Past Events

2022

BENJAMIN PEHERSTORFER, Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics (affiliated); Center for Data Science (affiliated), Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

CAM Colloquium: Benjamin Peherstorfer

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

BENJAMIN PEHERSTORFER, Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics (affiliated); Center for Data Science (affiliated), Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
​​​​​​​“Neural Galerkin Schemes for Evolution Equations”

Oct 27
PSD Statistics Datastamp

Student Seminar: Xuan Lin

2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
XUAN LIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“An Application of Dynamic Asymmetric Exponential Power Distributions on Value-at-risk Estimation”

Oct 27
Christine Carpenter, UChicago Booth

DSI Postdoc Series: Christine Carpenter

9:00–10:00 am JCL 390

CHRISTINE CARPENTER, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
“Developing Effective Leadership in Academia”

Oct 27
Zexuan Zhang, MS Student

Student Seminar: Zexuan Zhang

1:00–1:30 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
ZEXUAN ZHANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Prediction of Return at Different Stock Levels”

Oct 26
Daniel Truesdale, MPP, Associate Director of Recruitment

DSI Events: Information Session: Master of Science in Analytics

12:00–1:00 pm Online

Become a leader in the analytics community. Join us online on October 26 as we discuss our curriculum as well as take a look inside our application process.

Oct 26
Zongming Ma, Department of Statistics and Data Science, University of Pennsylvania

Statistics Colloquium: Zongming Ma

4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303

ZONGMING MA, Department of Statistics and Data Science, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“Matching and integration of datasets with low-rank signals and applications in single-cell data analysis”

Oct 24
Fruzsina Agocs, Research Fellow

CAM Colloquium: Fruzsina Agocs

4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303

FRUZSINA AGOCS, Center for Computational Mathematics within the Flatiron Institute
“An Adaptive Spectral Method for Highly Oscillatory ODEs with Frequency-independent Cost”

Oct 20
Jiani Song, MS Student

Student Seminar: Jiani Song

2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation via ZOOM
JIANI SONG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Difference Approaches for VaR Estimation: Relative Performance in Three Emerging Asian Markets”

Oct 20
PSD Statistics Datastamp

Student Seminar: Michelle Li

11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
MICHELLE LI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Trajectory Exploration and Inference for scRNA-seq Data on Whole versus Endpoints Only Trajectories”

Oct 20
Philippe Rigollet, MIT

Statistics Colloquium: Philippe Rigollet

4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303

PHILIPPE RIGOLLET, Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“The sample complexity of learning transport maps”

Oct 17