Statistics Seminar
Department of Mathematical Sciences

DATE:Thursday, September 10, 2015
TIME:1:15pm to 2:15pm
LOCATION:WH 100E
SPEAKER:Zuofeng Shang, Binghamton University
TITLE:Computational Limits of Divide-and-Conquer Method


Abstract

We find that divide-and-conquer is arguably another form of tuning. This phenomenon is unique to the big data analysis. In other words, it is unnecessary to choose an optimal smoothing parameter. Rather, this can be compensated by a proper choice of sample partitioning.