STA 395, Spring 2003
About the course:
This course will primarily consist of discussion by faculty members,
visitors and advanced graduate students on their current research
interests. The course will serve to make students aware of the research
topics that are of interest to Duke Statistics faculty members, fill "gaps" in
formal course offerings, and/or provide concentrated review in a
subject area. Feedback will be sought to ensure that enough
introductory material is presented for the research talks to be
understandable.
Requirements:
Basic elements of probability and statistics at a graduate level.
The mathematical requirements are knowledge of calculus and basic
properties of linear algebra.
Homework: Students registered for credit (1 to 3)
will have to write an equal number of (relatively brief) reports
or deliver an equivalent number of lectures
in the course (or any combination thereof).
Contents and topics of the reports will be discussed with
the instructor of the course.
Jim Berger
January, 2003