Archive for United Kingdom
send off the clowns!
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags Britain, clownomics, conservatism, economics, Labour, Lizz Truss, political advertising, The Guardian, Tories, UK, UK politics, United Kingdom on October 19, 2022 by xi'an
flash mournings
Posted in pictures, Travel, University life with tags 50th anniversary, airport, Birmingham, France, Great-Britain, media, monarchy, plane delay, Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom, University of Warwick on September 11, 2022 by xi'an
While I was in Warwick for the 50th anniversary of the department, Elizabeth II passed away. The item of news permeated quite slowly, as it was not even mentioned during the conference dinner. While institutions (like the University, above, with a picture of her visiting the campus in 1970, prior to the department creation) and companies (like this Birmingham airport shop, below) started posting announcements, and the media went full blast, both in Britain and in France, I did not notice much of a reaction on the following day while I traveled back to Paris (with huge delays due to the meteorology, rather than to the monarchy). Which makes the offer of support we got from the University
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the more puzzling.
another duh infographic
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Statistics with tags COVID-19, Education Endowment Foundation, infographics, lockdown, Nature, pandemic, UK, United Kingdom on June 11, 2022 by xi'an
REF 2021
Posted in Statistics, University life with tags REF, research assessment, Research Excellence Framework, research profile, UK Government, United Kingdom, University of Warwick, Warwick Mathematical Sciences, Warwick Mathematics Institute, Warwick Statistics on May 14, 2022 by xi'an
Big Bayes postdoctoral position in Oxford [UK]
Posted in Statistics with tags ABC, approximate Bayesian inference, asymptotic Bayesian methods, big Bayes, computational complexity, ERC, European Research Council, high dimensions, Oxford, postdoctoral position, United Kingdom, University of Oxford on March 3, 2022 by xi'an
Forwarding a call for postdoctoral applications from Prof Judith Rousseau, with deadline 30 March:
Seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant, to join our group at the Department of Statistics. The Postdoctoral Research Assistant will be carrying out research for the ERC project General Theory for Big Bayes, reporting to Professor Judith Rousseau. They will provide guidance to junior members of the research group such as PhD students, and/or project volunteers.
The aim of this project is to develop a general theory for the analysis of Bayesian methods in complex and high (or infinite) dimensional models which will cover not only fine understanding of the posterior distributions but also an analysis of the output of the algorithms used to implement the approaches. The main objectives of the project are (briefly): 1) Asymptotic analysis of the posterior distribution of complex high dimensional models 2) Interactions between the asymptotic theory of high dimensional posterior distributions and computational complexity. We will also enrich these theoretical developments by 3) strongly related domains of applications, namely neuroscience, terrorism and crimes, and ecology.
The postholder will hold or be close to completion of a PhD/DPhil in statistics together with relevant experience. They will have the ability to manage own academic research and associated activities and have previous experience of contributing to publications/presentations. They will contribute ideas for new research projects and research income generation. Ideally, the postholder will also have experience in theoretical properties of Bayesian procedures and/or approximate Bayesian methods.
