Seminars

Department seminars are generally held on Mondays at 4:10 pm.  During Fall semester they will usually be held in Snedecor 3105.  These seminars feature discussions of statistics research presented by faculty, advanced graduate students, and distinguished visitors.  Faculty and students from all disciplines are invited to attend.

In addition to the general department seminars, we host several research discussion groups that bring together small groups on a regular basis to discuss particular topics of interest to our faculty and graduate students in Statistics and other disciplines.   These groups provide a forum for younger graduate students to learn about current research interests of our faculty and discover potential topics for dissertation research.

Sometimes research discussion groups spend the entire semester reading and discussing literature on an emerging research topic, or discussing challenges in applying statistical methodologies to research in the biological, environmental, engineering, social, behavorial or financial sciences.

The seminars can also be a forum in which faculty and graduate students can present new research ideas and engage in critical discussion of their proposals and results. Research discussion groups are usually organized by the third week of the semester.  They generally meet weekly, but they may skip some weeks or change a meeting time to accommodate visitors.  Please watch for email notices from the organizer about the topic of the week.  Research discussion groups and the topics they consider vary from semester to semester.  Current research discussion groups are listed below.  Anyone with interest is invited to attend.

Current Discussion Groups

Research Area:	Organizer:	Meeting Time:	Location:
Biological Statistics	Peng Liu	Fri 3:10-4 pm	Kildee 108
Ecological and Environmental Statistics	Mark Kaiser	Tue 1:00-2:00 pm	333 Snedecor 2113
Engineering Statistics Research Training Group	Garritt Page	Fri 9-9:50 am	Pearson 3157
Engineering Statistics	Steve Vardeman	Fri 3:00-4:00 pm	Snedecor 2113
Statistical Computing	Ranjan Maitra	Tues 12-1 pm	1401 Wilson
Statistical Graphics	Xiaoyong Sun	Mon 1:10-2:00 pm	Howe 2624
Survey Statistics	Emily Berg	Tue 3:10-4 pm	Snedecor 2113
Statistical Finance	Shan Yang	Wed 3:10-5 pm	Snedecor 3221
Probability (co-hosted with Mathematics)	Krishna Athreya	Wed 2-3pm	Carver 282
U-Statistics (High Dimensional Dsta)	Pingshou Zhong	Fri 3:10-4:45 pm	Snedecor 3221