UCL Department of Statistical Science
@statisticsucl.bsky.social
UCL Statistical Science was the first university statistics department in the world when founded in 1911. Methodological & applied statistics. Fun place to work
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/
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
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
October 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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
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
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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
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
October 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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
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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🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
Research Studentships
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July 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
Research Studentships
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨3 Departmental PhD Studentships have now become available. The deadline for applications will be 31 of July. Available for overseas and home students.
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
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Today is the day of the pre-ICML event at UCL! Come check out the exciting work from academics, industry researchers, postdocs and PhD students from around London: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm... @statisticsucl.bsky.social @ucl-csml-ellis.bsky.social
Pre ICML @ London 2025
The goal of this meetup is to bring together students, researchers, and engineers from the greater London area to discuss machine learning research presented at International Conference on Machine Lea...
sites.google.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Today is the day of the pre-ICML event at UCL! Come check out the exciting work from academics, industry researchers, postdocs and PhD students from around London: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm... @statisticsucl.bsky.social @ucl-csml-ellis.bsky.social
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Some shots from #OpenDay two! Featured: @uclchemistry.bsky.social odour #experiment, @statisticsucl.bsky.social taster on #Bayesian #statistics, learning about angular #momentum with UCL Physics & Astronomy, and exploring #maths for #finance with UCL Mathematics 💡
#UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk
#UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk
June 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some shots from #OpenDay two! Featured: @uclchemistry.bsky.social odour #experiment, @statisticsucl.bsky.social taster on #Bayesian #statistics, learning about angular #momentum with UCL Physics & Astronomy, and exploring #maths for #finance with UCL Mathematics 💡
#UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk
#UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk
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🏆 UCL is ranked 9th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for the third year in a row.
This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.
🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR
This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.
🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR
June 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🏆 UCL is ranked 9th globally in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for the third year in a row.
This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.
🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR
This marks our 14th year in the global top 10, reflecting the strength of our academic and employer reputation.
🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#QSWUR
🥳 Congratulations are in order for:
our newly promoted professors
FX
Robin
Paul
Terry
as well as for our newly promoted Associated Professors
Tom H
Alex D
Takoua
Emma
Brieuc
our newly promoted professors
FX
Robin
Paul
Terry
as well as for our newly promoted Associated Professors
Tom H
Alex D
Takoua
Emma
Brieuc
June 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🥳 Congratulations are in order for:
our newly promoted professors
FX
Robin
Paul
Terry
as well as for our newly promoted Associated Professors
Tom H
Alex D
Takoua
Emma
Brieuc
our newly promoted professors
FX
Robin
Paul
Terry
as well as for our newly promoted Associated Professors
Tom H
Alex D
Takoua
Emma
Brieuc
🥇🎉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...
More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/n...
June 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🥇🎉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...
More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/n...
Our department’s CSML theme is co-organising a ‘pre-ICML’ event to showcase the exciting research in machine learning taking place at UCL and across London on the 3rd July. Details on registration and the call for talks/posters is available here: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm...
Pre ICML @ London 2025
The goal of this meetup is to bring together students, researchers, and engineers from the greater London area to discuss machine learning research presented at International Conference on Machine Lea...
sites.google.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our department’s CSML theme is co-organising a ‘pre-ICML’ event to showcase the exciting research in machine learning taking place at UCL and across London on the 3rd July. Details on registration and the call for talks/posters is available here: sites.google.com/view/pre-icm...
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
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
June 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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
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
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
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
May 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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
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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New review funded by @genomicsengland.bsky.social & led by Dr Brieuc Lehmann & PhD student Leandra Brauninger (@statisticsucl.bsky.social) explores how the analytical methods used to process & interpret #genomic #data play a critical role in promoting #health #equity: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
New review on statistical and machine learning tools to advance equity in genomic research
Review led by Dr Brieuc Lehmann and PhD student Leandra Brauninger (both UCL Statistical Science) explores how the analytical methods used to process and interpret genomic data play a critical role in...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New review funded by @genomicsengland.bsky.social & led by Dr Brieuc Lehmann & PhD student Leandra Brauninger (@statisticsucl.bsky.social) explores how the analytical methods used to process & interpret #genomic #data play a critical role in promoting #health #equity: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
Over the weekend, our very own Sam took part in a European defence tech hackathon in Warsaw, and walked away with the grand prize! 🏆
Their winning solution? An AI model to help predict how to treat wounded soldiers suffering from bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics.
tinyurl.com/4n9suuk8
Their winning solution? An AI model to help predict how to treat wounded soldiers suffering from bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics.
tinyurl.com/4n9suuk8
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April 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Over the weekend, our very own Sam took part in a European defence tech hackathon in Warsaw, and walked away with the grand prize! 🏆
Their winning solution? An AI model to help predict how to treat wounded soldiers suffering from bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics.
tinyurl.com/4n9suuk8
Their winning solution? An AI model to help predict how to treat wounded soldiers suffering from bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics.
tinyurl.com/4n9suuk8
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
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
April 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
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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The BayesComp workshop on 'Bayesian Computation and Inference with Misspecified Models' will take place in Singapore on the 16-17th June.
We have an open call for posters/contributed calls, with a deadline on the 1st May. More details on the website:
postbayes.github.io/BayesMisspec...
We have an open call for posters/contributed calls, with a deadline on the 1st May. More details on the website:
postbayes.github.io/BayesMisspec...
BayesComp Satellite Workshop on Bayesian Computation and Inference with Misspecified Models
postbayes.github.io
April 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The BayesComp workshop on 'Bayesian Computation and Inference with Misspecified Models' will take place in Singapore on the 16-17th June.
We have an open call for posters/contributed calls, with a deadline on the 1st May. More details on the website:
postbayes.github.io/BayesMisspec...
We have an open call for posters/contributed calls, with a deadline on the 1st May. More details on the website:
postbayes.github.io/BayesMisspec...
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
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
March 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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
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
New book coming soon, co-authored by our very own Giampiero Marra:
"Copula Additive Distributional Regression Using R"
By Giampiero Marra, Rosalba Radice
www.routledge.com/Copula-Addit...
#R #rstats
"Copula Additive Distributional Regression Using R"
By Giampiero Marra, Rosalba Radice
www.routledge.com/Copula-Addit...
#R #rstats
Copula Additive Distributional Regression Using R
Copula additive distributional regression enables the joint modeling of multiple outcomes, an essential aspect of many real-world research problems. This book provides an accessible overview of this m...
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March 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
New book coming soon, co-authored by our very own Giampiero Marra:
"Copula Additive Distributional Regression Using R"
By Giampiero Marra, Rosalba Radice
www.routledge.com/Copula-Addit...
#R #rstats
"Copula Additive Distributional Regression Using R"
By Giampiero Marra, Rosalba Radice
www.routledge.com/Copula-Addit...
#R #rstats
The advert for 1 **Home** Dept Studentship is now ON, with a deadline of 7 April:
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
Research Studentships
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The advert for 1 **Home** Dept Studentship is now ON, with a deadline of 7 April:
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
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
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
March 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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
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
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.
March 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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.
🚨🚨🚨 1 "Departmental Studentship" (this is the new name for Teaching Studentships) for Home Fees applicants with a deadline of application the 3rd of April will be advertised very soon on our standard studentship website:
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
Research Studentships
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚨🚨🚨 1 "Departmental Studentship" (this is the new name for Teaching Studentships) for Home Fees applicants with a deadline of application the 3rd of April will be advertised very soon on our standard studentship website:
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/p...
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
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
March 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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
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
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
(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
March 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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
(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