Talks & Outreach
Research Talks
Research presentations have been invaluable beyond just disseminating work — the comments, questions, and feedback I have received have meaningfully shaped how I think about my research problems.
| Date | Title | Organizer | Materials |
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| Nov 2026 | Data Driven Block Replacement Scheduling (upcoming; invited talk in the MSOM Service Operations session honoring Prof. Vidyadhar Kulkarni’s retirement) | INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA | |
| Nov 2026 | Machine Learning-Based Heterogeneous Causal Effects of SDOH on Cardiovascular Health Across Sociodemographic Characteristics (upcoming) | American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX | |
| 20 Oct 2026 | Admitted, and still waiting… (upcoming) | Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals, UNC Graduate School | |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Proactive Inpatient Bed Requests for Emergency Department Admissions | INFORMS Healthcare Conference | Slides |
| 10 Apr 2026 | A Decision Framework for Early Inpatient Bed Requests in Emergency Departments | Department’s Graduate Student Seminar (GSS) | Slides |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Data Driven Block Replacement Scheduling | GSS | Slides |
| 07 Mar 2026 | Machine Learning-Based Heterogeneous Causal Effects of SDOH on Cardiovascular Health Across Sociodemographic Characteristics | CAIPH Datathon | Slides |
| 27 Feb 2026 | A Decision Framework for Early Inpatient Bed Requests in Emergency Departments | Dept. Visit Day for incoming students | Slides |
| 20 Feb 2026 | A Decision Framework for Early Inpatient Bed Requests in Emergency Departments | Joint BIOS-STOR Student Flashtalks | Slides |
| 20 Mar 2024 | A Survey of Percolation Theory | CMI Seminar |
Poster Presentations
| Date | Title | Conference | Materials |
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| 24 Sep 2026 | Proactive Inpatient Bed Requests for Emergency Department Admissions, with Qian Cheng, Nilay Tanik Argon, and Serhan Ziya — awarded second place | Data Science Day 2026, SDIS, UNC Chapel Hill | Poster |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Proactive Inpatient Bed Request Policies for Emergency Departments, with Qian Cheng, Nilay Tanik Argon, and Serhan Ziya — awarded first place | YinzOR 2026 Student Conference, CMU INFORMS Student Chapter | Poster |
| Jul 2026 | Proactive Inpatient Bed Requests for Emergency Department Admissions, with Qian Cheng, Nilay Tanik Argon, and Serhan Ziya | INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop | Poster |
| 14 May 2026 | Estimation of a Common Local Average Treatment Effect with Multiple Instruments, with Patrick Lopatto and P. M. Aronow — latebreaker poster, awarded Honorable Mention in the Tom Ten Have poster competition | American Causal Inference Conference (ACIC) 2026 |
Outreach Talks
Outreach is something I genuinely enjoy. Speaking to younger audiences is uniquely rewarding because their curiosity is unfiltered, and the challenge of making a difficult idea feel natural keeps me sharp. There is something deeply satisfying about making mathematics feel accessible to someone who thought it wasn’t for them.
If you have an outreach opportunity you think I’d be a good fit for, feel free to get in touch!
| Date | Title | Organizer | Materials |
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| 01 Nov 2025 | The mystery of “why” | ROOTS 2025, Raising A Mathematician (RAM) Foundation | Abstract | Slides |
| 09 Nov 2024 | The More You Know, the More You Know You Don’t Know | ROOTS 2024, RAM Foundation | Abstract | Slides |
| 17 Nov 2023 | A Glimpse into Probability | ROOTS 2023, RAM Foundation | Abstract | Slides |
| 19 Feb 2022 | Experiments in Probability | RAMTP & Epsilon India 2022, RAM Foundation | Abstract | Slides | Video |
| 14 Nov 2021 | The Secure Pattern | ROOTS 2021, RAM Foundation | Abstract | Slides |
| 09 Oct 2021 | From Sports to Courts — The Omnipresence of Math | ROOTS 2021 Lecture Series, RAM Foundation | Abstract | Slides | Video |
| 25 Sep 2021 | Length at Length | Online Math Club | Abstract | Handout | Video |
| 09 Sep 2021 | Am I Correct? Probably! Tales of the Use and Misuse of Math | DhiMath | Abstract | Slides | Video |
Outreach Activities
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STOR Liaison to the Department of Biostatistics (Sep 2026 – Present) — I serve as the STOR graduate student liaison to the Department of Biostatistics (BIOS), facilitating communication and planning joint activities between the two departments.
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Lead Organizer, STOR Graduate Student Showcase (Oct 2026) — As part of UNC Research Week, I am organizing the department’s afternoon of research posters and talks from ten STOR PhD students.
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UNC Science Expo (April 2025 & 2026) — Volunteered at this annual celebration of science hosted by Morehead Planetarium, welcoming thousands of visitors for hands-on demonstrations. Represented the STOR department with interactive exhibits on topics including a mind reader, Monty Hall problem, Galton board, Traveling Salesman Problem — enjoyed by kids and adults alike.
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UNC Engineers Week (Feb 2026) — Volunteered during this campus-wide celebration of engineering, representing the Department of Statistics and Operations Research with a focus on operations research and its applications in healthcare systems, including making hospitals function more efficiently.
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STEMS & Tessellate, CMI (2019 – 2022) — I served as Event Coordinator and Head Organizer for CMI’s annual inter-collegiate mathematics and science festival during my undergraduate years. My responsibilities spanned end-to-end event planning, managing logistics for participants from across India, and coordinating with students, faculty, and admin. A particular highlight was organizing the STEMS Lecture Series & Camps, which brings leading researchers from top institutions worldwide to speak to high school and undergraduate students. Being on both sides of that experience, as an organizer and as a student in the audience, was deeply formative.
Beyond the organizational work, Tessellate was simply a lot of fun — a week every year when the CMI campus came alive with competitions, quizzes, talks, concerts, and the infectious energy of students who love mathematics and science. It taught me that building community around ideas is just as important as the ideas themselves, and it remains one of the experiences I look back on most fondly from my time at CMI.