Grégoire Clarté, whom I co-supervised with Robin Ryder, successfully defended his PhD thesis last Wednesday! On sign language classification, ABC-Gibbs and collective non-linear MCMC. Congrats to the now Dr.Clarté for this achievement and all the best for his coming Nordic adventure, as he is starting a postdoc at the University of Helsinki, with Aki Vehtari and others. It was quite fun to work with Grégoire along these years. And discussing on an unlimited number of unrelated topics, incl. fantasy books, teas, cooking and the role of conferences and travel in academic life! The defence itself proved a challenge as four members of the jury, incl. myself, were “present remotely” and frequently interrupted him for gaps in the Teams transmission, which nonetheless broadcasted perfectly the honks of the permanent traffic jam in Porte Dauphine… (And alas could not share a celebratory cup with him!)
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congrats, Dr. Clarté!
Posted in Books, pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags ABC, ABC in Helsinki, ABC-Gibbs, fantasy, hybrid Monte Carlo, PhD thesis, PSL Research University, Teams, thesis defence, Université Paris Dauphine, University of Helsinki on October 9, 2021 by xi'anAI for the sciences [PhD funding]
Posted in Statistics with tags artificial intelligence, confidentiality, dark matter, machine learning, Paris, PhD fellowship, PhD scholarship, PSL, PSL Research University, Université Paris Dauphine on December 9, 2020 by xi'an
Our mega-university, PSL, is calling PhD candidates to apply for one of the 15 PhD scholarships supported to work on one of the 24 PhD topics proposed in the call. Deadline is 22 February 2021, the only constraint for applicants being that they must have stayed or studied less than 12 months in France, since 27 Feb 2018 … Here are some of the 24 topics:
- # 5 : Dark energy studies with the Vera Rubin Observatory LSST & Euclid – Developing a combined cosmic shear analysis with Bayesian neural networks (Observatoire de Paris – PSL)
- # 2 : AI-supported optimisation of multi-actor energy systems enhanced with privacy & confidentiality preserving data sharing (Mines Paris – PSL)
- # 20 : Unsupervized learning of causal graphical models from time-resolved cell biology data (Institut Curie)
- # 22 : A computational and artificial Intelligence approach for studying dolphin communication (Ecole Normale Supérieure – PSL)
- # 23 : Machine learning for biodiversity monitoring (EPHE – PSL)
hommage à Samuel Paty
Posted in Kids with tags Charlie Hebdo, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, fanaticism, France, freedom of speech, history, laïcité, Paris, PSL Research University, Samuel Paty, secularism, teaching, Université Paris Dauphine on October 21, 2020 by xi'an
En tant qu’université, nos missions prolongent celles assumées par nos collègues de l’enseignement secondaire, dont nous sommes pleinement solidaires. Et nous tenons à rappeler, dans ces circonstances, les principes qui inspirent nos missions d’enseignement et de recherche : le respect de la liberté de penser, le goût du débat, le développement de l’esprit critique, la production de connaissance, tout cela dans le strict respect des lois de notre République.
Patrice Geoffron, Administrateur provisoire de l’Université Paris Dauphine-PSL & Nicolas Péjout, Directeur Général des Services
Prairie chair
Posted in pictures, Statistics, University life with tags 3IA, art photographs, artificial intelligence, Canada, CEREMADE, chair, Facebook, prairie, PSL Research University, The Prairie Chair, Université Paris Dauphine, Yann Le Cun on October 2, 2019 by xi'an
Today is the launching day of PRAIRIE, one of the four Instituts Interdisciplinaires d’Intelligence Artificielle (3IA) supported by the French government. Taking place in Paris Dauphine, with Yann Le Cun as guest speaker. I have been fortunate to be endowed with one of these chairs for the coming years, along with my CEREMADE colleagues Laurent Cohen and Irène Waldspurger.
postdoc position still open
Posted in pictures, Statistics, University life with tags ABC, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ANR, approximate Bayesian inference, bois de Boulogne, La Défense, misspecified model, Paris, Paris-Saclay campus, PhD thesis, postdoctoral position, PSL Research University, Université de Montpellier, Université Paris Dauphine, University of Oxford on May 30, 2019 by xi'an
The post-doctoral position supported by the ANR funding of our Paris-Saclay-Montpellier research conglomerate on approximate Bayesian inference and computation remains open for the time being. We are more particularly looking for candidates with a strong background in mathematical statistics, esp. Bayesian non-parametrics, towards the analysis of the limiting behaviour of approximate Bayesian inference. Candidates should email me (gmail address: bayesianstatistics) with a detailed vita (CV) and a motivation letter including a research plan. Letters of recommendation may also be emailed to the same address.
Xi'an's Og 