2020
Orientation Week Events
Through September 25, 2020 Via Zoom
Orientation for new students runs from September 21-25, 2020.
Student Seminar: Takintayo Akinbiyi
Time TBA Via ZOOM
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
TAKINTAYO AKINBIYI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Equal Local Levels—A Global Testing Approach With Application To Trans eQTL Detection”
Student Seminar: Weihao Li
10:00–11:00 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
WEIHAO LI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Estimation of Latent Factors for High-Dimensional Time Series”
Graduate Research Opportunities for Women 2020
All day
September 13, October 18 and 24
University of Chicago
The GROW 2020 conference is aimed at female-identified undergraduate students who may be interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the mathematical sciences. The conference is open to undergraduates from U.S. colleges and universities, including international students. Visit: https://mathematics.uchicago.edu/grow2020/ for detailed information and updates.
Student Seminar: Keshav Vemuri
10:00–11:00 am Via Zoom
Master’s Thesis Presentation
KESHAV VEMURI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Predictive Value Generalization Bounds”
Student Seminar: Yujie Chen
3:00–4:00 pm Via ZOOM
Master’s Thesis Presentation
YUJIE CHEN, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Modeling Prothrombin Index for Liver Cirrhosis Patients and Its Relationship to the Survival Time”
Topics
Student Seminar: Mengxiong Dong
1:00–2:00 pm Via ZOOM
Master’s Thesis Presentation
MENGXIONG DONG, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“An Empirical Study on Kernel Conditional Quantile Estimation Method for Stationary Processes”
Student Seminar: Tae Hyun Kim
11:00 am–12:30 pm Via ZOOM
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
TAE HYUN KIM, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistical Methods for Transcriptome Data”
Student Seminar: Ran Dai
2:00–3:30 pm Via ZOOM
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
RAN DAI, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Statistical and Algorithmic Guarantees for High Dimensional Single Index Model”
Student Seminar: Haoyang Liu
2:00–3:00 pm Via ZOOM
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
HAOYANG LIU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Algorithmic and Statistical Optimality for High-Dimensional Data”