Advice for Probability Graduate Students
Online Probability Seminar Series
MathSeminars.org has become less useful; I recommend choosing from the seminar series below. Times are in EST.
- Mondays
- Tuesdays
- 11:00am Random Geometry and Statistical Physics
- 4:30pm CUNY Probability Seminar
- Wednesdays
- 10:45am Rutgers Math Physics Seminar (occasionally at other times)
- 1:30pm Purdue Probability Seminar
- 6:00pm U of British Columbia Probability Seminar
- 6:30pm Northwestern U Probability Seminar
- Thursdays
- 9:00am and 10:00am One World Probability Seminar
- 2:00pm UC San Diego Probability Seminar
- 2:00pm Ohio State Probability Seminar
- 3:15pm Duke Probability Seminar
- 3:30pm U of Wisconsin Probability Seminar
- Fridays
- 12:30pm Probability and the (NY) City
- 5:00pm U of Utah Probability Seminar
Colloquia-Style Online Talks
For a while I’ve been looking for a “One World Colloquium”. I recommend the Matrix Institute series.
Online Seminar and Conference Lists
- Math Seminars dot org, online seminars in all areas of math.
- Online Math Seminars, another listing for all areas of math.
- Bernoulli Society list of conferences
In-Person Conferences
In-Person Summer School
- May 30 - June 24, 2022
- PIMS-CRM Summer School in Probability
- U of British Columbia
Math Institutes
Online Resources
- Current Preprints
- ArXive Probability Preprints
- Download Articles (older than 1 or 2 years)
- JSTOR
- Project Euclid
- Electronic Journals
- Electronic Journal of Probability
- Probability Surveys
- Latin American J. of Prob. and Math. Stat.
- Personal Web Pages
- Another good way to find papers.
Opinions and Philosophy
Life in General
- Video on the importance long-term effort.
- Jobs at Companies, from the point of view of Statistics.
Mathematics
- Weinan E, The Dawning of a New Era in Applied Mathematics
- Mumford, The Dawning of the Age of Stochasticity
- Serre, How to Write Mathematics Badly
- Thurston, On Proof and Progress in Mathematics
Avoiding Self-Delusion
- Donoho, Reproducible Research
- Feynman, Cargo Cult Science
- Freedman, Statistical Models and Shoe Leather
General Advice
- Fan Chung’s Advice for Grad Students
- Terence Tao’s Career Advice
- Ravi Vakil’s Advice for Grad Students
- Steven Weinberg, Four Golden Lessons
- Harvard’s Guide to Graduate Study in Math.
Online Books
The following archives have huge numbers of wonderful math books and papers. Their status is uncertain; use them at your own discretion.
Special Pages
- Women in Probability
- The Big Math Network, about jobs at companies.