M.Sc. and Ph.D. Defences
Summer 2026
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
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August |
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| 6 | 2pm | Zoom | M.Sc. | Nahyun Kang | Tweedie Evolutionary Credibility for Insurance Pricing with AR(1) Latent Dependence |
| 13 | 3pm | Zoom | M.Sc. | Boya Chen | TBD |
| 17 | 3pm | Zoom | M.Sc. | Jiawei (Peter) Liu | Training LDA models with Measure Preserving and Discrete Maps |
| 19 | 10am | LIB 7200 & Zoom | Ph.D. | Charlie Haoxuan Zhou | Age-Specific Regression of Event Times, with Application to Childhood Cancer Survivor Study |
| 20 | 2pm | LIB 2020 | M.Sc | Hung Do | TBD |
| 24 | 3pm | LIB 2020 & Zoom | M.Sc. | Hao Wei Ching | TBD |
July |
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| 8 | 10am | LIB 7200 & Zoom | Ph.D. | Ky Potter | Scalable Statistical Methods for Complex and Heterogeneous Physical Systems |
| 29 | 3pm | Zoom | M.Sc. | Carter Phillips | Methods for Variable Selection in Weibull Mixture Cure Models |
May |
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| 28 | 9:40am | LIB 2020 & Zoom | Ph.D. | Louis Arsenault-Mahjoubi | Applications of nonlinear non-Gaussian deterministic filters in finance |
| 6 | 1:30pm | Zoom | Ph.D. | Richard (Yichen) Yan | Statistical Methods for Treatment Decision Making Across Comprehensive Clinical Evidence Scenarios |
Spring 2026
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
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April |
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| 13 | 10am | LIB 2020 & Zoom | Ph.D. | Sonny Min | Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Biological Aging |
| 15 | 1pm | LIB 2020 & Zoom | M.Sc. | Roxana Darvishi | Estimating Complex Densities using Two-Stage Normalizing Flows |
| 17 | 10:30am | LIB 7200 | M.Sc. | Annie Yao | Quasi-Oracle Arrays |
| 29 | 10am | Zoom | Ph.D. | Shifan Jia | Advanced Functional Data Analysis Methods: From Regression Modeling to Multimodal Learning |
| 29 | 3:30pm | TASC 2 9705 | M.Sc. | Jingyu Zhu | Fee structures in lifetime pension pools |
March |
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| 18 | 3:30pm | LIB 7200 & Zoom | M.Sc. | Isaac Marchand | Heterogeneity in lifetime pension pools |
February |
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| 5 | 10:00am | LIB 2020 & Zoom | Ph.D. | Golara Zafari | Three essays in financial econometrics |
Fall 2025
| Date | Time | Location | Degree | Speaker | Title / Abstract Link |
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NOVEMBER |
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| 26 | 2:00pm | LIB 2020 & Zoom | Ph.D. | Grant Hutchings | Computationally Efficient Methods for Emulation and Bayesian Calibration of Computer Models |
OCTOBER |
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| 7 | 3:00pm | Zoom |
M.Sc. | Dul Norovsambuu |
Investigating hyperparameter tuning for popular statistical learning algorithms |
SEPTEMBER |
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| 4 | 10:00am | LIB 2020 & Zoom |
Ph.D. | Matthew Berkowitz |
Improving random (survival) forest predictions and estimates through targeted tuning and bias correction |