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== Thursday, September 13, Sebastien Roch, UW-Madison == | == Thursday, September 13, Sebastien Roch, UW-Madison == | ||
Title: Markov models on trees: Variants of the reconstruction problem | |||
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I will consider the so-called `reconstruction problem': how accurately | |||
can one guess the state at the root of a Markov chain on a finite tree, | |||
given the states at the leaves? I will introduce variants of this problem | |||
that arise naturally in connection with applications in molecular | |||
evolution, and discuss recent results and open problems. Based | |||
on joint works with Andoni, Daskalakis, Hassidim, Mossel and | |||
Sly. | |||
== Thursday, September 20, Jun Yin, UW-Madison == | |||
Title: TBA | Title: TBA | ||
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== Friday, October 5, Nicos Georgiou, University of Utah == | == <font color="red">Friday</font>, October 5, Nicos Georgiou, University of Utah == | ||
Title: TBA | Title: TBA | ||
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== Friday, November 2, Michael Damron, Princeton == | == <font color="red">Friday</font>, November 2, Michael Damron, Princeton == | ||
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Fall 2012
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Thursday, September 13, Sebastien Roch, UW-Madison
Title: Markov models on trees: Variants of the reconstruction problem
Abstract: I will consider the so-called `reconstruction problem': how accurately can one guess the state at the root of a Markov chain on a finite tree, given the states at the leaves? I will introduce variants of this problem that arise naturally in connection with applications in molecular evolution, and discuss recent results and open problems. Based on joint works with Andoni, Daskalakis, Hassidim, Mossel and Sly.
Thursday, September 20, Jun Yin, UW-Madison
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Friday, October 5, Nicos Georgiou, University of Utah
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Thursday, October 11, No seminar
because of the MIDWEST PROBABILITY COLLOQUIUM
Thursday, October 18, Jason Swanson, University of Central Florida
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Thursday, October 25, Mihai Stoiciu, Williams College
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA
Friday, November 2, Michael Damron, Princeton
Title: TBA
Abstract: TBA