This set of lectures is an introduction to the stochastic analysis of Markov jump processes with applications in biology. The goal is of using stochastic calculus in this context, the analogue of Itô’s calculus for Brownian motion, as an efficient … Read more
This set of lectures is an introduction to the stochastic analysis of Markov jump processes with applications in biology. The goal is of using stochastic calculus in this context, the analogue of Itô’s calculus for Brownian motion, as an efficient … Read more
KPZ Fluctuations of Sticky Brownian Motion Sticky Brownian motion is a type of diffusion consisting of many interacting particles, where each individual particle behaves as standard Brownian motion but collectively the different particles may stick together and separate repeatedly. The … Read more
The modeling and computational hurdles in transitioning from engineered to biological polymeric systems
Ph.D. Thesis Defense Public Presentation Thursday May 5, 2022 10:00 AM Location: Hanes 125 Wei Liu Data-driven aircraft assignment and stochastic models for service systems Under the direction of Vidyadhar Kulkarni and Vinayak Deshpande This dissertation consists of two parts: … Read more
Also via Zoom at:https://unc.zoom.us/j/97719686596?pwd=dUZlcExqandkQ2FXOVlxSzNCMGVuQT09 Meeting ID: 977 1968 6596 Passcode: 627362 Title: Three Models for Pricing Decisions in Services or under Inventory Considerations Abstract: This dissertation studies pricing decisions under three different service settings. First, we consider a service … Read more
Title: Clustering and Classification with Feature Selection for High-Dimensional Data Abstract: In this dissertation, we discuss several methods for clustering and classification with feature selection for high-dimensional data. In the first part, we focus on the problem of biclustering, … Read more
Sparse random graphs with overlapping community structure In this talk we introduce two different random graph models that produce sparse graphs with overlapping community structure and discuss community detection in each context. The Random Overlapping Community (ROC) model produces a … Read more
Maxima on trees This talk will focus on the study of the endogenous solution to the high-order Lindley equation. The solution we are interested in corresponds to the maxima of a “perturbed” branching random walk, and it includes as a … Read more
Souvik Dhara MIT A new universality class for critical percolation on networks with heavy-tailed degrees The talk concerns critical behavior of percolation on finite random networks with heavy-tailed degree distribution. In a seminal paper, Aldous (1997) identified the scaling limit … Read more
Carolina Actuarial Student Organization (CASO) is inviting two actuaries to talk about their work in different fields. Dev Patel, FCAS, is a former actuary working in population health programs. Fred Peterson, FSA, will talk about pensions and retirement products. Please … Read more
Non-parametric change point detection in growing networks
