Probability theory

Probability theory plays a more and more prominent role in modern mathematics, as shown by the awarding of several prestigious prices in recent years, including the Abel price (won e.g. by Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan (2007) and Yakov G. Sinai (2014)) and the Fields medal (won e.g. by Wendelin Werner (2006), Stanislav Smirnov (2010), Martin Hairer (2014) and Hugo Duminil-Copin). Moreover, probability theory forms the concepts and theory essential for statistics and finance theory.

At UiB, there is active research in several areas, especially on discrete probability models, and with applications in biology and physics. The research focuses on understanding complex systems in which many components interact, and in particular the asymptotic properties of such models. More specifically, research is carried out on models such as random walks in random environments and stochastic processes on network structures, as well as stochastic processes with infinite memory and random fields.

The group is member of the scientific network Stochastic Processes on Evolving Networks, supported by the German Research Foundation, DFG.

For more information - contact Stein Andreas Bethuelsen.