Málstofa í tölfræði Fyrirlesari: Guðmundur Einarsson, M.S. student of Statistics, University of Iceland Titill: Discussion on evolutionary algorithms in optimization Staðsetning: Room V-157 in building VR-II on the UI campus Tími: Thursday, April 3rd 2014, at 12:00 to 13:00. Abstract: Two papers will be discussed. First, a paper entitled „Metaheuristics-the metaphor exposed“ by K. Sörensen. […]

Málstofa í tölfræði Speaker: Óli Páll Geirsson, Doctoral student, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland. Title: Modelling annual maximum 24 hour precipitation in Iceland using the SPDE approach and split sampling MCMC strategy Location: Room V-157 in building VR-II on the UI campus Time: Thursday, March 20th 2014, at 12:00 to

Málstofa í tölfræði Speaker: Daniel Simpson, Researcher, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Title: Towards computationally efficient spatial statistics Location: Room V-157 in building VR-II on the UI campus Time: Thursday January 23rd 2014, at 12:00 to 13:00. Abstract: Spatial statistics is hard! The combination of large datasets and complicated models