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Important Dates
- Oct 4 10th Day of Instruction
- Oct 6 Waitlist Ends/Last Day to Add Classes
- Oct 18 20th Day of Instruction
- Oct 25 Last Day to opt for P/NP
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Department Announcements
Statistics Club First Year Mixer
Time: Friday, September 30th at 5:10pm
Location: Mathematical Sciences Building 1147
About: This Friday is our First Year Introduction Mixer. This event is open to all, but it is a focused event for FRESHMEN and TRANSFER students. This seminar is highly recommended those who are new to the department get settled in and ready for success. The officers will be talking about their experiences with the major program, and will be giving out tips and tricks! You will also get the chance to meet others who are new to the department, which we all know is tough to do when you’re new! So, come on by. :) Here is our Facebook event.
Statistics Club Mentorship Program
Sign up for the Mentorship Program here.
Statistics Club Leadership Positions
Apply to be a Statistics Club officer here.
iidata Internships
Apply to be an iidata intern: Finance, Sponsorship, Publicity, Graphic Design here.
Actuarial Science Association-First Info Session
Time: 10/3/16 6:00-7:00 pm
Location: Mathematical Sciences Building 1147
About: Come learn about the actuary club at UC Davis and what it means to be an actuary, the #1 ranked job in the US in job satisfaction and compensation/benefits. We'll go over all the events and opportunities we've set up for the year, as well as other benefits of being part of the club. Refreshments will be provided!
Research Training Group (RTG) Info Session
Time: Tuesday, October 4th, 2-3pm
Location: Mathematical Sciences Building 1147
About: Professor Wolfgang Polonik will be holding an information session about the Department of Statistics' Research Training Group (RTG). The RTG is a structured research program that allows undergraduates to learn techniques for approaching scientific problems from a statistical point of view. It also gives students exposure to statistical topics that are not addressed in standard undergraduate classroom settings. Professor Polonik will go over the application process and specifics about the program. You will also hear from current students in the program. We strongly encourage students from all class levels to attend this event. Especially if you have graduate school in mind for the future, we strongly encourage you to start thinking about research as soon as you can.
RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/SZPZUx4pDE6jroeI3
How to Find Internships Info Session
Time: Monday, October 10th, 5-7pm
Location: Mathematical Sciences Building 1147
About: At this event we will hear from the Internship and Careers Center about how and where to find internships related to statistics, followed by an opportunity to hear from current students about their internship experience. Pizza will be provided. This event is open to B.A./B.S. and M.S. students from Statistics and Mathematics.
RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/tcBazTqSQAzDBFpZ2
Student Seminar Series
In addition to the regular statistics seminar series, in Fall there will be a graduate student led seminar series. They will take place most Wednesdays at noon. Pizza will be provided. Information about the first seminar is below.
Title: Predicting Return Quantity for a Fashion Distributor via Gradient Boosting and Ensemble Learning
Abstract: In this talk, we will present our approach in the Data Mining Cup (DMC) 2016, where the task is to predict return quantity for a fashion distributor. The order data and the related return data were recorded over a two-year period, which are used to build a model enabling a good prediction of return quantity. From the raw data, we extracted a number of features with a strong predictive power and good interpretability. We transformed the data such that the problem is reduced to binary classification, and thus the computational cost is significantly lowered. Several state-of-the-art predictive models are fitted to the data, including regularized logistic regression, random forest, gradient boosting and deep learning, where gradient boosting gives the best predictive accuracy. To further improve the predictive accuracy and leverage the strength of each model, we applied three-layer stacked generalization to combine the predictions from these models.
Time: Wednesday, October 5th at 12pm
Location: Mathematical Sciences Building 1147
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Opportunities/Internships
Internships
Applied Math-Statistics Intern-Summer 2017
@ The Boeing Company (Tukwila, WA)
Machine Learning and Relevance Engineer
@ LinkedIn (San Francisco, CA)
Actuarial Analyst-Summer 2017
@ CSAA Insurance Group (Walnut Creek, CA)
-Due Oct. 4th
Insurance Analyst/Statistical Modeling-Summer 2017
@ CSAA Insurance Group (Walnut Creek, CA)
-Due Oct. 4th
Data Analytics Intern-Summer 2017
@ Seagate (Cupertino, CA)
Career Positions
Data Analyst
@ Introlligent (Sacramento, CA)
Medical Billing Data Analyst
@ UC Davis Health System (Sacramento, CA)
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Campus Announcements
Marsh Information Session
Marsh is the leading insurance brokerage and risk consulting company in the industry and they will be recruiting from UC Davis this fall for both Full-time TRAC role and Summer TRAC internship.
The following is the schedule:
9/29- Virtual Information Session at 6pm EST
10/6- Information Session at 6:30pm PST in Olson Hall room 163
10/7- Drop deadline to submit resume for FT TRAC Program (posted on Aggie Job Link)
10/14- First round On-Campus Interviews for FT TRAC Program
10/22- Drop deadline to submit resume for Summer TRAC Program (posted on Aggie Job Link)
11/7- First round On-Campus Interviews for Summer TRAC Program
All details are on Marsh website, www.usa.marsh.com/campus, including information on RSVPing for our virtual information session and 1:1 office hours for any students who are interested in learning more about the program.
Meet The Firms - Davis Accounting Society
Time/Location: 10/5/2016, 7:00pm-9:00pm. ARC Ballroom A.
About: The Davis Accounting Society proudly presents its Meet the Firms! A variety of firms will be present including the Big Four (PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG), Accenture, the Sacramento Kings, and Kaiser Permanente just to name a few. Meet the Firms
UC Davis Study Abroad and Internship Fair
Time/Location:10/6/2016, 11:00am-2:00pm. Quad, MU.
About: Thinking about studying or interning abroad? Now is your chance to learn about opportunities available at UC Davis! The UC Davis Study Abroad & Internship Fair is intended to help students who are considering education abroad opportunities.
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