Raymond Hide. 17 May 1929—6 September 2016

Lecture 5 — September 8 , 2016

1 Overview In the last lecture we took a more in depth look at Chernoff Bounds and introduced subgaussian and subexponential variables. In this lecture we will continue talking about subgaussian variables and related random variables – subexponential and subgamma, and finally we will give a proof of famous Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma using property of subgaussian/subgamma variables. Definition ...

In the September 2016 issue

Applied Ergonomics - rok 2016 , Volume 56 September 2016

Rail level crossings (RLXs) represent a key strategic risk for railways worldwide. Despite enforcement and engineering countermeasures, user behaviour at RLXs can often confound expectations and erode safety. Research in this area is limited by a relative absence of insights into actual decision making processes and a focus on only a subset of road user types. One-hundred and sixty-six road use...

May 2, 2016 abstract

One of the grand challenges in biomedical science is to develop effective methods for optical imaging. In this talk I will review recent work on related inverse scattering problems for the Boltzmann transport equation and fast image reconstruction algorithms for large data sets. Numerical simulations and experiments in model systems are used to illustrate the results.

Educational Leadership - May 2016

E fforts to improve the quality of the teacher workforce have risen to the top of the education policy agenda during the past decade. More than ever, policymakers are drawing on research to inform their positions. One research finding that policymakers cite consistently in conversations about teaching quality is that teachers face a “performance plateau” after their first few years of teaching....