2021
Statistics Colloquium: Ahmed El Alaoui
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
AHMED EL ALAOUI, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University
“Optimization and Sampling from Random Quadratic Potentials”
Student Seminar: Hao Duan
1:30–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
HAO DUAN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Investigation of a Nonparametric Copula Approach to Conditional Value-at-Risk and Conditional Expected Shortfall”
Student Seminar: Qiqing Xu
1:00–1:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
QIQING XU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A Comparison of Semi-nonparametric Bootstrapping Approaches with Nonparametric Index Estimations for Determining Value-at-Risk”
Statistics Colloquium: Lorin Crawford
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
LORIN CRAWFORD, Microsoft Research New England; Department of Biostatistics, Brown University
“Statistical Frameworks for Variable Selection with 3D Shapes and High-Resolution Imaging”
Data Science Institute Distinguished Speaker Series: Aarti Singh
3:00–4:00 pm JCL 390
This event will take place online via Zoom and Youtube. Register for details at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aarti-singh-learning-and-decision-making-with-preferential-supervision-tickets-190768211857.
Aarti Singh, Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon University
“Learning and Decision Making with Preferential Supervision”
Statistics Colloquium: Andrea Montanari
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
ANDREA MONTANARI, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Department of Statistics, and (by courtesy) Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University
“Tractability, Generalization and Overparametrization in Linear and Nonlinear Models”
Data Science Institute Distinguished Speaker Series: Genevera Allen (Rice)
3:00–4:00 pm JCL 390
This event will take place both in-person at John Crerar Library Building Room 390 and online via Zoom or YouTube. Please register at https://youtu.be/jh4dvvhnBDc and choose your preference for additional details.
Genevera Allen (Rice), Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistics, and Computer Science at Rice University
“Graph Learning for Functional Neuronal Connectivity”
Statistics Colloquium: Sandrine Dudoit
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
SANDRINE DUDOIT, Department of Statistics, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
“Learning from Data in Single-Cell Transcriptomics”
Statistics Colloquium: Rafael Irizarry
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
RAFAEL IRIZARRY, Departments of Data Science at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Applied Statistics, Harvard University
“Statistical Approaches for Single Cell Technologies”
Student Seminar: Jason Willwerscheid
10:00–11:00 am Via Zoom
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
JASON WILLWERSCHEID, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Empirical Bayes Matrix Factorization: Methods and Applications”