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Sabina Sloman @sabinasloman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’m very excited to share that I have joined the Statistics and Data Science Group at the University of Birmingham as an assistant professor. I’ve learned so much working with @samikaski.bsky.social and all my colleagues at @aifunmcr.bsky.social - many thanks for all your support.

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Sabina Sloman @sabinasloman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

How can double descent phenomena impact our understanding of human psychology? We explore this question in a new BBS paper. I learned so much from this collaboration with @mdubova.bsky.social! BBS is accepting proposals for commentary articles until May 15. Let us know what you think!

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Sabina Sloman @sabinasloman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

If you're interested in Bayesian experimental design and model misspecification, check out our recent paper proposing a robust acquisition function: arxiv.org/abs/2506.07805. This work was led by Roubing Tang, who will present it at AISTATS2026! Joint work with Roubing and @samikaski.bsky.social

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Representative, Informative, and De-Amplifying: Requirements for Robust Bayesian Active Learning under Model Misspecification

In many science and industry settings, a central challenge is designing experiments under time and budget constraints. Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design (BOED) is a paradigm to pick maximally infor...

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