Alex Yan

StatML student

About Me

  • 2024-present: DPhil, Statistics and Machine Learning CDT, University of Oxford (Balliol College)
  • 2020-2024: MMath and BA, Mathematics, University of Cambridge (Christ's College)

Research Interests

My goal is to use statistics and machine learning approaches to gain insights in infectious disease epidemiology.

Contact Details

Email: alexander.yan@stats.ox.ac.uk

Office: G.05

Pronouns: he/him

Mie Kano Glückstad

CDT Mathematics of Random Systems student

Bio

Educational background:
PhD Mathematics of Random Systems at the University of Oxford (2023 - present)
Visiting student at ETH Zürich (2022 - 2023)
MSc Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen (2021 - 2023)
BSc (Pure) Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen (2020 - 2021)
BSc Actuarial Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen (2017 - 2020)

I wrote my master's thesis under the joint supervision of Prof. Josef Teichmann (ETHZ) and Prof. Thomas Mikosch (UCPH) on rough paths and signature development on Lie groups.

Teaching:
Probability, Measures & Martingales (MT24) - 1 set
Probability on Graphs & Lattices (MT24) - 2 sets

Research Interests

Probability theory, in particular:

  • discrete and continuum random trees,
  • scaling limits,
  • branching processes,

and technical tools for dealing with such objects. Right now I am mainly working on Lévy forests and their representation as scaling limits of Galton-Watson R-forests, using measure-theoretic tools developed on somewhat general classes of measured rooted R-trees. I also have broader interests in other aspects of probability such as percolation, statistical mechanics, random walks, random geometry and stochastic processes.

Besides this I also have research interests in rough path theory and related areas, in particular in connection with signatures, randomized signatures and their interface with differential geometry.

Contact Details

Email: mie.gluckstad@exeter.ox.ac.uk

Office:

Research Groups

Jiexiu Zhu

DPhil in Statistics student

About Me

I am a second-year DPhil student in the Department of Statistics and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance at the University of Oxford. I previously completed an MSc in Statistics (2022–2023) and a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics for Finance (2019–2022) at Imperial College London, where I developed a strong interest in statistical modelling and quantitative finance. Before beginning my doctoral studies, I worked as a Market Risk Analyst at JPMorgan Chase (2023–2024), where I gained valuable insights into the practical challenges of quantitative finance. My current research focuses on asset pricing anomalies and the effects of real-world trading frictions.

Research Interests

  • Asset Pricing
  • Portfolio Optimisation
  • Machine Learning

Contact Details

Office: Eagle House, Walton Well Road, Oxford, OX2 6ED

Pronouns: She/ Her

Ruairi Garrett

DPhil in Statistics student

About Me

I am a first year PhD student in the probability group supervised by Alison Etheridge.

Research Interests

Probabilistic modelling in population genetics

Contact Details

Email: garrett@stats.ox.ac.uk

Office: 3.04

Pronouns: he/him

Research Groups

Supervisor

Emma Prevot

Health Data Science CDT student

About Me

I am a DPhil student on the Health Data Science CDT working on statistical and generative machine learning for causal inference, with emphasis on applications to neuro-imaging data. Prior to starting the DPhil, I completed a BSc in Physics with Medical Physics at University College London (UCL) followed by an MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. 

Contact Details

Email: emma.prevot@exeter.ox.ac.uk

Office: G.01

Rik Knowles

DPhil in Statistics student

About Me

I am a first-year DPhil student researching efficient data acquisition through an information-theoretic lens, with a focus on Bayesian Experimental Design (BED) and Active Learning (AL). My work aims to improve the scalability of BED and AL, addressing computational bottlenecks such as sampling in high-dimensional parameter spaces (e.g. images), or the combinatorial complexity of searching over possible batches in AL.

Looking ahead, I’m also interested in exploring others areas including generative modelling, and Bayesian optimisation.

Background

Contact Details

Email: knowles@stats.ox.ac.uk

Office: 1.17

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Research Groups

Groups

Supervisor

https://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-rainforth

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