Past Events

2025

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”

Topics

Student Seminar, Statistics, Seminar, CAM

May 20

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”

Topics

Seminar, Colloquium, CAM

May 15

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”

Topics

Student Seminar, Statistics, Seminar, CAM

May 13

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”

Topics

Statistics, Billingsley Lectures

May 8

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”

Topics

Statistics, Seminar, CAM

May 6

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”

Topics

Statistics, Lectures

May 1

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”

Topics

Student Seminar, Statistics, Seminar, CAM

Apr 30

Bahadur Memorial Lectures: John Lafferty (Day 1)

11:30 am–12:30 pm Jones 303

SPECIAL EVENT: BAHADUR MEMORIAL LECTURES (DAY 1)
MONDAY, April 28, 2025, at 11:30 AM, in Jones 303, 5747 South Ellis Avenue
JOHN LAFFERTY, John C. Malone Professor of Statistics & Data Science at Yale University
“Abstraction in Artificial and Natural Intelligence: Part I: Relational and Sequential Reasoning”

Topics

Statistics, Lectures, Bahadur Memorial Lectures

Apr 28

CAM Colloquium: DIMITRIS GIANNAKIS

12:00–1:00 pm Jones 303

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025, at 12:00 PM, in Jones 303, 5747 S. Ellis Avenue
Joint Colloquium with The Data Science Institute
DIMITRIS GIANNAKIS, Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
“Tensor network approximation of Koopman operators”

Topics

Seminar, Colloquium, CAM

Apr 25

CAM PHD DISSERTATION DEFENSE: JUNE WU

11:00 am–12:00 pm Via Zoom

Friday, April 25, 2025, at 11:00 AM (Central Daylight Time), via Zoom
Dissertation Presentation and Defense
JUNE WU, Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Chicago
“Nonlinear Matrix Concentration and its applications”

Topics

Defense, CAM

Apr 25