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Speaker:  Julian Echave, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Oxford to hold artificial intelligence expo in March

The University of Oxford is to showcase artificial intelligence (AI) research across the whole University with a one-day expo on 27 March 2018. The event will bring together Oxford’s AI and machine learning thought leaders, providing a unique opportunity to hear from them about their work and their vision for the future.

The day will include briefings by the experts, panel question and answer sessions, de...

The Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford is organising the next South of England Genetic Epidemiology Group (SEGEG) meeting, to be held on Monday 19th March 2018 from 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm.

Further details about the event and registration can be found here.

The sandpit meeting will be held at the Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, from 9.30am on Thursday 15th March through to 2.00 pm on Friday 16th March 2018.

This sandpit meeting will look at network analysis problems posed by the presenters from three industrial partners:

Dr Alan Whitmore and Dr Jonny Wray from e-therapeutics are interested in finding drugs through a network approach to protein interactions Dr Kimmo Soramäki from FNA is interested ...

Speaker:  Patricia Bouret, Centre national de la recherché scientifique (CNRS), France

Date:         Friday 9th March 2018, 3.30 pm, Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics

Title:         Family wise separation rates for multiple testing

Abstract:  Starting from a parallel betw...

Speaker:  Matt Junge, Duke University

Date:         Monday 5th March 2018, 12 noon in the Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building – Lecture room 5

Title:         Parking

Abstract: A car or parking spot is placed at each vertex of an infinite graph. Cars drive in search of unparked spots. When a car finds one, both the car and spot are removed. Three distinct traffic flow p...

Second year poster session

Ground floor social area, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Speaker:              Aleksander Klimek, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

Date:                    Monday 26th February 2018, 12 noon in the Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics

Title:                     Selection in fluctuating environment

Abstract:             We are interested in populations in which the fitness of...

Speaker:  Jessie Wu, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford

Date:         Thursday 22nd February, 3.30 pm, Small Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics

Title:          Dirichlet process models and their applications

Abstract:  This is an introductory lecture to Dirichlet Processes (DP). The beginning of the lecture will introduce the definition and the various representati

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Speaker:  Sandra Palau, University of Bath

Date:        Monday 19th February 2018, 12 noon, The Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, L5

Title:         Extinction properties and asymptotic behaviour of multi-type continuous state branching processes

Abstract: In this talk we are going to study multi-type continuous state branching processes. Under mild conditions, we will see t...