Asia-Pacific Seminar in Probability and Mathematical Statistics

The seminar is created as a permanent forum for good research in the field. It is our way to counterbalance the restrictions imposed on us by the pandemic and to still promote scientific exchange and cooperation. It will run using Zoom.

Topics include probabilistic models for natural phenomena, stochastic processes and statistical inference, statistical problems in high-dimensional spaces, asymptotic methods, statistical theory of diversity. At the same time, there are no restrictions on other topics of the seminar presentations.

The emphasis is on novelty, but even more so, on beauty, and clarity. Where possible, heuristic arguments are preferred to presentation of technical details.  Speakers are encouraged to discuss meaningful applications and open problems.  Good reviews are welcome.  Presentations should be accessible to good postgraduate students in probability and mathematical statistics.

The Board of the Seminar consists of

Sanjay Chaudhuri (NUS, Singapore),

Mark Holmes (University of Melbourne, currently at UBC, Vancouver),

Estate Khmaladze (VUW, Wellington),

Krishanu Maulik (ISI, Kolkata)

Spiro Penev (UNSW, Australia),

Masanobu Taniguchi (Waseda University, Tokyo),

Nakahiro Yoshida (University of Tokyo, Tokyo).

The Board is responsible for the programme. All of us will be happy to discuss details with potential speakers. Please, e-mail us if you would like to contribute -- addresses readily obtainable on the web.

We plan to run seminars on Wednesdays, once a month. Time will vary in between UTC+10 - UTC+12 (India) and UTC+17 - UTC+20 (New Zealand). Specific dates will be given on the web-page

                                https://sites.google.com/view/apsps/home

To register your interest in participation and receive updates, please, send an e-mail to your nearest organiser with "resister for APSPS" in the subject line. We are creating an updated list of those who are interested and will send a reminder to them closer to the date of the first talk when its time will be available on the web-page.

Kind regards,

Spiridon Penev