2022
Statistics Colloquium: Mikhail Belkin
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
MIKHAIL BELKIN, Halicioğlu Data Science Institute, University of California San Diego
“Neural Networks, Wide and Deep Singular Kernels and Bayes Optimality”
Student Seminar: Yanhao Dong
2:00–3:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YANHAO DONG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“The Application of Normal Linear Mixed Effect Models — With The Female Fulmar Reproduction Activity”
Student Seminar: Tanmay Gupta
1:00–1:30 pm Jones 304
Master’s Thesis Presentation
TANMAY GUPTA, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A Simple Causal Model for Invariant Learning”
Data Science Institute Summit
2:00–5:30 pm Friedman Hall, David Rubenstein Forum
The UChicago vision for data science and sessions on DSI research programs, as well as education and outreach partnerships with the City Colleges of Chicago, minority-serving institutions, data.org, and the 11th Hour Project.
Student Seminar: Nicholas Park
12:30–1:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
NICHOLAS PARK, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“An Optimal Control Approach to Trading in Chinese Markets”
Student Seminar: Matthew Ludwig
10:00–10:30 am Jones 303
Master’s Thesis Presentation
MATTHEW LUDWIG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Pitch Optimization Accounting for Random Error”
Billingsley Lectures on Probability: Fredrik Viklund
4:30–5:30 pm Kent 120
BILLINGSLEY LECTURES ON PROBABILITY
FREDRIK VIKLUND, Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
“Interface dynamics and conformal maps”
Student Seminar: Jarrod Dominguez
3:00–3:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JARROD DOMINGUEZ, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Active Automatically Managed Deep Portfolios with Cryptocurrency Assets”
Student Seminar: Jack Potrykus
12:20–12:50 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JACK POTRYKUS, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Development of a Python Package for Matching Observational Data”
Student Seminar: Zehao Shao
3:00–3:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
ZEHAO SHAO, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Online LDA with Sparse Update”