Statistical Inverse Methods, spring 2022

Course page for Statistical Inverse Methods — Tilastolliset inversiomenetelmät

Advanced Course, 5 credits, PAP303, spring 2022, periods 3 and 4

We will start with remote teaching in period 3. Lectures and exercise sessions are held in Zoom, https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/65938511242. Lectures are on Mondays at 10:15. On period 4 the lectures will be at Exactum, D122, and exercises at Physicum, D117.

Lecturer: Antti Penttilä, you can contact me by e-mail, antti.i.penttila (a t) helsinki.fi, or room D310 in Physicum. Course assistant: Alex Rawlings, alexander.rawlings (a t) helsinki.fi.

Lectures and schedule

• 17.01. Introduction
• 24.01. Statistical inference
• 31.01. Statistical tests
• 07.02. Linear model
• 14.02. Linear model, non-linear model
• 21.02. ===NO LECTURE===
• 28.02. Non-parametric methods, multivariate methods
• 14.03. Multivariate methods (Note, still in Zoom)
• 21.03. Multivariate methods, Bayesian inference (Note, lectures on-site starting from this)
• 28.03. Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo methods
• 04.04. Monte Carlo methods, Markov chain Monte Carlo
• 11.04. Markov chain Monte Carlo
• 25.04. Artificial neural networks
• 02.05. 

Course material

The course handout follows previous years but is refined during the course. Latest version is distributed here, but be aware that I can update the material while we advance in the lectures.

Latest SIM'2022 handout (updated 25-04-2022)

Exercise sessions

See the Moodle page for the course for exercises, https://moodle.helsinki.fi/course/view.php?id=50091

Previous courses

• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2016
• DAIM in spring 2014
• DAIM in spring 2012