2021
Statistics Colloquium: Jason Klusowski
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
JASON KLUSOWSKI, Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering, Princeton University
“Consistency of Decision Trees for High Dimensional Data”
Statistics Colloquium: Xiang Zhou
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
XIANG ZHOU, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan
“Statistical Methods for Spatial Transcriptomics”
Winter Quarter Graduate Registration
Through November 19, 2021
Begins November 15 through NOON November 19, 2021.
Student Seminar: Victor Kang
4:00–4:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
VICTOR KANG, Department of Statistics
“A Critical Review of the Convolution Operator in Graph Convolutional Networks”
Student Seminar: Yanbing Yi
2:30–3:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YANBING YI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Empirical Analysis of Banded Vegetation Patterns in Africa—A Comparison Between Spectral Analysis and Contour Analysis”
Student Seminar: Linyun Ni
1:30–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
LINYUN NI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistical Methods to Detect Cheating in Bridge”
Student Seminar: Dongyue Xie
12:30–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
DONGYUE XIE, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Empirical Bayes Smoothing Methods in High-throughput Sequencing Data”
Student Seminar: Jongyoon Baik
9:00–9:30 am Jones 304
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JONGYOON BAIK, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Retrieving True Preference Under Authoritarianism”
Data Science Institute Distinguished Speaker Series: Jenna Wiens
3:00–4:00 pm JCL 390 and via Zoom
John Crerar Library Building, Room 390, and online via Zoom or YouTube (https://youtu.be/maC_Vs_n3QA). Please register (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jenna-wiens-michigan-augmenting-clinical-decision-making-with-ai-tickets-198441161857) and choose your preference for additional details
JENNA WIENS, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering CSE), Associate Director of the AI Lab, and co-Director of Precision Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
“From Diagnosis to Treatment: Augmenting Clinical Decision Making with Artificial Intelligence”
Student Seminar: Luca Mattachini
2:00–2:30 pm Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
LUCA MATTACHINI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Spatial-Temporal Modeling of Weather Data”