401-3620-21L Student Seminar in Statistics: Statistical Network Modeling
Semester | Spring Semester 2021 |
Lecturers | P. L. Bühlmann, M. Azadkia |
Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Comment | Number of participants limited to 48. 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. Also offered in the Master Programmes Statistics resp. Data Science. |
Abstract | Network models can be used to analyze non-iid data because their structure incorporates interconnectedness between the individuals. We introduce networks, describe them mathematically, and consider applications. |
Objective | Network models can be used to analyze non-iid data because their structure incorporates interconnectedness between the individuals. The participants of the seminar acquire knowledge to formulate and analyze network models and to apply them in examples. |
Literature | E. D. Kolaczyk and G. Csárdi. Statistical analysis of network data with R. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, second edition, 2020. Tianxi Li, Elizaveta Levina, and Ji Zhu. Network cross-validation by edge sampling, 2020. Preprint arXiv:1612.04717. Tianxi Li, Elizaveta Levina, and Ji Zhu. Community models for partially observed networks from surveys, 2020. Preprint arXiv:2008.03652. Tianxi Li, Elizaveta Levina, and Ji Zhu. Prediction Models for Network-Linked Data, 2018. Preprint arXiv:1602.01192. |
Prerequisites / Notice | Every class will consist of an oral presentation highlighting key ideas of selected book chapters by a pair of students. Another two students will be responsible for asking questions during the presentation and providing a discussion of the the presented concepts and ideas, including pros+cons, at the end. Finally, an additional two students are responsible for giving an evaluation on the quality of the presentations/discussions and provide constructive feedback for improvement. |