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SDSCon 2017 – Statistics and Data Science Center Conference

As part of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), the Statistics and Data Science Center (SDSC) is a MIT-wide focal point for advancing academic programs and research activities in statistics and data science. SDSC Day will be a celebration and community-building event for those interested in statistics. Discussions will cover applications of statistics and data science across a wide range of fields and approaches.

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SDSCon 2018: Statistics and Data Science Center Conference

Bartos Theater

Join us at SDSCon 2018 on April 20, 2018 to hear leaders in the field of statistics and data science. SDSCon 2018 is the second annual celebration of MIT’s statistics and data science community organized by MIT’s Statistics and Data Center (SDSC). The mission of SDSC is to advance research activities and academic programs in the “21st Century Statistics” whose foundations include Probability, Statistics, Computation and Data Analysis. The conference will feature presentations from established academic leaders, industry innovators, and…

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Resource-efficient ML in 2 KB RAM for the Internet of Things

Prateek Jain (Microsoft Research)
E18-304

Abstract: We propose an alternative paradigm for the Internet of Things (IoT) where machine learning algorithms run locally on severely resource-constrained edge and endpoint devices without necessarily needing cloud connectivity. This enables many scenarios beyond the pale of the traditional paradigm including low-latency brain implants, precision agriculture on disconnected farms, privacy-preserving smart spectacles, etc. Towards this end, we develop novel tree and kNN based algorithm, called Bonsai and ProtoNN, for efficient prediction on IoT devices -- such as those based…

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Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference

Microsoft NERD Center

This one-day technical conference will bring together local academic leaders, industrial professionals, and students to hear about the latest data science related research in a number of domains, to learn how leading-edge companies are leveraging data science for success, and to connect with potential mentors, collaborators, and others in the field. The program will include technical talks, a student poster session, recruiting opportunities, and several networking breaks throughout the day.

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Estimation of Functionals of High-Dimensional and Infinite-Dimensional Parameters of Statistical Models

Vladimir Koltchinskii, Georgia Institute of Technology
2-449

The mini-course will meet on Monday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 3rd from 1:30-3:00pm This mini-course deals with a circle of problems related to estimation of real valued functionals of high-dimensional and infinite-dimensional parameters of statistical models. In such problems, it is of interest to estimate one-dimensional features of a high-dimensional parameter represented by nonlinear functionals of certain degree of smoothness defined on the parameter space. The functionals of interest could be often estimated with faster convergence rates than the…

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