Semester 2 2024/2025
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/02/2025 13:15 | Silvia Liverani (Queen Mary University of London) |
Bayesian modelling for spatially misaligned health areal data | Abstract |
| 11/02/2025 13:15 | Marco Scutari (Dalle Molle Institute Lugano) | Causal modelling for environmental epidemiology | Abstract |
| 18/02/2025 13:15 | Evangelos Evangelou (University of Bath) | Facilitating teaching of large statistics units using electronic voting system and quizzes | Abstract |
| 25/02/2025 13:15 | Rebecca Lewis (University of Oxford) |
High-dimensional logistic regression with separated data | Abstract |
| 04/03/2025 13:15 | Jeremias Knoblauch (University College London) | Post-Bayesian Machine Learning | Abstract |
| 11/03/2025 13:15 | Juliette Unwin (University of Bristol) | Using statistical modelling to inform global health policy | Abstract |
| 18/03/2025 13:15 | Luana Boumendil (University of Bath) | Drug combinations screening using a Bayesian ranking approach based on dose-response models |
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| 25/03/2025 16:00 | Chiara Boetti Sebastian Quintanilla Terminel (University of Bath) | 1. Long memory network time series2. Bayesian inference of genetic ancestry | Abstract |
| 01/04/2025 13:15 | Jairo Cugliari (Université Lumière Lyon 2) | Improved linear regression prediction by transfer learning | Abstract |
| 01/05/2025 13:15 | Qingyuan Zhao (University of Cambridge) | Design: The Elusive Principle of Statistics | Abstract |
| 06/05/2025 13:15 | Sam Power (University of Bristol) |
A state-space perspective on modelling and inference for online skill rating | Abstract |
| 13/05/2025 13:15 | Thomas Berrett (University of Warwick) |
Efficient estimation with incomplete data via generalised ANOVA decompositions | Abstract |
| 06/06/2025 13:15 | Stef Baas (MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge) |
Semester 1 2024/2025
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/10/2024 13:15 | Welcome Meeting | ||
| 08/10/2024 13:15 | Sara Wade (University of Edinburgh) | Understanding uncertainty in Bayesian cluster analysis | Abstract |
| 15/10/2024 13:15 | Cancelled (Due to the speaker being ill) |
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| 22/10/2024 13:15 | Abhishek Pal Majumder (University of Reading) | Long-time behaviour of some semi-Markov modulated diffusions | Abstract |
| 29/10/2024 13:15 | Chao Zheng (University of Southampton) | Optimal detection of spatial anomaly regions | Abstract |
| 05/11/2024 13:15 | PhD student talks | ||
| 12/11/2024 13:15 | Ensor Palacios (University of Bath) | Air pollution and risk of dementia in the UK Biobank | Abstract |
| 15/11/2024 16:00 | Jonathan Bartlett (LSHTM) | G-formula for causal inference via synthetic multiple imputation (Organized by the RSS Avon Local Group) | Abstract |
| 19/11/2024 13:15 | Cancelled (Due to the speaker being ill) |
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| 26/11/2024 13:15 | Henry Elsom Sinyoung Park (University of Bath) | 1. Development of changepoint detection algorithms for extreme values 2. New directions in community detection for networks | Abstract |
| 03/12/2024 13:15 | Amandine Pierrot (University of Bath) |
Forecasting offshore wind energy: non-linearity, non-stationarity and varying bounds | Abstract |
| 10/12/2024 13:15 | Evan Kwiatkowski (University of Texas) |
Incorporating external data in Bayesian clinical trial design using posterior predictive checks | Abstract |
| 13/12/2024 11:15 | Jordan Richards (University of Edinburgh) |
A deep learning approach to modelling joint environmental extremes | Abstract |
Semester 2 2023/2024
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/02/2024 13:15 | Panayiota Touloupou (University of Birmingham) | Scalable inference for epidemic models with individual level data | Abstract |
| 13/02/2024 13:15 | Oliver Feng (University of Bath) | Convex loss selection via score matching | Abstract |
