Dootika Vats

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.

Students: If you’re interesed in working with me, see team tab.

Quick links:

• Elementary Problems in R - Book
• HMC for Dummies
• Visualize convergences in MCMC
• Movie Recommendations

Upcoming Talks/Visits:

• 10th - 12th December, Workshop on Methodology and MCMC, Eurandom, Eindhoven
• 6th April - 17th April, ICTS-Networks Workshop “Challenged in Networks”