Seminar Notice Board
Quantitative CLTs in Deep Neural Networks Date: 16 November 2023, Thursday Time: 6:30 pm AEDT Statistics and Stochastic colloquium (part of the Colloquium Series of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics) at La Trobe University jointly organized with the Probability Victoria Seminar. Contact the organizers: Andriy Olenko a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au, Kostya Borovkov kostya.borovkov@gmail.com…
18 August, 4 PM AET Luke Yates Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania Hybrid: Anita B. Lawrence Centre 4082 Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/88495626621 Title: New tools for time series analysis of 'omics' data Abstract: It is peak hour in downtown Transcriptome, where millions of messenger RNA are en route from their local DNA carrying important instructions for protein synthesis…
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Friday 2 June, 4 PM Social to follow, 5 - 6 PM Scott Hottovy, Associate Professor of Mathematics, United States Naval Academy Hybrid: Red Centre 4082 https://unsw.zoom.us/j/88495626621 “Convergence of Rain Process Models” Abstract: Representing rain in global climate models continues to be a challenge. Currently, models generally rain too often and too little. Additionally, the models have trouble…
Stochastic flows in infinite dimensions Date: 25 May 2023, Thursday Time: 5pm AEST Statistics and Stochastic colloquium (part of the Colloquium Series of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics) at La Trobe University jointly organized with the Probability Victoria Seminar. Contact the organizers: Andriy Olenko a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au, Kostya Borovkov kostya.borovkov@gmail.com Speaker: Prof…
Bespoke Realized Volatility: Tailored Measures of Risk for Volatility Prediction Speaker: Prof. Andrew Patton (Duke University) Date/Time: Wednesday 10 May, 2 pm -3 pm Location: 110 Finance Decision Lab, 4 Eastern Rd / Online via Zoom Abstract: Standard realized volatility (RV) measures estimate the latent volatility of an asset price using high frequency data with no reference to how or where the…
Geodesic random walks, diffusion processes, and Brownian motion on Finsler manifolds Date: 11 May 2023, Thursday Time: 5pm AEST Statistics and Stochastic colloquium (part of the Colloquium Series of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics) at La Trobe University jointly organized with the Probability Victoria Seminar. Contact the organizers: Andriy Olenko a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au, Kostya…
Friday 5 May, 4 PM AET Doan Khue Dung (KD) Dang, Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Virtual Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/88495626621 “Bayesian structural equation modelling: methods and applications.” Abstract: Structural equation models (SEMs) are commonly used in social and behavioural sciences to study the structural relationships between observed…
Localization in Strongly Reinforced Random Walks Date: 6 April 2023, Thursday Time: 10am AEST Statistics and Stochastic colloquium (part of the Colloquium Series of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics) at La Trobe University jointly organized with the Probability Victoria Seminar. Contact the organizers: Kostya Borovkov kostya.borovkov@gmail.com, Andriy Olenko a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au…
April schedule Friday 14 April, 4 PM Anna Aksamit, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney Hybrid: Red Centre 4082 https://unsw.zoom.us/j/88495626621 “Modelling an additional information: mathematical tools and financial applications” Abstract: In this talk I will discuss the theory of enlargement of filtration which has been used in modelling asymmetric…
Clustering of large deviations in moving average processes: short and long memory regimes Date: 23 March 2023, Thursday Time: 10am AEDT Statistics and Stochastic colloquium (part of the Colloquium Series of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics) at La Trobe University jointly organized with the Probability Victoria Seminar. Contact the organizers: Kostya Borovkov kostya.borovkov@gmail.com,…
Valid inference after clustering with application to single-cell RNA-sequencing data Speaker: Lucy Gao, University of British Columbia Zoom link: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/8695451737 Abstract: In single-cell RNA-sequencing studies, researchers often model the variation between cells with a latent variable, such as cell type or pseudotime, and investigate associations between the genes and the…
March Schedule Friday 3 March, 4 PM AET Roman Gauriot, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Deakin University Virtual Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/88495626621 “How Market Prices React to Information: Evidence from Binary Options Markets” Friday 10 March, 4 PM AET Nan Zou, Lecturer in Statistics, Macquarie University Hybrid: Red Centre 4082 Zoom link: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/88495626621 “When Does…
