CIM COURSE on Matrices,Statistics and Applications

Objectives
The aim of this course is to establish a narrow connection between Ph.D and other graduate students to some of the most recent and valuable worldwide achievements in the fields of matrix analysis and computation, along with application to several areas, mainly in statistics. Another goal of this event is to stimulate research, and foster the interaction of researchers in the interface between matrix theory and statistics, in an informal setting.

The Course will be presented by:

Kai-Tai Fang
Hong Kong Baptist University
Emeritus Professor
Director of the Institute of Statistics and Computational Intelligence
Beijing Normal University (Hong Kong)

Gene Golub
Stanford University
Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science

James Durbin
London Scholl of Economics and Political Science
Honorary Professor
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (Centre Fellow)

Eugene Seneta
University of Sydney.
Emeritus Professor

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