Minh-Ngoc Tran

@EddieNg30250193 Hi Eddie, it's from July 23 to August 1, 2025 in HCM city. More details to come.

@ngocmath1 Hi, may I know when is the Summer School in 2025? Thank you.

The 2nd Summer School on Mathematical Stat and ML (viasm.edu.vn) was a huge success. This is part of our mission to help Vietnam become a regional hub in Statistics and Data Science. Looking forward to the 2025 edition. Let me know if you want to get involved

@thanhnguyentang Yes, it's so sad. I keep watching the news these days and my thoughts are all with those affected

@ngocmath1 This is so sad. I've never seen such a big typhoon in Vietnam before. Hope your family and friends are safe.

The typhoon is destroying my beautiful hometown. My heart is broken

@TresBienHien Thank you, Hien, for your kind words - it means a lot. My family is safe, but many others are facing difficulties.

@ngocmath1 Very sad to see @ngocmath1. I hope your family and friends are safe

Summer School Series on Mathematical Statistics and Machine Learning (viasm.edu.vn/en/scientific-…)

Professor @ngocmath1 is a leading expert in #statistics and #dataanalysis dedicated to bridging the gap between Vietnam and global data science standards. He collaborates with #SVI to foster research and education in these fields. Read more: sydneyvietnaminstitute.org/en/news-and-ev…

New position for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Statistics at @Sydney_Uni @SydneyMaths @SydMathInst usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXT… Applications close Sunday 01 September 2024

ISBA 2024 World Meeting bayesian.org/civicrm/event/… Just registered. See you in Venice.

@kddang91 BoB is my favorite one too. Enjoy!

I will be at Bayes on the Beach next week :D. Very excited to present my work at one of my favourite conferences ;) . Registration is still open. research.qut.edu.au/qutcds/bayes-o…

@fasc1nate “heros”? they came to kill millions of innocent Vietnamese people

During the Vietnam War, one of the most dangerous jobs was undertaken by a select few known as "tunnel rats." These unsung heroes were American, Australian, and New Zealand soldiers specially trained as combat engineers, who crawled through Viet Cong underground tunnels to perform perilous covert search and destroy missions.⁠ ⁠ Tunnel rats gently prodded for armed mines in order to disarm them — and prayed that they survived with both their legs intact. Most men were volunteers and tended to be of smaller stature, making it easier for them to maneuver through the cramped subterranean spaces.⁠

Natural gradient works efficiently in learning (Amari, 1998), but computing it remains a challenging problem. Our new work arxiv.org/abs/2312.09633 completely addresses this challenge.

Australia should be ashamed when it voted down the Indigenous Voice to parliament

Christian Robert is giving his lecture on Bayesian computation, within a 2-week Summer School on Bayesian Statistics in Ho Chi Minh city

@wv2017 @ARCDARECentre thank you, @wv2017 and @ARCDARECentre

My paper arxiv.org/abs/2303.13930 (with P. Tseng and @robertjk59) proposes a particle-based approach that relaxes the conjugate priors requirement in MFVB. The theoretical basis is established by leveraging the connection between Wasserstein gradient flows and Langevin diffusions.

Normality of the summary statistics has been a strict assumption in synthetic likelihood. Our paper arxiv.org/abs/2305.14746 fulfills this requirement by using OT to construct a Gaussianization transformation. Joint work with PhD student N. Nguyen, @chris_drovandi and D. Nott

Interested in sequential Monte Carlo? Looking for a workshop in Australia? Look no further: 👉 SMC Down Under 👉 July 10-13 Sponsored by @DiscoverAMSI @AustMS @QUTDataScience research.qut.edu.au/qutcds/events/…

@PierreAlquier it must be fun. Enjoy