Backfitting for large scale crossed random effects regressions Date: 2 February 2022, Thursday Time: 2pm AEDT Speaker: Prof Art Owens (Stanford Uni) Abstract: Large scale genomic and electronic commerce data sets often have a crossed random effects structure, arising from genotypes x environments or customers x products. Naive methods of handling such data will produce inferences that do not…
Galaxy Merger Reconstruction with Generative Graph Neural Networks Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023 Time: 8:00 UTC ( 7:00 pm AEST ) Speaker: A/Prof Yuan-Sen Ting (Australian National University, Australia) Contact the organizer: Andriy Olenko (a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au) Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE A key yet unresolved question in modern-day astronomy is how galaxies formed…
Getting something out of nothing: topological data analysis for cosmology. Date: Tuesday, 13 December 2022 Time: 16:00 (UTC) Speaker: Dr Jessi Cisewski Kehe (University of Wisconsin, USA) Contact the organizer: Andriy Olenko a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE The transference from data to information is a key component of many areas of research in…
Binary Response Models for Heterogeneous Panel Data with Interactive Fixed Effects Date : Wednesday, 30 November 2022 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm Speaker: Associate Professor Bin Peng (Monash University) Abstract: In this talk, we investigate binary response models for heterogeneous panel data with interactive fixed effects by allowing both the cross-sectional dimension and the temporal dimension to…
Estimation, diagnostics, and extensions of nonparametric Hawkes processes Date: 2 December 2022 Time: 4pm AEDT Speaker: Prof Jiancang Zhuang ( Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo ) *****The link to the recording of the talk will be posted here***** Abstract: The Hawkes self-exciting model has become one of the most popular point-process models in many research areas in the natural and…
Safeguarding National Digital Memory: Bayesian Network modelling of digital preservation risks Date: 15 November 2022, Tuesday Time: 2pm AEDT Speaker: Dr Martine J Barons (University of Warwick) *****The recording of Dr Barons' talk can be found here: https://youtu.be/Dhjyjz7Nr1c ***** Abstract: The National Archives, UK, identified a need to be able to assess risks to archives held digitally in…
Exploring the Limits of the Bayesian Universe: How to Tackle Breadth and Depth. Date: Tuesday, 8 November 2022 Time: 8:00 (UTC) Speaker: A/Prof. Aaron Robotham (University of Western Australia) Contact the organizer: Andriy Olenko a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE In the last 10 years it is notable that students are much more enthused about projects…
Do you have a moment? Bayesian inference using estimating equations via empirical likelihood Speaker: Professor Howard Bondell, University of Melbourne Time: 2-3PM Friday 21 Oct Zoom link at https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/89779295453 Bayesian inference typically relies on specification of a likelihood as a key ingredient. Recently, likelihood-free approaches have become popular to avoid…
On behalf of SSA NSW branch, we would like to invite you to join the virtual event we are holding on Wednesday 26th October at 6.30 pm. Brian Cullis from University of Wollongong will speak about optimal design of Comparative Experiments and the odw R Package. Date: Wednesday, 26th October Time: 6.30 pm Location: F10A.01.105.Law Building Annex.Law Annex Seminar Room 105, The University of Sydney…
Bayesian model selection for likelihood-based and simulation-based inference Date: Tuesday, 11 October 2022 Time: 16:00 (UTC) Speaker: Prof. Jason McEwen (University College London, UK) Contact the organizer: Andriy Olenko a.olenko@latrobe.edu.au Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE In the study of cosmology, where we seek to uncover an understanding of the fundamental physical…
Stochastic spatial random forest for detecting remotely sensed forest cover change despite missing data Date: 14 October 2022, Friday Time: 4pm AEDT Speaker: Dr Jacinta Holloway-Brown (University of Adelaide) Abstract: Forest cover is an indicator of species habitat and biodiversity that can be monitored effectively using satellite images. The benefits of using satellite images for large scale…
On behalf of SSA NSW branch, we would like to invite you to join the virtual event we are holding on Wednesday September 21st at 6.30 pm. Tom Honeyman from Australian Research Data Commons will speak about recognition of Research Software as a first-class output of research. Date: Wednesday, 21st September Time: 6.30 pm Location: This is a virtual event. You will need to register in advance here…