Mathematical Conversations
Topic:	Faster and Simpler Algorithms for Robust Statistics
Speaker:	Yu Cheng
Affiliation:	University of Illinois at Chicago; Visitor, School of Mathematics
Date:	Wednesday, December 18
Time/Room:	6:00pm - 7:30pm/Dilworth Room

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In this talk, we will discuss some of the recent advances in high-dimensional robust statistics. In particular, we will focus on designing faster and simpler robust algorithms for fundamental statistical and machine learning problems.