Statistical Laboratory Seminars

31
Oct

Adaptation through prior tails and deep neural networks

Speaker:

Ismael Castillo (Sorbonne Université)

Time:

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences

03
Nov

Benefits of data openness in a digital world

Speaker:

Sam Gilbert, Bennett Institute for Public Policy

Time:

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 19:00 to 21:00

Venue:

The Statistical Laboratory,Centre for Mathematical Sciences,Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WB

04
Nov

Games on trees

Speaker:

Omer Angel (UBC)

Time:

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12

05
Nov

Zero-Error Communications over Modulo-Additive Noise Channels with Assistance

Speaker:

Prof. Amos Lapidoth, ETH Zurich

Time:

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

05
Nov

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 III

Speaker:

Speaker to be confirmed

Time:

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 - 16:30 to 18:00

Venue:

MR5

07
Nov

The manifold hypothesis in science & AI

Speaker:

Patrick Rubin-Delanchy (Edinburgh)

Time:

Friday, November 7, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences

10
Nov

Statistical Investigations into the Unseen: Missing Mass for Markov Samples and Natural Distribution Estimation

Speaker:

Prof. Andrew Thangaraj, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Time:

Monday, November 10, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

Cambridge University Engineering Department, JDB Seminar Room

11
Nov

Spectral gaps of random hyperbolic surfaces

Speaker:

Will Hide (Oxford)

Time:

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12

12
Nov

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Yuxin Chen, University of Pennsylvania

Time:

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

14
Nov

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Sven Wang (EPFL)

Time:

Friday, November 14, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences

19
Nov

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 IV

Speaker:

Speaker to be confirmed

Time:

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - 16:30 to 18:00

Venue:

MR5

21
Nov

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Fanny Yang (ETH Zurich)

Time:

Friday, November 21, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences

26
Nov

Optimal Quantization for Matrix Multiplication

Speaker:

Or Ordentlich, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Time:

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

26
Nov

100 years of educational trials – no significant difference?

Speaker:

Riikka Hofmann, Faculty of Education

Time:

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - 19:15 to 21:00

Venue:

City House, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1RY

28
Nov

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Daniela Witten (University of Washington)

Time:

Friday, November 28, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12, Centre for Mathematical Sciences

02
Dec

Stochastic heat equation and directed polymers in dimension d=2

Speaker:

Quentin Berger (Paris 13)

Time:

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR12

03
Dec

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Dr Stefan Bucher, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Time:

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

03
Dec

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 V

Speaker:

Speaker to be confirmed

Time:

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 16:30 to 18:00

Venue:

MR5

21
Jan

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Kasia Wyczesany, University of Leeds

Time:

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

28
Jan

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Dr Yoshinari Takeishi, Kyushu University

Time:

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

03
Feb

Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates

Speaker:

Nick W Galwey (Former Statistics Leader, Research Statistics, at GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development (Retired))

Time:

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - 19:15 to 21:00

Venue:

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF

04
Feb

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Dr Yoshinari Takeishi, Kyushu University

Time:

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

11
Feb

Group Entropies: functionals on probability spaces, state space growth rates, energy, and connections to thermodynamics

Speaker:

Prof. Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen, Imperial College London

Time:

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Venue:

MR5, CMS Pavilion A

12
Mar

Title to be confirmed

Speaker:

Gérard Ben Arous (Courant)

Time:

Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 16:30 to 17:30

Venue:

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2

31
Oct

Adaptation through prior tails and deep neural networks

03
Nov

Benefits of data openness in a digital world

04
Nov

Games on trees

05
Nov

Zero-Error Communications over Modulo-Additive Noise Channels with Assistance

05
Nov

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 III

07
Nov

The manifold hypothesis in science & AI

10
Nov

Statistical Investigations into the Unseen: Missing Mass for Markov Samples and Natural Distribution Estimation

11
Nov

Spectral gaps of random hyperbolic surfaces

12
Nov

Title to be confirmed

14
Nov

Title to be confirmed

19
Nov

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 IV

21
Nov

Title to be confirmed

26
Nov

Optimal Quantization for Matrix Multiplication

26
Nov

100 years of educational trials – no significant difference?

28
Nov

Title to be confirmed

02
Dec

Stochastic heat equation and directed polymers in dimension d=2

03
Dec

Title to be confirmed

03
Dec

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 V

21
Jan

Title to be confirmed

28
Jan

Title to be confirmed

03
Feb

Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates

04
Feb

Title to be confirmed

11
Feb

Group Entropies: functionals on probability spaces, state space growth rates, energy, and connections to thermodynamics

12
Mar

Title to be confirmed

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Statistical Laboratory Seminars

31Oct Adaptation through prior tails and deep neural networks

03Nov Benefits of data openness in a digital world

04Nov Games on trees

05Nov Zero-Error Communications over Modulo-Additive Noise Channels with Assistance

05Nov Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 III

07Nov The manifold hypothesis in science & AI

10Nov Statistical Investigations into the Unseen: Missing Mass for Markov Samples and Natural Distribution Estimation

11Nov Spectral gaps of random hyperbolic surfaces

12Nov Title to be confirmed

14Nov Title to be confirmed

19Nov Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 IV

21Nov Title to be confirmed

26Nov Optimal Quantization for Matrix Multiplication

26Nov 100 years of educational trials – no significant difference?

28Nov Title to be confirmed

02Dec Stochastic heat equation and directed polymers in dimension d=2

03Dec Title to be confirmed

03Dec Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 V

21Jan Title to be confirmed

28Jan Title to be confirmed

03Feb Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates

04Feb Title to be confirmed

11Feb Group Entropies: functionals on probability spaces, state space growth rates, energy, and connections to thermodynamics

12Mar Title to be confirmed

Forthcoming Seminars

News, Announcements and Events

Study at Cambridge

About the University

Research at Cambridge

31
Oct

Adaptation through prior tails and deep neural networks

03
Nov

Benefits of data openness in a digital world

04
Nov

Games on trees

05
Nov

Zero-Error Communications over Modulo-Additive Noise Channels with Assistance

05
Nov

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 III

07
Nov

The manifold hypothesis in science & AI

10
Nov

Statistical Investigations into the Unseen: Missing Mass for Markov Samples and Natural Distribution Estimation

11
Nov

Spectral gaps of random hyperbolic surfaces

12
Nov

Title to be confirmed

14
Nov

Title to be confirmed

19
Nov

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 IV

21
Nov

Title to be confirmed

26
Nov

Optimal Quantization for Matrix Multiplication

26
Nov

100 years of educational trials – no significant difference?

28
Nov

Title to be confirmed

02
Dec

Stochastic heat equation and directed polymers in dimension d=2

03
Dec

Title to be confirmed

03
Dec

Statistics Clinic Michaelmas 2025 V

21
Jan

Title to be confirmed

28
Jan

Title to be confirmed

03
Feb

Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates

04
Feb

Title to be confirmed

11
Feb

Group Entropies: functionals on probability spaces, state space growth rates, energy, and connections to thermodynamics

12
Mar

Title to be confirmed