Savage Award session today at JSM

Pleased to broadcast the JSM session dedicated to the 2020 Savage Award, taking place today at 13:00 ET (17:00 GMT), with two of the Savage nominees being former OxWaSP students (and Warwick PhD students). For those who have not registered for JSM, the talks are also available on Bayeslab. (As it happens, I was also a member of the committee this year, but do not think this could be deemed a CoI!)

112	Mon, 8/3/2020, 1:00 PM – 2:50 PM		Virtual
Savage Award Session — Invited Papers
International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
Organizer(s): Maria De Iorio, University College London
Chair(s): Maria De Iorio, University College London
1:05 PM	Bayesian Dynamic Modeling and Forecasting of Count Time Series Lindsay Berry, Berry Consultants
1:30 PM	Machine Learning Using Approximate Inference: Variational and Sequential Monte Carlo Methods Christian Andersson Naesseth, Columbia University
1:55 PM	Recent Advances in Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Integration Francois-Xavier Briol, University College London
2:20 PM	Factor regression for dimensionality reduction and data integration techniques with applications to cancer data Alejandra Avalos Pacheco, Harvard Medical School
2:45 PM	Floor Discussion

postgraduate open day at Warwick [4 Dec]

The department of Statistics at the University of Warwick is holding an open day for prospective PhD students on 4 December 2019, starting at 2pm (with free lunch at 1pm). In the Mathematical Sciences Building common room (room MB1.02). The Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Mark Steel, and the PhD admissions tutors Professors Martyn Plummer and Barbel Finkelstadt Rand will give short presentations about what it means to do a PhD, what it means to do it at Warwick, the benefits of a PhD degree, and the application process.

Subsequently there will be an informal meeting, during which students have the possibility to ask questions and find out more about the different PhD opportunities at Warwick Statistics; in fact, we offer a very broad range of possibilities, giving a lot of choice for potential applicants. Current members of staff will be invited to participate, to discuss potential projects.

UK travel expenses will be covered by the Department of Statistics (standard class travel by public transport with pre-booked tickets). Please register if interested in this event.

LMS Invited Lecture Series and CRISM Summer School in Computational Statistics, just started!