2022
Statistics Colloquium: Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
4:30–5:30 pm In-Person and Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Joint Seminar
MAHDI SOLTANOLKOTABI, Associate Professor, University of Southern California
“Towards Stronger Foundations for AI and its Applications to the Sciences”
Host: Rebecca Willett
Spring Quarter 2022 Graduate Registration
Through March 4, 2022
Begins Monday, February 28, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and runs through NOON on Friday, March 4, 2022.
Statistics Colloquium: Madeleine Udell
4:30–5:30 pm Remote via Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Joint Seminar
MADELEINE UDELL, Associate Professor, Cornell University
“Low Rank Approximation for Faster Convex Optimization”
Host: Rebecca Willett
DSI Events: YooJung Choi
3:00–4:00 pm In-Person and Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
YOOJUNG CHOI, Department of Computer Science, Harvard University
“Tractable Probabilistic Reasoning for Trustworthy AI”
Student Seminar: Yingcheng Luo
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YINGCHENG LUO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Disease Classification Using Microarray Data With Markov Blanket Filtering”
Student Seminar: Seung-Wan Jin
1:30–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
SEUNG-WAN JIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“An Empirical Testing for Overdispersion in the Cell-type-specific Analysis of Alternative Polyadenylation (APA)”
Student Seminar: Ziyang Wei
11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
ZIYANG WEI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Weighted Averaged Stochastic Gradient Descent: Asymptotic Normality and Optimality”
Student Seminar: Deqing Fu
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
DEQING FU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Topological Regularization in Deep Learning”
DSI Events: Elizabeth Bondi
3:00–4:00 pm Via Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
ELIZABETH BONDI, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
“Translating AI to Impact: Uncertainty and Human-agent Interactions in Multi-agent Systems for Public Health and Conservation”
Student Seminar: James Keane
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JAMES KEANE, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Predicting French Air Pollution”