Archive for SMF
a random day, in Paris
Posted in Statistics, University life with tags conference, IHP, Institut Henri Poincaré, journée aléatoire, probability theory, SFDS, SMAI, SMF, statistical inference, Statistics on September 28, 2022 by xi'an
CIRM in dire need of help
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life, Wines with tags Cassis, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques, CIRM, cofunding, COVID-19, France, Luminy campus, Marseiile, pandemic, Parc National des Calanques, SMF, Société Mathématique de France, sunrise, support, trail running, workshop on November 24, 2020 by xi'an
The International Mathematics Conference Centre, CIRM, located in Luminy, Marseille, France, has been deeply disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to 60 % of the events planned there have been cancelled so far and all remaining conferences have gone virtual or at best hybrid, open to a remote audience, including in an interactive way. This has required important and unexpected investments. Furthermore, this crisis happened at the worst possible moment as CIRM had just finished doubling its infrastructure capacities. This is why I strongly support the call from the French Mathematical Society (SMF) to make a donation to CIRM before the end of the year, especially from researchers who benefited from its hospitality and unique environment.
maison Poincaré
Posted in Travel, University life with tags cofunding, France, Henri Poincaré, Institut Henri Poincaré, Nicolas Bourbaki, Paris, Quartier Latin, SMF, Société Mathématique de France on November 15, 2020 by xi'an
away from CIRM
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags calanques, CIRM, coordinate sampler, Gibbs sampler, Luminy campus, Markov chain Monte Carlo, Marseille, Mont Puget, PDMP, SMF on November 5, 2020 by xi'anDue to the new lockdown measures enforced in France and in particular in Marseilles, the CIRM workshop on QMC and randomness has turned virtual, and I will thus give my talk on Coordinate sampler : A non-reversible Gibbs-like sampler from Paris. Rather than from the Luminy campus after an early morning run to the top of Mont Puget as we used to do on the previous workshop there. With versions of PDMP running on QMC (which makes sense when considering the deterministic component of the sampler).
ten day mathematical competition for undergrads [no stats!]
Posted in Kids, Statistics, University life with tags competition, mathematics, SMF, Société Mathématique de France on September 27, 2018 by xi'an
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