Assignment 1: Due Tuesday 26 August
Reading: Casella and Berger Ch.1-4 for a review of background material
Assignment 2: Due Tuesday 3 September
Reading: Casella and Berger Ch.1-4 for a review of background material
Assignment 3: Due Tuesday 10 September
Assignment 4: Due Thursday 19 September
Reading: Casella and Berger Chapters 6 and 7
Exercises (from C&B): 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 6.9a-c.
Assignment 5: Due Thursday 26 September
Reading: Casella and Berger Chapters 6, 7, and 8
Exercises (from C&B): 6.20a-c, 6.40, 7.6, 7.9, 7.11, 7.19, 7.52a-b
Assignment 5: Due Thursday 3 October
Reading: Casella and Berger Chapters 7, 8, and 9
Exercises (from C&B): 7.20, 7.24, 7.44, 7.48, 7.49a-b
Assignment 6 (Final): Due Friday 11 October by 5pm in the TAs mailbox
Reading: Casella and Berger Chapters 8 and 9
Exercises (from C&B): 8.4, 8.5a-b, 8.6, 8.14, 8.15, 8.18, 8.23a-b, 8.24
Assignment 7: Due Friday 1 November by 5pm in the TAs mailbox
Reading:
Casella and Berger Chapters 8 and 9
Sections 1-3 of Concentration-of-measure inequalities by G. Lugosi
Chapters 1 and 2 of High-Dimensional Probability by R. Vershynin
Exercises (from C&B): 9.1, 9.2, 9.6, 9.7a, 9.11, 9.16a-b
Assignment 8: Due Thursday November 7
Reading:
Sections 1-3 of Concentration-of-measure inequalities by G. Lugosi
Chapters 1 and 2 of High-Dimensional Probability by R. Vershynin
Assignment 9: Due Thursday November 14
Reading:
Chapters 2 and 3 of High-Dimensional Probability by R. Vershynin
Assignment 10: Due Thursday November 21 [Preliminary]
Reading:
Chapters 1 and 2 of Gaussian Estimation by I. Johnstone
Assignment 11: Due Tuesday December 3 [Preliminary]
Reading:
Lecture notes of E. Candes, lectures 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7