Pankaj Bhagwat
Personal Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~pbhagwat/
Contact
ATS Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science - Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
- pbhagwat@ualberta.ca
- Address
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5-252 University Commons
11308 - 89 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2N8
Overview
Research
Research Areas
Trustworthy Machine Learning, Non-Euclidean data analysis, Statistical decision theory, Bayesian Statistics
Courses
STAT 537 - Statistical Methods for Applied Research II
Review of basic statistical concepts of inference and probability theory. Includes applied methods of Linear and non-linear regression and analysis of variance for designed experiments, multiple comparisons, correlations, modeling and variable selection, multicollinearity, predictions, confounding and Simpson's paradox. Includes case studies and real data applications. Each researcher works on a project to present, highlighting the methods used in the project. Prerequisite: STAT 437 equivalent or consent of the instructor.
STAT 566 - Methods of Statistical Inference
An introduction to the theory of statistical inference. Topics to include exponential families and general linear models, likelihood, sufficiency, ancillarity, interval and point estimation, asymptotic approximations. Optional topics as time allows, may include Bayesian methods, Robustness, resampling techniques. This course is intended primarily for MSc students. Prerequisite: STAT 471 or consent of Department.
Featured Publications
Enze Shi, Pankaj Bhagwat, Zhixian Yang, Linglong Kong, Bei Jiang
The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. 2026 January;
Bhagwat, P., Kong, L., Jiang, B.
13th International Conference on Learning Representations Iclr 2025. 2025 January;
Bhagwat, Pankaj, Marchand, Éric
Electronic Journal of Statistics. 2023 January; 10.1214/23-EJS2142
Bhagwat, Pankaj, Marchand, Éric
Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 2023 January; 10.1016/j.jmva.2023.105190