Aims and scope. At the intersection of statistics, numerical analysis and various fields of applied mathematics, this workshop focuses on computational methods for probability distributions supported on manifolds, specifically on submanifolds of high dimensional Euclidean spaces. These probability distributions arise in Bayesian statistics, nonparametric econometrics, hypothesis testing and molecular dynamics to name a few fields. Specifically they arise in situations where random variables describing the objects of interest need to satisfy hard nonlinear constraints. The objective of this workshop is to discuss theoretical approaches and numerical methods related to this topic, including: the identification of submanifolds from data, the sampling of measures supported on (sub)manifolds, the projection and discretisation of stochastic dynamics onto submanifolds, and applications to various fields.
The 2-day workshop will feature speakers from different disciplines, short lightning talks and a poster session to review recent advances on the topic, and to identify unifying aspects of the theme, and the most important avenues of research. The event will gather approximately 30 participants (attendance upon invitation only).
Location and dates. The event will take place at Institut Henri Poincaré in the heart of Paris, from the end of the morning on May 11th, 2026 to the beginning of the afternoon on May 13th.
Confirmed speakers. The following speakers have confirmed their participation:
- Alessandro Barp (University College London)
- Paul Breiding (Universität Osnabrück)
- Miranda Holmes-Cerfon (University of British Columbia)
- Lulu Kang (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- Judith Rousseau (Université Paris Dauphine)
- Giovanni Samaey (KU Leuven)
- Neil Shephard (Harvard University)
- Alexandre Thiéry (National University of Singapore)
- Nick Whiteley (University of Bristol)
Organization. The organizing committee is composed of
- Kamélia Daudel, assistant professor of statistics at ESSEC Business School
- Pierre E Jacob, professor of statistics at ESSEC Business School
- Tony Lelièvre, professor of applied mathematics at Ecole des Ponts (CERMICS)
- Christian P Robert, professor of statistics at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL (CEREMADE)
- Gabriel Stoltz, professor of applied mathematics at Ecole des Ponts (CERMICS)
Funding. This event is funded by a grant from CY Initiative.
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