Jason Altschuler

Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science (secondary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering (secondary appointment)

Contact Information

office Address:
319 Academic Research Building
265 South 37th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Research Interests: optimization, probability, machine learning, mathematics of data science, optimal transport

Links: Personal Website, UPenn Optimization Seminar

STAT9912 - Sem In Adv Appl Of Stat: Acceleration And Hedging In Optimization
This seminar will be taken by doctoral candidates after the completion of most of their coursework. Topics vary from year to year and are chosen from advance probability, statistical inference, robust methods, and decision theory with principal emphasis on applications.
STAT9912301 ( Syllabus )

AMCS5999 - Independent Study
Independent Study allows students to pursue academic interests not available in regularly offered courses. Students must consult with their academic advisor to formulate a project directly related to the student’s research interests. All independent study courses are subject to the approval of the AMCS Graduate Group Chair.
AMCS9999 - Ind Study & Research
Study under the direction of a faculty member.
STAT4300 - Probability
Discrete and continuous sample spaces and probability; random variables, distributions, independence; expectation and generating functions; Markov chains and recurrence theory.
STAT9910 - Sem in Adv Appl of Stat
This seminar is for graduate students who wish to learn about current research frontiers. It covers advanced topics in probability, statistical theory and methods, applied statistics, data science and artificial intelligence. Specific topics vary from year to year and emphasize both theoretical foundations and applications.
STAT9912 - Sem in Adv Appl of Stat (OPT)
This seminar will be taken by doctoral candidates after the completion of most of their coursework. Topics vary from year to year and are chosen from advance probability, statistical inference, robust methods, and decision theory with principal emphasis on applications.
STAT9950 - Dissertation
Dissertation

Jinho Bok and Jason Altschuler (2025), Accelerating Proximal Gradient Descent via Silver Stepsizes, COLT.

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Knowledge @ Wharton - 2025/12/16

Sloan Research Fellowship in Mathematics 2025