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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt">Hi Rob,</span>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt">The time frame for Nikolaos's seminar should be 4:30 pm instead of 3:30 pm. </div>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt">Thank you!</div>
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt">Mitzi</span><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 20, 2022 12:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> colloquium@mailman.cs.uchicago.edu <colloquium@mailman.cs.uchicago.edu>; cs@cs.uchicago.edu <cs@cs.uchicago.edu>; ml-announce@lists.uchicago.edu <ml-announce@lists.uchicago.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mary Marre <mmarre@ttic.edu>; Yolanda N Tyler <yntyler@uchicago.edu>; Mitzi L. Nakatsuka <mitz@uchicago.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Candidate Talk 1/31: Nikolaos Ignatiadis (Stanford) – Nonparametric Empirical Bayes Inference</font>
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<div><b>Nikolaos (Nikos) Ignatiadis<br>
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<div><b>Stanford University</b><br>
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<div><b>Monday, January 31st</b></div>
<div><b>3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.</b></div>
<div><b>In-Person: John Crerar Library, Room 390</b></div>
<div><b>Remote: <a href="http://live.cs.uchicago.edu/nikolaosignatiadis/" target="_blank">Live Stream</a> or
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/98590186498?pwd=TWNJUEJYQlZlTUR5dVg0bWdGb1Jhdz09__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!vHQ-8YzdP2E4rcwSp9VNNIHPluiww2BIx0jW_buXLbfk8EshO5w5DsfArWmnRSh5$">
Zoom</a> (details below)</b></div>
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<div><b>Nonparametric Empirical Bayes Inference<br>
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<div>In an empirical Bayes analysis, we use data from repeated sampling to imitate inferences made by an oracle Bayesian with extensive knowledge of the data-generating distribution. Existing results provide a comprehensive characterization of when and why
empirical Bayes point estimates accurately recover oracle Bayes behavior. In the first part of this talk, we construct flexible and practical nonparametric confidence intervals that provide asymptotic frequentist coverage of empirical Bayes estimands, such
as the posterior mean and the local false sign rate. From a methodological perspective, we build upon results on affine minimax estimation, and our coverage statements hold even when estimands are only partially identified or when empirical Bayes point estimates
converge very slowly. In the second part of the talk, we apply these ideas to study randomization-based inference for treatment effects in the regression discontinuity design under a model where the running variable has exogenous measurement error.<br>
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<div><b>Bio</b>: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nignatiadis.github.io/__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!vHQ-8YzdP2E4rcwSp9VNNIHPluiww2BIx0jW_buXLbfk8EshO5w5DsfArRLv2-Bj$">
Nikolaos Ignatiadis</a> is a final-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics at Stanford University, advised by Prof. Stefan Wager. His research interests include empirical Bayes methods, causal inference, multiple testing, and statistical analysis
in the presence of contextual side information. Before coming to Stanford, Nikolaos received degrees in Mathematics (B.Sc.), Molecular Biotechnology (B.Sc.), and Scientific Computing (M.Sc.) at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, where he worked with
Dr. Wolfgang Huber at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.<br>
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<div><b>Host</b>: Matthew Stephens</div>
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<div><b>Zoom Info:</b></div>
<div><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/98590186498?pwd=TWNJUEJYQlZlTUR5dVg0bWdGb1Jhdz09__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!vHQ-8YzdP2E4rcwSp9VNNIHPluiww2BIx0jW_buXLbfk8EshO5w5DsfArWmnRSh5$">https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/98590186498?pwd=TWNJUEJYQlZlTUR5dVg0bWdGb1Jhdz09</a><br>
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<div>Meeting ID: 985 9018 6498<br>
Passcode: ds2022</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><i style="font-size:12.8px">Rob Mitchum</i></div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><i style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:rmitchum@ci.uchicago.edu" target="_blank">rmitchum@uchicago.edu</a></i><br>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><i style="font-size:12.8px">773-484-9890</i><br>
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