Calendar
Week 1
Lecture
Basic concepts of probability and areas of formation.
Necessary foundations include: set theory and combinatorics.
Probability space, random variables, and Kolmogorov’s principles in the discrete case.
Syllabus PDF
Week 2
Lecture
Conditional Probabilities and Bayes’ Theorem.
Conditional Independence and Markov Chain Law, Statistical Independence.
Assignment 1
Week 3
Lecture
Repeated tests, Bernoulli trial, example solving, and review.
Probability space, random variable in continuous state.
Week 4
Lecture
Redefinition of random variables, distribution functions, and probability density functions.
Special random variables such as Gaussian, Poisson, etc.
Week 5
Lecture
Continuation of special random variables.
Statistics of a random variable: Mean, variance, etc.
Assignment 2
Week 6
Lecture
Conditional distributions.
Functions of random variables: Distribution and probability density functions, moments, and characteristic functions.
Week 7
Lecture
Joint distribution of random variables, bivariate distribution, marginal distribution, and…
Univariate functions of two random variables.
Practical Assignment
Week 8
Lecture
Two-dimensional functions of two random variables: Distribution function.
Central Limit Theorem.
Assignment 3
Week 9
Lecture
Week 10
Lecture
Assignment 4
Week 11
Lecture
Week 12
Lecture
Assignment 5
Week 13
Lecture
Week 14
Lecture
Assignment 6