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seminars:stat:april302026

Statistics Seminar
Department of Mathematics and Statistics

DATE:Thursday, April 30, 2026
TIME:1:30pm – 2:30pm
LOCATION:WH 100E
SPEAKER:Maryclare Griffin, UMass Amherst
TITLE:Not there yet: practical stopping criteria for MCMC with many chains

Abstract

Despite the ubiquitous use of Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for simulation from multivariate distributions, availability of principled stopping criteria that do not make unrealistic assumptions on the initialization of a Markov Chain relative to the target multivariate distribution is limited. Furthermore, stopping criteria that are applicable for simulation from multivariate distributions mixed type are also limited. By leveraging the benefits of modern computation that allow for simultaneous simulation of many Markov chains, we introduce stopping criteria that are easy to compute, require minimal storage, and inherit desirable properties in a variety of applications. We demonstrate the effectiveness of these stopping criteria in classification, clustering, and streaming settings.

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