Friday, November 3, 2017 (3:15 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Bayesian Filtering for Periodic, Time-Varying Parameter Estimation
Speaker: Andrea Arnold (Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Abstract: Many applications in the life sciences involve unknown system parameters that must be estimated using little to no prior information. In addition, these...
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Monday, October 30, 2017 (3:45 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Introduction to concentration inequalities, VI
Speaker: Mark Meckes (Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, & Statistics, Case Western Reserve University)
Abstract: This week we'll start discussing methods for proving concentration inequalities, beginning with isoperimetric inequalities and related geometric techniques.