January 17, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Geodesic Mixed Effects Models for Repeatedly Observed/Longitudinal Random ObjectsSpeaker: Satarupa Bhattacharjee, Penn State University Brauer Hall, Room 3015
January 19, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Doubly High-Dimensional Contextual Bandits: An Interpretable Model for Joint Assortment and PricingSpeaker: Ran Chen, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBrauer Hall, Room 3015
January 22, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Inference for machine learning under dependenceSpeaker: Arkajyoti Saha, University of WashingtonBrauer Hall, Room 3015
January 24, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Temporal-spatial Model via Trend FilteringSpeaker: Carlos Madrid Padilla, University of Notre DameBrauer Hall, Room 3015
January 26, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: A `robust' framework for statistical inferenceSpeaker: Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla, Carnegie Mellon UniversitySeigle Hall, Room 248
January 29, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Theory for Cross Validation in Nonparametric RegressionSpeaker: Sabyasachi Chatterjee, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBrauer Hall, Room 3015
January 31, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Change Point Detection via Self-normalization: A Personal JourneySpeaker: Xiaofeng Shao, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDUC, Room 276
February 01, 2024 12:00 PMTRIADS Speaker Series with Elizabeth F.S. Roberts & Martha María Téllez RojoTBD
February 05, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Nonparametric sharp bounds and optimal design in police oversightSpeaker: Dean Knox, University of PennsylvaniaSeigle Hall, Room 248
February 07, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Sparse Causal Learning: Challenges and OpportunitiesSpeaker: Linbo Wang, University of TorontoBrauer Hall, 3015
February 09, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Statistical Inference in Reinforcement LearningSpeaker: Chengchun Shi, London School of Economics and Political ScienceZoom
February 23, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Unsupervised Statistical Tools for Anomaly Detection: The Case of Healthcare FraudsSpeaker: Fabrizio Ruggeri, Italian National Research CouncilSever Hall, 102
February 28, 2024 4:00 PMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: High-dimensional Information Processing: Optimality and UniversalitySpeaker: Hong Hu, University of Pennsylvania Zoom
March 01, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Inverses of Matern Covariances on GridsSpeaker: Joe Guinness, Cornell University Zoom
March 20, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Pattern Graphs: a Graphical Approach to Nonmonotone Missing DataSpeaker: Yen-Chi Chen, University of Washington Zoom
March 25, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Filtering (Data Assimilation) in High Dimensions: Sequential MCMC with Applications to Lagrangian Data Assimilation with Unknown Data LocationSpeaker: Hamza Ruzayqat, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyZoom
March 27, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Bootstrapping linear and non-linear spectral statistics in high dimensionsSpeaker: Miles Lopes, University of California - DavisSever Hall, Room 102
March 29, 2024 12:00 PMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Getting Inference Right with LLM Annotations in the Social Sciences: A General Framework of Using Predicted Variables in Downstream AnalysisSpeaker: Brandon Stewart, Princeton UniversitySeigle Hall, Room L006
April 05, 2024 12:00 PMThesis Oral Defense: Inference for Time Series in Change Points and Statistical LearningSpeaker: Jiaqi Li, Washington University in St. LouisCupples I, Room 199
April 06 to 07Workshop on Translational Research on Data HeterogeneityHosted by Department of Statistics and Data Science, Washington University in St. Louis, with support from National Science Foundation Grants DMS-1951980 and DMS-2406154Washington University in St. Louis
April 09, 2024 10:00 AMThesis Oral Defense: Assessing reproducibility of Brain-behavior associations using bootstrap aggregation methodsSpeaker: Zhetao Chen, Washington University in St. Louis Eads Hall, Room 212