| 16/02/2024 15:15 | Jonathan Tawn (Lancaster University) | Statistical modelling of the extreme events: from flooding, via sinking ships, to elite swimming (Landscapes seminar) | Abstract |
| 20/02/2024 13:15 | Dennis Prangle (University of Bristol) | Flexible tails for normalizing flows | Abstract |
| 27/02/2024 13:15 | Ed Cohen (Imperial College London) | Analysing spatial point patterns on curved surfaces | Abstract |
| 05/03/2024 13:15 | Matthew Pawley (University of Bath) | Multivariate extreme value statistics for analysing simulated environmental extremes | Abstract |
| 12/03/2024 13:15 | Christopher Jennison (University of Bath) | Optimising sequential and adaptive designs: the power of dynamic programming | Abstract |
| 19/03/2024 13:15 | Emma Simpson (University College London) | An extreme value approach to estimating bivariate limit sets and new environmental contours | Abstract |
| 26/03/2024 13:15 | Vasiliki Koutra (King's College London) | Designing experiments on networks | Abstract |
| 16/04/2024 13:15 | Simon Wood (University of Edinburgh) | On neighbourhood cross validation | Abstract |
| 23/04/2024 13:15 | Neza Dvorsak Christian Rohrbeck (University of Bath) | 1. Effect of Missing Data on Conditional Power 2. Joint estimation of monotonic regression functions in health applications | Abstract |
| 30/04/2024 13:15 | Richard Marchese Robinson (Syngenta) | Industrial Applications of Generative AI: Designing Novel Crop Protection Product Active Ingredients | |
| 03/05/2024 15:15 | Peter Thall (MD Anderson Cancer Center) | Bayesian Personalized Treatment Selection for Advanced Breast Cancer (Landscapes seminar) |
Abstract |
| 07/05/2024 13:15 | Xinle Tian Dan Miles (University of Bath) | 1. Multi-response linear regression estimation based on low-rank pre-smoothing 2. Encouraging sparsity and similarity across multiple covariate-influenced Gaussian Graphical Models | Abstract |
| 14/05/2024 13:15 | Helen Barnett (Lancaster University) | Joint TITE-CRM: A Design for Dose Finding Studies for Therapies with Late-Onset Safety and Activity Outcomes | Abstract |
| 21/05/2024 13:15 | Yosef Rinott (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) | On the behavior of posterior probabilities with additional data: monotonicity and nonmonotonicity, asymptotic rates, log-concavity, and Turán’s inequality | Abstract |
Semester 1 2023/2024
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/10/2023 13:15 | Welcome Meeting | ||
| 10/10/2023 13:15 | Ilaria Bussoli (University of Bath) |
From research to teaching stats - a small journey | Abstract |
| 17/10/2023 13:15 | Sam Livingstone (University College London) |
Some advances and applications of robust gradient-based Markov chain Monte Carlo | Abstract |
| 24/10/2023 13:15 | Emiko Dupont (University of Bath) |
Demystifying spatial confounding | Abstract |
| 31/10/2023 13:15 | Connor Gascoigne (Imperial College London) | A Bayesian Interrupted Time Series framework for evaluating policy change on mental well-being: an application to England's welfare reform | Abstract |
| 07/11/2023 13:15 | Mark Fiecas (University of Minnesota) | Hidden (Semi-)Markov Models for Dynamic Connectivity Analysis in Resting-State fMRI | Abstract |
| 14/11/2023 13:15 | Anna Daupare (University of Bath) |
Application of neural networks in predicting human population dynamics | Abstract |
| 16/11/202315:15 | Zak Varty (Imperial College London) | Shaking Things Up: Statistical Modelling of Earthquakes (organized by the RSS Avon Local Group) | Abstract |
| 21/11/2023 13:15 | Katarzyna Reluga (University of Bristol) |
The impact of job stability on monetary poverty in Italy: causal small area estimation | Abstract |
| 28/11/2023 13:15 | Jere Koskela (Newcastle University) | Consistency criteria for latent tree reconstruction | Abstract |
| 05/12/2023 13:15 | David Robertson (University of Cambridge) | Response-adaptive randomization in clinical trials: from myths to practical considerations | Abstract |
| 07/12/2023 14:15 | Min Xu (Rutgers University) | Root and community inference on the latent growth process of a network | Abstract |
