Because of the increasing availability of data, statistics plays a more and more prominent
role in many scientific and practical areas. On the other hand, the most general realistic
models are usually very complex such that poor statistical precision is very common in
spite of the large amount of data. Therefore, new methods and
tools are necessary that adapt to partially unknown structures underlying high-dimensional complex data
to obtain more accurate estimates.
On April 23, 2012 a workshop devoted to such problems of structural inference will take place at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) (Mohrenstr. 39, 10117 Berlin). The two main speakers are Massimiliano Pontil (University College London), a leading expert in machine learning theory and pattern recognition, and Patricia Reynaud-Bouret (University of Nice), who is renowned for her contribution to the theory of adaptive estimation. Below you find a preliminary program, which will be regularly updated.
The workshop is organized by the DFG-research unit FOR 1735: Structural Inference in Statistics: Adaption and Efficiency. The participation is for free and everyone is heartily invited. However, to facilitate the organization of this one-day workshop, please send an e-mail with the subject Structural Inference Day to andresen@wias-berlin.de if you intend to participate.
Here you may check how to reach the venue by public transport.
If you have further questions concerning the Structural Inference Day 2012 do not hesitate to contact
Andreas Andresen (andresen@wias-berlin.de).