2021
Data Science Institute Distinguished Speaker Series: Genevera Allen (Rice)
3:00–4:00 pm JCL 390
This event will take place both in-person at John Crerar Library Building Room 390 and online via Zoom or YouTube. Please register at https://youtu.be/jh4dvvhnBDc and choose your preference for additional details.
Genevera Allen (Rice), Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistics, and Computer Science at Rice University
“Graph Learning for Functional Neuronal Connectivity”
Statistics Colloquium: Sandrine Dudoit
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
SANDRINE DUDOIT, Department of Statistics, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
“Learning from Data in Single-Cell Transcriptomics”
Statistics Colloquium: Rafael Irizarry
4:30–5:30 pm Via Zoom
RAFAEL IRIZARRY, Departments of Data Science at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Applied Statistics, Harvard University
“Statistical Approaches for Single Cell Technologies”
Student Seminar: Jason Willwerscheid
10:00–11:00 am Via Zoom
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
JASON WILLWERSCHEID, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Empirical Bayes Matrix Factorization: Methods and Applications”
Student Seminar: Jason Lin
9:00–9:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
JASON LIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Studying the Effect of Diastolic Blood Pressure on Lung Function Using Mendelian Randomization”
Student Seminar: Nathan Gill
2:00–3:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Proposal Presentation
NATHAN GILL, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Variance Decomposition in Several Settings”
Student Seminar: Shaoxiong (Dennis) Zheng
9:00–9:30 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
SHAOXIONG (DENNIS) ZHENG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Inference of Gene Regulatory Networks”
Student Seminar: Yuxin Zou
2:00–3:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
YUXIN ZOU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Bayesian Variable Selection from Summary Data, with Application to Joint Fine-mapping of Multiple Traits”
Student Seminar: Byol Kim
1:00–2:00 pm Via Zoom
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
BYOL KIM, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Uncertainty Quantification under Weak Assumptions”
Student Seminar: Sen Na
10:00–11:00 am Via Zoom
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
SEN NA, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Towards Solving Long-horizon Nonlinear Dynamic Programming: Scalability and Robustness”