Marloes H. Maathuis: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Marloes H. Maathuis |
| Field | Statistics |
| URL | http://stat.ethz.ch/~maathuis |
| Department | Mathematics |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401-3620-67L | Student Seminar in Statistics: Computer Age Statistical Inference  Number of participants limited to 24. Mainly for students from the Mathematics Bachelor and Master Programmes who, in addition to the introductory course unit 401-2604-00L Probability and Statistics, have heard at least one core or elective course in statistics. | 4 credits | 2S | M. H. Maathuis, P. L. Bühlmann, N. Meinshausen, S. van de Geer | |
| Abstract | We study selected chapters from the book "Computer Age Statistical Inference: Algorithms, Evidence and Data Science" by Bradley Efron and Trevor Hastie. | ||||
| Learning objective | During this seminar, we will study roughly one chapter per week from the book "Computer Age Statistical Inference: Algorithms, Evidence and Data Science" by Bradley Efron and Trevor Hastie. You will obtain a good overview of the field of modern statistics. Moreover, you will practice your self-studying and presentation skills. | ||||
| Content | In the words of Efron and Hastie: "The twenty-first century has seen a breathtaking expansion of statistical methodology, both in scope and in influence. “Big data,” “data science,” and “machine learning” have become familiar terms in the news, as statistical methods are brought to bear upon the enormous data sets of modern science and commerce. How did we get here? And where are we going? This book takes us on a journey through the revolution in data analysis following the introduction of electronic computation in the 1950s. Beginning with classical inferential theories – Bayesian, frequentist, Fisherian – individual chapters take up a series of influential topics: survival analysis, logistic regression, empirical Bayes, the jackknife and bootstrap, random forests, neural networks, Markov chain Monte Carlo, inference after model selection, and dozens more. The book integrates methodology and algorithms with statistical inference, and ends with speculation on the future direction of statistics and data science." | ||||
| Literature | Bradley Efron and Trevor Hastie (2016). Computer Age Statistical Inference: Algorithms, Evidence and Data Science. Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN: 9781107149892. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | We require at least one course in statistics in addition to the 4th semester course Introduction to Probability and Statistics, as well as some experience with the statistical software R. Topics will be assigned during the first meeting. | ||||
| 401-5620-00L | Research Seminar on Statistics  | 0 credits | 2K | L. Held, T. Hothorn, D. Kozbur, M. H. Maathuis, N. Meinshausen, S. van de Geer, M. Wolf | |
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||
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| 401-5640-00L | ZüKoSt: Seminar on Applied Statistics | 0 credits | 1K | M. Kalisch, R. Furrer, L. Held, T. Hothorn, M. H. Maathuis, M. Mächler, L. Meier, N. Meinshausen, M. Robinson, C. Strobl, S. van de Geer | |
| Abstract | About 5 talks on applied statistics. | ||||
| Learning objective | See how statistical methods are applied in practice. | ||||
| Content | There will be about 5 talks on how statistical methods are applied in practice. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | This is no lecture. There is no exam and no credit points will be awarded. The current program can be found on the web: http://stat.ethz.ch/events/zukost Course language is English or German and may depend on the speaker. | ||||