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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 1d

Please note a change in format: Tom will now be presenting remotely via Zoom.

For those who still wish to attend in person, we will be streaming the live presentation in the original room. You are all welcome to join us there.

UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 1d

This week's seminar will be given by Tom Rainforth (University of Oxford).

Time and date: Wednesday 8th October 2-3pm (UK)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.

www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...

Research Studentships

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.

www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...

Research Studentships

www.ucl.ac.uk

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François-Xavier Briol @fxbriol.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today is the day of the pre-ICML event at UCL! Come check out the exciting work from academics, industry researchers, postdocs and PhD students from around London: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm... @statisticsucl.bsky.social @ucl-csml-ellis.bsky.social

Pre ICML @ London 2025

The goal of this meetup is to bring together students, researchers, and engineers from the greater London area to discuss machine learning research presented at International Conference on Machine Lea...

sites.google.com

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · Jun 28

Some shots from #OpenDay two! Featured: @uclchemistry.bsky.social odour #experiment, @statisticsucl.bsky.social taster on #Bayesian #statistics, learning about angular #momentum with UCL Physics & Astronomy, and exploring #maths for #finance with UCL Mathematics 💡

#UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · Jun 19

🏆 UCL is ranked 9th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for the third year in a row.

This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.

🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR

Two students smiling outdoors in front of a university building with colorful banners. Text reads 9th in the world, QS World University Rankings 2026

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Jun 18

🥳 Congratulations are in order for:

our newly promoted professors

FX
Robin
Paul
Terry

as well as for our newly promoted Associated Professors

Tom H
Alex D
Takoua
Emma
Brieuc

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Jun 11

🥇🎉Many congratulations to Stephanie Dickinson for her achievement in this year’s BEAMS Professional Services Awards!

More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/n...

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Jun 9

Our department’s CSML theme is co-organising a ‘pre-ICML’ event to showcase the exciting research in machine learning taking place at UCL and across London on the 3rd July. Details on registration and the call for talks/posters is available here: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm...

Pre ICML @ London 2025

The goal of this meetup is to bring together students, researchers, and engineers from the greater London area to discuss machine learning research presented at International Conference on Machine Lea...

sites.google.com

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Jun 2

A special seminar will be given by Philip Dawid (Cambridge)

Time and date: Thursday 12th June 11am-12pm (BST)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, 102

For more information contact [email protected]

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · May 16

This week's seminar will be given by Chia-Jung Tsay (UCL)

Time and date: Wednesday 28th May 2-3pm (BST)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, 102

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

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UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences @uclmaps.bsky.social · May 15

New review funded by @genomicsengland.bsky.social & led by Dr Brieuc Lehmann & PhD student Leandra Brauninger (@statisticsucl.bsky.social) explores how the analytical methods used to process & interpret #genomic #data play a critical role in promoting #health #equity: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

New review on statistical and machine learning tools to advance equity in genomic research

Review led by Dr Brieuc Lehmann and PhD student Leandra Brauninger (both UCL Statistical Science) explores how the analytical methods used to process and interpret genomic data play a critical role in...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Apr 16

Over the weekend, our very own Sam took part in a European defence tech hackathon in Warsaw, and walked away with the grand prize! 🏆

Their winning solution? An AI model to help predict how to treat wounded soldiers suffering from bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics.

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Apr 14

This week's seminar will be given by Kamélia Daudel (ESSEC Business School).

Time and date: Wednesday 16th April 2-3pm (BST)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

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François-Xavier Briol @fxbriol.bsky.social · Apr 2

The BayesComp workshop on 'Bayesian Computation and Inference with Misspecified Models' will take place in Singapore on the 16-17th June.

We have an open call for posters/contributed calls, with a deadline on the 1st May. More details on the website:
postbayes.github.io/BayesMisspec...

BayesComp Satellite Workshop on Bayesian Computation and Inference with Misspecified Models

postbayes.github.io

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 31

BST instead of GMT!

UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 31

This week's seminar will be given by Hui Guo (The University of Manchester)

Time and date: Wednesday 2nd April 2-3pm (GMT)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 31

New book coming soon, co-authored by our very own Giampiero Marra:

"Copula Additive Distributional Regression Using R"
By Giampiero Marra, Rosalba Radice

www.routledge.com/Copula-Addit...

#R #rstats

Copula Additive Distributional Regression Using R

Copula additive distributional regression enables the joint modeling of multiple outcomes, an essential aspect of many real-world research problems. This book provides an accessible overview of this m...

www.routledge.com

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 24

The advert for 1 **Home** Dept Studentship is now ON, with a deadline of 7 April:

www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...

Research Studentships

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 24

This week's seminar will be given by Desi Ivanova (University of Oxford).

Time and date: Wednesday 26th March 2-3pm (GMT)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 20

The next talk of the "Women & Diversity" series will be held on May 28, 2pm in room 102 at 1-19 Torrington. The speaker is Chia-Jung Tsay (UCL) and she will talk about naturalness bias — the tendency to prefer inner talent over hard work.

UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 20

🚨🚨🚨 1 "Departmental Studentship" (this is the new name for Teaching Studentships) for Home Fees applicants with a deadline of application the 3rd of April will be advertised very soon on our standard studentship website:

www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...

Research Studentships

www.ucl.ac.uk

UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 17

This week's seminar will be given by Uri Shalit (Tel Aviv University).

Time and date: Wednesday 19th March 2-3pm (GMT)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · Mar 11

This week's seminar will be given by Sir John Aston
(University of Cambridge).

Time and date: Wednesday 12th March 2-3pm (GMT)

In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09

Link to join online: contact [email protected]

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