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Statistical Demography by Adrian Raftery [lectures]
Posted in Statistics, University life with tags Adrian Raftery, Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, FSMP, lecture, Seattle, statistical demography, Université de Paris, University of Washington on September 27, 2021 by xi'an
[de]quarantined by slideshare
Posted in Books, pictures, Statistics, University life with tags AI, blogging, cancel, copyright, CREST, E.T. Jaynes, Harold Jeffreys, lecture, legal action, Linkedin, Logic of Science, Og, presentation, probability theory, slides, slideshare, talks on January 11, 2021 by xi'an
A follow-up episode to the SlideShare m’a tuer [sic] saga: After the 20 November closure of my xianblog account and my request for an explanation, I was told by Linkedin that a complaint has been made about one of my talks for violation of copyright. Most surprisingly, at least at first, it was about the slides for the graduate lectures I gave ten years ago at CREST on (re)reading Jaynes’ Probability Theory. While the slides contain a lot of short quotes from the Logic of Science, somewhat necessarily since I discuss the said book, there are also many quotes from Jeffreys’ Theory of Probability and “t’is but a scratch” on the contents of this lengthy book… Plus, the pdf file appears to be accessible on several sites, including one with an INRIA domain. Since I had to fill a “Counter-Notice of Copyright Infringement” to unlock the rest of the depository, I just hope no legal action is going to be taken about this lecture. But I remain puzzled at the reasoning behind the complaint, unwilling to blame radical Jaynesians for it! As an aside, here are the registered 736 views of the slides for the past year:
Introductory overview lecture: the ABC of ABC [JSM19 #1]
Posted in Statistics with tags ABC, American Statistical Association, Approximate Bayesian computation, approximate Bayesian inference, causal inference, Colorado, Denver, evidence, forensic statistics, Joint Statistical Meeting, JSM 2019, lecture on July 28, 2019 by xi'an
Here are my slides [more or less] for the introductory overview lecture I am giving today at JSM 2019, 4:00-5:50, CC-Four Seasons I. There is obviously quite an overlap with earlier courses I gave on the topic, although I refrained here from mentioning any specific application (like population genetics) to focus on statistical and computational aspects.
Along with the other introductory overview lectures in this edition of JSM:
- Sunday 28, 2:00-3:50, CC-Four Seasons I: CSI at the JSM: Forensic Statistics and the Value of Scientific Evidence in Court by Hal Stern (University of California, Irvine)
- Monday 29, 8:30-10:20, CC-205: Assessing Procedures vs. Assessing Evidence by Michael Levine (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
- Monday 29, 2:00_3:50, CC-205: Causal inference in modern statistics by Jennifer Hill (New York University)and Avi Feller (UC Berkeley)
- Tuesday 30, 8:30-10:20, CC-205: Modern Risk Analysis by Walter Piergorsch (University of Arizona) and David Banks (Duke University)
Xi'an's Og 