2025
CAM Colloquium: SIYAO YANG
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025, at 4:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Avenue
SIYAO YANG, Department of Statistics, Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Chicago
“Tensor Density Estimator by Convolution-Deconvolution”
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CAM PHD DISSERTATION DEFENSE: RUNXIN NI
1:00–2:00 pm Jones 304
Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 1:00 PM (Central Daylight Time), in Jones 304, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
RUNXIN NI, Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Chicago
“Graph-Structured Nonlinear Optimization and Stochastic Optimization for (un)Observable Linear System”
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2025 Student Research Poster Day
4:00–6:00 pm Jones 303
We invite all students (Stat and CAM) and faculty to the Student Research Poster Day event. Please save the data & location: Jones 303 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on May 20!
Selected student research posters will be presented, and everyone is welcome to come and look around; light snacks will be provided!
Call for posters
We invite submissions of all research posters from Stat and CAM students. There is no restriction on the topic; you are welcome to submit any research work done during your graduate program (Stat/CAM, PhD/MS), though we suggest submitting recent research. There will be awards with prizes for the best posters.
Submit proposals
Please submit your poster proposal by May 1 through https://forms.office.com/r/Tjy9a3NLKQ (UChicago sign-in required). We will announce the selected proposals on May 2. Once your proposal is selected, you should email your final poster by May 13. We will print and install posters for you; we will cover the printing cost.
Please email yoonhaenghur@uchicago.edu if you have any questions.
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CAM & Stats Student Seminar: Melissa Adrian
12:30–1:30 pm Searle 240A
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 12:30 PM (Central Daylight Time), in Searle 240A, 5735 South Ellis Avenue
MELISSA ADRIAN, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
“Machine learning in large-scale data assimilation and stable model selection”
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CAM Colloquium: JON WILKENING
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025, at 4:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Avenue
JON WILKENING, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
“Rational approximation and branch cuts for standing water waves”
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CAM & Stats Student Seminar: Adela DePavia
12:30–1:30 pm Searle 240A
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 12:30 PM (Central Daylight Time), in Searle 240A, 5735 South Ellis Avenue
ADELA DEPAVIA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Chicago
“Faster Adaptive Optimization via Expected Gradient Outer Product Reparameterization”
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Billingsley Lectures on Probability: Nina Holden
4:00–5:00 pm Jones 303
SPECIAL EVENT: BILLNGSLEY LECTURES ON PROBABILITY
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025, at 4:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Avenue
NINA HOLDEN, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University,
“Scaling limits of random planar map”
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CAM & Stats Student Seminar: Kulunu Dharmakeerthi
12:30–1:30 pm Searle 240A
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 12:30 PM (Central Daylight Time),in Searle 240A, 5735 South Ellis Avenue
KULUNU DHARMAKEERTHI, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
“Denoising Diffusions: Insights from Optimal Transport Theory”
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Bahadur Memorial Lectures: John Lafferty (Day 2)
3:30–4:30 pm John Crerar Library Room 390 (3rd floor)
SPECIAL EVENT: BAHADUR MEMORIAL LECTURES (DAY 2)
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2025, at 3:30 PM, in John Crerar Library, Room 390, 5730 S. Ellis Avenue
JOHN LAFFERTY, John C. Malone Professor of Statistics & Data Science at Yale University
“Abstraction in Artificial and Natural Intelligence: Part II: Models, Mechanisms, and Experiments”
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CAM & Stats Student Seminar: Rohan Hore
12:30–1:30 pm Searle 240A
Wednesday April 30, 2025, at 12:30 PM (Central Daylight Time), in Searle 240A, 5735 South Ellis Avenue
ROHAN HORE, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
“Harnessing monotonicity: theory, practice, and promise”