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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Robin Stephenson (University of Sheffield) Date and time: Wednesday 7th October 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Prof. Terry Soo arranged a re-union of present and past Heads for the Department of Statistical Science. Epic picture!

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The eCOTs Statistics Education Workshop visited UCL Dept of Statistical Science on 18th June 2026 This event was hosted by the Researchers of Statistics Education Network (RoSE Network) and dealt with curriculum design in a changing educational environment in the age of AI.

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Congratulations to our very own Prof. Jim Griffin on winning the 2025 Lindley Prize of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis @isba-bayesian.bsky.social for his paper "Expressing and Visualizing Model Uncertainty in Bayesian Variable Selection Using Cartesian Credible Sets"

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Sara Wade (University of Edinburgh) Date and time: Wednesday 3rd June 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A special seminar will be given this week by Heather Battey (Imperial College London) Date and time: Thursday 4th June 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: Room 115, 1-19 Torrington Place

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Davide Pigoli (King's College London) Date and time: Wednesday 20th May 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Next week's seminar will be given by Francesco Pozza (Bocconi Institute for Data Science and Analytics BIDSA) Date and time: Wednesday 13th May 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Next week's seminar will be given by Bryon Aragam (University of Chicago) Date and time: Wednesday 6th May 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Claire Miller (University of Glasgow) Date and time: Wednesday 22nd April 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Arthur Gretton (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit and Google Deepmind) Date and time: Wednesday 25th March 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The UCL Centre for Data Science announced a six-day Data Science Summer School for professionals and graduate students seeking a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of data science. www.ucl.ac.uk/data-science...

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Next week's seminar will be given by Anastasia Mantziou (University of Warwick) Date and time: Wednesday 11th March 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Ben Van Calster (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven) Time and date: Wednesday 4th March 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This week's seminar will be given by David Bourne (Heriott-Watt University) Time and date: Wednesday 18th February 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Christoforos Panagiotis (University of Bath) Time and date: Wednesday 4th February 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We are delighted to announce that a Silver Athena Swan Award has been conferred to the Department of Statistical Science. 🎉

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Chris Nemeth (Lancaster University) Time and date: Wednesday 28th January 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

This week's seminar will be given by Nicola Gnecco (Imperial College London) Time and date: Wednesday 14th January 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Matthew Thorpe (University of Warwick) Time and date: Wednesday 26th November 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Next week's seminar will be given by Theresa Smith (University of Bath) Time and date: Wednesday 19th November 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Purvasha Chakravarti (UCL) Time and date: Wednesday 22nd October 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

#JOB opportunity, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC826/r...

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Tom Rainforth (University of Oxford). Time and date: Wednesday 8th October 2-3pm (UK) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🥇🎉Many congratulations to Stephanie Dickinson for her achievement in this year’s BEAMS Professional Services Awards! More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/n...

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

A special seminar will be given by Philip Dawid (Cambridge) Time and date: Thursday 12th June 11am-12pm (BST) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, 102 For more information contact t.soo@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Chia-Jung Tsay (UCL) Time and date: Wednesday 28th May 2-3pm (BST) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, 102 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Kamélia Daudel (ESSEC Business School). Time and date: Wednesday 16th April 2-3pm (BST) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Hui Guo (The University of Manchester) Time and date: Wednesday 2nd April 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Desi Ivanova (University of Oxford). Time and date: Wednesday 26th March 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The next talk of the "Women & Diversity" series will be held on May 28, 2pm in room 102 at 1-19 Torrington. The speaker is Chia-Jung Tsay (UCL) and she will talk about naturalness bias — the tendency to prefer inner talent over hard work.

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Uri Shalit (Tel Aviv University). Time and date: Wednesday 19th March 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Sir John Aston (University of Cambridge). Time and date: Wednesday 12th March 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Next week's seminar will be given by Minmin Wang (University of Sussex). Time and date: Wednesday 26th February 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Anastasia Papavasiliou (University of Warwick). Time and date: Wednesday 19th February 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Marton Balazs (University of Bristol). Time and date: Wednesday 12th February 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Hera Shi (University of Cambridge) Time and date: Wednesday 5th February 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Clair Barnes (Imperial College London). Time and date: Wednesday 29th January 2-3pm (GMT) In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Sarah Filippi (Imperial College London). Time and date: Wednesday 22nd January 2-3pm In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This week's seminar will be given by Julia Hatamyar (University of York Centre for Health Economics). Time and date: Wednesday 15th January 2-3pm In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This week's seminar will be given by Sarah Heaps (Durham University). Time and date: Wednesday 11th December 2-3pm In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

5 EPSRC PhD projects available at UCL Statistical Science. More information: ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2025-26-proj... www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctor... The deadline for applications is: 13:00 UK time on 28 Jan 2025.

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This week's seminar will be given by Maria Fernanda Pintado (Queen Mary University of London). Details below. Time and date: Wednesday 27th November 2-3pm In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Next week's seminar will be given by Prof. Anne McMunn (UCL). This is a special seminar organised for Women and Diversity in Mathematics. Time and date: Wed 20th Nov 3:30-4:30pm Location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B07 (Teal Room) Online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Staff update [2/2] Dr Louis Sharrock is also joining us as Lecturer in Statistics. Louis is currently a Senior PDRA in Statistical Machine Learning at Lancaster University.

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Staff update [1/2] Dr Anna Calissano will soon join our department as Lecturer in Statistics. Anna studied mathematical engineering at Politecnico di Milano in Italy and received her Ph.D. in collaboration with DTU in Denmark.

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

This week's seminar will be given by Oliver Dukes (Ghent University). Time and date: Wednesday 13th November 2-3pm In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

This week's departmental seminar will be given by Adrien Corenflos (Warwick University). Time and date: Wednesday 23rd October 2-3pm In-person location: 1-19 Torrington Place, B09 Link to join online: contact stats-seminars-join@ucl.ac.uk @warwickstats.bsky.social

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UCL Department of Statistical Science @statisticsucl.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

An update on the title of this talk. Title: Gaussian Processes without Matrix Inverses

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