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On-campus talks take place in building D4 or TC, with the speaker present.
We aim to stream all on-campus talks via Zoom. A direct link will be posted at each date.

Online talks take place via Zoom. A direct link will be posted at each date. 
While it is possible to join a Zoom meeting directly from select browsers, it is recommended to download the Zoom desktop or mobile app.
Members of WU may find more information here and download/sign in to Zoom here.
Zoom meetings open for the audience shortly before the scheduled beginning.

The Institute for Statistics and Mathematics cordially invites everyone interested to attend the talks in our Research Seminar Series.

Schedule:

• Friday, March 24, 2023
  // 10:30-12:00 // on-campus talk: room D4.0.127 // & stream
  Olivier Wintenberger (Laboratoire de probabilités, statistique et modélisation, Sorbonne Université):
  Multivariate Sparse Clustering for Extremes
  > Abstract
  > Paper 1, Paper 2 (arXiv)
  > Talk
  [Hosts: Bettina Grün, Gertraud Malsiner-Walli]




• Friday, April 21, 2023
  // 10:30-12:00 // on-campus talk: room D4.0.127 // & stream
  Samuel Cohen (Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford):
  Approximating PDEs With Wide Neural Networks
  > Abstract
  > Talk n/a
  [Host: Gabriela Kovacova]
   

• Friday, April 28, 2023
  // 10:30-12:00 // on-campus talk: room D4.0.127 // & stream
  Mathias Drton (Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich):
  Consistent Tests of Independence via Rank Statistics
  > Abstract
  > Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3, Paper 4
  > Talk
  [Host: Sylvia Frühwirth-Schnatter]
   

• Wednesday, May 3, 2023
  // 18:00-19:15 // on-campus talk: room D4.0.127 // & stream
  Johanna G. Nešlehová (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montréal, Canada; Institute for Statistics and Mathematics, WU Vienna):
  Limiting Behaviour of Maxima under Dependence
  > Abstract
  > Paper n/a yet
  > Talk
  [Host: Rüdiger Frey]
   

• Friday, May 5, 2023 - 3 TALKS
  // 8:30-10:00 // on-campus talk: room D4.4.008 // & stream
  Alejandra Avalos Pacheco (Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, TU Wien;
  Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science, Harvard University):
  Integrative Large-Scale Bayesian Learning: From Factor Analysis to Graphical Models
  > Abstract
  > Paper 1, Paper 2
  > Talk
  
  // 11:00-12:30 // on-campus talk: room D4.4.008 // & stream
  Lucas Kook (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen):
  Invariance and Causality in Transformation Models: Causal Feature Selection and Robust Prediction
  > Abstract
  > related previous paper
  > Talk n/a
  
  // 15:00-16:30 // on-campus talk: room D4.4.008 // & stream
  Dmytro Marushkevych (Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen):
  Parametric Statistical Inference for High-Dimensional Diffusions
  > Abstract
  > Paper
  > Talk n/a
   

• Friday, May 12, 2023 - 2 TALKS
  // 8:30-10:00 // on-campus talk only: room D4.4.008 (no zoom)
  Daniel Bartl (Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna):
  Statistical Aspects of High-Dimensional Data
  > Abstract
  > Talk n/a
  
  // 11:00-12:30 // on-campus talk: room D4.4.008 // & stream
  Tomas Masák (Institut de Mathématiques, EPFL Lausanne):
  Covariance Estimation for Random Surfaces Beyond Separability
  > Abstract
  > Paper 1, Paper 2 
  > Talk




• Friday, May 26, 2023
  // 10:30-12:00 // on-campus talk: room D4.0.127 // & stream
  Rudolf Debelak (Department of Psychology, University of Zurich):
  Sample Size Planning for Latent Variable Models: Classical Approaches and Recent Developments
  > Abstract
  > Paper 1, Paper 2
  > Talk
  [Host: Thomas Rusch]




• Friday, June 2, 2023
  // 10:30-12:00 // on-campus talk: room D4.0.127 // & stream
  Stefan Ankirchner (Department of Mathematics, University of Jena):
  The Role of Correlation in Diffusion Control Ranking Games
  > Abstract
  > Paper
  > Talk
  [Host: Paul Eisenberg]
   

• Friday, June 16, 2023
  // 10:30-12:00 // on-campus talk: room D4.0.127 // & stream
  Andreas Groll (Faculty of Statistics, TU Dortmund University):
  A Hybrid Random Forest Approach for Modeling and Prediction of International Football Matches
  > Abstract, Abstract with references
  > Talk
  [Host: Kurt Hornik]




• Friday, June 23, 2023
  // 9:00-10:30 // on-campus talk: room TC.3.01 // & stream
  Michael Kupper (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Konstanz):
  Markovian Transition Semigroups Under Model Uncertainty
  > Abstract
  > Talk n/a
  [Host: Birgit Rudloff]
   

• Friday, June 30, 2023
  // 11:30-12:45 // on-campus talk: room TC.3.01 // & stream
  Tobias Fissler (RiskLab, Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich):
  Spotlights on the Theory of Elicitability
  > Abstract
  > Papers
  > Talk

Contact:
Katrin Artner
katrin.artner@wu.ac.at
T: +43 1 31336 4469