Probability

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Probability at UW-Madison


Tenured and tenure-track faculty

David Anderson (Duke, 2005) probability, numerical methods for stochastic models in biology.

Sebastien Roch (UC Berkeley, 2007) applied probability, mathematical biology, theoretical computer science.

Timo Seppäläinen (Minnesota, 1991) interacting particle systems, random walks in random environments, large deviation theory.

Benedek Valko (Budapest, 2004) interacting particle systems, random matrices.

Philip Matchet Wood (Rutgers, 2009) combinatorics, random matrices

Jun Yin (Princeton, 2008) random matrices

Postdoctoral fellows

Gregorio Moreno-Flores (Paris, 2010) directed polymers in random environments, random matrices.

Gregory Shinault (UC Davis, 2012)


Emeriti

David Griffeath (Cornell, 1976)

Jim Kuelbs (Minnesota, 1965)

Tom Kurtz (Stanford, 1967)


Graduate students

Diane Holcomb

Chris Janjigian

Masanori Koyama

Yun Zhai

Probability Seminar

Thursdays at 2:25pm, VV901


Probability group timetable

Graduate Courses in Probability

2012 Fall

Math/Stat 831 - Theory of Probability I

Math 833 - Topics in Probability: Stochastic Processes in Evolution and Genetics


2012 Spring

Math/Stat 832 - Theory of Probability II

Math 833 - Random Matrices

Graduate student reading seminar