
Sourav Chatterjee
Professor of Statistics and of Mathematics
Web page: https://statweb.stanford.edu/~souravc/
Administrative Appointments
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Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, Stanford University (2013 - Present)
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Visiting Associate Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, Stanford University (2012 - 2013)
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Associate Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute, New York University (2009 - 2013)
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Associate Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley (2009 - 2011)
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Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Université de Toulouse (2008 - 2008)
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Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley (2006 - 2009)
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Visiting Neyman Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley (2005 - 2006)
Honors & Awards
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Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Society of London (2023)
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Infosys Prize in Mathematical Sciences, Infosys Science Foundation (2020)
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Fellow of IMS, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2018)
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ICM Invited Talk, International Congress of Mathematicians (2014)
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IISA Young Researcher Award, International Indian Statistical Association (2013)
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Line and Michel Loeve International Prize in Probability, University of Calfornia, Berkeley (2013)
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First recipient of the Doeblin Prize in Probability, Bernoulli Society with sponsorship from Springer-Verlag (2012)
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IMS Medallion Lecture, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2012)
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Rollo Davidson Prize, Rollo Davidson Trustees, University of Cambridge (2010)
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Tweedie New Researcher Award, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2008)
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Sloan Research Fellowship in Mathematics, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2007 - 2009)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Associate editor, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (2023 - Present)
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Associate editor, Annals of Applied Probability (2022 - Present)
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Associate editor, Communications in Mathematical Physics (2019 - Present)
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Associate editor, Probability Theory and Related Fields (2012 - 2015)
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Editor, Sankhya, Series A (2012 - 2015)
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Associate editor, Annals of Probability (2009 - 2014)
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Associate editor, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (B) (2008 - 2013)
Professional Education
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Bachelor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Statistics (2000)
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Master, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Statistics (2002)
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Ph.D., Stanford University, Statistics (2005)
2022-23 Courses
- Fundamental Concepts of Analysis
MATH 171 (Aut) - Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
MATH 113 (Spr) - Theory of Probability I
MATH 230A, STATS 310A (Aut) -
Independent Studies (5)
- Advanced Reading and Research
MATH 360 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Independent Study
STATS 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Industrial Research for Statisticians
STATS 298 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Research
PHYSICS 490 (Spr) - Research
STATS 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Advanced Reading and Research
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Prior Year Courses
2021-22 Courses
- Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
MATH 113 (Spr) - Stein's Method
STATS 324 (Spr) - Theory of Probability II
MATH 230B, STATS 310B (Win)
2020-21 Courses
- Real Analysis
MATH 205A (Aut) - Theory of Probability I
MATH 230A, STATS 310A (Aut)
2019-20 Courses
- Introduction to Probability Theory
MATH 151 (Win) - Introduction to Stochastic Processes II
STATS 218 (Spr) - Theory of Probability III
MATH 230C, STATS 310C (Spr)
- Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Zachary Izzo, Slava Naprienko, Zexin Pan -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Arka Adhikari -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Souvik Ray -
Orals Evaluator
Yuchen Wu -
Master's Program Advisor
Matthew Aguirre, Nabil Ahmed, Laura Bryant, Cam Burton, Florence Chen, Noah Cowan, Matheus Dias, Bob Ding, Irena Gao, Jiacheng Ge, Helen Gu, Kushagra Gupta, Hunter Guru, Shannon Meyer, Pablo Noyola, Armaun Sanayei, Samita Sridhar Kamath
All Publications
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Weak convergence of directed polymers to deterministic KPZ at high temperature
ANNALES DE L INSTITUT HENRI POINCARE-PROBABILITES ET STATISTIQUES
2023; 59 (2): 774-794
View details for DOI 10.1214/22-AIHP1287
View details for Web of Science ID 000972015200010
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The Yang-Mills heat flow with random distributional initial data
COMMUNICATIONS IN PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
2023
View details for DOI 10.1080/03605302.2023.2169937
View details for Web of Science ID 000946635300001
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Matrix Completion With Data-Dependent Missingness Probabilities
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY
2022; 68 (10): 6762-6773
View details for DOI 10.1109/TIT.2022.3170244
View details for Web of Science ID 000854619600027
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Existence of stationary ballistic deposition on the infinite lattice
RANDOM STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS
2022
View details for DOI 10.1002/rsa.21116
