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SUMMARY:Low-rank tensor decompositions for sampling of high-dimensional pr
 obability distributions
DTSTART:20190516T141500
DTEND:20190516T151500
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sergey Dolgov (University of Bath\, UK)\nComputational Mat
 hematics Seminar\n\nUncertainty quantification and inverse problems in man
 y variables are pressingly needed tasks\, yet high-dimensional functions a
 re notoriously difficult to integrate in order to compute desired quantiti
 es of interest.\nFunctional approximations\, in particular the low-rank se
 paration of variables into tensor product decompositions\, have become pop
 ular for reducing the computational cost of high-dimensional integration d
 own to linear scaling in the number of variables. However\, tensor approxi
 mations may be inefficient for non-smooth functions. Sampling based Monte 
 Carlo methods are more general\, but they may exhibit a very slow converge
 nce\, overlooking a hidden structure of the function.\nIn this talk we rev
 iew tensor product approximations for the problem of uncertainty quantific
 ation and Bayesian inference. This allows efficient integration of smooth 
 PDE solutions\, posterior density functions and quantities of interest. Mo
 reover\, we can use the low-rank approximation of the density function to 
 construct efficient proposals in the MCMC algorithm for inverse problems. 
 This combined MCMC method is more accurate also if the quantity of interes
 t is not smooth\, such as the indicator function of an event.\n 
LOCATION:MA A1 12 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room=MAA112
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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