Different Stock Levels”
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DSI Events: Information Session: Master of Science in Analytics
12:00–1:00 pm Online
Become a leader in the analytics community. Join us online on October 26 as we discuss our curriculum as well as take a look inside our application process.
![Zongming Ma, Department of Statistics and Data Science, University of Pennsylvania](https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif)
Statistics Colloquium: Zongming Ma
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
ZONGMING MA, Department of Statistics and Data Science, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“Matching and integration of datasets with low-rank signals and applications in single-cell data analysis”
![Fruzsina Agocs, Research Fellow](https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif)
CAM Colloquium: Fruzsina Agocs
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
FRUZSINA AGOCS, Center for Computational Mathematics within the Flatiron Institute
“An Adaptive Spectral Method for Highly Oscillatory ODEs with Frequency-independent Cost”
![Jiani Song, MS Student](https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/shared-resources/i/template/transparent.gif)
Student Seminar: Jiani Song
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation via ZOOM
JIANI SONG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Difference Approaches for VaR Estimation: Relative Performance in Three Emerging Asian Markets”