https://wiki.math.wisc.edu/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Haokai&feedformat=atomUW-Math Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T10:50:38ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.5https://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11195Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:48:26Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/a/ac/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes] ([https://www.dropbox.com/s/f4km7pevwfb1vbm/Reading%20seminar%202015.tex?dl=1 tex file], [https://www.dropbox.com/s/lg7kcgyf3nsukbx/Reading_seminar_2015.bib?dl=1 bib file])<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11194Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:46:43Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/a/ac/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes] ([https://www.dropbox.com/s/f4km7pevwfb1vbm/Reading%20seminar%202015.tex?dl=1 .tex])<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11193Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:45:47Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/a/ac/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes] [https://www.dropbox.com/s/f4km7pevwfb1vbm/Reading%20seminar%202015.tex?dl=1 (tex file)]<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11192Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:42:30Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/a/ac/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes] [https://www.dropbox.com/s/f4km7pevwfb1vbm/Reading%20seminar%202015.tex?dl=0 (tex file)]<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11191Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:40:51Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/a/ac/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/f4km7pevwfb1vbm/Reading%20seminar%202015.tex?dl=0 tex file]<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11190Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:31:50Z<p>Haokai: </p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/a/ac/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11189Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:31:22Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11188Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:30:54Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[[Reading_seminar_2015.pdf]]<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11187Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:30:19Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[[Media:Reading_seminar_2015.ogg]]<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11186Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:24:55Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=11185Graduate student reading seminar2016-01-25T03:22:24Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2016 Spring==<br />
<br />
Tuesday, 2:25pm, B321 Van Vleck<br />
<br />
<br />
==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[[File:Reading_seminar_2015.pdf]]<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6, 10/13 :Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/20, 10/27, 11/3: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15: Chris<br />
<br />
: <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
2/2, 2/9: Louis<br />
<br />
<br />
2/16, 2/23: Jinsu<br />
<br />
3/1, 3/8: Hans<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=File:Reading_seminar_2015.pdf&diff=11184File:Reading seminar 2015.pdf2016-01-25T03:10:32Z<p>Haokai: Haokai uploaded a new version of &quot;File:Reading seminar 2015.pdf&quot;</p>
<hr />
<div>graduate probability seminar 2015 note</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=10555Graduate student reading seminar2015-10-25T19:15:35Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2015 Fall==<br />
Tuesday 2:25pm, Social Sciences 6101.<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6 Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/13, 10/20: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
10/27, 11/3: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Chris<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1: Louis<br />
<br />
12/8, 12/15: Jinsu<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
1/26, 2/2: Hans<br />
<br />
2/9, 2/16: Fan<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=10554Graduate student reading seminar2015-10-25T19:15:13Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2015 Fall==<br />
Tuesday 2:25pm, Social Sciences 6101.<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar notes]<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6 Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/13, 10/20: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
10/27, 11/3: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Chris<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1: Louis<br />
<br />
12/8, 12/15: Jinsu<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
1/26, 2/2: Hans<br />
<br />
2/9, 2/16: Fan<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
<br />
9/30: Benedek<br />
<br />
A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
<br />
I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
<br />
Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
<br />
The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
<br />
<br />
Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
<br />
10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
<br />
<br />
10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
<br />
11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
<br />
11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
<br />
12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
<br />
==2014 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
1/28: Greg<br />
<br />
2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
<br />
2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
<br />
2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
<br />
3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
<br />
4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
<br />
4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
<br />
==2013 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
<br />
10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
<br />
10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
<br />
10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
<br />
11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
<br />
12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
<br />
==2013 Spring==<br />
<br />
2/13: Elnur <br />
<br />
Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
<br />
2/20: Elnur<br />
<br />
2/27: Chris<br />
<br />
A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
<br />
3/6: Chris<br />
<br />
3/13: Dae Han<br />
<br />
An introduction to random polymers<br />
<br />
3/20: Dae Han<br />
<br />
Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
<br />
4/3: Diane<br />
<br />
Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
<br />
References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
<br />
4/10: Diane<br />
<br />
4/17: Yun<br />
<br />
Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
<br />
4/24: Yun<br />
<br />
Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
<br />
5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
<br />
<br />
5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
<br />
5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
<br />
Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=Graduate_student_reading_seminar&diff=10553Graduate student reading seminar2015-10-25T19:09:48Z<p>Haokai: /* 2015 Fall */</p>
<hr />
<div>==2015 Fall==<br />
<br />
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/images/Reading_seminar_2015.pdf Seminar Note]<br />
<br />
Tuesday 2:25pm, Social Sciences 6101.<br />
<br />
This semester we will focus on tools and methods.<br />
<br />
<br />
9/15, 9/22: Elnur<br />
<br />
I will talk about large deviation theory and its applications. For the first talk, my plan is to introduce Gartner-Ellis theorem and show a few applications of it to finite state discrete time Markov chains.<br />
<br />
9/29, 10/6 Dae Han<br />
<br />
10/13, 10/20: Jessica<br />
<br />
