Conferences and seminars

Here you can find information about our seminar series, which are shown in the calendar at Stockholm Mathematics Centre. At the bottom of the page you will also find links to guests to our department in recent years.

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All of our seminar series can be found in the calendar at Stockholm Mathematics Centre, SMC.

Seminar, Algebra & Geometry

Seminar, Analysis

Seminar, Computational Mathematics

Seminar, Graduate student

Seminar, Logic

Seminar, Mathematical statistics

SMC Colloquium

Topological Activities

ESPIDAM - European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis and Modelling

ESPIDAM is a summer program for PhD students, Post Docs, Public Health scientists and others interested.

Read more about ESPIDAM here

Seminar series in Mathematical statistics

Here is also a list of seminars in Mathematical statistics held since the middle of April 2020 until May 2024.

See also calendar at SMC

DateSeminar
22/05/2024Tejas Iyer, WIAS Berlin. Persistent hubs in generalised preferential attachment trees.
15/05/2024Matteo Sfragara, Stockholm University. Goodbye seminar on random growth models.
10/04/2024Julien Truffin, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Insurance pricing and financial equilibrium through autocalibration.
27/03/2024Kristoffer Lindensjö, Stockholm University. Markovian randomized equilibria for stopping games.
13/03/2024Andi Bodnariu, Stockholm University. Stochastic differential games and time-inconsistent problems.
06/03/2024Martina Favero, Stockholm University. Stochastic processes in population genetics under strong selection.
21/02/2024Jakob Björnberg, Chalmers and Göteborg University. Dimerisation in mirrors models and quantum spin chains.
24/01/2024Tom Britton, Stockholm University. Improving the use of contact studies in infectious disease modelling.

DateSeminar
13/12/2023Taras Bodnar, Stockholm University. Reviving pseudo-inverses: Asymptotic properties of large-dimensional Moore-Penrose and Ridge-type inverses with applications.
06/12/2023Gaultier Lambert, KTH. Statistical properties of free fermions.
22/11/2023Nils Enger, Stockholm University. Large exposure asymptotics in valuation and reserving.
01/11/2023Arvid Sjölander, Karolinska Institute. Are E-values too optimistic or too pessimistic? Both and neither!
25/10/2023Oliver Sandqvist, University of Copenaghen and PFA Pension. A multistate approach to disability insurance reserving and estimation with information delays.
04/10/2023Wangjun Yuan, University of Luxemburg. Hitting probability of Gaussian random fields and collision of eigenvalues of random matrices.
20/09/2023Sören Christensen, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel. The Role of Statistics in Data-Driven Stochastic Control.
13/09/2023Dongni Zhang, Stockholm University. Network epidemic models with instantaneous digital contact tracing (CT) and manual CT allowing delay.
07/06/2023Henning Zakrisson, Stockholm University. Multi-Parametric Gradient Boosting Machines with Non-Life Insurance Applications.
31/05/2023Ola Hössjer, Stockholm University. A mathematical framework for learning and knowledge acquisition.
24/05/2023Kevin Schnelli, KTH. Quantitative Tracy-Widom law for Wigner random matrices.
19/04/2023Andi Bodnariu, Stockholm University. A controller-stopper game with hidden controller type.
05/04/2023Johannes Heiny, Stockholm University. Recent advances on the spectrum of large sample correlation matrices
29/03/2023Henrik Boström, KTH. Conformal Regressors and Predictive Systems - a Gentle Introduction
15/03/2023Johan Wästlund, Chalmers University of Technology. A paradox in the game of darts
01/03/2023Neofytos Rodosthenous, University College London. Non-zero-sum optimal stopping game with continuous versus periodic observations
22/02/2023Ola Hammarlid, Swedbank. Computing the expected value using Monte Carlo simulation and stochastic separation of the integral
15/02/2023Mohamed El Khalifi, Stockholm University. Extending SIRS epidemics to allow for gradual waning of immunity
09/02/2023Júlia Komjáthy, TU Delft. Degree-dependent contact processes on graphs
25/01/2023Tobias Wängberg, Stockholm University. Statistical methods for molecular tissue-profiling
11/01/2023Rolf Sundberg, Stockholm University. Harald Cramér, Willy Feller, and the 'Institute' – between two world wars

