2018
Statistics Colloquium: Peter Hoff
4:30–5:30 pm
PETER HOFF, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University
“FAB Tests and Intervals for Multilevel Data”
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Statistics Colloquium: Jinchi Lv
4:30–5:30 pm Eckhart 133
JINCHI LV, Departments of Data Sciences and Operations, University of Southern California
“Asymptotic Theory of Eigenvectors for Large Random Matrices with Applications to Network Inference”
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Statistics Colloquium: Miaoyan Wang
11:06–11:06 am
MIAOYAN WANG, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Learning from Binary Multiway Data: Probabilistic Tensor Decomposition and its Statistical Optimality”
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Statistics Colloquium: Nancy Zhang
4:30–5:30 pm Eckhart 133
NANCY ZHANG, Statistics Department, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
“Transfer Learning in Single Cell Transcriptomics”
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Billingsley Lectures on Probability: Allan Sly
9:40–10:40 am Kent 120
BILLINGSLEY LECTURES ON PROBABILITY IN HONOR OF PATRICK BILLINGSLEY
ALLAN SLY, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University
“Phase Transitions of Random Constraint Satisfaction Problems”
Reception following the seminar at 5:00 PM, in Jones 111, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Statistics Colloquium: Weijie Su
4:30–5:30 pm Eckhart 133
WEIJIE SU, Statistics Department, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
“Uncertainty Quantification for Online Learning”
Statistics Colloquium: Panagiotis Toulis
4:30–5:30 pm Eckhart 133
PANAGIOTIS TOULIS,
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
“Randomization Tests for Causal Inference with Interference Between Units”
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Statistics Colloquium: Boaz Nadler
4:30–5:30 pm Eckhart 133
BOAZ NADLER, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science
“Unsupervised Ensemble Learning”
Statistics Colloquium: Edgar Dobriban
4:30–5:30 pm Eckhart 133
EDGAR DOBRIBAN, Statistics Department, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
“How to Deal with Big Data? Understanding Large-scale Distributed Regression”
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Statistics Colloquium: Arnoldo Frigessi
4:30–5:30 pm Eckhart 133
Joint Seminar with the Stevanovich Center
ARNOLDO FRIGESSI, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo
“Towards Personalized Computer Simulation of Breast Cancer Treatment: A Multi-scale Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Model Informed by Multi-type Patient Data”