Statistics Seminar
Unless otherwise noted, the Statistics Seminar will be held every Friday at 11:00 am at ECSS 2.203 in Fall 2024. It will also be live-streamed through Microsoft Teams via this link. If you have any questions, please contact Noirrit Chandra or Chuan-Fa Tang.
Seminar Schedule
| Time | Location | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Richard Golden Professor, University of Texas at Dallas |
Estimation and Inference in Possibly Misspecified and Parameter Redundant Smooth Finite-Dimensional Probability Models. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Sep 25, 3:00 p.m. | JSOM 2.115 and Online | Dr. Hongtu Zhu Professor, UNC |
Revolutionizing Medical Data Analysis: Uniting AI and Statistics for Breakthroughs and Challenges. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Sep 27, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Rajarshi Guhaniyogi Associate Professor, Texas A&M |
Challenges in Bayesian Learning with Structured Data: Distributed Computation, Multi-Object Data Modeling, and Deep Learning Integration. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Oct 4, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Wei Jiang Assistant Professor, UTA |
Improving Genetic Risk Prediction with Genetic Architecture and Functional Annotations. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Oct 11, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Xiwei Tang Associate Professor, UTD |
Data Heterogeneity and Integration in Large-Scale Complex Data Analysis. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Oct 25, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Marcin Jurek Assistant Professor, SMU |
Bayesian Non-parametrics for Spatio-temporal Data Sets. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Nov 1, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Yun Wei Assistant Professor, UTD |
Parameter Estimation in Finite Mixture Models. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Nov 8, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Hyunwoong Chang Assistant Professor, UTD |
Causal Structure Learning: Foundations, Challenges, and Future Directions. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Nov 15, 3:00 p.m. | Dr. Ruth Pfeiffer Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute |
Accommodating Population Differences in Risk Prediction Model Validation. [Slides]. [Recording]. | |
| Nov 21, 6:30 p.m. | SCI 1.210 | Dr. Manoj Chopra Vice President, Cinemark |
Multi-dimensional Approach to Pricing Optimization.
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| Nov 22, 11:00 a.m. | ECSS 2.203 and Online | Dr. Nilanjana Laha Assistant Professor, Texas A&M |
Fisher Consistency for Optimal Dynamic Treatment Regimes. [Slides]. [Recording]. |
| Dec 4, 3:00 p.m. | JSOM 2.717 | Dr. Kun Meng Prager Assistant Professor, Brown University |
Statistical Analysis of Shapes and Images via the Euler Characteristic. |
| Dec 5, 9:00 a.m. | JSOM 2.714 | Dr. Tianyu Zhang Carnegie Mellon University |
Adaptive and Scalable Nonparametric Estimation via Stochastic Optimization. |
Past Seminars
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Nan Wu or Qiwei Li in Spring 2024. Click here to access the slides and recordings.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Yunan Wu or Jiayi Wang in Fall 2023. Click here to access the slides and recordings.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Yunan Wu and Chuan-Fa Tang in Spring 2023. Click here to access the slides and recordings.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Yunan Wu and Qiwei Li in Fall 2022. Click here to access the slides and recordings.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Chuan-Fa Tang and Qiwei Li in Spring 2022. Spring 2022 slides and recordings.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Chuan-Fa Tang and Qiwei Li in Fall 2021. Fall 2021 slides and recordings.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Yulia Gel in Spring 2015. Spring 2015 talk information.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Yulia Gel in Fall 2014. Fall 2014 talk information.
The Statistics Seminar was organized by Yulia Gel in Spring 2014. Spring 2014 talk information.