Probability Seminar
Scope
The Probability Seminar is intended as a working seminar and its purpose is to be accessible to anyone with some probability background. The main talks are geared toward people who are not specialists in the area but it does not exclude more specialized topics.
Format
It is primarily organized by the Faculty of Mathematics of University of Bucharest and the Institute of Mathematics "Simion Stoilow" of the Romanian Academy in hybrid format.
The seminar is on Wednesday 15:00-16:00 at FMI, room 12.
The google meet link is this: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq
Talks
Science journalism and reporting II
Speaker: Andrada Fiscutean
(FJSC)
Apr 30, 2025, 15:00
FMI, room 102, IMAR/online
Science journalism and reporting I
Speaker: Andrada Fiscutean
(FJSC)
Apr 16, 2025, 15:00
FMI, room 102, IMAR/online
A bridge between Random Matrix Theory and Schramm-Loewner Evolutions
Speaker: Vlad Mărgărint
(University of North Carolina Charlotte)
Apr 15, 2025, 16:00
FMI, room 102, IMAR/online
Data processing and visualisations using Jupyter
Speaker: Adrian Manea
(UPB)
Apr 9, 2025, 15:00
FMI, room 102, IMAR/online
Convergence rates for the Adam optimizer
Speaker: Arnulf Jentzen
(CUHK-Shenzhen and Univ. Münster)
Apr 2, 2025, 15:00
FMI, room 214, IMAR/online
Stochastic Population Dynamics in Discrete Time
Speaker: Alexandru Hening
(Texas AM University)
Dec 13, 2024, 13:00
FMI, room 214, IMAR/online
How to interpret statistics
Speaker: Alexandra Andriciuc
(University of Bucharest)
Dec 4, 2024, 15:00
FMI, room 214, IMAR/online
Memorization and Optimization in Deep Neural Networks with Minimum Over-parameterization
Speaker: Simone Bombari
(ISTA)
Nov 27, 2024, 15:00
Online, on Google Meet, IMAR/online
Talagrand`s work on maximum of Gausian processes II
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(Univ. Bucharest/IMAR)
Nov 20, 2024, 15:00
FMI, room 214, IMAR/online
The maximum displacement and the volume of the critical Branching Random Walk
Speaker: Thomas Lehericy
(University of Zurich)
Nov 13, 2024, 15:00
Online, on Google Meet, IMAR/online
Talagrand`s work on maximum of Gausian processes
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(Univ. Bucharest/IMAR)
Nov 6, 2024, 15:00
FMI, room 214, IMAR/online
A few ideas on Talagrand`s work
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(Univ. Bucharest/IMAR)
Oct 30, 2024, 15:00
FMI, room 214, IMAR/online
Monte Carlo methods for PDEs and Neural Networks
Speaker: Arnulf Jentzen
(CUHK-Shenzhen and Univ. Münster)
Aug 19, 2024, 11:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Convergence and Non-Convergence Results for the ADAM optimizer
Speaker: Arnulf Jentzen
(CUHK-Shenzhen and Univ. Münster)
Aug 12, 2024, 11:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Convergence and non-convergence results for accelerated and adaptive stochastic gradient descent optimization methods
Speaker: Arnulf Jentzen
(CUHK-Shenzhen and Univ. Münster)
Jul 24, 2024, 11:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Stochastic gradient descent optimization methods with adaptive learning rates
Speaker: Arnulf Jentzen
(CUHK-Shenzhen and Univ. Münster)
Jul 19, 2024, 15:00
FMI, Sala 214, IMAR/online
Multiply connected Fatou components of rational maps
Speaker: Dan Paraschiv
(IMAR)
Mar 11, 2024, 10:00
Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR, IMAR/online
Magics of the Rubik`s cube
Speaker: Martin Fronescu
(University of Bucharest)
Dec 18, 2023, 10:00
Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR, IMAR/online
Analytical approximations with Strang Splitting
Speaker: Viorel Costeanu
(JP Morgan)
Dec 11, 2023, 15:30
Note the time change! Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR/online
The fundamental theory of machine learning, the regression case II
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(Univ. of Bucharest/IMAR)
Nov 20, 2023, 10:00
Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR, IMAR/online
The fundamental theory of machine learning, the regression case
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(Univ. of Bucharest/IMAR)
Nov 13, 2023, 10:00
Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR, IMAR/online
Review of generative models from the mathematical and computer science perspective
Speaker: Maximilian Janisch
(University of Zürich)
Nov 6, 2023, 10:00
Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR, IMAR/online
