Warwick Statistics
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Official account for the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick. Home of MORSE, CRiSM, AS&RU and APTS.
Keen to participate in the Dual Trimester Program "Geometric Statistics: theory, application, and computation" at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn in Autumn 2026?
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Keen to participate in the Dual Trimester Program "Geometric Statistics: theory, application, and computation" at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn in Autumn 2026?
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
Applications are still open! Find all information and the application platform here: www.mathematics.uni-....
We are hiring!
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are hiring!
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
We are recruiting two Assistant Professors. The closing date is 25 January 2026. More information here 🔗: warwick-careers.tal.....
The Department of Statistics at Warwick is holding an MSc Online Open Day for prospective master’s students on Monday, 24th November, at 10am (UK time).
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Department of Statistics at Warwick is holding an MSc Online Open Day for prospective master’s students on Monday, 24th November, at 10am (UK time).
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
Find more information and register here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
🎉 Shreya Sinha Roy, a fourth-year PhD student in our department, has recently been announced as one of the 21 recipients of the IMS 2025 ICSDS Student Travel Award. Shreya has research interests in computational statistics, sampling methods, and reinforcement learning.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🎉 Shreya Sinha Roy, a fourth-year PhD student in our department, has recently been announced as one of the 21 recipients of the IMS 2025 ICSDS Student Travel Award. Shreya has research interests in computational statistics, sampling methods, and reinforcement learning.
Isabella Gonçalves de Alvarenga has successfully completed her PhD viva last week!
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Isabella Gonçalves de Alvarenga has successfully completed her PhD viva last week!
Dr. Shishen Lin has joined us as a Research Fellow on the ERC Synergy OCEAN project from September. His research is in learning in games, black-box optimisation and evolutionary algorithms. He is also interested in reinforcement learning and its combination with evolutionary computation methods.
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Dr. Shishen Lin has joined us as a Research Fellow on the ERC Synergy OCEAN project from September. His research is in learning in games, black-box optimisation and evolutionary algorithms. He is also interested in reinforcement learning and its combination with evolutionary computation methods.
Last Wednesday we were delighted to host our brand-new Alumni-focussed Actuarial Careers Event!
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Last Wednesday we were delighted to host our brand-new Alumni-focussed Actuarial Careers Event!
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
With a fantastic line-up of actuarial alumni speakers the event was a huge success and our students were treated to a super series of talks from speakers at different stages of their career.
Dr. Maria Perez Lara has joined the department as a Research Fellow and as a member of the MaThRad project. Her research consists of the physical validation of mathematical models for particle transport in particle therapy, using a Monte Carlo simulation toolkit developed for high-energy physics.
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dr. Maria Perez Lara has joined the department as a Research Fellow and as a member of the MaThRad project. Her research consists of the physical validation of mathematical models for particle transport in particle therapy, using a Monte Carlo simulation toolkit developed for high-energy physics.
New paper by David Huk and Theo Damoulas! They model copulas based on the principles of diffusions and flows through processes that preserve marginal distributions but forget the dependence. Link to the paper 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.1....
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New paper by David Huk and Theo Damoulas! They model copulas based on the principles of diffusions and flows through processes that preserve marginal distributions but forget the dependence. Link to the paper 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.1....
Dr. Tom Berrett is advertising two post-doctoral research associate positions for his ERC grant "HeDiStat: Statistical theory and methodology for the combination of heterogeneous and distributed data". Closing date 14th December 2025. Apply here: warwick-careers.tal.....
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Dr. Tom Berrett is advertising two post-doctoral research associate positions for his ERC grant "HeDiStat: Statistical theory and methodology for the combination of heterogeneous and distributed data". Closing date 14th December 2025. Apply here: warwick-careers.tal.....
Dr Kevin Huang has joined us as a Research Fellow affiliated with the Prob_AI Hub from September. Kevin studies the theory of neural networks and stochastic optimisation, with tools from high-dimensional statistics and random matrix theory. He also works on AI for physics algorithms as applications.
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dr Kevin Huang has joined us as a Research Fellow affiliated with the Prob_AI Hub from September. Kevin studies the theory of neural networks and stochastic optimisation, with tools from high-dimensional statistics and random matrix theory. He also works on AI for physics algorithms as applications.
Dr Gengyu Xue is currently working in the department as a Research Fellow affiliated with the DASS programme, having recently completed her PhD here. Her research interests include differential privacy, algorithmic fairness and change point analysis. She won the ICSDS Student Travel Award last year.
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Dr Gengyu Xue is currently working in the department as a Research Fellow affiliated with the DASS programme, having recently completed her PhD here. Her research interests include differential privacy, algorithmic fairness and change point analysis. She won the ICSDS Student Travel Award last year.
Today is World Statistics Day! The UN first celebrated this day back on 20 October 2010, marking it every five years. This year’s theme, “Driving change with quality statistics and data for everyone,” highlights how reliable data underpin progress globally and in daily life.
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today is World Statistics Day! The UN first celebrated this day back on 20 October 2010, marking it every five years. This year’s theme, “Driving change with quality statistics and data for everyone,” highlights how reliable data underpin progress globally and in daily life.
