Brendan Murphy
@tbmurphy.bsky.social
Professor of Statistics, University College Dublin
Fantastic concert from Mono on their Oath Tour.
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Fantastic concert from Mono on their Oath Tour.
What Time is Ping? My first concert in the Cork City Hall since the Cowpunchers Ball my first year in college. I did exams here too. Tonight rocking and rolling to the Sultans of Ping.
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What Time is Ping? My first concert in the Cork City Hall since the Cowpunchers Ball my first year in college. I did exams here too. Tonight rocking and rolling to the Sultans of Ping.
Nice evening in the National Concert Hall for my aunt Jane O’Leary getting a lifetime achievement award.
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nice evening in the National Concert Hall for my aunt Jane O’Leary getting a lifetime achievement award.
Une autre victoire pour l’Ol Lyonnes ce soir
October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Une autre victoire pour l’Ol Lyonnes ce soir
Une autre belle victoire (3-0) pour l’OL Lyonnes ce soir contre SKN St Pölten dans la Ligue des Champions.
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Une autre belle victoire (3-0) pour l’OL Lyonnes ce soir contre SKN St Pölten dans la Ligue des Champions.
First stadium concert in a long time. Oasis reunion show in Croke Park.
August 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
First stadium concert in a long time. Oasis reunion show in Croke Park.
A change of music genre this week going to a show at the Grand Ole Opry.
August 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A change of music genre this week going to a show at the Grand Ole Opry.
I am happy to report that I will be the next Honorary Officer for Journals in the Royal Statistical Society (@royalstatsoc.bsky.social). I look forward to commencing this role in January.
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Announcing new RSS officers for 2026
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August 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am happy to report that I will be the next Honorary Officer for Journals in the Royal Statistical Society (@royalstatsoc.bsky.social). I look forward to commencing this role in January.
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Great to catch Mogwai live tonight. First time getting to hear Christmas Steps and My Father, My King live.
July 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Great to catch Mogwai live tonight. First time getting to hear Christmas Steps and My Father, My King live.
A new paper in Computo with Julien Jacques on variable selection and model-based clustering of multivariate data. computo-journal.org/published-20...
Model-Based Clustering and Variable Selection for Multivariate Count Data
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July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A new paper in Computo with Julien Jacques on variable selection and model-based clustering of multivariate data. computo-journal.org/published-20...
Hot off the press. A paper with Emiliano Seri and Roberto Rocci looking at the roles that players player in football (soccer) using a partial membership model.
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Partial membership models for soft clustering of multivariate football player performance data - Computational Statistics
The standard mixture modeling framework has been widely used to study heterogeneous populations, by modeling them as being composed of a finite number of homogeneous sub-populations. However, the stan...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hot off the press. A paper with Emiliano Seri and Roberto Rocci looking at the roles that players player in football (soccer) using a partial membership model.
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
Reposted by Brendan Murphy
Épisode 5 de notre série "Les nouveaux visages de l’Académie des sciences" : La statistique, une science en son temps.
Retrouvez la vidéo sur Youtube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AhT...
Retrouvez la vidéo sur Youtube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AhT...
May 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Épisode 5 de notre série "Les nouveaux visages de l’Académie des sciences" : La statistique, une science en son temps.
Retrouvez la vidéo sur Youtube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AhT...
Retrouvez la vidéo sur Youtube : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AhT...
Found a copy of these yesterday. Blast from the past.
April 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Found a copy of these yesterday. Blast from the past.
Delighted to be named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (@amstatnews.bsky.social). Thanks to my colleagues, collaborators, friends and family who supported me throughout my career. Looking forward to continuing to develop the subject of statistics and its application going forward.
April 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Delighted to be named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (@amstatnews.bsky.social). Thanks to my colleagues, collaborators, friends and family who supported me throughout my career. Looking forward to continuing to develop the subject of statistics and its application going forward.
Reposted by Brendan Murphy
Many moons again, @cathalwalsh.bsky.social, @philipnolanmu.bsky.social, myself and others worked with the Irish Health Protection Surveillance Centre to create a permanent modelling and biostatistics unit. They are now advertising jobs for that unit. 88-110k. Perm FT
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Statistician Senior NRS14677
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April 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Many moons again, @cathalwalsh.bsky.social, @philipnolanmu.bsky.social, myself and others worked with the Irish Health Protection Surveillance Centre to create a permanent modelling and biostatistics unit. They are now advertising jobs for that unit. 88-110k. Perm FT
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about.hse.ie/jobs/job-sea...
Thurston Moore in the National Concert Hall. Guitar Explorations of Cloud Formations debut
April 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thurston Moore in the National Concert Hall. Guitar Explorations of Cloud Formations debut
Une belle victoire pour l’OL hier soir.
March 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Une belle victoire pour l’OL hier soir.
Attempt one at adapting an idea I saw during the week to explain some different likelihood-based tests.
March 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Attempt one at adapting an idea I saw during the week to explain some different likelihood-based tests.
I’m often asked by students what books I recommend. I was using this book this week and it is one of my top go-to books. The index pages are well worn!
February 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I’m often asked by students what books I recommend. I was using this book this week and it is one of my top go-to books. The index pages are well worn!
Sometimes I’m asked “what’s your favourite YouTube video ever?”. This is always my answer. A amazing performance captured perfectly. youtu.be/YKEOjWEzVGs?...
Rudisha Breaks World Record - Men's 800m Final | London 2012 Olympics
YouTube video by Olympics
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February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sometimes I’m asked “what’s your favourite YouTube video ever?”. This is always my answer. A amazing performance captured perfectly. youtu.be/YKEOjWEzVGs?...
I was working on class notes today. Interesting plot of the most common birthdays in Ireland from 1980-2015.
January 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I was working on class notes today. Interesting plot of the most common birthdays in Ireland from 1980-2015.
Today is my last day as Editor for Social Sciences and Government at the Annals of Applied Statistics. It has been a very interesting twelve years in the role and I got to handle many great papers.
I’ll be staying on as an Associate Editor at the journal.
I’ll be staying on as an Associate Editor at the journal.
December 31, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Today is my last day as Editor for Social Sciences and Government at the Annals of Applied Statistics. It has been a very interesting twelve years in the role and I got to handle many great papers.
I’ll be staying on as an Associate Editor at the journal.
I’ll be staying on as an Associate Editor at the journal.
I am happy to share a research article with Koyel Majumdar, Claire Gormley and a great team of collaborators entitled "A novel family of beta mixture models for the differential analysis of DNA methylation data: An application to prostate cancer," has been published.
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A novel family of beta mixture models for the differential analysis of DNA methylation data: An application to prostate cancer
Identifying differentially methylated cytosine-guanine dinucleotide (CpG) sites between benign and tumour samples can assist in understanding disease. However, differential analysis of bounded DNA met...
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December 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I am happy to share a research article with Koyel Majumdar, Claire Gormley and a great team of collaborators entitled "A novel family of beta mixture models for the differential analysis of DNA methylation data: An application to prostate cancer," has been published.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
A good game between France and Spain tonight. Spain won 4-2. Not hard to see why Aitana Bonmatí won the Ballon d’Or the last two years.
December 3, 2024 at 10:12 PM
A good game between France and Spain tonight. Spain won 4-2. Not hard to see why Aitana Bonmatí won the Ballon d’Or the last two years.