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Happy Pi and Uni Mental Health Day
3.14, Pi Day! Π And a great day to promote #UniMentalHealthDay. 🧠
Although our love for Pi is great, our desire to build a supportive and inclusive community is even greater.
EPSRC Invests Further into the Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistics and Machine Learning
We have received the fantastic news of the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) investing £1 Billion into Centres of Doctoral Training (CDTs). Included in the list of centres receiving funding is our own CDT in Statistics and Machine Learning.
Prof. Chris Holmes is part of expert panel calling for action on medical devices prone to unfair biases
As a member of the expert panel for the review of medical devices, Professor Holmes called on the Government to appoint an expert panel to address the AI revolution happening in healthcare.
Passing of Professor Peter Armitage CBE
We are saddened to learn of the death of Professor Peter Armitage CBE.
Coffee Morning with MPLS Head of Division Prof Jim Naismith
Valentine's themed bakes with the MPLS Head of Division, Professor Jim Naismith and coffee.
2022 Corcoran Memorial Prize awarded to Dr Adam Foster
The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2022 Corcoran Memorial Prize is Dr Adam Foster. Adam was supervised by Professor Yee Whye Teh and Dr Tom Rainforth and his thesis was entitled, ‘Variational, Monte Carlo and policy-Based approaches to Bayesian experimental design’.
Charlotte Deane named as Executive Chair of the EPSRC
The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan, has appointed Professor Charlotte Deaneas the new Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Gesine Reinert awarded Bernoulli Prize
Prof Gesine Reinert has been awarded the 2024 Bernoulli prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Probability by the Bernoulli Society alongside her co-authors Christophe Ley and Yvik Swan.