Past Events
Explore our latest events, seminar series and conferences.
Apr
10
2026
45th Annual Conference of Texas Statisticians (COTS) - Day One
Join us for the first day of COTS 2026 and be part of the conversation shaping the future of statistics in a rapidly changing world.
12:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Apr
3
2026
SDS Seminar Series – Leo Duan, University of Florida
Bayesian Distance-to-Set Models: from Latent Variable to Latent Projection
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person
Speaker(s): Leo Duan
Mar
6
2026
SDS Seminar Series – Weining Shen, University of California, Irvine
Statistical Analysis of 3D Path Data in Minecraft
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person
Speaker(s): Weining Shen
Mar
5
2026
Exceptional Opportunities and Challenges for Biomedical Research
Join world-renowned physician-scientist Francis Collins for a discussion of the promise and peril of our moment for medical breakthroughs.
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm • In Person
Nov
7
2025
SDS Seminar Series – Jeffrey Miller, Harvard University
Bayesian Model Criticism Using Uniform Parametrization Checks
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Miller
Nov
3
2025
Statistics Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Beatrice Cantoni
Bayesian State Space Models for Inference in Presence of Data Complexities
11:30 am – 1:30 pm • Virtual
Speaker(s): Beatrice Cantoni
Oct
31
2025
SDS Seminar Series – Max Goplerud, University of Texas at Austin
Generalized Bilinear Mixed Models and Variational Inference
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person
Speaker(s): Max Goplerud
Oct
24
2025
SDS Seminar Series - Jonathan Huggins, Boston University
Robust Model Selection for Discovery of Latent Mechanistic Processes
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person
Speaker(s): Jonathan Huggins
Oct
17
2025
SDS Seminar Series – Wenyi Wang, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Deciphering Tumor Heterogeneity for Benefits from Immunotherapy in Cancer
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • In Person
Speaker(s): Wenyi Wang
