2020

Statistics Colloquium: Lise-Marie Imbert-Gerard
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
Joint seminar with CAM.
LISE-MARIE IMBERT-GERARD, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland
“Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media: An Introduction to Generalized Plane Waves”

Statistics Colloquium: Song Mei
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
SONG MEI, Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering and Department of Statistics, Stanford University
“Generalization Error of Linearized Neural Networks: Staircase and Double-descent”

Statistics Colloquium: Alisa Knizel
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
ALISA KNIZEL, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University
“A Quest for Universality”

Statistics Colloquium: Boris Hanin
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
Joint Seminar with CAM
BORIS HANIN, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
“Mathematics of Deep Neural Networks”
2019

Celebrate the Holidays with the Department of Statistics
5:30–9:00 pm IDA NOYES 3rd-FLOOR THEATER
Spouses and children are welcome.
SAVE THE DATE!

Student Seminar: Jonathan Eskreis-Winkler
1:00–2:00 pm Jones 303
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
JONATHAN ESKREIS-WINKLER, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Multiresolution Analysis on Discrete Spaces”

Statistics Colloquium: Michael Brenner
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
MICHAEL BRENNER, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
“Machine Learning for Partial . Differential Equations”

Statistics Colloquium: Fang Han
4:30–5:30 pm Jones 303
FANG HAN, Department of Statistics, University of Washington
“Marginal and multivariate ranks, optimal transport theory, and Le Cam”

Student Seminar: Yuxin Zou
12:30–1:30 pm Jones 303
Dissertation Proposal
YUXIN ZOU, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago
“Bayesian Variable Selection Using Summary Statistics with Application to Fine-Mapping”