DateSeminar
21/12/2022Mathias Millberg Lindholm, Stockholm University. Pandemic mortality rates
14/12/2022Christian Furrer, University of Copenhagen. Expert Kaplan-Meier estimation
30/11/2022Tom Britton, Stockholm University. Semi-directed graphs and their relation to epidemic models
26/11/2022Lina Palmborg, Stockholm University. Premium control with reinforcement learning
16/11/2022Elnur Emrah, KTH. Recent advances in the coupling approach to the KPZ fluctuations
09/11/2022Henrik Hult, KTH. On large deviations for stochastic approximations
12/10/2022Dmitrii Silvestrov, Stockholm University. Perturbed Semi-Markov Type Processes
31/08/2022Dongni Zhang, Stockholm University. Epidemic models with contact tracing: manual and digital tracing
22/06/2022Matteo Sfragara, Stockholm University. Queue-based random-access protocols for wireless networks
15/06/2022Carolina Fransson, Stockholm University. Multi-colour competition on a cycle
08/06/2022Ben Bolker, McMaster University. No free lunch in inference
01/06/2022Vilhelm Niklasson, Stockholm University. Bayesian portfolio selection and risk estimation (licentiate)
25/05/2022Rangel Baldasso, Leiden University. Ballistic random walks in random dynamics
18/05/2022Martin Bladt, University of Lausanne. Randomization and statistical expert information methods
11/05/2022Henning Zakrisson, Stockholm University. Half time seminar: Machine learning methods in insurance and reserving
09/03/2022Kristofer Lindensjö, Stockholm University. How to detect a salami slicer: a stochastic controller-stopper game with unknown competition
23/02/2022Tobias Wängberg, Stockholm University. The Statistical Modelling of Gene Transcriptional Burst Kinetics

DateSeminar
15/12/2021Taras Bodnar, Stockholm University. Shrinkage approaches in high-dimensional portfolio analysis: Estimation and test theory
08/12/2021Bastian Prasse, ECDC. Epidemics on networks: from complicated structures to simple dynamics
01/12/2021Martin Bladt, University of Lausanne. Matrix regression: models, algorithms, and applications
10/11/2021Tom Britton, Stockholm University. Epidemic modeling during COVID-19: some selected topics
27/10/2021Manon Michel, CNRS, LMBP Université Clermont-Auvergne (France). Using piecewise deterministic Markov processes in MCMC sampling
29/09/2021Karim Barigou, ISFA in Lyon. Bayesian model averaging for mortality forecasting using leave-future-out validation
08/09/2021Arvid Sjölander & Ola Hössjer, SU & Karolinska. Covariance inequalities, and bounds for causal effects under unmeasured confounding
16/06/2021Martina Favero, SU. Some asymptotic results for the Kingman coalescent
09/06/2021Lina Palmborg, SU. Licentiate defence. Modern developments in insurance: IFSR 17 and LSTM forecasting
28/05/2021Hampus Engsner, SU. PhD Defence. Dynamic valuation of insurance cash flows subject to capital requirements
26/05/2021Annika Lang, Chalmers University. The stochastic heat and wave equations on the sphere
20/05/2021Gustav Alfelt, SU. PhD Defence. Modeling the covariance matrix of financial asset returns
24/03/2021Claudine von Hallern, Kiel University. CompStat seminar. On the Numerical Approximation of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations
10/02/2021Tobias Rydén, SU. Data-driven rotation invariant shrinkage of covariance matrices with splines

DateSeminar
09/12/2020Michael Höhle, SU. Risk Scoring in Digital Contact Tracing Apps
11/11/2020Tom Britton, SU. The risk for a new COVID-19 wave - and how it depends on R_0, the current immunity level and current restrictions
04/11/2020Hoang Nguyen, Örebro University. Vector autoregression models with fat tail and asymmetry
28/10/2020Helmut Küchenhoff and Felix Günther, LMU Munich. Nowcasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bavaria
30/09/2020Kristoffer Lindensjö, SU. Docent lecture. An introduction to the Itô integral
25/09/2020Sebastian Rosengren, SU. PhD defence. Random graph and growth models
10/06/2020Stanislas Muhinyuza, SU. PhD defence. Statistical Inference of Tangency Portfolio in Small and Large Dimension
27/05/2020Tom Britton, SU. Basic reproduction numbers, effective reproduction numbers and herd immunity
13/05/2020Vilhelm Niklasson, SU. Bayesian Quantile-Based Portfolio Selection
06/05/2020Sebastian Rosengren, SU. A workshop series on machine learning
29/04/2020Dmitry Otryakhin, SU. A survey on stable distributions: estimation and applications
29/04/2020Sebastian Rosengren, SU. A workshop series on machine learning
15/04/2020Mathias Millberg Lindolm, SU. Discrimination-Free Insurance Pricing

 

Guests to our department

Over the years we have had many guest researchers who have come to our department, for just a few days or for longer visits.

Guests from 2019 and forwards can be found on a separate page on our web

Contact

Contact details for the Department of Mathematics

Last updated: 2025-12-09

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