The Twenty First Northwest Probability Seminar

Northwest Probability Seminars are mini-conferences held at the University of Washington and organized in collaboration with the Oregon State University, the University of British Columbia and the University of Oregon. There is no registration fee. 

Speakers/Topics:

Jerry Li, Microsoft Research

- Quantum entropy scoring for fast robust mean estimation and improved outlier detection

Sayan Banerjee, University of North Carolina

- Non-parametric change point detection in growing networks

Dana Randall, Georgia Institute of Technology

- "Birnbaum Lecture": Phase transitions and emergent phenomena in algorithms and applications

Delphin Sénizergues, University of British Columbia

- Geometry of the α-stable component

Peter Ralph, University of Oregon

- Whole genomes and whole genealogies: progress and challenges with tree sequences