2014-15 Seminar Series

The Departmental Seminar Series is a forum for researchers to share their ideas and forge collaborative relationships.
Held every Thursday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Sidney Smith Hall, Room 1083, 100 St. George Street.

Light refreshments will be served at 3:10 p.m.
For Seminar dates

 
 
 

Big Data, 2015

Statistical Inference, Learning and Models in Big Data: January to June 2015
CANSSI has partnered with Fields, CRM, PIMS and AARMS to present a thematic program on Big Data. Major funding from the Fields was approved in June 2014, and we look forward to an …

Backpack to Briefcase 2015

The Faculty of Arts & Science invites you to participate in the Backpack to Briefcase (b2B) mentorship program and register for a Making Connections at Backpack to Briefcase workshop, led by the Career Centre. Attend this workshop to learn the skills needed to make …

How statisticians changed the war, and the war changed statistics

“I BECAME a statistician because I was put in prison,” says Claus Moser. Aged 92, he can look back on a distinguished career in academia and civil service: he was head of the British government statistical service in 1967-78 and made a life peer in …

January 26 – 30, 2015 Workshop on Big Data and Statistical Machine Learning

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on various large-scale deep learning as well as hierarchical models to discuss a number of important challenges, including the ability to perform transfer learning as well as the best strategies to learn these systems …

New PhD field in Mathematical Finance and Actuarial Science

The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce its new PhD program in Mathematical Finance and Actuarial Science. The program is built on the strong and diverse research agenda of the department and the continuingly growing demand from both industry and academia for PhDs …

Professor Nancy Reid appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada

Congratulations Nancy.Such delightful and deserved news – A great way for all of us to start the new year!
December 26, 2014: Governor General Announces 95 New Appointments to the Order of Canada: For more details

University of Toronto to Host The Society of Actuaries Actuarial Research Conference 2015

The Department is proud and honoured to have been chosen to host the 2015 Society of Actuaries Actuarial Research Conference. The annual conference is an opportunity for actuarial professionals from academia and business to meet for three days to present and exchange new research and …