April 10, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Towards a more flexible BARTSpeaker: Alexander Volfovsky, Duke UniversitySever Hall, Room 102
April 17, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Boosting e-BH via conditional calibrationSpeaker: Zhimei Ren, University of PennsylvaniaSever Hall, Room 102
April 24, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Identifying Partisan GerrymanderingSpeaker: Wendy Cho, Vanderbilt University Sever Hall, Room 102
April 25, 2024 4:30 PMInstallation of Xuming He as the Kotzubei Beckmann Distinguished ProfessorWhittemore House
April 30, 2024 1:00 PMCandidacy oral presentation: Statistical Inference for Integrated VolatilitySpeaker: Tianwei Zhou, Washington University in St. LouisCupples II, Room 203
July 17, 2024 9:10 AMOral Defense: Estimation of Integrated Volatility Functional & Behavior of the Bandwidth Selector with Kernel Spot volatility EstimatorsSpeaker: Jincheng Pang, Washington University in St. LouisLopata Hall, Room 201
August 06, 2024 6:00 PMWashU JSM 2024 Alumni and Friends ReceptionRoom Willamette 6 at the Hyatt Regency Portland
September 04, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: Casual Inference in the Presence of Interference: Estimation and Testing ProblemsSpeaker: Shuangning Li, University of ChicagoDUC 234
September 11, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar: A Martingale Theory of EvidenceSpeaker: Aaditya Ramdas, Carnegie Mellon UniversitySeigle Room 104
September 11, 2024 4:00 PMSkills and Professional Advancement Series Hosted by Dr. Nan Lin and Dr. Hong Hu Cupples I, Room 199
September 18, 2024 11:00 AMDissecting Double Dipping in Statistical Tests After ClusteringSpeaker: Jingyi Li, UCLATBD
September 25, 2024 11:00 AMOn the Pointwise Behavior of Recursive Partitioning and Its Implications for Heterogeneous Causal Effect EstimationSpeaker: Matias Cattaneo, Princeton UniversityDuncker Hall room 101
September 27, 2024 11:00 AMGeneralization error of min-norm interpolators in transfer learning Pragya Sur, Harvard University Duncker Hall room 101
October 02, 2024 11:00 AMStatistical Inference on Latent Space Models for Network DataJi Zhu, University of MichiganDuncker Hall, Room 101
October 02, 2024 4:00 PMSDS, Skills and Professional Advancement Series*SDS Grad Student Event Only*Duncker Hall, Room 101
October 09, 2024 11:00 AMOn Statistical Inference in Observational StudiesRajarshi Mukherjee, Havard UniversityDuncker Hall, Room 101
October 14, 2024 11:00 AMCoevolving Latent Space Network with Attractors Models for PolarizationSpeaker: Eric Kolacyzk, McGill UniversityDuncker Hall, Room 101
October 23, 2024 11:00 AMOffline Reinforcement Learning: A Data-Driven Approach for Sequential Decision MakingSpeaker: Chongjie ZhangDuncker Hall, Room 101
October 30, 2024 11:00 AMStatistics and Data Science Seminar on October 30Speaker: Jonathan Niles-Weed, New York UniversityDuncker Hall, Room 101
November 06, 2024 11:00 AMGraph Learning for Functional Neuronal ConnectivitySpeaker: Genevera Allen, Columbia UniversityDuncker Hall, Room 101
November 13, 2024 11:00 AMRevisiting Optimism and Model Complexity in the Wake of Overparameterized Machine LearningSpeaker: Ryan Tibshirani, University of California, BerkeleyDuncker Hall, Room 101
November 13, 2024 4:00 PMData Science, Statistics, and Health, with a Focus on Statistical Learning and Sparsity and Applications to BiomedicineSpeaker: Rob Tibshirani ( Stanford University ) Seigle Hall Room L006
November 20, 2024 11:00 AMHow Statistics Can Advance Large Language Models: Fairness Alignment and WatermarkingSpeaker: Weijie Su, University of Pennsylvania Duncker Hall, Room 101
November 22, 2024 10:00 AMAccurate and efficient data point removal for high-dimensional settingsSpeaker: Arian Maleki, associate professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University.Preston M. Green Hall, Rodin Auditorium, L0120
December 16, 2024 11:00 AMRobust Causal Inference on Public Health Interventions Using Epidemic ModelsHeejong Bong, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Statistics University of MichiganJolley Hall, 539A
December 17, 2024 11:00 AMSemiparametric Causal Mediation Analysis in Cluster-randomized ExperimentsChao Cheng, PhD Candidate in Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health Jolley Hall, 539A