M.Sc. and Ph.D. Defences
Spring 2026
PhD
| 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 & Zoom | 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 | ASB 10920 | 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 |