Emphasis is on probability theory as such rather than on special models occurring in its applications. Brief revision of mathematical tools: set theory, logics, techniques of proof, real and complex ...

This is a graduate-level course focused on techniques and models in modern discrete probability. Topics include: the first and second moment methods, martingales, concentration inequalities, branching ...

An exploration of the uses and misuses of probability in topics ranging from gambling to medicine to the likelihood of intelligent life beyond Earth will be discussed at the first installment of the ...