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<div dir="ltr"><div style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">As part of the series of seminars <i>"Insalate di Matematica"</i>, <b>Lorenzo Zambon</b>, PhD Student at <span style="word-spacing:0px">the Università di Pavia</span><font style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="word-spacing:1px">, will deliver a talk. </span></font></font></span></div><div style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">
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seminar will take place in room 3014, at the building U5-Ratio, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, and it
will be streamed via Webex platform <b>(more information below)</b>.</font></span></div><div style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Here the details:</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><u>Date and time</u>: <b>19th May 2022, 2:00 pm (CET)</b></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><u><br></u></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><u>Title</u>: <i style="background-color:rgb(241,194,50)">"The importance of being Bayesian</i><span style="background-color:rgb(241,194,50)"><i>"</i></span><i><br><span style="background-color:rgb(241,194,50)"></span></i></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><u style="word-spacing:1px">Abstract</u><span style="word-spacing:1px">: Although probability theory is a well-established branch of mathematics, the question of how we should interpret probabilities is still controversial. It is not just a philosophical question, since different interpretations of probability lead to different approaches to statistical inference. We will focus on the subjective interpretation, which considers probability as a degree of subjective belief. Bayesian statistics is based on this framework, as data are used to update our prior beliefs. I will show the main features of Bayesian statistics, and highlight the differences with the frequentist approach. Then, I will present some benefits and limitations of the Bayesian approach, in particular in a machine learning framework.<br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Roboto,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif"><br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><u style="word-spacing:1px">Keywords</u><span style="word-spacing:1px">: Bayesian inference - probabilistic modeling - sampling algorithms.</span></font></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></div><div style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><b><u>Information to attend online</u></b></font></span></div><div style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">The seminar will be streamed via Webex platform at the following link: <a href="https://unimib.webex.com/unimib/j.php?MTID=m2422d43217fb489afe478cf05565cc00" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://unimib.webex.com/unimib/j.php?MTID=m2422d43217fb489afe478cf05565cc00</a> (<i><u>Password</u></i>: Insalate)<span style="font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.3px;white-space:nowrap"></span></font></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><i><b>** We inform you that the talk will be recorded and uploaded on our website. If you join the talk <u>after the starting time</u>, we kindly ask you to ensure that <u>your microphone and webcam are turned off</u> **</b></i><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">You can find the poster of the event in the attachment. We are looking forward to seeing you! </font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">For further information, please visit our website: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/insalate-di-matematica" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://sites.google.com/view/insalate-di-matematica</a> or contact us at <a href="mailto:insalate.matematica@unimib.it" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">insalate.matematica@unimib.it</a>.</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing:1px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><br>The organizers: Luigi Appolloni, Andrea Bisterzo, Alberto Cassella, Francesca Cottini, Ludovico Marini.</font></span></div></div></div>
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