As part of the “Visiting Professors” programme, Prof. David Siegmund, member of the American Academy of Science and Arts and the National Academy of Sciences, will deliver lectures and participate in seminars at Wrocław University of Technology.
Prof. David O. Siegmund from the Stanford University Department of Statistics has many significant achievements in the sequential analysis theory and its application in the analysis of clinical tests and statistical genetics. He has supervised over 40 PhD students. He is also a laureate of many prestigious prizes, such as the Guggenheim Fellowship or Humboldt Prize. Prof. Siegmund held important functions in many international associations, e.g. he was the President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the “Bernoulli Society”. You can read his biography here.
At Wrocław University of Technology, he will conduct a couple of lectures and seminars.
Agenda of Prof. Siegmund’s visit:
• 23rd June, 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM, A-1 building (Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27), room 241 (New Senate Room) - “Intersection of statistical mechanics, operations research and genetics” (open lecture)
• 24th-26th June, 1:15-3:00 PM, C-1 building (Janiszewskiego St. 14a), room P01 - “Change points: sequential detection, identification of multiple change points and applications in genetics” (open seminar)
• 27th June, 9:15-10:30 AM - “Can you hear the shape of the drum?” - probabilistic solution to the problem of Mark Kac” (open lecture)
• 3rd-4th July, Institute of Mathematics and Physics, C-11 building (Janiszewskiego St. 14a) – individual meetings with scholars and students. All interested should contact Małgorzata Bogdan, PhD (malgorzata.bogdan@pwr.edu.pl)
Professor Siegmund’s visit is organized as part of the “Visiting Professors” programme, financed from the Wrocław Municipality’s “Scientiae Wratislavienses” Fund.
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Translation: Dariusz Więcławski |