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5<a href=https://ai-nexus.mbzuai.ac.ae/previous-ai-talks target=_blank rel=noopener>MBZUAI AI Speaker Series</a> (Statistics and Data Science Seminar) in Abu Dhabi.</p></div><div class="media author-card content-widget-hr"><img class="avatar mr-3 avatar-circle" src=/authors/admin/avatar_hua08b4093ae51de311e804e889805888f_11700805_270x270_fill_lanczos_center_2.png alt=Avatar><div class=media-body><h5 class=card-title><a href=https://shulgin-egor.github.io>Egor Shulgin</a></h5><h6 class=card-subtitle>PhD candidate</h6><p class=card-text>

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