Special Short Course


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NEWS

Professor Frederic Udina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) will be delivering three lectures (90 minutes each) on kernel density estimation.

DATE / SCHEDULE

July 10 (Monday) -- 12 (Wednesday), 2006
The lecture schedule is ...
July 10 : 1:30 -- 3:00pm
July 11 : 1:30 -- 3:00pm
July 12 : 1:30 -- 3:00pm

PLACE

Room D515, Graduate School of Engineering Science

CONTENTS OF THE LECTURES

I. Density Estimation, an overview

Histograms
Kernel estimators
Orthonormal series estimators
Other methods

II. Kernel Density Estimation

Consistency and convergence
Choosing the bandwidth
Choosing the kernel
Computational aspects

III. Multivariate case and other aspects

Multivariate density estimation
The L_1 world
Transformed kernel estimators

NOTES

The level of the lectures will be advanced Master-PhD level course.
In particular he will consider basic theoretical aspects of error estimation together with some practical issues.

He will also deliver an advanced seminar on universal portfolios in mathematical finance on Tuesday 11 at 4:30pm.
If you want to get some information about it, please click here.

DOWNLOADABLE FILES

Nonparametric kernel-based sequential investment strategies
(pdf file, approximately 400kB)
Nonparametric nearest neighbor based empirical portfolio selection strategies
(pdf file, approximately 400kB)