2021
Student Seminar: Daniel Xiang
2:00–3:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
DANIEL XIANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistical Sparsity in Detection and Large Scale Testing Problems”
Statistics Colloquium: Sumit Mukhurjee
4:00–5:00 pm Via Zoom
SUMIT MUKHERJEE, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
“Global Testing for Dependent Bernoullis”
Student Seminar: Zeqi Mao
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
ZEQI MAO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Online Covariance Matrix Estimation in Stochastic Gradient Descent with Application in Music Recognition”
Student Seminar: Juxian Wang
1:00–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JUXIAN WANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Contrastive Learning with Computer-Generated Images”
Student Seminar: Jiongyi Cao
9:30–10:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JIONGYI CAO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“An Application of a Two-stage Mixed-Effects Location-Scale Model with Machine Learning”
Student Seminar: Isabela Kernin
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
ISABELA KERNIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Exploring Host Response to SARS-CoV-2 Through Differential Expression Analysis”
Student Seminar: Jun Jie Choo
9:45–10:15 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JUN JIE CHOO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“The No-U-Turn Sampler: Adaptively Setting Path Lengths in Hamiltonian Monte Carlo”
Student Seminar: Ming Gao
9:00–9:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
MING GAO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Model-Based Trajectory Inference for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Using Deep Learning with a Mixture Prior”
Student Seminar: Yuhang Cai
10:00–11:00 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YUHANG CAI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Distances Between Probability Distributions of Different Dimensions”
Student Seminar: Hsiang Wang
9:00–9:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
HSIANG WANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Monte Carlo Simulation for HJM Model and Learning Networks for Pricing Caplets/ Floorlets”
