Probability seminar

A series of informal probability seminars, attended by members of the Department of Statistics and the Mathematical Institute, and open to anyone interested in probability and its applications. Talks typically take place at 2pm on Mondays in L5 in the Mathematical Institute, with alterations in bank holiday weeks.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford), Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Timing: Mondays at 2pm each week of term (timings may vary occasionally, especially in Bank Holiday weeks)
Organising department: Department of Statistics

Talks:

Monday 29 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

CLTs for Poisson Functionals via the Malliavin-Stein Method
Date: 29 April 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Tara Trauthwein (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford), Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 13 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Matthew Buckland (University of Oxford)
Organisers: Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford), Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 20 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Guillaume Conchon-Kerjan (King College London)
Organisers: Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford), Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 27 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Evan Sorensen
Organisers: Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford), Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

On the behavior of posterior probabilities with additional data: monotonicity and nonmonotonicity, asymptotic rates, log-concavity, and Turán’s inequality
Date: 29 May 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Yosi Rinott (The Hebrew University of jerusalem)
Organisers: Matthias Winkel (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Julien Berestycki (University of Oxford), Christina Goldschmidt (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), James Martin (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Title TBC
Date: 10 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Brett Kolesnik (University of Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Nicole Harris, Beverley Lane, Christina Goldschmidt, James Martin, Matthias Winkel, Julien Berestycki