Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods

Yet another faculty talk, this week we had and introduction to Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods by Dr. Eric Vigoda!

MCMC methods are super useful in approximating the size #P to count sets, the volume of hard to calculate integrals, and more.

Previous: Spectral Algorithms

We had another faculty talk this week, about how graphs, linear algebra, and algorithms come together in Spectral Algorithms by Dr. Richard Peng.