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Statistics Department Seminar Series: Kean Ming Tan, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota. Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 4:10 pm in 411 West Hall
"Sparse Generalized Eigenvalue Problem and Its Application to Multivariate Statistics"
Sparse generalized eigenvalue problem (GEP) plays a pivotal role in a large family of high-dimensional learning tasks, including sparse...
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Peter Hoff, Professor, Statistical Science Department, Duke University
"Mixed effects models for skeptics"
Mixed effects models are used routinely to share information across groups and to account for data dependence. The statistical properties...
Statistics Department Seminar Series: Chao Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
"Robust Estimation: Optimal Rates, Computation and Adaptation"
I will discuss the problem of statistical estimation with contaminated data. In the first part of the talk, I will discuss depth-based...
Michael Woodroofe Lecture Series: Cun-Hui Zhang, Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers University
"Multiple Isotonic Regression and Power-One Test for Higher Criticism"
We consider two problems in areas to which Michael Woodroofe has made seminal contributions. In multiple isotonic regression, a block...
