Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.–3:35 p.m. Pacific time, followed by a social hour
Location: UBC Earth Sciences Building, Room 5104, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C.
CANSSI is proud to co-sponsor the Spring 2025 UBC/SFU Joint Statistics Seminar.
The UBC/SFU Joint Statistics Seminar is jointly hosted by the graduate students of the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Statistics and the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. The Spring 2025 event is the second of two events taking place in the 2024/2025 academic year. The Fall 2024 event was organized by graduate students from SFU, and the Spring 2025 event is organized by graduate students from UBC. Over its 20-year history, the event has offered Statistics and Actuarial Science graduate and undergraduate students at both schools an opportunity to network with their peers and to attend accessible talks about the research work of their fellow students and faculty.
The Spring 2025 event includes talks given by six students (three from UBC and three from SFU), followed by a presentation on “Lessons Learned from Developing and Maintaining Open Source Software” by Professor Geoff Pleiss (Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, UBC).
The day will also include multiple opportunities for networking and socializing. Note that this event is in-person only.
To express your interest in presenting or to register for the event, visit the event web page.
(All times are Pacific Time)
| Time | Activity |
| 10:00–10:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 10:30–10:35 a.m. | Welcome Message |
| 10:35–11:00 a.m. | Speaker 1 (UBC) |
| 11:05–11:30 a.m. | Speaker 2 (SFU) |
| 11:35 a.m.–12:00 noon | Speaker 3 (UBC) |
| 12:00 noon–1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00–1:25 p.m. | Speaker 4 (SFU) |
| 1:30–1:55 p.m. | Speaker 5 (UBC) |
| 2:00–2:25 p.m. | Speaker 6 (SFU) |
| 2:25–2:35 p.m. | Break |
| 2:35–3:35 p.m. | Professor Geoff Pleiss (UBC) Lessons Learned from Developing and Maintaining Open-Source Software |
| 3:40 p.m. | Networking and Drinks at Browns Crafthouse UBC |