Past Events

2021

Student Seminar: Benjamin Harris

1:00–1:30 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
BENJAMIN HARRIS, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Short-Term Solar Irradiance Prediction”

May 10
Axel Munk, , Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Georg-August-University of Goettingen

CANCELED ** Statistics Colloquium: Axel Munk

12:00–1:00 pm CANCELED

CANCELED
AXEL MUNK, Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
“Nanostatistics”

May 10
Xinxin Chen, MS candidate

Student Seminar: Xinxin Chen

9:30–10:00 am Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
XINXIN CHEN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Modeling Missing Data in An Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data”

May 10
University Phoenix (solid)

Student Seminar: Russ Yoon

8:00–8:30 am Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
RUSS YOON, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Exploring Effectiveness and Alternatives of Attention Mechanism in Natural Language Processing”

May 7
Irina Cristali, PhD Candidate

Student Seminar: Irina Cristali

3:30–4:00 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
IRINA CRISTALI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Adaptive Data Analysis: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview”

May 6
Shiv Agarwal, MS candidate

Student Seminar: Shiv Agarwal

2:30–3:00 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
SHIV AGARWAL, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Variational Bayes for Linear Inverse Problems”

May 6
Ruth Heller

Statistics Colloquium: Ruth Heller

12:00–1:00 pm Via Zoom

RUTH HELLER, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
“Designing Optimal Multiple Testing Procedures”

May 3
Yibo Yang, MS Candidate

Student Seminar: Yibo Yang

2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
YIBO YANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Deep Learning with Feedback Alignment and Randomized Time”

Apr 30
Zihao Li, MS Candidate

Student Seminar: Zihao Li

9:30–10:00 am Via Zoom

Master’sThesis Presentation
ZIHAO LI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Generalized Matrix Nearness Problems”

Apr 30

Student Seminar: Mufeng Tang

2:45–3:15 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
MUFENG TANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Biologically Plausible Neural Networks with Contrastive Learning and Difference Target Propagation”

Apr 28