We are running the Statistical Advisory Clinics! PhD students in our department are offering free consulting on statistics related questions to all Warwick PhD students. Our expertise covers the whole spectrum of probability and statistics! Check it out here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We are running the Statistical Advisory Clinics! PhD students in our department are offering free consulting on statistics related questions to all Warwick PhD students. Our expertise covers the whole spectrum of probability and statistics! Check it out here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
We are excited to have David Martinez del Rio joining us this year as a tutor. He earned a Physics degree at UNAM (2005), MSc in Maths (2012) and PhD (2019). He held two fellowships at Warwick’s Institute of Mathematics and tutored in Statistics in 2022-23. He is tutoring ST120 and ST229 this term.
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We are excited to have David Martinez del Rio joining us this year as a tutor. He earned a Physics degree at UNAM (2005), MSc in Maths (2012) and PhD (2019). He held two fellowships at Warwick’s Institute of Mathematics and tutored in Statistics in 2022-23. He is tutoring ST120 and ST229 this term.
Dan Miles is joining the department as a Tutor this year. He recently obtained a PhD in Statistics from the University of Bath, having developed upon LASSO methods for suitable estimation on a novel covariate-influenced multivariate data setup. He is tutoring the first-year module ST118 this term.
October 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Dan Miles is joining the department as a Tutor this year. He recently obtained a PhD in Statistics from the University of Bath, having developed upon LASSO methods for suitable estimation on a novel covariate-influenced multivariate data setup. He is tutoring the first-year module ST118 this term.
We are hiring!
We are recruiting an Assistant Professor (Mathematical Finance). The closing date is 23 November 2025. More information here: warwick-careers.tal.....
We are recruiting an Assistant Professor (Mathematical Finance). The closing date is 23 November 2025. More information here: warwick-careers.tal.....
October 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We are hiring!
We are recruiting an Assistant Professor (Mathematical Finance). The closing date is 23 November 2025. More information here: warwick-careers.tal.....
We are recruiting an Assistant Professor (Mathematical Finance). The closing date is 23 November 2025. More information here: warwick-careers.tal.....
On September 19th, Warwick Statistics hosted the 'Statistical Challenges in the Agri-Environment Sector' workshop, jointly organised by BIR and NABES. The event gathered 25 academics & professional statisticians for talks, posters and discussions on modern issues in agri-environment statistics.
October 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On September 19th, Warwick Statistics hosted the 'Statistical Challenges in the Agri-Environment Sector' workshop, jointly organised by BIR and NABES. The event gathered 25 academics & professional statisticians for talks, posters and discussions on modern issues in agri-environment statistics.
Thinking about doing a PhD in statistics, probability or mathematical finance? Want to learn more about doctoral training at Warwick Statistics? Register now for our upcoming PhD Open Days. Find more information and book your place here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
October 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thinking about doing a PhD in statistics, probability or mathematical finance? Want to learn more about doctoral training at Warwick Statistics? Register now for our upcoming PhD Open Days. Find more information and book your place here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sc...
Today marks the start of term! Best of luck to our new students attending their first lectures, and welcome back to everyone returning!
October 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today marks the start of term! Best of luck to our new students attending their first lectures, and welcome back to everyone returning!
There's not long to go until our next on-campus Open Days and we are looking forward to showing you everything that Warwick has to offer.
Join us on our upcoming Open Days: Saturday 11 October,
Saturday 25 October. Book your place here: warwick.ac.uk/study/...
Join us on our upcoming Open Days: Saturday 11 October,
Saturday 25 October. Book your place here: warwick.ac.uk/study/...
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
There's not long to go until our next on-campus Open Days and we are looking forward to showing you everything that Warwick has to offer.
Join us on our upcoming Open Days: Saturday 11 October,
Saturday 25 October. Book your place here: warwick.ac.uk/study/...
Join us on our upcoming Open Days: Saturday 11 October,
Saturday 25 October. Book your place here: warwick.ac.uk/study/...
After three days of welcome week activities, including course briefings, the international student welcome, and free pizza lunch, all our new students are meeting their Personal Tutor today, who will support them academically and pastorally throughout their degree.
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
After three days of welcome week activities, including course briefings, the international student welcome, and free pizza lunch, all our new students are meeting their Personal Tutor today, who will support them academically and pastorally throughout their degree.
Welcome Week is underway! 🎉 We’re delighted to welcome all our new students to the Department of Statistics and our home, the Mathematical Sciences Building (MSB). 👏 Throughout the week, you’ll meet your course leader, personal tutor, and fellow students, as well as enjoy a lot of fun activities!
September 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Welcome Week is underway! 🎉 We’re delighted to welcome all our new students to the Department of Statistics and our home, the Mathematical Sciences Building (MSB). 👏 Throughout the week, you’ll meet your course leader, personal tutor, and fellow students, as well as enjoy a lot of fun activities!
Congratulations to Rocco Caprio, who successfully passed his PhD viva last month! He is now working in the department as a ProbAI Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Rocco’s research interests span computational statistics, applied probability, optimisation, and the mathematics of machine learning.
September 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Congratulations to Rocco Caprio, who successfully passed his PhD viva last month! He is now working in the department as a ProbAI Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Rocco’s research interests span computational statistics, applied probability, optimisation, and the mathematics of machine learning.
Dr Martine Barons, Reader in Statistics and Director of the Applied Statistics and Risk Unit in our department, has become 2025 World Champion in Powerlifting, Deadlift and Bench Press at the AWPC World Championship in Idaho Falls, USA! Congratulations, Martine!
September 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Dr Martine Barons, Reader in Statistics and Director of the Applied Statistics and Risk Unit in our department, has become 2025 World Champion in Powerlifting, Deadlift and Bench Press at the AWPC World Championship in Idaho Falls, USA! Congratulations, Martine!