A cannon is not necessary to kill a fly

Presented by: Suman Majumdar, Associate Professor University of Connecticut, Stamford

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 4:00 PM, AUST 202

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Coffee will be served at 3:30 in the Noether Lounge (AUST 326)

Abstract: How the existing literature maximizes the two-parameter Normal likelihood, both in the univariate and the multivariate case, is akin to using a cannon to kill a fly. We present a fly swatter to get the job done - maximize the likelihood using elementary (linear, in the multivariate case) algebra.

Bio: I earned my PhD from Michigan State University in 1992, spent two years at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and joined UConn in 1994.