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Progress in Stein's Method
(5 January - 6 February 2009)

Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics and Applied Probability in celebration of 80th Anniversary of Faculty of Science

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NAME & AFFILIATION	PERIOD OF VISIT	TENTATIVE TITLE OF TALK
OVERSEAS VISITORS
Andrew Barbour University of Zurich, Switzerland a.d.barbour(AT)math.uzh.ch	3 Jan - 3 Feb 2009	Tutorial: Poisson approximation (PDF) Infinite occupancy (PDF)
Jay Bartroff University of Southern California, USA bartroff(AT)usc.edu	6 - 15 Jan 2009	Bounds on the normal approximation for the number of vertices of given degree
Vydas Cekanavicius Vilnius University, Lithuania vydas.cekanavicius(AT)mif.vu.lt	4 Jan - 1 Feb 2009	Estimates for pseudomoments
Nattakarn Chaidee Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Nattakarn.C(AT)Chula.ac.th	4 - 24 Jan 2009
Sourav Chatterjee University of California at Berkeley, USA sourav(AT)stat.berkeley.edu	22 - 24 Jan 2009	Tutorial: Stein's method in concentration inequalities, spin glasses, random matrices, and strong approximations
Fraser Daly University of Zurich, Switzerland fraser.daly(AT)math.uzh.ch	5 Jan - 2 Feb 2009	Stein's method and convex orderings
Laurent Decreusefond École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, France Laurent.Decreusefond(AT)enst.fr	11 - 16 Jan 2009	Rubinstein distances on configurations spaces
Peter Eichelsbacher Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany peter.eichelsbacher(AT)rub.de	4 - 11 Jan 2009
Omar El-Dakkak Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France omar.eldakkak(AT)gmail.com	2 Jan - 2 Feb 2009	Hoeffding decomposition and urn sequences
Jason Fulman University of Southern California, USA fulman(AT)usc.edu	3 - 18 Jan 2009	Stein's method and symmetric spaces Tutorial: Stein's method and the symmetric group Stein's method and compact Lie groups (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
Larry Goldstein University of Southern California, USA Larry(AT)usc.edu	4 - 20 Jan 2009	Bounds on the constant in the mean central limit theorem (PDF) Tutorial: Introduction to normal approximation (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF 3) (PDF 4)
Tiefeng Jiang University of Minnesota, USA tjiang(AT)stat.umn.edu	6 - 17 Jan 2009	Approximation of Haar distributed matrices and limiting distributions of eigenvalues of Jacobi ensembles
Kritsana Neammanee Chulalongkorn University, Thailand k_neammanee(AT)hotmail.com	4 - 24 Jan 2009
Duy Tien Nguyen Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam Nduytien2006(AT)yahoo.com	6 - 15 Jan 2009
Ngoc Huy Nguyen Vietnam National University, Vietnam huynguyen2582(AT)gmail.com	6 Jan - 4 Feb 2009
Ivan Nourdin Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France inourdin(AT)gmail.com	12 - 16 Jan 2009	Density estimates with Stein's method and Malliavin calculus
Mia Pang-Rey University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines miapangrey(AT)yahoo.com	11 - 17 Jan 2009
Giovanni Peccati University of Paris Ouest, France giovanni.peccati(AT)gmail.com	4 - 17 Jan 2009	Limit theorems on the Poisson space: decoupling, Stein's method and low influences Tutorial: Stein's method, Malliavin calculus and infinite-dimensional Gaussian analysis (PDF)
Erol Pekoz Boston University School of Management, USA pekoz(AT)bu.edu	2 Jan - 8 Feb 2009	Centered Poisson and Binomial approximations for the Poisson-Binomial
Mathew Penrose University of Bath, UK masmdp(AT)maths.bath.ac.uk	7 - 14 Jan 2009	Normal approximation for stochastic geometry and allocations
Martin Raic University Of Ljubljana, Slovenia martin.raic(AT)fmf.uni-lj.si	6 - 17 Jan 2009	Stein's method and Cramér type large deviations
Gesine Reinert University of Oxford, UK reinert(AT)stats.ox.ac.uk	5 - 16 Jan 2009	Stein's method and stochastic analysis of Rademacher functionals (PDF)
Bero Roos University of Leicester, UK b.roos(AT)leicester.ac.uk	11 - 18 Jan 2009	On some examples where Stein's method could be improved (PDF)
Sophie Schbath Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Sophie.Schbath(AT)jouy.inra.fr	11 - 16 Jan 2009	Statistics of biological network motifs: A compound Poisson approximation for their count in random graphs? (PDF)
Qi-Man Shao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong qmshao(AT)cuhk.edu.hk	8 - 17 Jan 2009	Exponential inequalities via exchangeable pair approach
Zhonggen Su University of Zhejiang, China suzhonggen(AT)zju.edu.cn	15 - 27 Jan 2009
Ivy Suan University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines ivysuan(AT)yahoo.com	11 - 17 Jan 2009
Murad Taqqu Boston University, USA m.taqqu(AT)gmail.com	5 - 19 Jan 2009	Convergence to fractional Brownian motion and to the Telecom process
Dinh Tuong Tran University of Transport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam trandinhtuong(AT)gmail.com	6 Jan - 4 Feb 2009
Nhat Thu Tran Hanoi National University, Vietnam tnt198(AT)yahoo.com	4 - 21 Jan 2009
