Probability

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Mailing List

http://groups.google.com/group/noisebridge-probability

Next Meeting

  • Somebody will present chapter 2. Recommended problems: 2.04, 2.07, 2.11, 2.17, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.30
  • When: Tuesday (11/16) 7:30 to 8:45pm
  • Where: Noisebridge (2169 Mission St.) - back corner classroom

Past Meetings

  • 11/9/2010 - chapter 1 and problems 1.03, 1.08, 1.09, 1.12, 1.13, 1.21, 1.24, 1.30   (slides)

General

A probability study group was proposed on the noisebridge-discuss list and cc'ed to the Machine Learning mailing list.

The goal is to go through the 7 chapters of Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory at a pace of 1 chapter per week.

Proposed meeting format (to be discussed at 1st meeting):

  • 30 min - a volunteer presents the material in the chapter (this will be for people who didn't have time to read the chapter at home, and for those who want to teach)
  • 30-45 min - discussion and problem solving (those who solved the problems at home can compare answers, those who didn't can work on the problems together)

Resources

background of one year of calculus. The material represents a one semester subject taught at M.I.T. to about 250 students per year, most of whom are in the Schools of Engineering or Management."

Statistical Computing

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Teaching Volunteers

  • Kai
  • Mike S
  • Ben W


Misc

Conditional Risk (from http://xkcd.com/795/ )


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