| 12/12/2023 13:15 | Haiyan Zheng (University of Bath) | Statistical design and analysis of clinical trials with multiple strata | Abstract |
Semester 2 2022/2023
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/02/2023 13:15 | Emmanouil Tranos (University of Bristol) |
Internet and firm productivity: a multilevel approach based on experienced broadband speed data | Abstract |
| 14/02/2023 13:15 | Purvasha Chakravarti (University College London) |
Signal detection in particle physics using a classifier decorrelated through optimal transport | Abstract |
| 21/02/2023 13:15 | Andreas Artemiou (Cardiff University) |
SVM-based real time sufficient dimension reduction | Abstract |
| 28/02/2023 | No seminar due to SAMBa showcase event | ||
| 07/03/2023 13:15 | Alex Gibberd (Lancaster University) |
Temporal disaggregation and regularised GLS estimation | Abstract |
| 15/03/2023 13:15 | Alex Rudge (University of Bath) |
Dynamic modelling of primary care health-records for earlier diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis | Abstract |
| 28/03/2023 13:15 | Ciara Pike-Burke (Imperial College London) |
Putting a price on expert advice: Online classification with paid stochastic experts | Abstract |
| 18/04/2023 13:15 | Josh Inoue (University of Bath) |
Spatio-temporal change-point detection using vector autoregressive models | Abstract |
| 25/04/2023 13:15 | Emily Nightingale (LSHTM) |
Understanding the burden of visceral leishmaniasis from surveillance at different spatial scales | Abstract |
| 02/05/2023 13:15 | Euan McGonigle (University of Bristol) |
Nonparametric change point detection for multivariate time series | Abstract |
Semester 1 2022/2023
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/10/2022 13:15 | Welcome Meeting | ||
| 11/10/2022 13:15 | Bharati Kumar (University of Bath) |
Weighted hazard ratio estimation for delayed and diminishing treatment effect | Abstract |
| 18/10/2022 13:15 | Theresa Smith (University of Bath) |
Dynamic prediction of competing risks in electronic patient records systems | |
| 25/10/2022 13:15 | Thomas Burnett (University of Bath) |
Making all pairwise comparisons in multi-arm clinical trials without control treatment | |
| 02/11/2022 13:15 | Robin Mitra (University College London) |
Saturated count models for user-friendly synthesis of categorical data | Abstract |
| 08/11/2022 13:15 | Jaime Delgadillo (University of Sheffield) |
Stratified medicine and the use of AI for mental health care | Abstract |
| 15/11/2022 13:15 | Jennifer Israelsson (UK Health Security Agency) |
From abstract climate models to physical hospital beds –an impact modelling case study | Abstract |
| 22/11/2022 | No seminar due to interviews for academic positions in statistics. | ||
| 29/11/2022 13:15 | Bhramar Mukherjee (University of Michigan) |
Using Electronic Health Records for Scientific Research: Promises and Perils | Abstract |
| 30/11/2022 16:00 | Theodore Papamarkou (University of Manchester) |
Machine learning with probability generating functions | Abstract |
| 06/12/2022 13:15 | Clement Lee (Newcastle University) |
A latent time series model for house price indices | Abstract |
Semester 2 2021/2022
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/02/2022 13:15 | Helen Ogden (University of Southampton) |
Flexible models for clustered data | Abstract |
| 22/02/2022 13:15 | Carolina Euan (Lancaster University) | Bernoulli Vector Autoregressive Model | Abstract |
| 08/03/2022 13:15 | Eleni Matechou (University of Kent) | New models for DNA-based single and multi-species monitoring | Abstract |
| 29/03/2022 13:15 | Camila Olarte Parra (University of Bath) | Hypothetical estimands in clinical trials: a unification of causal inference and missing data methods | Abstract |
| 05/04/2022 13:15 | Vasileios Maroulas (University of Tennessee) | Random Persistence Diagram Generation | Abstract |
| 03/05/2022 13:15 | Rhian Daniel (University of Cardiff) | Regression by composition | Abstract |
Semester 1 2021/2022
