Title: Artistry and Science in Statistics

Speaker: Zhang Jianbo, Professor of the University of Kansas; Doctor of the Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research fields are game theory, information economics and dynamic optimization and dynamic game theory. He has won the Donahoe Award and the Ervin Hexner Award for Pioneering Research in Microeconomics. His achievements have been published in journals such as Rand Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory and International Economic Review.

Abstract: This lecture explores the hidden artistry and science in statistics from the perspective of economics, and expounds that the inherent information content of a sample is proportional to the singularity of the sample. Although the sample value of the extreme point is a zero measure, it often contains all the topological characteristics of time and space, indicating that the information value of the sample may be closely related to the relative advantage of the sample in the group. The distribution of the system at each comparable level generates the inherent tension and laws of that level, providing an analytical framework for the overall stability of the system. The maximum and minimum levels of the self-consistent system determine its overall characteristics.

Date & time: 26 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30

Venue: B336, Zhixin Building, Central Campus, Shandong University