### How fast can you estimate $$\pi$$?

###### posted by Nicolai Baldin on January 25, 2017

There are quite a few ways how one can calculate the number $$\pi$$. I here discuss one elegant way based on the Monte Carlo simulations of independent uniformly distributed random variables. It is a toy illustrative application of the results of our recent paper with Markus Reiss "Unbiased estimation of the volume of a convex body" here.

### Look mom, no hands!

###### posted by Nicolai Baldin on January 10, 2017

I was actually thinking what in 2016 I am most proud of.. and realised that it is an acquired skill to cycle no-handed (on a normal bicycle).

### Some nice quotes about statistics

###### posted by Nicolai Baldin on January 5, 2017

I here collect some nice quotes about statistics and mathematical research in general.

### My educational summer time

###### posted by Nicolai Baldin on September 28, 2015

I attended a few very exciting events this summer: two conferences and one summer school (all in stats). Below you will find my experience wandering the streets of Nice, eating seafood in Amsterdam and exploring an ideal place for doing research. Among forthcoming events in stats, I would highly recommend to apply to the spring school organized by Markus Reiß and Natalie Neumeyer with more information to appear soon on this website.

### Stopping times and sigma-algebra of tau-history

###### posted by Nicolai Baldin on August 8, 2015

This post is on quite a well-presented topic in stochastic processes that was opened to me from a different perspective recently.

Below I am talking about stopping times, sigma-algebra of $$\tau$$-history $$\mathcal{F}_\tau$$ for time-indexed stochastic processes (discrete and continuous time) and its properties. In next posts, I'm planing to give some extensions of the results below to set-indexed stochastic processes (with no direct order).

This material might be interesting, in particular, for students studying stochastic processes. My main motivation is to discuss a few quite important questions below that often remain hidden in this topic.

### Spring school "Structural Inference" 2015. Overview

###### posted by Nicolai Baldin on April 8, 2015

Inspired by the time spent at the spring school in statistics on the German island Sylt, I decided to highlight some features of the school and collect suggestions. Below there are general remarks, kudos, my false expectation and pics.

Looking forward to the next year's school.