Department of Statistics
Series associated with Department of Statistics
Department of Statistics
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probabilistic Inference and Learning with Stein’s Method | Part of the Probability for Machine Learning seminar series. Presented by Prof Lester Mackey (Microsoft Research New England and Stanford University). | Lester Mackey | 04 Dec 2020 | |
| 2 | Introduction to Deep Learning and Graph Neural Networks in Biomedicine | Dr. Ekaterina Volkova-Volkmar, Senior Data Scientist, pRED Informatics - Data Science, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche, Basel, Switzerland, gives a talk on deep learning and graph neural networks in biomedicine. | Ekaterina Volkova-Volkmar | 03 Dec 2020 | |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Black History Month: Exploring the Data Visualizations of W.E.B. Du Bois | Jason Forrest, Director of Interactive Data Visualization, COVID Response Centre, McKinsey and Co, New York, gives the Department of Statistics Black History Month lecture, with a talk on the work of African-American scholar and activist W.E.B. Du Bois. | Jason Forrest | 23 Oct 2020 |
| 4 | The Science Media Centre and its work | Fiona Lethbridge, Science Media Centre, gives a talk on the Science Media Centre and it's work. | Fiona Lethbridge | 24 Jun 2020 | |
| 5 | How To Set Up Continuous Integration to Make Your Code More Robust, More Maintainable, and Easier to Publish | Dr Fergus Cooper, Research Software Engineer, Oxford RSE Group, gives a talk for the department of Statistics on 5th June 2020. | Fergus Cooper | 10 Jun 2020 | |
| 6 | Developing better code with automated testing | Graham Lee, Research Software Engineer, Oxford RSE Group, gives talk for the department of Statistics on 22nd May 2020. | Graham Lee | 10 Jun 2020 | |
| 7 | Cluster-Randomised Test Negative Designs: Inference and Application to Vector Trials to Eliminate Dengue | Nick Jewell, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, gives a talk for the departmental of Statistics on 28th May 2020. | Nick Jewell | 10 Jun 2020 | |
| 8 | MCMC for Hierachical Bayesian Models Using Non-reversible Langevin Methods | Radford M. Neal (University of Toronto), gives a talk for the department of Statistics. | Radford M Neal | 10 Jun 2020 | |
| 9 | Maths and Stats in Action – Real-time Analysis to Understand the Novel Coronavirus | Providing a whirlwind tour of the quantitative analyses currently underway to understand the transmission and control of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV). Recorded on 31st January 2020. | Christl Donnelly, Robin Thompson, Christophe Fraser | 11 Mar 2020 | |
| 10 | Bioinformatics at the heart of biology and genomics medicine | The Ninth annual Florence Nightingale Lecture, given by Professor Dame Janet Thornton, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge. Held on Thursday 21st April 2016. | Dame Janet Thornton | 27 Apr 2016 |