View details for Web of Science ID 000846493500001
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Local KPZ Behavior Under Arbitrary Scaling Limits
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
2022
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00220-022-04492-w
View details for Web of Science ID 000843830200001
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Superconcentration in surface growth
RANDOM STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS
2022
View details for DOI 10.1002/rsa.21108
View details for Web of Science ID 000827667100001
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Convergence of Deterministic Growth Models
ARCHIVE FOR RATIONAL MECHANICS AND ANALYSIS
2022
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00205-022-01798-w
View details for Web of Science ID 000809691100001
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A PHASE TRANSITION FOR REPEATED AVERAGES
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2022; 50 (1): 1-17
View details for DOI 10.1214/21-AOP1526
View details for Web of Science ID 000760718500001
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A SIMPLE MEASURE OF CONDITIONAL DEPENDENCE
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
2021; 49 (6): 3070-3102
View details for DOI 10.1214/21-AOS2073
View details for Web of Science ID 000730645000002
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Speeding up Markov chains with deterministic jumps (vol 178, pg 1193, 2020)
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2021
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-021-01049-1
View details for Web of Science ID 000692971000001
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A Probabilistic Mechanism for Quark Confinement
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
2021
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00220-021-04086-y
View details for Web of Science ID 000640467500001
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Average Gromov hyperbolicity and the Parisi ansatz
ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS
2021; 376
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.aim.2020.107417
View details for Web of Science ID 000596151500024
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A Deterministic Theory of Low Rank Matrix Completion
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY
2020; 66 (12): 8046–55
View details for DOI 10.1109/TIT.2020.3019569
View details for Web of Science ID 000594905600046
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Fluctuation lower bounds in planar random growth models
ANNALES DE L INSTITUT HENRI POINCARE-PROBABILITES ET STATISTIQUES
2020; 56 (4): 2406–27
View details for DOI 10.1214/19-AIHP1043
View details for Web of Science ID 000582036900007
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LOCALIZATION IN GAUSSIAN DISORDERED SYSTEMS AT LOW TEMPERATURE
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2020; 48 (6): 2755–2806
View details for DOI 10.1214/20-AOP1436
View details for Web of Science ID 000581921000003
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Speeding up Markov chains with deterministic jumps
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2020
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-020-01006-4
View details for Web of Science ID 000572039300002
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A New Coefficient of Correlation
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
2020
View details for DOI 10.1080/01621459.2020.1758115
View details for Web of Science ID 000541351100001
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Wilson Loops in Ising Lattice Gauge Theory
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
2020
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00220-020-03738-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000522896900001
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CONSTRUCTING A SOLUTION OF THE (2+1)-DIMENSIONAL KPZ EQUATION
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2020; 48 (2): 1014–55
View details for DOI 10.1214/19-AOP1382
View details for Web of Science ID 000528269100015
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LOCALIZATION IN RANDOM GEOMETRIC GRAPHS WITH TOO MANY EDGES
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2020; 48 (2): 574–621
View details for DOI 10.1214/19-AOP1387
View details for Web of Science ID 000528269100002
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THE ENDPOINT DISTRIBUTION OF DIRECTED POLYMERS
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2020; 48 (2): 817–71
View details for DOI 10.1214/19-AOP1376
View details for Web of Science ID 000528269100010
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Rigidity of the three-dimensional hierarchical Coulomb gas
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2019; 175 (3-4): 1123–76
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-019-00912-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000493683800014
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Proof of the Path Localization Conjecture for Directed Polymers
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
2019; 370 (2): 703–17
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00220-019-03533-1
View details for Web of Science ID 000482219400009
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A GENERAL METHOD FOR LOWER BOUNDS ON FLUCTUATIONS OF RANDOM VARIABLES
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2019; 47 (4): 2140–71
View details for DOI 10.1214/18-AOP1304
View details for Web of Science ID 000474204900008
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Central Limit Theorem for the Free Energy of the Random Field Ising Model
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
2019; 175 (1): 185–202
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10955-019-02249-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000462211500009
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Rigorous Solution of Strongly Coupled SO(N) Lattice Gauge Theory in the Large N Limit
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
2019; 366 (1): 203–68
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00220-019-03353-3
View details for Web of Science ID 000460545700007
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On the Decay of Correlations in the Random Field Ising Model
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
2018; 362 (1): 253–67
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00220-018-3085-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000440111100008
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THE SAMPLE SIZE REQUIRED IN IMPORTANCE SAMPLING
