ABSTRACT

Ever-greater computing technologies have given rise to an exponentially growing volume of data. Today massive data sets (with potentially thousands of variables) play an important role in almost every branch of modern human activity, including networks, finance, and genetics. However, analyzing such data has presented a challenge for statisticians

chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|34 pages

Model Selection

chapter 3|12 pages

Aggregation of Estimators

chapter 4|28 pages

Convex Criteria

chapter 5|20 pages

Estimator Selection

chapter 6|20 pages

Multivariate Regression

chapter 7|24 pages

Graphical Models

chapter 8|16 pages

Multiple Testing

chapter 9|32 pages

Supervised Classification