Heidelberg University

Seminar: Concentration Inequalities

Wintersemester 2025/2026

For any questions regarding contents and organization, please get in touch via mail.

Links: Moodle (The page will be made accessible a couple of days prior to the first seminar.)

Description

The seminar will consist of student presentations about different concentration inequalities and their application in mathematical statistics. Some prior knowledge on mathematical statistics, e.g. Statistik 1, will be required, however, please simply get in touch when unsure whether this seminar is for you. The seminar will be in a block format with two initial sessions, a final presentations session and individual consultations in between. All further details and questians as well as assigning presentation topics will be discussed in the two initial seminar sessions.

Dates and Location

  • Initial Sessions:
    • Wednesday, 22.10.24, 9am to 11am (Location: INF205, SR6)
    • Wednesday, 29.10.24, 9am to 11am (Location: INF205, SR6)
  • Individual Consultations Hours
  • Mandatory Consultations: TBA, please get in touch via mail to set up a meeting.
  • Slide Check: Please send your preliminary slides via mail at least one week before your presentation.
  • Final Presentations: TBD (Location: TBA)

Prerequisites

Due to its focus, the seminar requires some prior knowledge in mathematical statistics. Accordingly, the main target group are 3rd year B.Sc. Mathematics students and students in M.Sc. Mathematics or M.Sc. Data Science with appropriate course work. Required courses:
  • Introduction to Probability and Statistics
  • Mathematical Statistics 1
Again, please get in touch when unsure whether this seminar is for you via mail.

Grading:

The seminar is required to be graded. Details will be discussed in the initial seminar sessions.

Registration

If you are interested, please sign up for the seminar in heiCO (1100143027 25W 2SWS SE Concentration inequalities).

Moodle

The page on Moodle will be made accessible prior to the first seminar session. There you will find additional information as well as presentation topics.