Bayesian statistics at Princeton College, with a go to to the grave of John Von Neumann

I used to be very happy to have had the chance to current a chat relating to Bayesian fashions of ordinal information at Princeton College, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. An summary of the speak is right here, and the printed article on which the speak was primarily based is right here.

An enormous because of Dr. Ting Qian who orchestrated the go to splendidly. The lecture corridor was packed, with individuals standing outdoors the door within the corridor, in no small half attributable to Ting’s group of a preferred statistics collection. Massive thanks additionally to the workers who made preparations. And, in fact, because of the many individuals who took time to satisfy with me whereas I used to be there.

I took a number of hours the subsequent morning to go to some particular locations in Princeton. Specifically, I visited the graves of John Von Neumann and Kurt Godel. Von Neumann made contributions to Monte Carlo strategies on the basis of MCMC strategies in Bayesian evaluation.

Here is a snapshot of Von Neumann’s grave stone:

And just a few ft away, Godel’s grave stone:

After visiting the cemetery, I went to the Princeton College Artwork Museum and got here throughout this portray by Georgia O’Keeffe. It is titled, “From a New Jersey Weekend II,” painted in 1941.

It was an attention-grabbing coincidence that each O’Keeffe’s and my visits featured two notable grave stones.

Here is a map of the Princeton Cemetery, with a marker on the approximate location of the graves of Von Neumann and Godel.

For posts in regards to the e-book, DBDA2E, visiting different well-known grave websites, see this submit and its hyperlinks to earlier posts.