Dootika Vats

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dootika at iitk.ac.in

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Previously, I was an NSF Postdocotoral fellow with Prof. Gareth Roberts at the University of Warwick. My PhD was from the University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities working with Prof. Galin Jones.

My research interests are: Markov chain Monte Carlo, output analysis for stochastic simulation. Recently, I’ve also been interested in stochastic optimization algorithms.

I serve as an Associate Editor for Bayesian Analysis, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics and Sankhya B.

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Jan 07, 2025 Apratim Shukla’s (PhD) first paper on “MCMC Importance Sampling via Moreau-Yosida Envelopes” is now on arxiv!
Jan 01, 2025 It is a pleasure to join the Editorial Board of Bayesian Analysis for the next three years!
Dec 11, 2024 Delighted to be a Faculty Associate at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences for the upcoming 3 years!
Dec 04, 2024 Honored to be a chosen as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences!
Oct 14, 2024 Dwija Kakkad’s (UG) first paper on “Exact MCMC for Intractable Proposals” is now on arxiv!