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All of Machine Learning is now probabilistic
In a conversation with Kevin Murphy, the distinguished researcher at Google DeepMind, we explored his multifaceted career spanning academia and industry. Born in Ireland and educated at prestigious institutions in the UK and the US, Kevin's academic journey led him to become an associate professor in Canada, before transitioning to manage a research team at Google DeepMind in California. We dived into the inspiration behind his acclaimed three books on "Probabilistic Machine Learning" and discussed some of the practical applications of his research. Kevin also offered valuable advice to early career researchers and Ph.D. students in Machine Learning.
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11/30/2023
Change Point Detection and Global Terrorism with Dr Sam Tickle
In this interview from the Department of Statistical Science at UCL, we speak with Sam Tickle who is a Data Science Research Fellow at the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, based at the University of Bristol. We discuss Sam’s research in changepoint detection, his new method called OMEN and the study of the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) that inspired it, and some milestones of his career path into statistical science.
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4/27/2023
Statistics and sports analytics (part 1 of 2)
In this two-part interview from the Department of Statistical Science at UCL, we speak with Tim Swartz who is a Professor of Statistics at Simon Fraser University. We discuss a variety of topics including: synchronicity in cricket, pulling the goalie in ice hockey, and horse racing.
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1/17/2023
Controlled backfill in oncology dose-finding patients
In this podcast we speak with Dr Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, who is currently Head of Statistics at the Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, about his last paper on controlled backfill in oncology dose-finding patients. He tells us about the motivation for this work, and importantly how the interests of patients with cancer need to taken into account in dose-finding designs.
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7/27/2022
Uncertainty quantification in weather forecasting and doing a PhD in Statistics at UCL.
In this interview from the Department of Statistical Science at UCL Clair Barnes, a recent PhD student, talks to Dr Terry Soo about her research into weather forecasting and her experiences of doing a PhD. We discover the difference between weather and climate and how to tell if ancient homes were randomly built!
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2/23/2022
Statistical Science - Postgraduate Virtual Open Day January 2022
Associate Professor at the Department of Statistical Science, Dr Ioanna Manolopoulou, discusses the postgraduate taught programmes available with the department, and answers questions on the admissions process.
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1/18/2022
Statistical Science - Postgraduate Virtual Open Day January 2022
Associate Professor at the Department of Statistical Science, Dr Ioanna Manolopoulou discusses the postgraduate taught programmes offered by the department and answers questions on the admissions process.
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9/7/2021