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2021 13:15 | Timothy Cannings (University of Edinburgh) | Adaptive Transfer Learning | Abstract |
| 19/10/2021 13:15 | Axel Finke (Loughborough University) | Conditional sequential Monte Carlo in high dimensions | Abstract |
| 26/10/2021 14:15 | Michael Elliott (University of Michigan) | Using synergies between survey statistics and causal inference to improve generalizability of clinical trials | Abstract |
| 02/11/2021 13:15 | Jordan Richards (KAUST) |
Joint estimation of extreme precipitation aggregates at different spatial scales through mixture modelling and conditional methods | Abstract |
| 23/11/2021 13:15 | Christian Rohrbeck (University of Bath) | Bayesian ordinal regression under a monotonicity constraint | Abstract |
| 30/11/2021 13:15 | Kaustubh Adhikari (Open University) | Understanding ourselves: Applying statistics to human genetics | Abstract |
| 14/12/2021 13:15 | Deborshee Sen (University of Bath) | Constrained inference through posterior projections | Abstract |
Semester 2 2020/2021
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/02/2021 13:15 | Sarah Heaps (Newcastle University) | Enforcing stationarity through the prior in vector autoregressions | Abstract |
| 23/02/2021 13:15 | Sumeetpal Singh (Cambridge University) | Monte Carlo based Inference for State-space Models | Abstract |
| 02/03/2021 13:15 | Matteo Quartagno (University College London) | The DURATIONS design: a practical randomised trial design to optimise treatment duration | Abstract |
| 09/03/2021 13:15 | Swati Chandna (Birkbeck, University of London) | Nonparametric regression for multiple heterogeneous networks | Abstract |
| 16/03/2021 13:15 | No seminar due to presentations by lectureship applicants | ||
| 23/03/2021 13:15 | Lizzi Pitt (University of Bath) | Using dynamic programming to optimise First In Human trial designs | Abstract |
| 13/04/2021 13:15 | Isabella Gollini (University College Dublin) | A latent space approach for interdependent ego-networks with application to criminal networks | Abstract |
| 20/04/2021 13:15 | Evangelos Evangelou (University of Bath) | On the choice of importance distributions for multiple importance sampling estimators I | Abstract |
| 27/04/2021 13:15 | Evangelos Evangelou (University of Bath) | On the choice of importance distributions for multiple importance sampling estimators II | Abstract |
| 04/05/2021 13:15 | Arron Gosnell (University of Bath) | Incorporating the Tanimoto coefficient in a Gaussian process model to predict herbicide performance | Abstract |
Semester 1 2020/2021
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/10/2020 13:15 | Connor Gascoigne (University of Bath) | Age-period-cohort modelling | Abstract |
| 13/10/2020 13:15 | Adam Sykulski (Lancaster University) | Time series parameter estimation and some applications | Abstract |
| 20/10/2020 13:15 | Daniel Burrows (University of Bath) | The multilevel bootstrap particle filter | Abstract |
| 27/10/2020 13:15 | Clémence Leyrat (LSHTM) | Addressing immortal-time bias in emulated trials from cancer registry data | Abstract |
| 03/11/2020 13:15 | Olga Isupova (University of Bath) | Deep learning applications for disaster management and conservation | Abstract |
| 10/11/2020 13:15 | Emiko Dupont (University of Bath) | Spatial+: a novel approach to spatial confounding | Abstract |
| 17/11/2020 13:15 | Daniela Castro-Camilo (University of Glasgow) | Bayesian space-time gap filling for inference on extreme hot-spots: an application to Red Sea surface temperatures | Abstract |
| 24/11/2020 13:15 | Jo Eidsvik (NTNU) | Autonomous oceanographic sampling designs using excursion sets for multivariate Gaussian random fields | Abstract |
| 01/12/2020 13:15 | No seminar | ||
| 08/12/2020 13:15 | Duncan Lee (University of Glasgow) | Improved inference for areal unit count data using graph-based optimisation | Abstract |
| 15/12/2020 13:00 | Karim Anaya-Izquierdo Kari Heine Matthew Nunes Christian Rohrbeck Sandipan Roy | Research Topic Talks |