Jonathan Scarlett @jmscarlett

Jonathan Scarlett

@jmscarlett.bsky.social

Associate Professor, National University of Singapore. Working in information theory, machine learning, and statistics.

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Mathematical Aspects of Data Science Graduate Summer School - EPFL - Sept. 1-5, 2025

Announcing : The 2nd International Summer School on Mathematical Aspects of Data Science
mathsdata2025.github.io
EPFL, Sept 1–5, 2025

Speakers:
Bach @bachfrancis.bsky.social
Bandeira
Mallat
Montanari
Peyré @gabrielpeyre.bsky.social

For PhD students & early-career researchers
Apply before May 15!

14.04.2025 17:00 — 👍 46 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 1

How about: An MSE of c/n would imply (by Markov) reasonable probability of distinguishing Bernoulli( 1/2+sqrt(10c/n) ) from Bernoulli( 1/2-sqrt(10c/n) ), which is impossible for "small" c because their KL divergence is O(c/n). (So O(c) with n samples -- small KL, hence small TV by Pinsker)

02.02.2025 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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