Special Events

2023 May 05

Herman Chernoff's Centennial Celebration

9:30am to 4:15pm

Location: 

Hilles (SOCH building) at 59 Shephard Street, Cambridge

This research symposium will highlight Emeritus Professor Chernoff's teaching and research legacy by featuring panel discussions on how Professor Chernoff inspired researchers personally and professionally and technical presentations on research related to his work.  Professor Chernoff was a part of a cohort of new senior faculty hired in the Harvard Department of Statistics in the 1980s. His contributions to the field include work on large sample theory, experimental design, sequential analysis, methods of presenting statistical data in visual...

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2022 Apr 22

Dempster Prize Lecture

1:30pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

Science Center, Room 316
Please save the date for the 2021 Dempster Prize seminar which will be presented by our award winner Ambarish Chattopadhyay for his paper (with Jose Zubizarreta) "On the implied weights of linear regression for causal inference".  The talk will be on 22 April, 1.30pm, in room 316, Science Center.  The talk will be followed by the Dempster Prize presentation and a reception for Ambarish.
 
Title: On the implied weights of linear regression for causal inference
 
Abstract:...
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2019 Nov 15

2019 Dempster Prize and Colloquium: Wenshuo Wang

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Science Center, 418 D
The winner of the 2019 Dempster Prize, Wenshuo Wang, will present his paper "Metropolized Knockoff Sampling" in room 418D, followed by a reception on the 7th floor of the Science Center. 
2019 Apr 23

Stat 303 Grand Finale Lecture

3:00pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Science Center 705

STAT 303 Grand Finale Lecture: Jill Lepore, Kemper Professor of American History, Harvard University

 

Facts, Numbers, Data: A Brief History of Evidence

An illustrated lecture about the elemental units of knowledge, and the current epistemological crisis.
Reception to follow

 

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2019 Apr 12

Open House Lunch for Freshmen

11:30am to 1:30pm

Location: 

Science Center, 7th Floor

Meet faculty, eat pizza, and learn about the concentration and secondary field in Statistics!

2018 Oct 26

Statistics Open House Lunch for Sophomores

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Location: 

Science Center, 7th Floor
Meet faculty, eat pizza, and learn about the concentration and secondary field in Statistics! Our concentration advisors will be there to answer questions, and look forward to meeting you!
2015 Dec 02

ApplStatWksp: Edo Airoldi

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

1737 Cambridge Street, K354

Estimating Causal Effects in the Presence of Interfering Units

Classical approaches to causal inference largely rely on the assumption of “lack of interference”, according to which the outcome of an individual does not depend on the treatment assigned to others. In many applications, however, such as designing and evaluating the effectiveness of healthcare interventions that leverage social structure, assuming lack of interference is untenable...

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