Probability, Statistics and Stochastic Processes, Jan-May 2024

Note

If you want to register for this course, you will need to contact the Academic section. The instructors have no role/say in enrolling students for the class.

Class time

The course is offered in 'A' slot, i.e., Monday @ 8AM, Tuesday @ 1PM, Thursday @ 11AM and Friday @ 10AM.

Instructors and Branches

Instructor	Branches	Room
Dr. Vetrivel	All CS	CRC101
Dr. Sivaram	CH+ED+EP+MM+NA	CRC205
Dr. Dipramit	ME 2022 till roll number ME22B180	CRC204
Dr. Barun	AE+BE+BS+CE+EE+Remaining ME+PH+Rest	CRC203

Syllabus

Probability Axiomatic definition of probability, Independent Events, Baye's theorem, Discrete and continuous random variables, Distribution, Functions of random variables, Expectation, Variance, Correlation coefficient, Chebyshev’s inequality, Markov inequality, Conditional expectations, Standard discrete and continuous distributions (Binomial, Poisson, Geometric, Exponential, Normal, Chi-square), Moment generating function, Sums of random variables, Law of large numbers, Central limit theorem, Normal approximation to Binomial.

Statistics Sampling distribution, Estimation of parameters, Maximum likelihood estimates, Confidence intervals, Student’s t-distribution, Testing hypothesis, Goodness of fit.

Stochastic Processes Discrete random process, Stationary random process, Bernoulli process, Poisson process, Markov chain.

Textbooks

Introduction to Probability, by Dimitri Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis (referred as BT in online lectures)

Other Reference Textbooks

Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications, by Paul L. Meyer (referred as PLM in lectures)
John E. Freund's Mathematical Statistics with Applications, by Irwin Miller and Marylees Miller (referred as M\(^2\) in lectures)
Fundamentals of Applied Probability and Random Processes, by Oliver C. Ibe (referred as Ibe in lectures)

Exams

Date and time of exam, check institute calendar.

Quiz - I	Quiz - II	Endsem
20	20	60

Problem Sets

Problem Set 1 Problem Set 1 solution

Problem Set 2 Problem Set 2 solution

Problem Set 3 Problem Set 3 solution

Problem set 4 Problem set 4 solution

Problem set 5 Problem set 5 solution

Problem set 6 Problem set 6 solution part I Problem set 6 solution part II

Problem set 7 Problem set 7 solution

Problem set 8 Problem set 8 solution

Other "random" stuff

George Burns on TV being interviewed on his 100th birthday: George Burns was puffing on a cigar and the interviewer made a comment about the negative correlation between longevity and smoking.
George Burns: "Twenty years ago my doctor told me that these cigars were going to kill me in the next five years with a probability of 99%"
Interviewer: "What does he say now?"
George Burns: "I don't know. He's dead"