I will first present an overview of concentration of measure and concentration inequalities with a focus on the connection with related topics in analysis and geometry. Then, I will present Log-Sobolev inequalities and their connection to concentration of measure. <br />
<br />
10/27, 11/3: Hao Kai<br />
<br />
11/10, 11/17: Chris<br />
<br />
11/24, 12/1: Louis<br />
<br />
12/8, 12/15: Jinsu<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
2016 Spring:<br />
<br />
1/26, 2/2: Hans<br />
<br />
2/9, 2/16: Fan<br />
<br />
==2015 Spring==<br />
<br />
<br />
2/3, 2/10: Scott<br />
<br />
An Introduction to Entropy for Random Variables<br />
<br />
In these lectures I will introduce entropy for random variables and present some simple, finite state-space, examples to gain some intuition. We will prove the <br />
MacMillan Theorem using entropy and the law of large numbers. Then I will introduce relative entropy and prove the Markov Chain Convergence Theorem. Finally I will <br />
define entropy for a discrete time process. The lecture notes can be found at http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/EntropyLecture.pdf.<br />
<br />
2/17, 2/24: Dae Han<br />
<br />
3/3, 3/10: Hans<br />
<br />
3/17, 3/24: In Gun<br />
<br />
4/7, 4/14: Jinsu<br />
<br />
4/21, 4/28: Chris N.<br />
<br />
==2014 Fall==<br />
<br />
9/23: Dave<br />
<br />
I will go over Mike Giles’ 2008 paper “Multi-level Monte Carlo path simulation.” This paper introduced a new Monte Carlo method to approximate expectations of SDEs (driven by Brownian motions) that is significantly more efficient than what was the state of the art. This work opened up a whole new field in the numerical analysis of stochastic processes as the basic idea is quite flexible and has found a variety of applications including SDEs driven by Brownian motions, Levy-driven SDEs, SPDEs, and models from biology<br />
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9/30: Benedek<br />
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A very quick introduction to Stein's method. <br />
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I will give a brief introduction to Stein's method, mostly based on the the first couple of sections of the following survey article:<br />
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Ross, N. (2011). Fundamentals of Stein’s method. Probability Surveys, 8, 210-293. <br />
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The following webpage has a huge collection of resources if you want to go deeper: https://sites.google.com/site/yvikswan/about-stein-s-method<br />
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Note that the Midwest Probability Colloquium (http://www.math.northwestern.edu/mwp/) will have a tutorial program on Stein's method this year. <br />
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10/7, 10/14: Chris J.<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/MartingaleProblemNotes.pdf An introduction to the (local) martingale problem.]<br />
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10/21, 10/28: Dae Han<br />
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11/4, 11/11: Elnur<br />
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11/18, 11/25: Chris N. Free Probability with an emphasis on C* and Von Neumann Algebras<br />
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12/2, 12/9: Yun Zhai<br />
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==2014 Spring==<br />
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1/28: Greg<br />
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2/04, 2/11: Scott <br />
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[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~shottovy/BLT.pdf Reflected Brownian motion, Occupation time, and applications.] <br />
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2/18: Phil-- Examples of structure results in probability theory.<br />
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2/25, 3/4: Beth-- Derivative estimation for discrete time Markov chains<br />
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3/11, 3/25: Chris J [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/stationarytalk.pdf Some classical results on stationary distributions of Markov processes]<br />
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4/1, 4/8: Chris N <br />
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4/15, 4/22: Yu Sun<br />
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4/29. 5/6: Diane<br />
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==2013 Fall==<br />
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9/24, 10/1: Chris<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/metastabilitytalk.pdf A light introduction to metastability]<br />
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10/8, Dae Han<br />
Majoring multiplicative cascades for directed polymers in random media<br />
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10/15, 10/22: no reading seminar<br />
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10/29, 11/5: Elnur<br />
Limit fluctuations of last passage times <br />
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11/12: Yun<br />
Helffer-Sjostrand representation and Brascamp-Lieb inequality for stochastic interface models<br />
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11/19, 11/26: Yu Sun<br />
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12/3, 12/10: Jason<br />
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==2013 Spring==<br />
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2/13: Elnur <br />
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Young diagrams, RSK correspondence, corner growth models, distribution of last passage times. <br />
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2/20: Elnur<br />
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2/27: Chris<br />
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A brief introduction to enlargement of filtration and the Dufresne identity<br />
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~janjigia/research/Presentation%20Notes.pdf Notes]<br />
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3/6: Chris<br />
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3/13: Dae Han<br />
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An introduction to random polymers<br />
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3/20: Dae Han<br />
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Directed polymers in a random environment: path localization and strong disorder<br />
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4/3: Diane<br />
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Scale and Speed for honest 1 dimensional diffusions<br />
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References: <br><br />
Rogers & Williams - Diffusions, Markov Processes and Martingales <br><br />
Ito & McKean - Diffusion Processes and their Sample Paths <br><br />
Breiman - Probability <br><br />
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~beresty/Articles/diffusions.pdf<br />
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4/10: Diane<br />
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4/17: Yun<br />
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Introduction to stochastic interface models<br />
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4/24: Yun<br />
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Dynamics and Gaussian equilibrium sytems<br />
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5/1: This reading seminar will be shifted because of a probability seminar.<br />
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5/8: Greg, Maso<br />
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The Bethe ansatz vs. The Replica Trick. This lecture is an overview of the two <br />
approaches. See [http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2267] for a nice overview.<br />
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5/15: Greg, Maso<br />
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Rigorous use of the replica trick.</div>Haokaihttps://wiki.math.wisc.edu/index.php?title=File:Reading_seminar_2015.pdf&diff=10552File:Reading seminar 2015.pdf2015-10-25T19:07:18Z<p>Haokai: graduate probability seminar 2015 note</p>
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