Archive for USA
precisely!
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags Donald Trump, immigration, Norway, Stephen King, Trondheim, twitter, USA on January 12, 2018 by xi'an
U of T sunset [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags Austin, jatp, sunset, Texas, The University of Texas at Austin, USA on December 14, 2017 by xi'an
off to Austin!
Posted in Books, Kids, Statistics, Travel, University life, Wines with tags Austin, conference, ISBA, O'Bayes17, objective Bayes, Objective Bayesian hypothesis testing, Robert Dedman, Texas, The University of Texas at Austin, USA on December 9, 2017 by xi'an
Today I am flying to Austin, Texas, on the occasion of the O’Bayes 2017 conference, the 12th meeting in the series. In complete objectivity (I am a member of the scientific committee!), the scientific program looks quite exciting, with new themes and new faces. (And Peter Müller concocted a special social program as well!) As indicated above [with an innovative spelling of my first name!] I will give my “traditional” tutorial on O’Bayes testing and model choice tomorrow, flying back to Paris on Wednesday (and alas missing the final talks, including Better together by Pierre!). A nice pun is that the conference centre is located on Robert De[a]dman Drive, which I hope is not premonitory of a fatal ending to my talk there..!
Monty Hall closes the door
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags competition, conditional probability, game show, Monty Hall, Monty Hall problem, paradoxes, pop culture, Stigler's Law, The New York Times, USA on October 1, 2017 by xi'an
Among much more dramatic news today, I learned about Monty Hall passing away, who achieved long lasting fame among probabilists for his TV game show leading to the Monty Hall problem, a simple conditional probability derivation often leading to arguments because of the loose wording of the conditioning event. By virtue of Stigler’s Law, the Monty Hall game was actually invented earlier, apparently by the French probabilist Joseph Bertrand, in his Calcul des probabilités. The New York Times article linked with the image points out the role of outfits with the game participants, towards being selected by the host, Monty Hall. And that one show had a live elephant behind a door, instead of a goat, elephant which freaked out..!
positions in North-East America
Posted in Kids, pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags academic position, Cambridge, Canada, Harvard University, Massachusetts, professorship, Québec, Université de Montréal, USA on September 14, 2017 by xi'an
Today I received emails about openings in both Université de Montréal, Canada, and Harvard University, USA:
- Professor in Statistics, Biostatistics or Data Science at U de M, deadline October 30th, 2017, a requirement being proficiency in the French language;
- Tenure-Track Professorship in Statistics at Harvard University, Department of Statistics, details there.
both sides [no comment]
Posted in Statistics with tags anti-Nazis, dictature, Donald Trump, ethics, extreme-right, far-right, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Maduro, Nazis, politics, quotes, sides, UK politics, United Kingdom, US politics, USA, Venezuela on August 28, 2017 by xi'an
“I think there is blame on both sides and I have no doubt about it.” Donald Trump, Aug 15, 2017
“What I condemn is the violence that’s been done by any side, by all sides, in all this.” Jeremy Corbyn, Aug 7, 2017
sinking ever deeper in a bottomless pit…
Posted in Kids with tags climate change, Donald Trump, Paris Agreement, trumpism, USA on June 2, 2017 by xi'an
