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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.

Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
FN 2.102 and Online

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. 
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.