Cross-posted from my personal blog. MCMC practitioners may be familiar with the Wang-Landau algorithm, which is widely used in Physics. This algorithm divides the sample space into “boxes”. Given a target distribution, the algorithm then samples proportionally to the target in each box, while aiming at spending a pre-defined proportion of the sample in eachContinue reading “The Wang-Landau algorithm reaches the flat histogram in finite time.”
Author Archives: Robin Ryder
Talk at CREST seminar on language diversification
Below are the slides from my talk earlier today at the PhD students’ seminar (which, for the occasion, I might refer to as the CREST young researchers’ seminar – I am sure our previous speaker will not mind!). The slides, in French, are about my DPhil with Geoff Nicholls on Phylogenetic Models of Language Diversification.Continue reading “Talk at CREST seminar on language diversification”
TED talks
At the PhD students’ seminar last Thursday, there was a brief discussion about TED talks, which are apparently not as well known as I thought. The TED conferences gather together brilliant people from very different areas, who have 20 minutes to present their work to a lay audience. The talks are often of very highContinue reading “TED talks”
Toponymy and localisation
Cross-posted from my personal blog. Since this is my first post here, a quick introduction is in order: I am a postdoc at CREST and CEREMADE (Paris Dauphine). I have a personal blog, but will be cross-posting here as well. As Julyan already mentioned, Master’s level students at ENSAE are required to work on anContinue reading “Toponymy and localisation”
Statisfaction 