发布时间:2017-12-13
报告人:Hu Feifang (胡飞芳教授,美国乔治华盛顿大学,中国人民大学)
报告题目:The Role of Statistics in the Big Data and AI Era
报告摘要:With modern technology, it becomes easier and easier to collect data (BIG DATA). Data are not just numbers, but numbers that carry information about a specific setting; need to be interpreted and help us to make decisions (AI). Statisticians are experts in: (i) producing useful data; (ii) analyzing data to make meanful results; and (iii) drawing practical conclusions. In the BIG DATA and AI era, statisticians are face many new challenges. In this presentation, I will talk about: (1) some new challenges; (2) the importance of statistics in analysising BIG DATA; (3) the role of statisticians in the new Big Data and AI era. Several examples are used to illustrate the role of statistics in the BIG DATA and AI era.
报告人简介:胡飞芳,美国乔治华盛顿大学统计系教授, 中国 “国家计划”教授,中国人民大学 统计与大数据研究院教授。1994年被授予加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学(University of British Columbia)统计学博士学位,并获得加拿大优秀博士论文奖。2004年美国自然科学基金会杰出青年基金的得主。 2009年当选为美国统计协会(American Statistical Association)和国际数理统计协会(Institute of Mathematical Statistics)双料Fellow,是美国统计协会杂志 (Journal of American Statistical Association) 和统计年鉴(Annals of Statistics)等国际顶尖统计杂志的副主编。主持五项美国国家自然科学基金研究项目, 一项中国自然科学基金研究项目,以及多项香港新加坡研究项目。
报告时间: 2017年12月15日(星期五)下午2:30 - 3:30
报告地点:科技楼南楼702