2022
Statistics Colloquium: Chao Gao
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
CHAO GAO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Detection and Recovery of Sparse Signal Under Correlation”
CAM Colloquium: Christof Sparber
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
CHRISTOF SPARBER, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science (MSCS), University of Illinois Chicago
“Nonlinear Ground States and The Long-time Behavior of Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations”
Student Seminar: Andrew Goldstein
12:00–2:00 pm Jones 304
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
ANDREW GOLDSTEIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A Variational Bayesian Approach for Combining Weak Learners into a Strong Learner in Regression Problems”
DSI Summer Lab Presents: Data & Democracy, From the Experts
4:30–6:30 pm Keller Center
Leveraging data science is essential to understanding—and developing innovative solutions to—the challenges facing democracy in the digital age. Through a partnership between the Data Science Institute and Center for Effective Government, UChicago’s Data & Democracy initiative is bringing together world-class talent from scholars across academic disciplines and practitioners on the front lines of our democracy to advance this important work.
Student Seminar: Rebecca Scurlock
11:30 am–12:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
REBECCA SCURLOCK, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Bayesian Meta-Analysis with Rare-Event Data: A Survival Modeling Approach”
Student Seminar: Yang Liu
1:00–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YANG LIU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Efficient Conditional Permutation Test via Grouping and Weighting”
Student Seminar: Zhengyan Xu
9:00–10:00 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
ZHENGYAN XU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A Comparison of Value-at-Risk Forecasting Approaches”
Student Seminar: Peter Laurin
11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
PETER LAURIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Genetic Interactions Underlie Time to Flowering in a Worldwide Collection of Arabidopsis Thaliana”
DSI Summer Lab Speaker Series: Dan Nicolae
11:00 am–12:00 pm JCL 390
Dan Nicolae, DSI Faculty Co-Director, Professor, Department of Statistics and the College, and Professor in the Departments of Human Genetics and Medicine, will present on his work in genomics and data science education.
Student Seminar: Devan Shan
9:00–9:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
DEVAN SHAN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Copula Linked Univariate Dvine for Modeling Multivariate Time Series”