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Official account for the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick. Home of MORSE, CRiSM, AS&RU and APTS.
📰 Our Statistical Advisory Clinic is back for Term 2!!
🎉 We are happy to announce that the Statistical Advisory Clinic has been awarded the Digital, Data Science, and AI (DDSAI) Spotlight’s Small Grant Scheme at Warwick!
🎉 We are happy to announce that the Statistical Advisory Clinic has been awarded the Digital, Data Science, and AI (DDSAI) Spotlight’s Small Grant Scheme at Warwick!
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
📰 Our Statistical Advisory Clinic is back for Term 2!!
🎉 We are happy to announce that the Statistical Advisory Clinic has been awarded the Digital, Data Science, and AI (DDSAI) Spotlight’s Small Grant Scheme at Warwick!
🎉 We are happy to announce that the Statistical Advisory Clinic has been awarded the Digital, Data Science, and AI (DDSAI) Spotlight’s Small Grant Scheme at Warwick!
Our first CRiSM colloquium of the year will be given by Daniela Witten, Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at the University of Washington. Daniela is a recipient of the COPSS Presidents’ Award in 2022.
Join us from 2–3pm on Tuesday, 27 January!
Join us from 2–3pm on Tuesday, 27 January!
January 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Our first CRiSM colloquium of the year will be given by Daniela Witten, Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at the University of Washington. Daniela is a recipient of the COPSS Presidents’ Award in 2022.
Join us from 2–3pm on Tuesday, 27 January!
Join us from 2–3pm on Tuesday, 27 January!
Today marks the start of Term 2 of the 2025/26 academic year, and we are delighted to welcome all our students back to the department. We wish everyone sitting January exams the very best and hope you all have a great start to the new term.
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Today marks the start of Term 2 of the 2025/26 academic year, and we are delighted to welcome all our students back to the department. We wish everyone sitting January exams the very best and hope you all have a great start to the new term.
As we sign off for 2025, we would like to thank all our staff, students and alumni for another successful year at Warwick Statistics. Thank you to everyone who has followed the news and updates from our department throughout the year. We wish you all a very happy Christmas and see you again in 2026!
December 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
As we sign off for 2025, we would like to thank all our staff, students and alumni for another successful year at Warwick Statistics. Thank you to everyone who has followed the news and updates from our department throughout the year. We wish you all a very happy Christmas and see you again in 2026!
Ollie Kemp successfully passed his PhD viva last week! The PhD thesis is titled 'Reducing estimation bias in challenging modelling settings'. Ollie is supervised by Prof. Ioannis Kosmidis. On behalf of the entire department, we would like to congratulate Ollie on this fantastic achievement!!
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ollie Kemp successfully passed his PhD viva last week! The PhD thesis is titled 'Reducing estimation bias in challenging modelling settings'. Ollie is supervised by Prof. Ioannis Kosmidis. On behalf of the entire department, we would like to congratulate Ollie on this fantastic achievement!!
Today marks the end of Term 1. Well done to all our students who have worked hard over the past ten weeks — through lectures, tutorials, assignments, and etc. We wish everyone a happy Christmas break and look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year!
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today marks the end of Term 1. Well done to all our students who have worked hard over the past ten weeks — through lectures, tutorials, assignments, and etc. We wish everyone a happy Christmas break and look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year!
🎉 Many congratulations to Sanket Agrawal, who passed his PhD viva last month! Sanket has research interests in topics in probability and stochastic processes, with a focus on the stability and convergence of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms.
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎉 Many congratulations to Sanket Agrawal, who passed his PhD viva last month! Sanket has research interests in topics in probability and stochastic processes, with a focus on the stability and convergence of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms.
🤔 Thinking about doing a PhD in statistics, probability or mathematical finance?
🎓 Want to join a world-class doctoral programme?
Here at the Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Statistics, we offer 10+ fully funded PhD studentships to talented applicants from around the globe.
🎓 Want to join a world-class doctoral programme?
Here at the Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Statistics, we offer 10+ fully funded PhD studentships to talented applicants from around the globe.
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🤔 Thinking about doing a PhD in statistics, probability or mathematical finance?
🎓 Want to join a world-class doctoral programme?
Here at the Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Statistics, we offer 10+ fully funded PhD studentships to talented applicants from around the globe.
🎓 Want to join a world-class doctoral programme?
Here at the Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Statistics, we offer 10+ fully funded PhD studentships to talented applicants from around the globe.
Week 10 is upon us, and that can mean only one thing — our End of Term Celebration! Come along tomorrow for a fun quiz, free lunch, cakes, and hot chocolate, and take a moment to relax with your friends, peers, and colleagues. All ST students and staff are welcome!
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Week 10 is upon us, and that can mean only one thing — our End of Term Celebration! Come along tomorrow for a fun quiz, free lunch, cakes, and hot chocolate, and take a moment to relax with your friends, peers, and colleagues. All ST students and staff are welcome!
Congratulations to Harry Giles, who passed his PhD viva last month! His thesis is titled “Fluctuations, Diffusivity, and Superdiffusivity in Statistical Mechanics.” Everyone in the department wishes him all the best for his next venture.
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Congratulations to Harry Giles, who passed his PhD viva last month! His thesis is titled “Fluctuations, Diffusivity, and Superdiffusivity in Statistical Mechanics.” Everyone in the department wishes him all the best for his next venture.
The registration for the LMS Research Summer School in Robust Statistics and Reliable Learning Algorithms to be held next summer at Warwick is still open!! It's suitable for PhD students of all years and early-career researchers.
🔗 Registration (deadline: 7 December 2025): warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
🔗 Registration (deadline: 7 December 2025): warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The registration for the LMS Research Summer School in Robust Statistics and Reliable Learning Algorithms to be held next summer at Warwick is still open!! It's suitable for PhD students of all years and early-career researchers.
