For the Spring 2021 Seminar Series, all talks will take place via Zoom from 4-5 p.m. For additional information, please contact Seminar Administrative Coordinator: Lisa Stieler at lstieler@uci.edu or (949) 824-3806.
Past Statistics Seminar Series:
2019-20 • 2018-19 • 2017-18 • 2016-17 • 2015-16 • 2014-15 •
2013-14 • 2012-13 • 2011-12 • 2010-11
Spring 2021
April 1
Bruno Sanso
Professor of Statistics, UCSC
“Multi-scale Models for Non-stationary Spatial Datasets”
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Bruno Sanso
Professor of Statistics, UCSC
“Multi-scale Models for Non-stationary Spatial Datasets”
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April 5 (Monday, 10 a.m.)
Edward Kennedy
Assistant Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
Joint seminar with Department of Economics
“Optimal Doubly Robust Estimation of Heterogeneous Causal Effects”
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Edward Kennedy
Assistant Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
Joint seminar with Department of Economics
“Optimal Doubly Robust Estimation of Heterogeneous Causal Effects”
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April 22
Jose-Miguel Yamal
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Texas School of Public Health, Biostatistics and Data Science
“Statistics and Machine Learning Methods for EHR Data: From Data Extraction to Data Analytics/Predictions”
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Jose-Miguel Yamal
Associate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Texas School of Public Health, Biostatistics and Data Science
“Statistics and Machine Learning Methods for EHR Data: From Data Extraction to Data Analytics/Predictions”
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April 29
Mimi Liljeholm
Associate Professor of Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, UCI
“Uncertainty & Invariance in Causal Inference”
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Mimi Liljeholm
Associate Professor of Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, UCI
“Uncertainty & Invariance in Causal Inference”
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May 6
Tyler H. McCormick
Associate Professor of Statistics and Sociology, University of Washington
“Identifying the Latent Space Geometry of Network Models Through Analysis of Curvature”
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Tyler H. McCormick
Associate Professor of Statistics and Sociology, University of Washington
“Identifying the Latent Space Geometry of Network Models Through Analysis of Curvature”
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May 13
Gongjun Xu
Associate Professor of Statistics, Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
“Statistical Inference for Noisy Incomplete 1-Bit Matrix”
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Gongjun Xu
Associate Professor of Statistics, Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
“Statistical Inference for Noisy Incomplete 1-Bit Matrix”
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May 20
Helen Zhang
Professor of Mathematics, University of Arizona
“Oracle P-values for High Dimensional Regression Models”
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Helen Zhang
Professor of Mathematics, University of Arizona
“Oracle P-values for High Dimensional Regression Models”
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May 27
Uri Eden
Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Boston University
“Characterizing Complex, Multi-scale Neural Phenomena Using State-space Models”
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Uri Eden
Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Boston University
“Characterizing Complex, Multi-scale Neural Phenomena Using State-space Models”
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Winter 2021
January 5
Dana Yang
Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University
“A Few Recovery Problems from Noisy Observations”
Dana Yang
Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University
“A Few Recovery Problems from Noisy Observations”
January 7
Carlos Cinelli
PhD candidate, UCLA
“Transparent and Robust Causal Inference in Data Science”
Carlos Cinelli
PhD candidate, UCLA
“Transparent and Robust Causal Inference in Data Science”
January 11
Jesus Arroyo
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland
“Statistical Inference for Multiple Network Data”
Jesus Arroyo
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland
“Statistical Inference for Multiple Network Data”
January 12
Raaz Dwivedi
PhD candidate, UC Berkeley
“New Perspectives on Old Problems in Causal Inference and MCMC Sampling”
Raaz Dwivedi
PhD candidate, UC Berkeley
“New Perspectives on Old Problems in Causal Inference and MCMC Sampling”
January 14
Yinqiu He
PhD student, University of Michigan
“Hypothesis Testing for Large-Scale Data:
Enhancing Reliability and Efficiency”
Yinqiu He
PhD student, University of Michigan
“Hypothesis Testing for Large-Scale Data:
Enhancing Reliability and Efficiency”
January 19
Youjin Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
“The Role of Social Network Dependence
in the Replication Crisis”
Youjin Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
“The Role of Social Network Dependence
in the Replication Crisis”
January 21
Sameer Deshpande
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
“VCBART: Bayesian Trees for Varying Coefficients”
Sameer Deshpande
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
“VCBART: Bayesian Trees for Varying Coefficients”
February 11
Scarlett Bellamy
Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Faculty Development
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Drexel University
“Creating and Sustaining Effective Pipeline Initiatives to Increase Diversity in Biostatistics: A Case Study of the ENAR Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop”
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Scarlett Bellamy
Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Faculty Development
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Drexel University
“Creating and Sustaining Effective Pipeline Initiatives to Increase Diversity in Biostatistics: A Case Study of the ENAR Fostering Diversity in Biostatistics Workshop”
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February 18
Eric Laber
Professor of Statistical Science and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University
“Sample Size Considerations for Precision Medicine”
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Eric Laber
Professor of Statistical Science and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University
“Sample Size Considerations for Precision Medicine”
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February 25
Bo Li
Professor of Statistics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Detection of Local Differences in Spatial Characteristics between Two Spatiotemporal Random Fields”
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Bo Li
Professor of Statistics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
“Detection of Local Differences in Spatial Characteristics between Two Spatiotemporal Random Fields”
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March 4
Peter Song
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan
“Analyzing High-dimensional Mediators by Mixed Integer Optimization”
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Peter Song
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan
“Analyzing High-dimensional Mediators by Mixed Integer Optimization”
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March 11
Briana Stephenson
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Harvard University
“Statistical Methods to Accommodate Population Diversity in Large Cohort Studies”
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Briana Stephenson
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Harvard University
“Statistical Methods to Accommodate Population Diversity in Large Cohort Studies”
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Fall 2020
October 1Jelena Bradic, UCSD
“Causal Learning: Excursions in Double Robustness”
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October 8Mahlet Tadesse, Georgetown University
“Variable Selection in Mixture of Regression Models: Uncovering Cluster Structure and Relevant Features”
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October 15Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, UPenn
“An introduction to Proximal Causal Learning”
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October 22Babak Shahbaba, UCI
“Latent Variable Modeling for Neural Data Analysis”
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October 29Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State
“Who Wrote It? A Hierarchical Mixture Model for Forensic Handwriting Analysis”
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November 5
Francesco Denti, Post Doc, UCI
“Bayesian Sparse Regression via Cluster Shrinkage Parameters”
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November 12Luohua Jiang, UCI
“Evaluating Community-Based Translational Interventions Using Historical Controls: Propensity Score vs. Disease Risk Score Approach”
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November 19Zhaoxia Yu, UCI
“Time-varying $\ell_0$ Optimization for Spike Inference from Multi-trial Calcium Recordings”
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December 3Weining Shen, UCI
“Matrix Data Modeling: Smoothing and Covariance Estimation”
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