Ian Waudby-Smith

Ian Waudby-Smith, Martin Larsson, Aaditya Ramdas: Nonasymptotic and distribution-uniform Koml\'os-Major-Tusn\'ady approximation https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06188 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.06188 https://arxiv.org/html/2502.06188

11.02.2025 06:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Much of my undergrad years are in these photos.

19.12.2023 23:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Cuthpert Daniel [...] stopped me in the corridor of Columbia and said 'Hello Robbins, have you gotten around to beginning to commence to start to think of something that might conceivably someday have some practical use?'"

youtu.be/IIO2urt8jHI?...

15.12.2023 22:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Herbert Robbins laughing at his own joke

So many funny quotes

"I am a *pure* statistician, meaning I am too dumb to understand mathematics, and I am too impractical to understand data. So don’t talk to me about your problems"

youtu.be/IIO2urt8jHI?...

15.12.2023 22:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Awesome. This interview is also a gem www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIO2...

15.12.2023 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0