Thursday, 11h-13h, CWI L016, every other week starting March 30.
The purpose of the reading group is to read the book Concentration Inequalities: A Nonasymptotic Theory of Independence by Boucheron, Lugosi and Massart, learn the theory, and discuss it. I really hope that the different perspectives and applications brought to the table by our broad audience can make this worthwhile for all. If you did not get an announcement, or have any suggestions to make this even better, don't hesitate to let me know: wmkoolen@cwi.nl.
In the reading group sessions we will travel through the book with volunteers presenting chapters and leading the discussion.
The first meeting will be on Thursday 30 March, 11h-13h in L016. We will then meet every other week at this time.
The first meeting will cover the introductory chapters to get everyone on the same page, and we will make the schedule for the upcoming sessions.
If you want to participate, make sure you have access to the book and just come to the first session. If you are a connoisseur with advanced tastes, you can already think about special requests for later chapters.
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You can access the book in electronic form from within CWI.
This schedule is still under construction. There are also ideas to continue after summer to cover the more advanced chapters. Let me know if you want to volunteer for leading a session.
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| Thu March 30 2017 |
Chapters 1 and 2. Planning of the future sessions. |
Wouter Koolen |
| Thu April 20 2017 | Chapter 3. | Ronald de Wolf |
| Wed April 26 2017 (due to King's day) | Chapter 4. | Rianne de Heide |
| Thu May 11 2017 | Chapter 5. | Sourav Chakraborty |
| Wed May 24 2017 (due to ascension), L017 | Chapter 6. | Cristóbal Guzmán |
| Thu June 8 2017 | Chapter 7. | Ralph Bottesch |
We have covered half the book so far. The current plan is to continue our meetings in September 2017.