Data Science and Computational Statistics Seminar - Dennis Sun (Cal Poly)

The talk was given on 8 December 2020 by Dennis Sun (California Polytechnic State University) at the Data Science and Computational Statistics seminar hosted jointely by the School of Mathematics and the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham. Title: Symbulate: Probability Simulations in Python Abstract: Is it possible to make simulation code match the language of probability? Symbulate is a Python library developed with this goal in mind. In Symbulate, probability spaces, random variables, and random processes are symbolic objects which can be manipulated, independently of their simulated realizations. The talk will address the design and technical challenges of the software, as well as the use of the library in teaching undergraduate data science students.