Past Events

2022

Student Seminar: Peter Laurin

11:00–11:30 am Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
PETER LAURIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Genetic Interactions Underlie Time to Flowering in a Worldwide Collection of Arabidopsis Thaliana”

Jul 12
Dan Nicolae

DSI Summer Lab Speaker Series: Dan Nicolae

11:00 am–12:00 pm JCL 390

Dan Nicolae, DSI Faculty Co-Director, Professor, Department of Statistics and the College, and Professor in the Departments of Human Genetics and Medicine, will present on his work in genomics and data science education.

Jul 6
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Student Seminar: Devan Shan

9:00–9:30 am Via Zoom

Master’s Thesis Presentation
DEVAN SHAN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Copula Linked Univariate Dvine for Modeling Multivariate Time Series”

Jul 1

Student Seminar: Mini-Seminars

2:00–4:15 pm Jones 303

MINI-SEMINARS 

Moderator: Bill Katsianos

2:00-2:15 pm:  Melissa Adrian, “Data Assimilation and Its Application to Weather Forecasting “
2:15-2:30 pm:  Lin Gui, “A General Transformation-based Test for Multiple Testing”
2:30-2:45 pm:  Yu Gui, “A Selective Review of Recent Progress on Distribution-free Prediction Sets: Optimization Towards Accuracy and PAC Guarantee”
2:45-3:00 pm:  Rohan Hore, “Localized Conformal Prediction: an Overview”
3:00-3:15 pm:  Wentao Hu, “High-dimensional Tensor Factor Model”
3:15-3:30 pm: Soumyabrata Kundu, “Sensitivity Analysis for Test Negative Design”
3:30-3:45 pm:  Zihao Wang, “A Unified Causal View of Domain Invariant Representation Learning”
3:45-4:00 pm:  Jinwen Yang, “Linear Regression with Partially Mismatched Data: Local Search with Theoretical Guarantees”
4:00-4:15 pm:  Yuepeng Yang, “Tuning-Free Convex Methods for Matrix Completion”

May 27
Yi Wang, PhD student

Student Seminar: Yi Wang

1:30–2:30 pm via Zoom

Dissertation Proposal Presentation
YI WANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Ferromagnetic Ising Model with Local Defect”

May 27
Guanglei Hong

Statistics Colloquium: Guanglei Hong

4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom

GUANGLEI HONG, Department of Comparative Human Development, Committee on Education, University of Chicago
“Post-Treatment Confounding in Causal Mediation Studies: A Cutting-Edge Problem and A Novel Solution via Sensitivity Analysis”

May 23
Alumni Weekend 2022

UChicago Alumni Weekend

Through May 22, 2022 UChicago campus

Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2022, May 19–22! Early-bird registration ends March 25—only $30 for the weekend and $20 for Saturday—so register now.

May 19

Stevanovich Center: Market Microstructure and High Frequency Data

Through May 20, 2022 Sheraton Hotel in downtown Chicago

This highly-regarded annual conference brings together academic researchers and professionals to exchange ideas related to market microstructure and high-frequency data. The 2022 meeting will be the eighth edition of the Stevanovich Center conference on Market Microstructure and High Frequency Data.

May 18
Martin Wainwright

Statistics Colloquium: Martin Wainwright

4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303

MARTIN WAINWRIGHT, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
“When is it good to be a pessimist? Off-policy optimization in reinforcement learning”

May 16
Rebecca Willett

DSI Events: AI+Science Social

3:00–4:30 pm Ida Noyes Hall

The Data Science Institute (DSI) AI+Science Research Initiative is hosting a social for faculty, research staff, and postdocs.

May 12