Many disciplines use probability theory, including mathematical statistics, philosophy, and physics. The goal of this seminar, which began in 2016, is to help people in these disciplines learn from each other. The seminars have been organized primarily by faculty members and doctoral students at Rutgers University. Current organizers are Harry Crane (Rutgers Statistics), Ruobin Gong (Rutgers Statistics), Barry Loewer (Rutgers Philosophy), Glenn Shafer (Rutgers Business School), and Snow Zhang (New York University Philosophy).
Everyone is welcome to attend upcoming seminars and to view videos of past seminars. (Video links go to Foundations of Probability Panel Discussions YouTube channel.)
Spring 2023 Schedule
Mondays 4:30-6:30pm, location varies week to week. Check announcements for details.
| Date/Time | Details | Location/Mode |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2023 | Boris Babic (University of Toronto) – Inference, Optimal Stopping and New Hypotheses | In-person, Zoom |
| February 27, 2023 | Zachary Goodsell (USC) – Symmetry of Value | In-person, Zoom |
| March 20, 2023 | Tessa Murthy (Carnegie Mellon University) – Von Mises, Popper, and the Cournot Principle | In-person, Zoom |
| March 27, 2023 | Ezra Rubenstein (Berkeley) – Probability from Symmetry | In-person, Zoom |
| April 3, 2023, 4:30pm | Michael Acree (Senior Statistician (Retired), University of California, San Francisco) – Why the Concept of Statistical Inference Is Incoherent, and Why We Still Love It | Zoom |
| April 17, 2023 | Kit Fine (NYU) – Parity, Probability and Approximate Difference | In-person, Zoom |
| April 24, 2023 | Eddy Keming Chen (UC San Diego) – Algorithmic Randomness and Probabilistic Laws (with Jeffrey A. Barrett (UC Irvine)) | In-person, Zoom |
| May 1, 2023 | Anubav Vasudevan (Chicago) – Entropy and Subjectivism | In-person, Zoom |
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