January 2021
Eindhoven Stochastic Seminar
Piotr Zwiernik Modelling with positive dependence: graphical models, and convex optimization Probability distributions that are multivariate totally positive of order 2 (MTP2) appeared in the theory of positive dependence and in statistical physics through the celebrated FKG inequality. The MTP2 property is stable under marginalization, conditioning and it appears naturally in various probabilistic graphical models with hidden variables. Models of exponential families with the MTP2 property admit a unique maximum likelihood estimator. In the Gaussian case, the MLE exists also…
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Workshop “Data-driven solutions for containing the spreading of COVID-19”
Summary The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and companies in the Netherlands interested in or already working on data-driven solutions for reducing the spread of COVID-19. Format Online Organizers We are a consortium of four universities (TU Eindhoven, UMC Leiden, University of Utrecht, University of Twente) and two data science companies (Mezuro, Ilionx) that aims to develop a predictive dashboard for local corona outbreaks, funded by ZonMw grant 10430 03291 001 `Mobility and behavior-based early-warning system…
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YEQT XIV: "Load balancing and scheduling for distributed service systems"
Summary Distributed service systems are ubiquitous, from server farms for cloud computing and charging stations for electric vehicles, to checkout lines at supermarkets and ICU beds in hospitals. The size of many of these systems has exploded over the past few years, which has created new challenges in the design of control policies. These new challenges, such as scalability, data locality, and server and task heterogeneity, have fueled a renewed interest in the study of these systems, and accelerated the…
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