Sara van de Geer: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2019

Name Prof. em. Dr. Sara van de Geer
FieldMathematic
Address
Seminar für Statistik (SfS)
ETH Zürich, HG GO 14.2
Rämistrasse 101
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 22 52
E-mailsara.vandegeer@stat.math.ethz.ch
URLhttp://stat.ethz.ch/~vsara
DepartmentMathematics
RelationshipProfessor emerita

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
401-3620-19LStudent Seminar in Statistics: Adversarial and Robust Machine Learning Restricted registration - show details
Number of participants limited to 22.

Mainly for students from the Mathematics Bachelor and Master Programmes who, in addition to the introductory course unit 401-2604-00L Probability and Statistics, have heard at least one core or elective course in statistics. Also offered in the Master Programmes Statistics resp. Data Science.
4 credits2SP. L. Bühlmann, M. H. Maathuis, N. Meinshausen, S. van de Geer
AbstractAs statistical and machine learning models are increasingly employed in many real-world applications it becomes more important to understand the vulnerabilities and robustness properties of these models.
In the first part of this seminar, we will study papers relating to adversarial examples. In the second part of the course, we will review other types of distribution shifts.
ObjectiveAfter this seminar, you should know
- properties of adversarial examples
- some attacks and defenses
- some concepts from robust optimization and distributional robustness
- other distribution shifts that can fool machine learning models in general and neural networks in particular
ContentAs statistical and machine learning models are increasingly employed in many real-world applications it becomes more important to understand the vulnerabilities and robustness properties of these models. In the first part of this seminar, we will study papers relating to adversarial examples, covering their properties, various attacks and defenses. In the second part of the course, we will review other types of distribution shifts, posing significant challenges for state-of-the-art machine learning models. Some parts of the seminar will be devoted to implementing these methods in python.
Prerequisites / NoticeWe require at least one course in statistics or machine learning and basic knowledge in computer programming. Some background knowledge in deep learning is helpful but not strictly required.
Topics will be assigned during the first meeting.
401-4627-00LEmpirical Process Theory with Applications in Statistics and Machine Learning Information 4 credits2VS. van de Geer
AbstractEmpirical process theory provides a rich toolbox for studying the properties of empirical risk minimizers, such as least squares and maximum likelihood estimators, support vector machines, etc.
Objective
ContentIn this series of lectures, we will start with considering exponential inequalities, including concentration inequalities, for the deviation of averages from their mean. We furthermore present some notions from approximation theory, because this enables us to assess the modulus of continuity of empirical processes. We introduce e.g., Vapnik Chervonenkis dimension: a combinatorial concept (from learning theory) of the "size" of a collection of sets or functions. As statistical applications, we study consistency and exponential inequalities for empirical risk minimizers, and asymptotic normality in semi-parametric models. We moreover examine regularization and model selection.
401-5620-00LResearch Seminar on Statistics Information 0 credits2KP. L. Bühlmann, L. Held, T. Hothorn, D. Kozbur, M. H. Maathuis, N. Meinshausen, S. van de Geer, M. Wolf
AbstractResearch colloquium
Objective
401-5640-00LZüKoSt: Seminar on Applied Statistics Information 0 credits1KM. Kalisch, P. L. Bühlmann, R. Furrer, L. Held, T. Hothorn, M. H. Maathuis, M. Mächler, L. Meier, N. Meinshausen, M. Robinson, C. Strobl, S. van de Geer
Abstract5 to 6 talks on applied statistics.
ObjectiveKennenlernen von statistischen Methoden in ihrer Anwendung in verschiedenen Gebieten, besonders in Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Medizin.
ContentIn 5-6 Einzelvorträgen pro Semester werden Methoden der Statistik einzeln oder überblicksartig vorgestellt, oder es werden Probleme und Problemtypen aus einzelnen Anwendungsgebieten besprochen.
3 bis 4 der Vorträge stehen in der Regel unter einem Semesterthema.
Lecture notesBei manchen Vorträgen werden Unterlagen verteilt.
Eine Zusammenfassung ist kurz vor den Vorträgen im Internet unter http://stat.ethz.ch/talks/zukost abrufbar.
Ankündigunen der Vorträge werden auf Wunsch zugesandt.
Prerequisites / NoticeDies ist keine Vorlesung. Es wird keine Prüfung durchgeführt, und es werden keine Kreditpunkte vergeben.
Nach besonderem Programm. Koordinator M. Kalisch, Tel. 044 632 3435
Lehrsprache ist Englisch oder Deutsch je nach ReferentIn.
Course language is English or German and may depend on the speaker.
401-5680-00LFoundations of Data Science Seminar Information 0 creditsP. L. Bühlmann, H. Bölcskei, J. M. Buhmann, T. Hofmann, A. Krause, A. Lapidoth, H.‑A. Loeliger, M. H. Maathuis, N. Meinshausen, G. Rätsch, S. van de Geer
AbstractResearch colloquium
Objective
406-3621-AALFundamentals of Mathematical Statistics
Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement.

Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit.
10 credits21RS. van de Geer
AbstractThe course covers the basics of inferential statistics.
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