| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
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| 401-3940-21L | Student Seminar in Mathematics and Data: Optimal Transport  Number of participants limited to 12. | 4 credits | 2S | A. Bandeira,
G. Chinot |
| Abstract | The Seminar starts with a basic introduction to Optimal Transport (including but not limited to: Monge and Kantorovich formulations, duality, Wassertstein distance). After the introductory material, each week will be devoted to either a research article in the topic or a more advanced concept. Particular emphasis will be given to applications to statistics and data science. |
| Learning objective | |
| Lecture notes | More information, including list of papers, will be available at https://forum.math.ethz.ch/c/spring-2021/student-seminar-in-mathematics-and-data/51 |
| Literature | More information, including list of papers, will be available at https://forum.math.ethz.ch/c/spring-2021/student-seminar-in-mathematics-and-data/51 |
| Prerequisites / Notice | This seminar requires a certain degree of mathematical maturity--including abstract thinking and the ability to understand and write proofs. Probability theory and Linear Algebra is a required pre-requisite. Some basic familiarity with Optimization and Functional Analysis is beneficial. |
