Mon 28 May – Fri 1 June 2018
Lammi, Finland
The mission of this traditional summer school (poster) is to provide one-week intensive courses on active research topics in probability and statistics, lectured by leading scholars in the field. The school is targeted primarily for doctoral students in probability, statistics, and related areas. Advanced MSc students and fresh postdocs are also encouraged to apply.
Courses
- Ivan Nourdin (U Luxembourg): The Malliavin-Stein approach (abstract, exercises, slides)
- Dylan Possamaï (Columbia U): An introduction to backward SDEs and applications in finance and economics (abstract)
- Piotr Zwiernik (U Pompeu Fabra): Latent tree models (abstract,exercises,slides)
Venue
Lammi Biological Station (map) is located by Lake Pääjärvi in the village of Lammi, district of Kanta-Häme, 120 km to the north of Helsinki. The nearest towns are Hämeenlinna (about 45 km) and Lahti (about 40 km), from which there are frequent bus connections (www.matkahuolto.fi/en/) to Lammi.
Schedule
The summer school starts on Mon 28 May at 12:50 and ends on Fri 1 June at 12:00. Please find here the detailed schedule.
Registration
You can register by filling in the registration form. The participation fee (20 €) is to be paid on location in cash.
Photos from the previous summer school in Lammi
Photos courtesy of Anni Laitinen.
Organizers
The school is organized by the Finnish Doctoral Education Network in Stochastics and Statistics (FDNSS), and financially supported by the Magnus Ehrnrooth foundation and by the Doctoral Programme in Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Helsinki DOMAST. For enquiries, contact the head of the organization committee:
Dario Gasbarra
PL 68 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2b)
00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 9 191 51407
Email: dario.gasbarra ‘at’ helsinki.fi
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