Introduction to Statistical Learning Theory: the Vapnik-Chervonenkis Theorem II
Speaker: Gabriel Majeri
(Univ. of Bucharest)
Oct 16, 2023, 10:00
Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR, IMAR/online
Introduction to Statistical Learning Theory: the Vapnik-Chervonenkis Theorem
Speaker: Gabriel Majeri
(Univ. of Bucharest)
Oct 9, 2023, 10:00
Online: meet.google.com/zqf-wrka-cpq, IMAR, IMAR/online
Accelerated methods for optimization
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(IMAR)
Jun 12, 2023, 10:00
IMAR/online
Entropic Regularization for General Linear Programs
Speaker: Max von Renesse
(Leipzig University)
May 24, 2023, 16:00
IMAR/online
Problems with deep neural networks for image recognition
Speaker: Heinrich Matzinger
(Georgia Tech)
May 22, 2023, 11:00
IMAR/online
FastICA
Speaker: Evgnosia Kelesidis
(FMI)
May 15, 2023, 10:00
IMAR/online
About ICA and related conjectures
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(IMAR/FMI)
May 8, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
FastICA
Speaker: Evgnosia Kelesidis
(FMI)
Mar 27, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Bazele Cuantificării
Speaker: Răzvan Moraru
(IMAR)
Mar 27, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Language Models
Speaker: Rishabh Bhardwaj
(Singapore)
Mar 13, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
The Fundamental Theorems of Mathematical Finance III
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(FMI/IMAR)
Mar 6, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Tropical Geometry in Data Analysis and Machine Learning
Speaker: Andrei Comaneci
(Berlin)
Feb 27, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Tropical Geometry in Data Analysis and Machine Learning
Speaker: Andrei Comaneci
(Berlin)
Feb 27, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
The Fundamental Theorem of Mathematical Finance
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(FMI/IMAR)
Feb 13, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Operatorii Lévy. Dinamica stocastică și dinamica Cuantică III
Speaker: Răzvan Moraru
(IMAR)
Feb 6, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Operatorii Lévy. Dinamica stocastică și dinamica Cuantică II
Speaker: Razvan Moraru
(IMAR)
Jan 30, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Operatorii Lévy. Dinamica stocastică și dinamica Cuantică I
Speaker: Razvan Moraru
(IMAR)
Jan 16, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Ergodic Properties of Markov Processes III
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(IMAR/FMI)
Jan 9, 2023, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Ergodic properties of Markov processes II
Speaker: Alexandra Andriciuc
(IMAR)
Dec 19, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Ergodic Properties of Markov processes
Speaker: Alexandra Andriciuc
(IMAR)
Dec 12, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Randomized algorithm and its convergence to Schramm-Loewner evolution
Speaker: Jiaming Chen, ETH Zurich
Jul 11, 2022, 10:00
On-line, IMAR/online
The fundamental theorem of Machine learning III
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(FMI/IMAR)
Jun 6, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
The fundamental theorem of Machine learning II
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(FMI/IMAR)
May 30, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
The fundamental theorem of Machine learning
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(FMI/IMAR)
May 23, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Măsuri de risc
Speaker: Mihai Alin Neacşu
(FMI)
May 16, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
O mică introducere la lanţuri de ordin infinit
Speaker: Diana Conache
(TU München - Germany)
May 9, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
A small introduction to Markov chains and card mixing IV
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(FMI/IMAR)
May 2, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Markov chains and card shuffling III
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(IMAR/FMI)
Apr 18, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Markov chains and card shuffling II
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(IMAR/FMI)
Apr 11, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online
Markov chains and card shuffling I
Speaker: Ionel Popescu
(IMAR/FMI)
Apr 4, 2022, 10:00
Sala 804 "Ciprian Foias", IMAR/online