Aihua Xia University of Melbourne, Australia a.xia(AT)ms.unimelb.edu.au	10 - 17 Jan 2009	Polynomial birth-death distribution approximation in Wasserstein distance
LOCAL VISITORS
Zhidong Bai National University of Singapore stabaizd(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Hock Peng Chan National University of Singapore stachp(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Sanjay Chaudhuri National University of Singapore stasc(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Louis Chen National University of Singapore matchyl(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009	From zero-bias to Cramer-type moderate deviation
Kwok Pui Choi National University of Singapore matckp(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Wei Liem Loh National University of Singapore stalohwl(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Adrian Roellin National University of Singapore matar(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009	Normal approximation with Stein's method: a unifying approach
Rongfeng Sun National University of Singapore matsr(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Zhengxiao Wu National University of Singapore stawz(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Wang Zhou National University of Singapore stazw(AT)nus.edu.sg	12 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Christian Döbler Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany christian_doebler(AT)gmx.de	4 - 17 Jan 2009	Berry-Esseen theorems
Hanna Döring Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany hanna.doering(AT)rub.de	4 - 17 Jan 2009	Moderate derivations in random graphs via Laplace transforms
Xiao Fang National University of Singapore g0700725(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009	Discretized normal approximation for the number of ones in the binary expansion of a random integer
Anne Feidt University of Zurich, Switzerland anne.feidt(AT)math.uzh.ch	4 - 28 Jan 2009	Asymptotics of joint maxima of discrete random variables
Elizabeth Ford University of Oxford, UK ford(AT)stats.ox.ac.uk	2 - 28 Jan 2009	Barabási-Albert random graphs and the Yule-Simon distribution
Subhankar Ghosh University of Southern California, USA subhankar.ghosh(AT)gmail.com	4 - 20 Jan 2009	L_p bounds in a combinatorial central limit theorem using zero biasing
Bucong Han National University of Singapore g0801973(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Binyan Jiang National University of Singapore g0700706(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Qian Jiang National University of Singapore g0700708(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Xiaojun Jiang National University of Singapore jiangxiaojun(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Mengxin Li National University of Singapore g0403675(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Thi Ha Nguyen University of Nhatrang, Vietnam vnnguyenthiha(AT)yahoo.com	6 Jan - 4 Feb 2009
Thi Thuy Quynh Nguyen Hanoi Institute of Maths, VAST, Vietnam thuyquynh_1974(AT)yahoo.com	4 - 21 Jan 2009
Dhaval Patel National University of Singapore g0800787(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Anna Pósfai University of Szeged, Hungary posfai(AT)math.u-szeged.hu	4 Jan - 7 Feb 2009	Approximations in the coupon collector's problem
Nathan Ross University of Southern California, USA nathanfr(AT)usc.edu	12 - 28 Jan 2009	Step size and Stein's method of exchangeable pairs
Upadhye Neelesh Shankar Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India neelesh(AT)math.iitb.ac.in	5 Jan - 7 Feb 2009	Compound Poisson approximation to sums of compound negative binomial variables
Viktor Skorniakov Vilnius university, Lithuania visk1256(AT)gmail.com	4 - 18 Jan 2009
Manh Cuong Tran Hanoi National University, Vietnam cuongtm.mim(AT)gmail.com	4 - 21 Jan 2009	Methods of extending random mappings
Minh Ngoc Tran National University of Singapore ngoctm(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Li Wang National University of Singapore wangli(AT)nus.edu.sg	2 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Xiaona Wei National University of Singapore g0801986(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Jingxian Zhang National University of Singapore g0800791(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Kan Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong zhangkan(AT)ust.hk	4 - 31 Jan 2009
Feng Zhu National University of Singapore zhufeng(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
REGISTERED LOCAL PARTICIPANTS
Shu Ann Chan National University of Singapore u0501886(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 1 Feb 2009
Chuen Teck See National University of Singapore see_cheunteck(AT)yahoo.com.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Daqing Wang National University of Singapore dwang(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009
Von Bing Yap National University of Singapore stayapvb(AT)nus.edu.sg	5 Jan - 6 Feb 2009

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Progress in Stein's Method (5 January - 6 February 2009)

Visitors and Participants

Progress in Stein's Method
(5 January - 6 February 2009)