ANNALS OF APPLIED PROBABILITY
2018; 28 (2): 1099–1135
View details for DOI 10.1214/17-AAP1326
View details for Web of Science ID 000431722900011
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Arbitrarily small perturbations of Dirichlet Laplacians are quantum unique ergodic
JOURNAL OF SPECTRAL THEORY
2018; 8 (3): 909–47
View details for DOI 10.4171/JST/217
View details for Web of Science ID 000438822200005
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A CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM FOR A NEW STATISTIC ON PERMUTATIONS
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PURE & APPLIED MATHEMATICS
2017; 48 (4): 561–73
View details for DOI 10.1007/s13226-017-0246-3
View details for Web of Science ID 000419195300006
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Discussion of the Paper on Concentration for (Regularized) Empirical Risk Minimization by Sara van de Geer and Martin Wainwright
SANKHYA-SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
2017; 79 (2): 208-211
View details for Web of Science ID 000413700700003
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MINIMAL SPANNING TREES AND STEIN'S METHOD
ANNALS OF APPLIED PROBABILITY
2017; 27 (3): 1588–1645
View details for DOI 10.1214/16-AAP1239
View details for Web of Science ID 000406891000009
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Large Deviations for Random Graphs: Ecole d'Ete de Probabilites de Saint-Flour XLV - 2015
LARGE DEVIATIONS FOR RANDOM GRAPHS: ECOLE D'ETE DE PROBABILITES DE SAINT-FLOUR XLV - 2015
2017; 2197: 1–167
View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65816-2
View details for Web of Science ID 000445854600010
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The leading term of the Yang-Mills free energy
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
2016; 271 (10): 2944-3005
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jfa.2016.04.032
View details for Web of Science ID 000384955200009
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AN INTRODUCTION TO LARGE DEVIATIONS FOR RANDOM GRAPHS
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
2016; 53 (4): 617-642
View details for DOI 10.1090/bull/1539
View details for Web of Science ID 000392745400003
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Nonlinear large deviations
ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS
2016; 299: 396-450
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.aim.2016.05.017
View details for Web of Science ID 000380294900013
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Absence of Replica Symmetry Breaking in the Random Field Ising Model
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
2015; 337 (1): 93-102
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00220-014-2269-5
View details for Web of Science ID 000353504700004
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MATRIX ESTIMATION BY UNIVERSAL SINGULAR VALUE THRESHOLDING
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
2015; 43 (1): 177-214
View details for DOI 10.1214/14-AOS1272
View details for Web of Science ID 000349738500007
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A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON LEAST SQUARES UNDER CONVEX CONSTRAINT
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
2014; 42 (6): 2340-2381
View details for DOI 10.1214/14-AOS1254
View details for Web of Science ID 000345884900007
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Invariant Measures and the Soliton Resolution Conjecture
COMMUNICATIONS ON PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
2014; 67 (11): 1737-1842
View details for DOI 10.1002/cpa.21501
View details for Web of Science ID 000342981100001
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Fluctuations of the Bose-Einstein condensate
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL
2014; 47 (8)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1751-8113/47/8/085201
View details for Web of Science ID 000332003600002
- Superconcentration and Related Topics Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg. 2014
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A short survey of Stein's method
Kyung Moon SA Co Ltd. 2014: 1-24
View details for Web of Science ID 000498917400001
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ESTIMATING AND UNDERSTANDING EXPONENTIAL RANDOM GRAPH MODELS
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
2013; 41 (5): 2428-2461
View details for DOI 10.1214/13-AOS1155
View details for Web of Science ID 000327746100006
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Central limit theorem for first-passage percolation time across thin cylinders
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2013; 156 (3-4): 613-663
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-012-0438-z
View details for Web of Science ID 000321917600005
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Random overlap structures: properties and applications to spin glasses
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2013; 156 (1-2): 375-413
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-012-0431-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000319160600014
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The universal relation between scaling exponents in first-passage percolation
ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS
2013; 177 (2): 663-697
View details for DOI 10.4007/annals.2013.177.2.7
View details for Web of Science ID 000314351100007
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The missing log in large deviations for triangle counts
RANDOM STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS
2012; 40 (4): 437-451
View details for DOI 10.1002/rsa.20381
View details for Web of Science ID 000303919000003
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Probabilistic methods for discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equations
COMMUNICATIONS ON PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
2012; 65 (5): 727-757
View details for DOI 10.1002/cpa.21388
View details for Web of Science ID 000300716900005
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A new approach to strong embeddings
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2012; 152 (1-2): 231-264
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-010-0321-8
View details for Web of Science ID 000299131700008
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Random Multiplicative Functions in Short Intervals
INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS RESEARCH NOTICES
2012: 479-492
View details for DOI 10.1093/imrn/rnr023
