Noon-to-Noon Sauna Seminar of the FDPSS December 12-13 2013
Noon-to-Noon Sauna Seminar of the FDPSS, December 12-13 2013.
This is a traditional informal occasion for PhD students and researchers, to meet and discuss about state-of-the-art stochastics and statistics. After the scientific part, on thursday 12.12 everyone is welcome to join for a traditional finnish sauna in Kotiharjun sauna. The event is hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Helsinki, and it is partially sponsored by the Finnish Graduate Doctoral Program in Stochastics and Statistics FDPSS.
Schedule: Thursday 12.12
13.00-16.30 talks in Exactum, D122
13.00-13.10 Opening
13.10-13.30 Lasse Holmström (Oulu): In Memoriam: Petri Koistinen.
13.30-14.20 Kalle Kytölä (HY): Boundary zig-zags of random conformally invariant curves. Abstract
14.20-14.30 Coffee break
14.30-15.00 Lauri Viitasaari (Aalto): Integral Representation of Random Variables with Respect to Gaussian Processes. Abstract
15.00-15.30 Ilkka Launonen (Oulu): A scale space multiresolution method for extraction of time series features
15.30-16.00 Alexander Steinicke (JY): Malliavin differentiation of a Levy driven BDSE with a path dependent generator functional Abstract
16.00-16.30 Mikko Stenlund (HY): An adiabatic dynamical system as a stochastic process Abstract
Social Program 17.30-19.30 sauna in Kotiharjun sauna, Harjuntorinkatu 1
20.00 --> carelian dinner in Restaurant Konstan Möljä, Hietalahdenkatu 14.
Friday 13.12
Social Program: at 8.00, winter swimming in Ouritsaari
Scientific Program:
9.15-12.00 talks in Exactum, D122
9.15-10.10 Harri Nyrhinen (HY): On large deviations of multivariate heavy-tailed random walks.
10.10-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.00 Brita Jung (Åbo): The time until extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl: Simulations and approximations.
11.00-11.30 Pekka Matomäki (TY):Optimal stopping and control near boundaries Abstract
11.30-12.00 Maiju Kujala (TY): Differential network analysis with multiply imputed LURIC lipidomic data. Abstract
12.00-13.00 lunch
13.00-16.00 talks
13.00-13.30 Jaakko Lehtomaa (HY): A comparison method for heavy-tailed random variables Abstract
13.30-14.00 Henrik Nyman (ÅA): Stratified Gaussian Graphical Models Abstract
14.00-14.30 Zitong Li (HY): A Bayesian longitudinal model for analyzing quantitative genetic data.
14.30-15.00 Mikko Kuronen (JY): The giant component in the binomial random intersection digraph Abstract
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.10 Ehsan Azmoodeh (Luxembourg): Stein's method and the law of the iterated logarithm Abstract
Important: the FDPSS can sponsor the travel and accomodation costs for Ph.D. students traveling from Finland.
Please contact Professor Paavo Salminen <paavo.salminen(at)abo.fi>
Confirmed partecipants:
Juha Alho,Luis Alvarez, Ehsan Azmoodeh, Zhe Chen, Dario Gasbarra, Göran Högnäs, Lasse Holmström, Brita Jung,Antti Kemppäinen, Maiju Kujala,Mikko Kuronen, Kalle Kytölä, Ilkka Launonen, Jaakko Lehtomaa, Lasse Leskelä, Zitong Li, Antti Luoto, Pekka Matomäki, Peng Mei, Miika Nikula,Ilkka Norros,Henrik Nyman,Harri Nyrhinen, Nicola Rebagliati,Vesa Ronkainen, Eero Saksman,Paavo Salminen, Mikko Sillanpää,Tommi Sottinen,Alexander Steinicke, Mikko Stenlund, Bao Ta, Lauri Viitasaari, Min Wang.