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Algebraic Statistics

December 15, 2008 to December 18, 2008
Organized By: Serkan Hosten (SFSU), Lior Pachter (UCB), Bernd Sturmfels (UCB)
 
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Algebraic statistics is a maturing discipline focused on the applications of algebraic geometry and its computational
tools in the study of statistical models. Initial results in the area were related to specific problems in categorial data analysis and experimental design, however a flurry of activity during the past several years has greatly increased the scope of the subject. Areas of interest now include graphical models, maximum likelihood estimation and Bayesian methods. Moreover, a strong connection has developed to applications in the physical and biological sciences. The field draws its tools not only from computational algebraic geometry but also from tropical, convex, and information geometry. Moreover, research in algebraic statistics has led to new directions in those fields. The workshop will be a meeting point for students and leaders in the field. It will present a focused activity parallel to the 2008-2009 program on Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics being hosted by the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute.

See below for the workshop schedule.

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Accomodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available.
The cut-off date for reservations is December 1, 2008.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention the workshop name and reference the following code when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail: 0812MSRIAL. The cut-off date for reservations is NOVEMBER 14, 2008.
 

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Schedule

Monday December 15, 2008

09:15AM - 09:30AM  Welcome From MSRI Director, Robert Bryant
09:30AM - 10:30AM  Milan Studeny Conditional independence structures and polyhedra    (See Abstract)
10:30AM - 11:00AM  coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Aleksandra Slavkovich Algebraic Statistics and Disclosure Limitation Problems    (See Abstract)
12:00PM - 01:30AM  Lunch
01:30PM - 02:10PM  Risi Kondor Non-commutative harmonic analysis in machine learning    (See Abstract)
02:20PM - 03:00PM  Sonja Petrovic Markov basis for p1 random graph models    (See Abstract)
03:00PM - 03:30PM  Coffe, tea in the atrium
03:30PM - 04:10PM  Villo Csiszar Hierarchical models for random permutations    (See Abstract)
04:20PM - 05:00PM  Lek-Heng Lim Algebraic models for higher-order correlations    (See Abstract)

Tuesday December 16, 2008

09:30AM - 10:30AM  Akimichi takemura Perturbation method for determining group of invariance of hierarchical models    (See Abstract)
10:30AM - 11:00AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Marta Casanellas Phylogenetic invariants    (See Abstract)
12:00PM - 01:30PM  Lunch
01:30PM - 02:10PM  Piotr Zwiernik Semi-algebraic description of conditional independence tree models for binary data    (See Abstract)
02:20PM - 03:00PM  Luke Oeding Towards the salmon conjecture    (See Abstract)
03:00PM - 03:30PM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
03:30PM - 04:10PM  Serguei Norine Markov bases of binary graph models    (See Abstract)
04:20PM - 05:00PM  Alexander Schoenhuth "Equations for hidden Markov and related models"    (See Abstract)
05:00PM - 07:00PM  Reception in the atrium

Wednesday December 17, 2008

09:30AM - 10:30AM  Nihat Ay On the natural geometry of exponential families    (See Abstract)
10:30AM - 11:00AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Sumio Watanabe Algebraic Geometrical Method in Singular Statistical Estimation    (See Abstract)
12:00PM - 01:30PM  Lunch
01:30PM - 02:10PM  Shaowei Lin Asymptotic Approximation of Marginal Likelihood Integrals    (See Abstract)
02:20PM - 03:00PM  Han Xiao Finiteness of small factor analysis models    (See Abstract)
03:00PM - 03:30PM  Coffe, tea in the atrium
03:30PM - 04:10PM  Daniel Bates Exactness in numerical algebraic computations    (See Abstract)
04:20PM - 05:00PM  Philipp Rostalski Moment matrices and real root finding    (See Abstract)
06:00PM - 08:00PM  Dinner TBD

Thursday December 18, 2008

09:30AM - 10:30AM  Ruriko Yoshida First steps toward the geometry of cophylogeny    (See Abstract)
10:30AM - 11:00AM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
11:00AM - 12:00PM  Giovanni Pistone "Algebraic statistics in non-parametric information geometry"
12:00PM - 01:30PM  Lunch
01:30PM - 02:10PM  Ahmad Yasamin Hypothesis Testing For The Wishart Distributions Over A Lorentz Cone    (See Abstract)
02:20PM - 03:00PM  Caroline Uhler Commuting birth-and-death processes    (See Abstract)
03:00PM - 03:30PM  Coffee, tea in the atrium
03:30PM - 04:30PM  Seth Sullivant Finiteness theorems in algebraic statistics    (See Abstract)

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