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<p class="MsoNormal">FDS Women’s Colloquium: Feng Liang, Professor of Statistics at UIUC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="144" height="173" style="width:1.5in;height:1.802in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DBB360.A9BB0540"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time: 12:00PM to 1:00PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Location: In-person: Kline Tower, 13th Floor, Room 1327 <a href="http://maps.google.com/?q=219+Prospect+Street%2C+New+Haven%2C+%2C+%2C+us">See map</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">219 Prospect Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">New Haven<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Information and Abstract: <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In-Person (Kline Tower 1327) or via Webcast (register for link)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Registration:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWWZfZ6ZQcHy3bAZjeL18_ELsHIZrGdYWCujghTrLHmeRBMw/viewform?usp=dialog" target="_blank" title="//docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWWZfZ6ZQcHy3bAZjeL18_ELsHIZrGdYWCujghTrLHmeRBMw/viewform?usp=dialog. Click or tap if you trust this link.">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWWZfZ6ZQcHy3bAZjeL18_ELsHIZrGdYWCujghTrLHmeRBMw/viewform?usp=dialog</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lunch starts at 11:30am in Room 1307</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by <a href="https://statistics.yale.edu/people/ruixiao-wang">Ruixiao Wang</a>, Ph.D. Student in Statistics & Data Science, Yale University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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 (<a href="mailto:ruixiao.wang@yale.edu">ruixiao.wang@yale.edu</a>).</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Connect with us on Slack: <a href="https://join.slack.com/t/women-in-stemgroup/shared_invite/zt-2v1vko9x2-IVoeMIKK6Qv~nluiThkqUw" target="_blank">https://join.slack.com/t/women-in-stemgroup/shared_invite/zt-2v1vko9x2-IVoeMIKK6Qv~nluiThkqUw</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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