Archive for Sorbonne Université
Fondation Sciences mathématiques de Paris scholarships for math masters [2025-2026]
Posted in Kids, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags École Normale Supérieure, Fondation des Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, France, FSMP, INRIA, Master program, Paris, PGSM, PhD scholarship, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, Université Paris Dauphine, Université Paris Nanterre on November 22, 2024 by xi'an
inhomogeneous random systems [Institut Henri Poincaré, 23-24 Jan 2024]
Posted in Statistics, Travel, University life with tags IHP, inhomogeneous random systems, Institut Henri Poincaré, kinetic theory, KU Leuven, large deviation, LPSM, Paris, particle systems, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, workshop on January 15, 2024 by xi'an
sound AI call for PhD applicants
Posted in Kids, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags artificial intelligence, European Union, Paris, PhD fellowship, SCAI, Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence, Sorbonne Université, sustainability on December 14, 2023 by xi'an
re-MCM’d
Posted in Statistics, University life with tags adaptive MCMC, alma mater, badge, conference, doubly intractable posterior, Grande Mosquée de Paris, HMC, Jardin des Plantes, Jussieu, MCM 2023, parallel tempering, Paris, PDMP, slice sampler, Sorbonne Université, U-turn on June 28, 2023 by xi'an
When I entered the classroom on the Jussieu campus where the Monday morning session on PDMP was taking place, some friends told me a badge was waiting for me at the registration desk of MCM 2023! Most surprisingly since I had received a deregistration message a few weeks earlier. Great PDMP session with non-reversible tempering (warning: some PDMPs were harmed in the tempering process), scaling PDMPs for highly anisotropic targets, a PDMP form of reversible jump (with sticky floors!) and a more adaptive version of no-U turn via… PDMPs. After lunch at the nearby Grande Mosquée de Paris (I had not visited since… 1974!), I attended the slice sampler session, where mileage varied imho. With a take on doubly-intractable targets that did not seem to relate to the existing literature.
de-MCM’d
Posted in Statistics, University life with tags conference, France, ISBA 2018, Jussieu, MCM 2023, Paris, Sorbonne Université, University of Edinburgh on June 9, 2023 by xi'an
This morning I received a message from the MCM 23 conference organisers that my registration [submitted two months ago] was declined for lack of room! I wonder why the organisers did not opt for broadcasting in a second amphitheater, as was done for ISBA in Edinburgh.
Unfortunately, we have attained the maximal capacity of the amphitheater where the plenary talks will take place (this is the largest amphitheater that one can rent on the Jussieu campus). This amphitheater capacity was significantly larger than the number of attendees of previous MCM conferences. We feel really sorry that we can’t confirm your registration to MCM2023.
Which is pretty frustrating given that the program is of the highest standards and that many friends, coauthors, students, of mine’s are giving talks there. Being a local I’ll try to gatecrash some talks, of course, but I would not bet on my chances, unless I can borrow a badge!
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