2022
Statistics Colloquium: Aaron Schein
4:30–5:30 pm In-Person and Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
AARON SCHEIN, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
“Measurement and Experimentation in Complex Sociopolitical Processes”
Host: Victor Veitch
Student Seminar: Lijia Zhou
3:30–4:30 pm Jones 304
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
LIJIA ZHOU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A Non-asymptotic Moreau Envelope Theory for Generalized Linear Models”
Statistics Colloquium: Yu-Xiang Wang
4:30–5:30 pm In-Person and Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Joint Seminar
YU-XIANG WANG, Eugene Aas Chair Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Three Challenges in Responsible ML and How to Overcome Them, Provably”
Student Seminar: Chih-Hsuan Wu
1:00–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
CHIH-HSUAN WU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistical Challenges in High-throughput Transcriptomics Data”
DSI Event: Alex Kale
2:00–3:00 pm In-Person and Via Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
ALEX KALE (University of Washington)
“Data Interfaces for Reasoning with Uncertainty”
Statistics Colloquium: Matthew Golub
4:30–5:30 pm In-Person and Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
MATTHEW GOLUB, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stanford University
“Reverse Engineering Computation in the Brain”
Host: Brent Doiron
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”