This table gives a tentative timetable for the course. Everything in it, including the dates of homeworks and exams, is subject to change.
| Tuesday | Þursday | |||
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| Tuesday | Þursday | |||
| Wk01 |
Aug 29
Continuous Fourier Transforms |
Aug 31
Discrete Fourier Transforms |
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| Wk02 |
Sep 5
Spectral Analysis of Random Data; Problem Set 1 due |
Sep 7
Power Spectrum Estimation |
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| Wk03 |
Sep 12
Fundamentals of Probability; Problem Set 2 due |
Sep 14
Probability Distributions |
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| Wk04 |
Sep 19
Multivariate Distributions; Problem Set 3 due |
Sep 21
Binomial and Poisson Distributions |
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| Wk05 |
Sep 26
Exponential and Gamma Distributions; Problem Set 4 due |
Sep 28
Review for Prelim Exam 1 |
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| Wk06 |
Oct 3
FIRST PRELIM EXAM
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Oct 5
Gaussian and Chi-Squared Distirbutions; Sums of Random Variables |
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| Wk07 |
Oct 10
No Class (Fall Break) |
Oct 12
Central Limit Theorem; Problem Set 5 due |
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| Wk08 |
Oct 17
Multivariate Normal Distribution |
Oct 19
Student's Theorem; Problem Set 6 due |
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| Wk09 |
Oct 24
No Class |
Oct 26
Reduced Chi-Squared |
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| Wk10 |
Oct 31
Part Three: Statistical Inference Maximum Likelihood and MAP Estimates; Problem Set 7 due |
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| Wk11 |
Nov 7
Part Three: Statistical Inference Frequentist Hypothesis Testing; Problem Set 8 due |
Nov 9
Review for Prelim Exam 2 |
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| Wk12 |
Nov 14
SECOND PRELIM EXAM
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Nov 16
Part Three: Statistical Inference Bayesian Hypothesis Testing (Bayes Factor) |
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| Wk13 |
Nov 21
Part Three: Statistical Inference Counting Experiments with Known Background Rate; Problem Set 9 due |
Nov 23
No Class (Thanksgiving Break) |
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| Wk14 |
Nov 28
Part Three: Statistical Inference Counting Experiments with Unknown Background Rate (ON/OFF) |
Nov 30
Part Three: Statistical Inference Sampling methods; Problem Set 10 due |
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| Wk15 |
Dec 5
Part Three: Statistical Inference Markov Chain Monte Carlo |
Dec 7
Part Three: Statistical Inference Methods of choosing prior distributions; Problem Set 11 due |
Last Modified: 2017 November 26
Dr. John T. Whelan / john.whelan@astro.rit.edu / Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences & Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, Rochester Institute of TechnologyThe contents of this communication are the sole responsibility of Prof. John T. Whelan and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of RIT, SMS, or CCRG.
