Trans-Glasso: A Transfer Learning Approach to Precision Matrix Estimation
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PhD (2020-2025)
Boxin Zhao was a PhD student in Econometrics and Statistics at University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. His research interests include probabilistic graphical models, functional data analysis and distributed learning, with a focus on developing novel methodologies with both practical applications and theoretical guarantees.
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Professor of Data Sciences and Operations
Mladen Kolar is a Professor of Data Sciences and Operations at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and a Visiting Professor of Statistics and Data Science at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence. Before joining USC, he was on the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His research is focused on high-dimensional statistical methods, graphical models, varying-coefficient models and data mining, driven by the need to uncover interesting and scientifically meaningful structures from observational data. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.