RTG Sponsored Conferences and Symposia

Modern Tools in Statistics and Applications

RTG Graduate Student Presentations

June 1st 1-4pm MSB 1147  Event Flyer

The LASSO or : How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love L1-regularization (ANDREW BLANDINO)

Overview of regularization for regression models focusing on the LASSO and its variants.

The Kernel Trick and its Applications (BENJAMIN ROYCRAFT)

Using basic tools to extend traditional linear methods into the non-linear setting 2:00 PM

Variable selection in Ultrahigh Dimensions (JAMSHID NAMDAR)

An overview of recent advances in ultra-high dimensional variable selection with application to microarray data will be presented. 

Overview of Bootstrapping : properties and variations (DMITRIY IZYUMIN)

A brief overview of the bootstrap methodology, its uses, theoretical properties, and some variations of the standard procedure. 

An Introduction to Functional Data Analysis (CODY CARROLL)

With the advance of modern technology, functional data (data which are observed continuously or intermittently across several time points) are becoming more and more common. We will give a practical introduction on representing and handling functional data with an emphasis on application. 

 UC Davis RTG Statistical Sciences Symposium: Geometry, Statistics and Data Analysis

Friday May 19th / Saturday May 20th, 2017

Conference Speakers: 

Speaker Home Institution and Website
Ery Arias-Castro UC San Diego; Site ; Abstract
Victor Patrangenaru Florida State; Site ; Abstract
Susan Holmes Stanford; Site ; Abstract
Sayan Mukherjee Duke; Site ; Abstract
Bertrand Michel Ecole Centrale Nante, France; Site ; Abstract
Frederic Chazal INRIA, France; Site ; Abstract
Stephan Huckemann Göttingen, Site ; Abstract
Lizhen Lin Notre Dame; Site ; Abstract
Peng Ding UC Berkeley; Site ; Abstract
Alexander Petersen UC Santa Barbara; Site ; Abstract
Naoki Saito UCD; Site ; Abstract
Patrice Koehl UCD; Site ; Abstract
Ethan Anderes UCD; Site ; Abstract
Jie Peng UCD; Site ; Abstract
Debashis Paul UCD; Site ; Abstract
Hongtu Zhu UNC; Site ; Abstract
Timo Bremer LLNL and University of Utah; Site ; Abstract
Javier Arsuaga UCD; Site ; Abstract
Rudy Beran UCD; Site ; Abstract

Local organizing committee: Hans-Georg Müller, Xiaodong Li, Wolfgang Polonik