Mathematics and Statistics
Notice of Graduate Seminar: Generalizing and Examining the Fourier Series Solution to the Heat Equation
UNB
Posted: Nov 26, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
[Derrick Kirby (UNB) | Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 12:00 PM | Carleton Hall, Room 104] Using linear algebra and basic knowledge of complex numbers, it is possible to find a Fourier series solution to a certain subclass of differential equations that resemble the heat equation (and transport equation), save for the fact that they may be of arbitrary order, given periodic boundary...
Read the full postNotice of Graduate Seminar: Joint Models for Longitudinal and Survival Data
UNB
Posted: Nov 5, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
[Md. Ashiqul Haque (UNB) | Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 11:30 AM | Tilley Hall, Room 404] Survival and longitudinal data arise together, especially from different fields of medical research[...]
Read the full postNotice Combinatorics/Geometry Seminar: Scattering Amplitudes and Associahedra
UNB
Posted: Oct 4, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
[Dr. Hugh Thomas (UQAM) | Monday, October 7, 2019 at 3:00 PM | Tilley Hall, Room 223] The classic approach to scattering amplitudes sums a contribution from a (potentially very large) number of Feynman diagrams[...]
Read the full postNotice of Department Colloquium: Formulation and Solution of Stochastic Inverse Problems For Science and Engineering Models
UNB
Posted: Sep 26, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
Dr. Don Estep (SFU) | Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 3:30 PM | Tilley Hall, Room 303 ] The stochastic inverse problem of determining probability structures on input parameters for a physics model corresponding to a given probability structure on the output of the model forms the core of scientific inference and engineering design[...]
Read the full postNotice of Graduate Seminar: Cross Validation
UNB
Posted: Sep 6, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
Zheng (Frank) Fu (UNB) | Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 11:30 AM | Tilley Hall, Room 404 ] When we use a statistical model to do prediction, in most occasions, “no surprise” is one criterion[...]
Read the full postNotice of Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Adaptive Boost
UNB
Posted: Aug 15, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
Tianyi Xia (UNB) | Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:30 AM | Tilley Hall, Room 404 ] Finding a strong learner with high prediction accuracy is a hard task in machine learning [...]
Read the full postNotice of Graduate Seminar: Bradley-Terry Model for paired preference
UNB
Posted: Aug 12, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
Md. Ashiqul Haque (UNB) | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:30 AM | Tilley Hall, Room 404 ] Prioritizing is a common problem in many situations where the target is to make decision on preferring an item from a set of similar items [...]
Read the full postNotice of Graduate Seminar:The Inviscid Burgers' Equation and Shockwave Solutions Thereof
UNB
Posted: Jul 23, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
The inviscid Burgers' equation is a seemingly simple nonlinear partial differential equation [...]
Read the full postNotice of Graduate Seminar: Meta Analysis of Observational Studies with Moderators
UNB
Posted: Jun 25, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
Md. Ashiqul Haque (UNB) | Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 10:30 AM | Tilley Hall, Room 404 ] Systematic reviews make attempt to summarise the results from original studies within a given field [...]
Read the full postNotice of Graduate Seminar: Intraguild Predation
UNB
Posted: Jun 11, 2019
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
Sana Jahedi (UNB) | Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 10:30 AM | Tilley Hall, Room 5 ] Species interactions are important drivers of community structure in eco- logical systems [...]
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