2022

Statistics Colloquium: Nikolaos Ignatiadis
4:30–5:30 pm In-Person and Live Stream or Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
NIKOLAOS IGNATIADIS, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
“Nonparametric Empirical Bayes Inference”
Host: Matthew Stephens

DSI Events: Sherry Tongshuang Wu
2:00–3:00 pm Via Live Stream and Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
SHERRY TONGSHUANG WU, PhD Candidate, University of Washington
“Interactive AI Model Debugging and Correction”
Host: Chenhao Tan

Statistics Colloquium: Qi Lei
4:30–5:30 pm Via Live Stream and Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Candidate Seminar
Qi Lei, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University
“Theoretical Foundations of Pretrained Models”

DSI Events: Priya Donti
2:00–3:00 pm Via Live Stream and Zoom
Data Science Institute/Computer Science/Statistics Joint Seminar
PRIYA DONTI, PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
“Optimization-in-the-loop AI for energy and climate”
2021

Student Seminar: Yuhan Liu
1:30–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YUHAN LIU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Inference for Change Point and the Locating Algorithms”

Student Seminar: Zehao Niu
2:00–3:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
ZEHAO NIU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Gaussian Processes with Graph-Structured Data”

Student Seminar: Huanlin Zhou
3:00–4:00 pm Jones 304
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
HUANLIN ZHOU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Testing for Interaction in a GWAS Context”

Data Science Institute Distinguished Speaker Series: Gari Clifford
3:00–4:00 pm JCL 390 and via Zoom
John Crerar Library Building, room 390, and via Zoom or YouTube.
GARI CLIFFORD, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) at Emory.
“TBA”

Student Seminar: Yi Wei
2:00–3:00 pm Jones 226
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
YI WEI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“A New Modeling Framework for Multi-trait Mapping of Binary and Quantitative Phenotypes”

Student Seminar: Wanrong Zhu
3:00–4:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
WANRONG ZHU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Two Problems in Statistical Learning and Inference”