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Congratulations to Inga Girshfeld for her latest paper, Neural Local Wasserstein Regression, joint with our very own Xiaohui Chen! Inga develops a new approach to estimation using a flexible nonparametric framework that models regression through locally defined transport maps in Wasserstein space, thereby avoiding limitations of global map assumptions and linearization structures. Inga’s work has been accepted for presentation at Topology, Algebra, and Geometry in Data Science (TAG-DS) in San Diego in December 2025 as well as for the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, DC in January 2026. Congratulations and keep up the amazing work, Inga!

WRIT 650: Dissertation-Writing Workshop
Spring 2026 (Online)

Two Spring 2026 sections available
65512: MONDAY, 9AM - 12PM, PST
65513: WEDNESDAY, 9AM - 12PM, PST

For information or D-clearance email Professor Cory Nelson, CORYNELS@USC.EDU

WRIT 650: Dissertation-Writing Workshop
Meets once a week, will be entirely online, and is open to ABD (all but dissertation) students in every discipline who are actively writing/revising their dissertations.
Will help you articulate your dissertation’s goals, methods, and arguments.
Will have an alternating schedule. One week will be a seminar with discussion and activities; the next will be a focused session where we write in community.
Will create space for open, hopeful discussion of life, career, and creativity.

With the end of the semester approaching, the Thesis Center Coordinator will be offering two Zoom information sessions to review the Thesis Center submission process and answer any questions you may have.

If you plan to submit your dissertation this Fall—or if you’d like a quick refresher—please attend to feel fully prepared and supported during this final stretch.

Tuesday, December 2nd, 11:00am-12:00pm
Thursday, December 4th, 1:00pm-2:00pm

Zoom Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/5415893344

Meeting ID: 541 589 3344

Please view our department's home page for the weekly calendar of seminars and colloquia.

Please also check out events organized by the Dornsife Ph.D. Academy and Mathematics Graduate Student Association.