PROBABILITY COURSES
Besides being a basic area of Mathematics and providing the theoretical foundation for Statistics, Probability is also used in a rapidly growing number of applications in the physical, biological, social and engineering sciences. Such applications often require the development of new theory and need scientists and engineers trained in the fundamental techniques of probability. For a summary of probability graduate courses offered by the Mathematics Department, click here. For details on the new Probability and Statistics undergraduate Bachelor of Science major, click here.

R. J. WILLIAMS: COURSES
COURSES FOR 2008-2009
Undergraduate Courses:
  • Introduction to Probability, Math 180A (Winter 2009).
  • Mathematics of Finance, Math 194 (Winter 2009).
    Graduate Course:
  • Topics in Probability, Math 289A (Fall 2008)

    PAST COURSES
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 2007-2008: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 2006-2007: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 2005-2006: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 2004-2005: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 2003-2004: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 2002-2003: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 2000-2001: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 1999-2000: R. J. WILLIAMS
    (PAST) COURSES FOR 1998-1999: R. J. WILLIAMS

    MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
  • Links to web pages describing the innovative use of computers in some courses and research in the UCSD Mathematics Department. This project has received support from INTEL and GenCorp Foundation.
    RELATED ITEMS
  • Student Link
  • Academic calendar for UCSD
  • Some errata for Introduction to Stochastic Integration, by K. L. Chung and R. J. Williams, 2nd edition, Birkhauser, Boston, 1990.
  • Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance, R. J. Williams, 2006, available from the American Mathematical Society. For some additional information including a list of errata and hints, click here.
    PROBABILITY RELATED LINKS
  • Probability by Surprise, Java Applets for use with a probability course.
  • The Probability and Statistics Object Library -- Library of Applets and Components as resources for teachers and students of probability and statistics.
  • Chance web page
  • Introduction to Probability by C. M. Grinstead and J. L. Snell. This includes links to some Java Applets to go with the book.
  • David Griffeath's Primordial Soup Kitchen and Graphical Aids for Stochastic Processes
  • Computer Intensive Methods in Statistics, Susan Holmes' web page on this topic.
  • Stochastic Differential Equations
  • Mathematics of Finance
  • Bioinformatics and Biosystems
    TEACHING RELATED LINKS
  • Teaching Tools, UC Berkeley website.
  • Classroom teaching, by Carolyn Lieberg, University of Iowa.
  • First-order principles for college teachers, summary of book by R. Boice, 1996.
  • Walter Mischel's Marshmallow Experiment on self-control and success.
    Last updated: July 25, 2007