View details for Web of Science ID 000300038500001
- Large deviations for random matrices Communications on Stochastic Analysis 2012; 6 (1): 1-13
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A Combinatorial Analysis of Interacting Diffusions
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PROBABILITY
2011; 24 (4): 939-968
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10959-009-0269-8
View details for Web of Science ID 000296287200003
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The large deviation principle for the Erdos-Renyi random graph
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMBINATORICS
2011; 32 (7): 1000-1017
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ejc.2011.03.014
View details for Web of Science ID 000294580100005
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RANDOM GRAPHS WITH A GIVEN DEGREE SEQUENCE
ANNALS OF APPLIED PROBABILITY
2011; 21 (4): 1400-1435
View details for DOI 10.1214/10-AAP728
View details for Web of Science ID 000294220500006
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NONNORMAL APPROXIMATION BY STEIN'S METHOD OF EXCHANGEABLE PAIRS WITH APPLICATION TO THE CURIE-WEISS MODEL
ANNALS OF APPLIED PROBABILITY
2011; 21 (2): 464-483
View details for DOI 10.1214/10-AAP712
View details for Web of Science ID 000289268100002
- Spectral clustering and the high-dimensional Stochastic Block Model Annals of Statistics 2011; 39 (4): 1878-1915
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Exponential Approximation by Stein's Method and Spectral Graph Theory
ALEA-LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
2011; 8: 197-223
View details for Web of Science ID 000299489100011
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APPLICATIONS OF STEIN'S METHOD FOR CONCENTRATION INEQUALITIES
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2010; 38 (6): 2443-2485
View details for DOI 10.1214/10-AOP542
View details for Web of Science ID 000283010500010
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Spin glasses and Stein's method
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2010; 148 (3-4): 567-600
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-009-0240-8
View details for Web of Science ID 000281013300007
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PHASE TRANSITIONS IN GRAVITATIONAL ALLOCATION
GEOMETRIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
2010; 20 (4): 870-917
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00039-010-0090-7
View details for Web of Science ID 000283116900002
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Gravitational allocation to Poisson points
ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS
2010; 172 (1): 617-671
View details for Web of Science ID 000279614000013
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A phase transition behavior for Brownian motions interacting through their ranks
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2010; 147 (1-2): 123-159
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-009-0203-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000274657400004
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AN OBSERVATION ABOUT SUBMATRICES
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN PROBABILITY
2009; 14: 495-500
View details for Web of Science ID 000272620400001
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Central Limit Theorems for the Energy Density in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
2009; 137 (4): 639-666
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10955-009-9865-3
View details for Web of Science ID 000272159500003
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CONSISTENT ESTIMATES OF DEFORMED ISOTROPIC GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS ON THE PLANE
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
2009; 37 (5A): 2324-2350
View details for DOI 10.1214/08-AOS647
View details for Web of Science ID 000268604900009
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Fluctuations of eigenvalues and second order Poincare inequalities
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2009; 143 (1-2): 1-40
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-007-0118-6
View details for Web of Science ID 000260293800001
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A new method of normal approximation
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2008; 36 (4): 1584-1610
View details for DOI 10.1214/07-AOP370
View details for Web of Science ID 000258551700013
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Multivariate normal approximation using exchangeable pairs
ALEA-LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
2008; 4: 257-283
View details for Web of Science ID 000208538900013
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Estimation in spin glasses: A first step
ANNALS OF STATISTICS
2007; 35 (5): 1931-1946
View details for DOI 10.1214/009053607000000109
View details for Web of Science ID 000251096100004
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Stein's method for concentration inequalities
PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
2007; 138 (1-2): 305-321
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00440-006-0029-y
View details for Web of Science ID 000245855500010
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Concentration of Haar measures, with an application to random matrices
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
2007; 245 (2): 379-389
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jfa.2007.01.003
View details for Web of Science ID 000245819100002
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A generalization of the Lindeberg principle
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
2006; 34 (6): 2061-2076
View details for DOI 10.1214/009117906000000575
View details for Web of Science ID 000244728300001
- Exchangeable pairs and Poisson approximation Probability Surveys 2005; 2: 64-106
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Exchangeable pairs and Poisson approximation
PROBABILITY SURVEYS
2005; 2: 64-106
View details for DOI 10.1214/154957805100000096
View details for Web of Science ID 000438959400003
- Concentration inequalities with exchangeable pairs Ph.D. thesis. Stanford University 2005
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A new method for bounding rates of convergence of empirical spectral distributions
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PROBABILITY
2004; 17 (4): 1003-1019
View details for Web of Science ID 000226094200010
- Limiting spectral distributions of large dimensional random matrices Journal of the Indian Statistical Association 2003; 41 (2): 221-259