🔗 Registration (deadline: 7 December 2025): warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
🔗 Registration (deadline: 7 December 2025): warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
🎉 Earlier this month, Guglielmo Gattiglio successfully passed his PhD viva! His PhD thesis is titled "Scalability and Uncertainty Quantification for Parallel-in-Time Differential Equation Solvers". Many congratulations Guglielmo!
🔗 Link to Guglielmo's homepage: guglielmogattiglio.com/.
🔗 Link to Guglielmo's homepage: guglielmogattiglio.com/.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎉 Earlier this month, Guglielmo Gattiglio successfully passed his PhD viva! His PhD thesis is titled "Scalability and Uncertainty Quantification for Parallel-in-Time Differential Equation Solvers". Many congratulations Guglielmo!
🔗 Link to Guglielmo's homepage: guglielmogattiglio.com/.
🔗 Link to Guglielmo's homepage: guglielmogattiglio.com/.
Keen to participate in the Dual Trimester Program "Geometric Statistics: theory, application, and computation" at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn in Autumn 2026?
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Keen to participate in the Dual Trimester Program "Geometric Statistics: theory, application, and computation" at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn in Autumn 2026?
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
We are hiring!
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are hiring!
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
The Department of Statistics at Warwick is holding an MSc Online Open Day for prospective master’s students on Monday, 24th November, at 10am (UK time).
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Department of Statistics at Warwick is holding an MSc Online Open Day for prospective master’s students on Monday, 24th November, at 10am (UK time).
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
🎉 Shreya Sinha Roy, a fourth-year PhD student in our department, has recently been announced as one of the 21 recipients of the IMS 2025 ICSDS Student Travel Award. Shreya has research interests in computational statistics, sampling methods, and reinforcement learning.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🎉 Shreya Sinha Roy, a fourth-year PhD student in our department, has recently been announced as one of the 21 recipients of the IMS 2025 ICSDS Student Travel Award. Shreya has research interests in computational statistics, sampling methods, and reinforcement learning.
Isabella Gonçalves de Alvarenga has successfully completed her PhD viva last week!
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Isabella Gonçalves de Alvarenga has successfully completed her PhD viva last week!
Dr. Shishen Lin has joined us as a Research Fellow on the ERC Synergy OCEAN project from September. His research is in learning in games, black-box optimisation and evolutionary algorithms. He is also interested in reinforcement learning and its combination with evolutionary computation methods.
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Dr. Shishen Lin has joined us as a Research Fellow on the ERC Synergy OCEAN project from September. His research is in learning in games, black-box optimisation and evolutionary algorithms. He is also interested in reinforcement learning and its combination with evolutionary computation methods.
Last Wednesday we were delighted to host our brand-new Alumni-focussed Actuarial Careers Event!
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Last Wednesday we were delighted to host our brand-new Alumni-focussed Actuarial Careers Event!
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
Dr. Maria Perez Lara has joined the department as a Research Fellow and as a member of the MaThRad project. Her research consists of the physical validation of mathematical models for particle transport in particle therapy, using a Monte Carlo simulation toolkit developed for high-energy physics.
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dr. Maria Perez Lara has joined the department as a Research Fellow and as a member of the MaThRad project. Her research consists of the physical validation of mathematical models for particle transport in particle therapy, using a Monte Carlo simulation toolkit developed for high-energy physics.
New paper by David Huk and Theo Damoulas! They model copulas based on the principles of diffusions and flows through processes that preserve marginal distributions but forget the dependence. Link to the paper 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.1....
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New paper by David Huk and Theo Damoulas! They model copulas based on the principles of diffusions and flows through processes that preserve marginal distributions but forget the dependence. Link to the paper 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.1....
Dr. Tom Berrett is advertising two post-doctoral research associate positions for his ERC grant "HeDiStat: Statistical theory and methodology for the combination of heterogeneous and distributed data". Closing date 14th December 2025. Apply here: warwick-careers.tal.....
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Dr. Tom Berrett is advertising two post-doctoral research associate positions for his ERC grant "HeDiStat: Statistical theory and methodology for the combination of heterogeneous and distributed data". Closing date 14th December 2025. Apply here: warwick-careers.tal.....
Dr Kevin Huang has joined us as a Research Fellow affiliated with the Prob_AI Hub from September. Kevin studies the theory of neural networks and stochastic optimisation, with tools from high-dimensional statistics and random matrix theory. He also works on AI for physics algorithms as applications.
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dr Kevin Huang has joined us as a Research Fellow affiliated with the Prob_AI Hub from September. Kevin studies the theory of neural networks and stochastic optimisation, with tools from high-dimensional statistics and random matrix theory. He also works on AI for physics algorithms as applications.
Dr Gengyu Xue is currently working in the department as a Research Fellow affiliated with the DASS programme, having recently completed her PhD here. Her research interests include differential privacy, algorithmic fairness and change point analysis. She won the ICSDS Student Travel Award last year.
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Dr Gengyu Xue is currently working in the department as a Research Fellow affiliated with the DASS programme, having recently completed her PhD here. Her research interests include differential privacy, algorithmic fairness and change point analysis. She won the ICSDS Student Travel Award last year.
Today is World Statistics Day! The UN first celebrated this day back on 20 October 2010, marking it every five years. This year’s theme, “Driving change with quality statistics and data for everyone,” highlights how reliable data underpin progress globally and in daily life.
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today is World Statistics Day! The UN first celebrated this day back on 20 October 2010, marking it every five years. This year’s theme, “Driving change with quality statistics and data for everyone,” highlights how reliable data underpin progress globally and in daily life.