Thursday, November 7, 2019

Maryclare Griffin, Assistant Professor of Statistics at UMass Amherst

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Katie Kinnaird, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science and of Statistical & Data Sciences at Smith College

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Briana Stephenson, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Tackling Disparities in Genetics Research: Building the Research and Researchers Together

Lori Chibnik (Harvard University)

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

“Are We Not Doing Phrasing Anymore?”: Mining Narrative Texts for Meaning

John Laudun (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Ron Wasserstein, Executive Director of the American Statistical Association gave a special virtual colloquium talk on April 9th entitled ‘Moving to a World Beyond P less than 0.05’. The recording is available here.

Background

Talks in the Statistics and Data Science Colloquium are free and open to the public. They are intended to be accessible to a broad audience with some background in statistics and data science. Junior and senior statistics majors are expected to attend talks in the SDS Colloquia. Please reach out to Professor Nicholas Horton in case of conflicts.

Logistics

Seeley Mudd Hall is located at the southwest corner of the first year Quadrangle (31 Quadrangle Drive). Paid parking is available at the Amherst Town Common and Boltwood Drive (approximately 8 minute walk). PVTA Bus Service is available from the Converse Hall stop.

Amherst College Statistics and Data Science Colloquium Series (2019-2020)