May 2021
Likelihood-Free Frequentist Inference
Ann Lee (Carnegie Mellon University)
online
Abstract: Many areas of the physical, engineering and biological sciences make extensive use of computer simulators to model complex systems. Confidence sets and hypothesis testing are the hallmarks of statistical inference, but classical methods are poorly suited for scientific applications involving complex simulators without a tractable likelihood. Recently, many techniques have been introduced that learn a surrogate likelihood using forward-simulated data, but these methods do not guarantee frequentist confidence sets and tests with nominal coverage and Type I error control,…
Find out more »LIDS & Stats Tea Talk – Ifueko Nosakhare Igbinedion (EECS/LIDS)
Ifueko Nosakhare Igbinedion (EECS/LIDS)
Zoom
Tea talks are 20-minute-long informal chalk-talks for the purpose of sharing ideas and making others aware of some of the topics that may be of interest to the LIDS and Stats audience. If you are interested in presenting in the upcoming tea talks, please email lids_stats_tea@mit.edu.
Find out more »Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session Three
online
- Making, Unmaking, and Hacking Race and Data: Views from Anthropology Héctor Beltrán, Beth Semel, Marc Aidinoff, Stefan Helmreich, Heather Paxson A Computational Media-based Approach to Supporting Antiracism and the Social Good D. Fox Harrell, Danielle M. Olson - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
Find out more »Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi University)
Online
Please join us on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 3:00pm for the Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi University).
Find out more »Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session Two
online
- Race and Policing Asya Magazinnik Work in Progress presentation by Devavrat Shah's research group on Race and Policing - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
Find out more »Equity and Inclusion in Public Policy
Nika Elugardo (MA State Representative)
Our final session this semester will focus on ways in which research can inform issues of equity and inclusion in public policy. Join us for a conversation with Representative Nika Elugardo (Massachusetts) on decolonizing public housing and confronting structural racism in constitutional jurisprudence.
Find out more »Mobility Forum: A New Approach for Vehicle Routing with Stochastic Demand: Combining Route Assignment with Process Flexibility
David Simchi-Levi (MIT)
online
A weekly seminar series, the MIT Mobility Forum offers an opportunity to showcase the groundbreaking transportation research occurring across the Institute. Faculty members and researchers present their latest findings, ideas, and innovations, followed by a lively discussion. More details can be found at: www.mobilityinitative.mit.edu/mobilityforum Please register at Zoom prior to the seminar.
Find out more »MIT AI Policy Forum
online
The symposium is the first public event of the AI Policy Forum (AIPF), a new global effort launched in 2020 designed to connect high-level principles of AI policy with the practice and trade-offs of governing
Find out more »LIDS & Stats Tea Talk – Sarah Cen
Sarah Cen (LIDS)
Zoom
Tea talks are 20-minute-long informal chalk-talks for the purpose of sharing ideas and making others aware of some of the topics that may be of interest to the LIDS and Stats audience. If you are interested in presenting in the upcoming tea talks, please email lids_stats_tea@mit.edu.
Find out more »Systemic Racism and Computation Workshop Series: Session One
Online
- Opening Remarks Dean Melissa Nobles, Dean Dan Huttenlocher Encoding Race and Structural Racism: Philosophical Perspectives Arden Ali, Sally Haslanger, Jerome Hodges, Lily Hu Data, Computation, and Racial Capitalism Jason Jackson - Event open only to the MIT Community. For more information and registration, please visit: https://www.icsr.mit.edu/
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