Meet Thomas Kahle! Thomas is a professor of algebra at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, where he specializes in algebraic statistics. He is also fascinated by the social fabric of the community, asking questions like: How does publishing work? Shall we all formalize our proofs in Lean? Can LLMs 'do math'? Thomas likes to communicate directly with the general public. He is the host and producer of the math podcast Eigenraum in which he explores the audio-dimension of mathematics. On the open social network Mastodon you can read his professional and personal opinions under @[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). Outside of mathematics, Thomas spends his time with family. He and his sons aim to play all Star Wars themed board games that have ever been made. To relax from the board games they go hiking or play frisbee. #CombSynPeople

Fotoband: 40 Porträts, 40 Stories, 40 Frauen aus der ehemaligen DDR - Was bleibt für nachfolgende Generationen?

How does an algebraic geometer studying secant varieties further the understanding of hypothesis tests in statistics? Why would a statistician working on factor analysis raise open problems about determinantal varieties? Connections of this type are at the heart of the new field of "algebraic statistics". In this field, mathematicians and statisticians come together to solve statistical inference problems using concepts from algebraic geometry as well as related computational and combinatorial techniques. The goal of these lectures is to introduce newcomers from the different camps to algebraic statistics. The introduction will be centered around the following three observations: many important statistical models correspond to algebraic or semi-algebraic sets of parameters; the geometry of these parameter spaces determines the behaviour of widely used statistical inference procedures; computational algebraic geometry can be used to study parameter spaces and other features of statistical models.

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Fediverse Workshop 6.10. OvGU Magdeburg