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SUMMARY:John Kinney Memorial Lecture: The Search for Randomness
DESCRIPTION:
 Perso Diaconis, the Mary V. Sunseri Professor 
 of Statistics and Mathematics at Stanford University, 
 will take a careful look at some of 
 our most primitive images of random phenomena: 
 flipping a coin, spinning a roulette wheel 
 and shuffling cards. For each, there is a well-developed 
 mathematical theory, BUT comparison 
 with the real thing shows that we are lazy 
 and that, often, the usual laws of probability 
 break down. This has implications for both 
 the casino and for routine mathematical modeling 
 (big models and big data). \n
 \n
 Diaconis 
 will give a second lecture in the Departments 
 of Statistics and Probability and Mathematics 
 at 3:00 pm, Friday, August 30, in C405 Wells 
 Hall.  The title of that talk is "Mathematics 
 and Statistics for Large Networks."\n
 \n
 Diaconis 
 is a brilliant and innovative scientist-mathematician-probabilist-statistician 
 and a 
 very entertaining speaker. Diaconis has contributed 
 much to probability, statistics and mathematics. 
 He has received numerous honorary 
 degrees and awards including a MacArthur Fellowship, 
 1982 - 1987, and election to the National 
 Academy of Sciences, 1995.\n
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 The John 
 Kinney Memorial Endowment Fund was established 
 by Larry and Lois Dimmitt to support lectures 
 in the memory of John Kinney.  Professor Kinney 
 was a member of the Departments of Statistics 
 and Probability and Mathematics at MSU, 
 1965 - 1983.  \n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Department of Statistics and Probability\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.stt.msu.edu/\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.stt.msu.edu/lecture_series/kinney.aspx\n
LOCATION:1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building
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