SMS scnews item created by Jae Min Lee at Mon 4 Sep 2023 1110
Type: Seminar
Modified: Mon 4 Sep 2023 1112
Distribution: World
Calendar1: 6 Sep 2023 1300-1400
CalLoc1: Carslaw 373
CalTitle1: Applied Maths Seminar: Coarse-graining of Markov chains (Sharma)
Auth: jlee@14-203-84-48.static.tpgi.com.au (jlee5218) in SMS-SAML

Applied Maths Seminar: Upanshu Sharma

Dear all, 

Our upcoming AM seminar is held this Wed 6 September at 1pm in F07 Carslaw Lecture
Theatre 373.  Our speaker is Upanshu Sharma (University of New South Wales).  

Talk details follow below: 

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Title: Coarse-graining of Markov chains 

Abstract: Coarse-graining is the procedure of approximating large and complex systems by
simpler and lower-dimensional ones.  It is typically characterised by a mapping which
projects the full state of the system onto a smaller set; this mapping captures the
relevant (often slow) features of the system.  Starting from a continuous-time Markov
chain and such a mapping, I will discuss an effective dynamics which approximates the
true projected Markov chain and present error estimates in relative entropy on the
approximation error.  This talk is based on joint work with Bastian Hilder.
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An ongoing list of AM seminars is posted here:
https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/SemConf/Applied.html 

See you there, Jae Min