Past Events

2021

Matthew Stephens, Ralph W. Gerard Professor, Departments of Statistics and Human Genetics, and the College

Named Professor Lecture Series: Matthew Stephens

1:00–1:45 pm Via Zoom

Matthew Stephens, Ralph W. Gerard Professor
Departments of Statistics and Human Genetics, and the College
“Finding and Exploiting Structure in Genetic Data”

Feb 9
Mariya Toneva, Machine Learning Department & The Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Statistics Colloquium: Mariya Toneva

4:00–5:00 pm Via Zoom

Joint Seminar with the Department of Computer Science
MARIYA TONEVA,  Machine Learning Department & The Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
“Data-Driven Transfer of Insight Between Brains and AI Systems”

Feb 1
Weihao Kong, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Washington

Statistics Colloquium: Weihao Kong

4:00–5:00 pm Via Zoom

WEDNESDAY, January 27, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Via Zoom
Joint Seminar with the Department of Computer Science
WEIHAO KONG,  University of Washington
“The Surprising Power of Little Data”

Jan 27
Rebekka Burkholz, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Statistics Colloquium: Rebekka Burkholz

4:00–5:00 pm Via Zoom

Joint Seminar with the Department of Computer Science
REBEKKA BURKHOLZ,  Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
“Cascade Processes in Machine Learning”

Jan 25
Wenxuan Guo, MS candidate

Student Seminar: Wenxuan Guo

9:30–10:30 am Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
WENXUAN GUO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistics of the Shepp p-Product”

Jan 20
Tetsuya Kaji

Statistics Colloquium: Tetsuya Kaji

4:00–5:00 pm Via ZOOM

TETSUYA KAJI,  University of Chicago Booth School of Business
“An Approximate Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm for Simulation-Based Bayesian Inference (with Veronika Ročková)”

Jan 11

Booth Winter 2021 Pre-registration

10:00–11:00 am

Booth Winter 2021 Pre-registration link opens at 10 a.m. CST

Jan 4

2020

Andrew Goldstein, PhD Student

Student Seminar: Andrew Goldstein

1:00–2:00 pm Via Zoom

Dissertation Proposal Presentation
ANDREW GOLDSTEIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
​​​​​​​“VEB-Boost: Variational Empirical Bayes Boosting”

Dec 9
Kristian Lum

Statistics Colloquium: Kristian Lum

4:00–5:00 pm Via Zoom

KRISTIAN LUM,  Human Rights Data Analysis Group
“Closer Than They Appear: A Bayesian Perspective on Individual Probabilities in Risk Assessment”

Nov 30
Zhan Lin

Student Seminar: Zhan Lin

1:30–2:30 pm Via Zoom

Dissertation Proposal Presentation
ZHAN LIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Risk Averse Control with Mixture of Gaussian Noise”

Nov 30