Student Commutative Algebra Date:  Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Location:  2866 East Hall (3:00 PM to 4:00 PM) Title:  Algebraic Statistics Abstract:   We will discuss several statistical problems that arise naturally from the study of phylogenetics and sequence alignment and see how these questions can be naturally packaged as questions about polynomial rings. We will then see in broad strokes how techniques in computational commutative algebra can answer these questions (relatively) efficiently. Speaker:  Patricia Klein Institution:  UM Event Organizer:        Edit this event (login required). Add new event (login required). For access requests and instructions, contact math-webmaster@umich.edu Back to previous page Back to UM Math seminars/events page.