Dootika Vats
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.
Students: If you’re interesed in working with me, see students tab.
Quick links:
- Elementary Problems in R - Book
- HMC for Dummies
- Visualize convergences in MCMC
- Movie Recommendations
Upcoming Talks/Visits:
- 26th - 27th August, Monte Carlo Workshop, UBC, Vancouver
- 14th July - 25th July, Academic Visit to ICTS
- 25th - 27th September, The Fast and Curious 2: MCMC in Action
news
| Jun 23, 2025 | Humbled to receive the “Sushila and Kantilal Mehta award” for “motivating and encouraging students to pursue higher education in mathematics”. I thank the student body for this kind honor. |
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| Apr 15, 2025 | Congratulations to Dwija Kakkad (Duke), Saee Kamat (Iowa State), and Shlok Mishra (TAMU) on their PhD admissions (despite a tumultuous admissions season)! |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Delighted to start a project on developing software for seasonal adjustment methods for economic indices for the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation! |
| 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! |