Monday, October 2, 2017 (3:45 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Introduction to concentration inequalities, IV
Speaker: Mark Meckes (Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, & Statistics, Case Western Reserve University)
Abstract: This week I'll talk about some applications of concentration for nonlinear functions, beginning with the Johnson-Lindenstrauss dimension reduction lemma. As with...
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Friday, October 6, 2017 (3:15 p.m. in Yost 306)
Title: Foundations of probability - failure of philosophy as a descriptive science
Speaker: Krzysztof Burdzy (Professor of Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of Statistics, University of Washington at Seattle)
Abstract: What is the probability of global warming? Specifically, what is the probability that by 2100, the average U.S.temperature...