Stat 157: Seminar on Topics in Probability and Statistics

UC Berkeley

Overview

Substantial student participation required. The topics to be covered each semester that the course may be offered will be announced by the middle of the preceding semester; see departmental bulletins. Recent topics include: Bayesian statistics, statistics and finance, random matrix theory, high-dimensional statistics.

Logistics

Three hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.

Prerequisites

Mathematics 53-54, Statistics 134, 135. Knowledge of scientific computing environment (R or Matlab) often required. Prerequisites might vary with instructor and topics.