Friday, March 31, 2017 (10:30 a.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Bayesian variable selection using Lasso
Speaker: Yuchen Han (Case Western Reserve University)
Advisor: Anirban Mondal (Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University)
Abstract: This thesis proposes to combine the stochastic search variable selection (SSVS) approach and Bayesian Lasso approach by introducing a double exponential distribution on the...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017 (3:00 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Random polytopes: An introduction and recent developments
Speaker: Julian Grote (PhD Student, University of Bochum and Case Western Reserve University)
Abstract: Random polytopes are among the most classical and popular models considered in stochastic geometry, and their study has become a rapidly developing...