CSC-PIMS Seminar: Richard Lockhart

  • Date: 09/14/2012
  • Time: 02:30
Lecturer(s):
Richard Lockhart, SFU Statistics
Location: 

Simon Fraser University

Topic: 

David Blackwell:  Probability, Statistics, Games and Measure.

Description: 

David Blackwell preferred to write short, direct papers dissectingproblems cleanly and showing the rest of us why things have to be theway they are. I plan to talk about David's life, describe a few of thethings he is famous for (Markov Chains, Renewal Theory, theRao-Blackwell theorem, information theory, game theory and measuretheory at least) and maybe prove one or two little things toillustrate his style -- in so far as I can.

Other Information: 

Location: TASC-2 8500