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FDS Women’s Career Development Colloquium: Feng Liang (UCIC)
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Speaker: Feng Liang (UCIC) Professor of Statistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tuesday, April 22, 2025 11:30AM - 1:00PM Lunch at 11:30am in 1307
Talk at 12:00pm in 1327 Location: Yale Institute for Foundations of Data Science & Webcast, 219 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 and via Webcast: https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=bfba9d0f-dc99-42f5-9e33-b288014c392c |
Please join us for the FDS Women’s Career Development Colloquium Series, proudly supported by the Department of Statistics and Data Science (S&DS) and the Yale Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). This series will feature inspiring talks from female Yale alumni and leading professionals in statistics and related fields who will share their career journeys and valuable insights. We encourage active participation—ask questions, engage in discussions, and take full advantage of this enriching opportunity. The series is dedicated to supporting women in statistics and related fields at Yale, providing a platform where female professionals can share their experiences, discuss challenges, and offer guidance to our students.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Feng Liang is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and currently serves as the Interim Director for the Actuarial Science and Risk Management (ASRM) and Predictive Analytics and Risk Management (PARM) programs. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Peking University in 1997 and her Ph.D. in Statistics from Yale University in 2002. Dr. Liang began her academic career at Duke University before joining UIUC in 2006. Her research interests include information theory, data mining, and Bayesian methodologies. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to advancing statistical science through research, education, and mentorship, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations.
Please sign up asap to reserve your spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWWZfZ6ZQcHy3bAZjeL18_ELsHIZrGdYWCujghTrLHmeRBMw/viewform?usp=dialog
Organized by Ruixiao Wang, Ph.D. Student in Statistics & Data Science, Yale University
We are currently looking for women speakers for next semester, preferably with a PhD, in statistics, data science, or other quantitative fields, who would love to share their experience and career advice from academia, industry, government, nonprofit sectors, entrepreneurship/startups, consulting, etc. If you have a strong candidate in mind, please contact Ruixiao Wang (ruixiao.wang@yale.edu).
Connect with us on Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/women-in-stemgroup/shared_invite/zt-2v1vko9x2-IVoeMIKK6Qv~nluiThkqUw
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