2020
Statistics Colloquium: Peter Grunwald
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
PETER GRÜNWALD, Machine Learning, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica; Mathematical Institute, Leiden University
“Safe Testing”
Student Seminar: Lin Gui
2:00–3:00 pm Jones 111
Master’s Thesis Presentation
LIN GUI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Replicating Signals Detection with an Adaptive Filtering Procedure and its One Extension”
Student Seminar: Wenjing Xu
9:30–10:30 am Jones 304
Master’s Thesis Presentation
WENJING XU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Modelling Time-varying Behavior of Maxima with Dynamic Fréchet Model”
Student Seminar: Xiaoyu Sun
9:00–10:00 am Jones 304
Master’s Thesis Presentation
XIAOYU SUN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Portfolio Value-at-Risk Estimation: a Multivariate Copula-based Volatility Model”
Student Seminar: Yi Jin
8:30–9:30 am Jones 304
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YI JIN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Estimating Value at Risk with Kernel Density Estimation”
Student Seminar: Nicholas Rittler
11:00 am–12:00 pm Jones 304
Master’s Thesis Presentation
NICHOLAS RITTLER, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“On the Relation of Bayesian Inference and PAC-Bayes Inspired Learning Procedures”
Statistics Colloquium: Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
ARUN KUMAR KUCHIBHOTLA, Statistics Department, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
“Valid Post-selection Inference: Why and How”
Statistics Colloquium: Franca Hoffmann
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
Joint Seminar with CAM
FRANCA HOFFMAN, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology
“Gradient Flows: From PDE to Data Analysis”
Statistics Colloquium: Yi Sun
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
YI SUN, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University
“TBA”
Student Seminar: Shentao Yang
3:00–4:00 pm Jones 111
Master’s Thesis Presentation
SHENTAO YANG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Beating the Market with Machine-Learning”