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Dear colleagues, 

My question: I am in Berlin Germany,  I might have time to attend a statistics seminar or otherwise meet other statisticians here in Berlin Berlin Germany. What  University('s) in Berlin may offer a graduate or undergraduate statistics department or statistics degree. As  interesting to me, what University's have a statistics seminar?

The background

 After about a 19 hour flight from San Francisco, yesterday I arrived in Berlin Germany.  I will be -temporarily- living in Berlin for the next 2 to 3 months. Due to the particular family responsibilities that led me to visit, I will not be doing any sightseeing outside of Berlin during my time in Berlin . (Under German Law My stay in Germany is limited to 3 months total per year).  I will be doing some very limited tourist sightseeing. That limited tourism and about a 10 minute walk from my hotel. For those  section members of a certain age, yesterday I visited Checkpoint Charlie - though I assume this is a reconstructed checkpoint for tourists https://flic.kr/p/2pMTaUf . I didn't (yet) buy a small piece of the Berlin Wall. Many of you will likely recognize a quote. I  bought a postcard with a  very famous quote by a former POTUS "Ich bin ein Berliner"  https://flic.kr/p/2pMUkf4.  This is my first time visiting Berlin. I will return to California at the and of my visit. 

I also visited for  few days about 2 weeks ago. I was (sort of ) amused after turning on the tv to find a dubbed version of Hogan's Heroes.

Last but not least, I know at most 10 words of German. I am currently on a crash course to  learn German from the app Babbel. Tips on learning german -fast- appreciated

Thank you.  Danke schön (2 of my 10 words of German)

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Chris Barker, Ph.D.
Past Chair
Statistical Consulting Section
Consultant and
Adjunct Associate Professor of Biostatistics
www.barkerstats.com


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"In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds."
-Steve Lacy
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Dear Chris

Berlin has three excellent universities: Techinsche Universität Berlin (known as TU), Humboldt Universität (HU) and Freie Universität (FU).

I don't have ties to these universities anymore, but I did find online that Humboldt Universität is offering this seminar on mathematical statistics each Wednesday at 10am:

Forschungsseminar Mathematische Statistik

Institut für Mathematik		remove preview
Forschungsseminar Mathematische Statistik Weierstrass-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und StochastikErhard-Schmidt-RaumMohrenstrasse 3910117 Berlin mittwochs, 10.00 - 12.00 Uhr 17. April 2024 Gil Kur (ETH Zurich) Connections between Minimum Norm Interpolation and Local Theory of Banach Spaces Abstract: We investigate the statistical performance of "minimum norm'' interpolators in non-linear regression under additive Gaussian noise. View this on Institut für Mathematik >

Just to forestall any confusion: In Germany there typically are no dedicated statistics departments. Rather, you tend to find statistics as a research group within the respective mathematics departments.

Best wishes,

Stefan

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Stefan Stein
University of Warwick
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Hi Chris,

Statistics is also anchored in Economics Departments as an important part of the curriculum. In addition to the schools already listed by Stefan Stein, there is also a private business school (Berlin School of Economics, URL Home

Berlinschoolofeconomics		remove preview
Home The Berlin School of Economics offers career development programs in economics, accounting, finance and management at the PhD and Postdoc levels in a single and unique structure. It combines two pre-existing, very successful career development programs: the Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (BDPEMS) and the Berlin Economics Research Associates (BERA) program. View this on Berlinschoolofeconomics >

) that may be of some interest to you because of their unique program (no current seminars listed, though).

I would also suggest that you contact Eliza Mandieva, program coordinator for the Special Research Program "Fusing Deep Learning and statistics towards understanding structured biomedical data" at the School of Business and Economics, Humboldt University Berlin, about upcoming research seminars (none are currently displayed on the DeSBi web site). Contact e-mail is  eliza.mandieva@hu-berlin.de ; phone from within the Berlin local net 2093-99489 (info from the web, so without guarantees).

Lastly, the babbel app is more of a band aid. If you are serious about becoming fluent in German, hire an experienced human teacher (not a software package) and do ideally the equivalent of three months of total immersion. If you consider continuing learning when back in California - by self-study or otherwise -, you may contact me off-line.

Best wishes,

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Gerhart Graupner MD ScD
Graupner Consulting Services
POB 710475
San Diego, CA 92171
ggraupner@tutanota.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-28-2024 17:00
From: Stefan Stein
Subject: Berlin Germany

Dear Chris

Berlin has three excellent universities: Techinsche Universität Berlin (known as TU), Humboldt Universität (HU) and Freie Universität (FU).

I don't have ties to these universities anymore, but I did find online that Humboldt Universität is offering this seminar on mathematical statistics each Wednesday at 10am:

Forschungsseminar Mathematische Statistik

Institut für Mathematik		remove preview
Forschungsseminar Mathematische Statistik Weierstrass-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und StochastikErhard-Schmidt-RaumMohrenstrasse 3910117 Berlin mittwochs, 10.00 - 12.00 Uhr 17. April 2024 Gil Kur (ETH Zurich) Connections between Minimum Norm Interpolation and Local Theory of Banach Spaces Abstract: We investigate the statistical performance of "minimum norm'' interpolators in non-linear regression under additive Gaussian noise. View this on Institut für Mathematik >

Just to forestall any confusion: In Germany there typically are no dedicated statistics departments. Rather, you tend to find statistics as a research group within the respective mathematics departments.

Best wishes,

Stefan

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Stefan Stein
University of Warwick
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Thank you all. 

That there may not be statistics departments may explain the hospital charite . 

I am particularly interested in whether there is a statistics department or statistics group at 

the hospital,  Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

there appears to be and institute of biometry and clinical epidemiology https://biometrie.charite.de/en/service_unit_biometry/free_consultation_service/

and the institute appears to be part of a network

https://biometrie.charite.de/en/network/

there is a roundtable and perhaps that's a seminar

https://biometrie.charite.de/en/service_unit_biometry/monday_biostatistics_roundtable/

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Chris Barker, Ph.D.
Past Chair
Statistical Consulting Section
Consultant and
Adjunct Associate Professor of Biostatistics
www.barkerstats.com


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"In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds."
-Steve Lacy
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-28-2024 17:00
From: Stefan Stein
Subject: Berlin Germany

Dear Chris

Berlin has three excellent universities: Techinsche Universität Berlin (known as TU), Humboldt Universität (HU) and Freie Universität (FU).

I don't have ties to these universities anymore, but I did find online that Humboldt Universität is offering this seminar on mathematical statistics each Wednesday at 10am:

Forschungsseminar Mathematische Statistik

Institut für Mathematik		remove preview
Forschungsseminar Mathematische Statistik Weierstrass-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und StochastikErhard-Schmidt-RaumMohrenstrasse 3910117 Berlin mittwochs, 10.00 - 12.00 Uhr 17. April 2024 Gil Kur (ETH Zurich) Connections between Minimum Norm Interpolation and Local Theory of Banach Spaces Abstract: We investigate the statistical performance of "minimum norm'' interpolators in non-linear regression under additive Gaussian noise. View this on Institut für Mathematik >

Just to forestall any confusion: In Germany there typically are no dedicated statistics departments. Rather, you tend to find statistics as a research group within the respective mathematics departments.

Best wishes,

Stefan

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Stefan Stein
University of Warwick
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