2025
Probabilistic Richardson Extrapolation. CRiSM ReLaunch Workshop, May 2025, University of Warwick, UK. [Web]
Prediction-Centric Uncertainty Quantification via MMD. STOR-i Seminar, February 2025, Lancaster University, UK.
2024
Prediction-Centric Uncertainty Quantification via MMD. Applied Probability Seminar, December 2024, Newcastle University, UK.
Richardson Extrapolation meets Multi-Fidelity Modelling. International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing (MCQMC), August 2024, University of Waterloo, CA. [Web] [Plenary Talk]
Richardson Extrapolation meets Multi-Fidelity Modelling. ISBA World Meeting, July 2024, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, IT. [Web]
Richardson Extrapolation meets Multi-Fidelity Modelling. Efficient and Confident Sampling Methods for Accelerating Scientific Discovery (SAMPSCI), June 2024. [Web]
Black Box Probabilistic Numerics. Probabilistic Numerics Spring School, April 2024, University of Southampton, UK. [Web]
Richardson Extrapolation meets Multi-Fidelity Modelling. Statistics Seminar Series, March 2024, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Monte Carlo Methods for Text-to-3D. Statistics Seminar Series, March 2024, Newcastle University, UK.
2023
Discussant at the Young Bayesian's’ Meeting, November 2023, virtual. [Web]
Probabilistic Richardson Extrapolation. Next-Generational Kernel Methods, October 2023, Newcastle University, UK. [Web]
Sampling with Stein Discrepancies. Potsdam Data Assimilation Days, September 2023, University of Potsdam, Berlin, DE. [Web]
Probabilistic Numerical Methods. International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, August 2023, Waseda University, Tokyo. [Web]
Sampling with Stein Discrepancies. Probability for Machine Learning Seminar, May 2023, University of Oxford, UK.
Sampling with Stein Discrepancies. Mathematics of Information and Data Science Seminar, March 2023, Heriot-Watt University, UK. [Web]
Gradient-Free Kernel Stein Discrepancy. Bayes Comp, March 2023, Levi, Finland. [Web]
Sampling with Stein Discrepancies. Mathematical Finance and Stochastic Analysis Seminar, January 2023, University of York, UK. [Web]
2022
Robust Generalised Bayesian Inference for Intractable Likelihoods. CMStatistics, December 2022, London.
Black Box Probabilistic Numerics. Gaussian Process Summer School, September 2022, University of Sheffield. [Web]
Sampling with Stein Discrepancies. International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing (MCQMC), July 2022, Johannes Kepler University and the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Linz, AU. [Web]
Sampling and Stein’s Method. Advances in Stein’s method and its applications in Machine Learning and Optimization, April 2022, Banff, CA. [Web]
Optimal Thinning of MCMC Output. Adaptivity, High Dimensionality and Randomness, April 2022, Erwin Schrödinger International Institute, Vienna, AU. [Web]
Robust Generalised Bayesian Inference for Intractable Likelihoods. Turing and FCAI Meetup, February 2022, Finnish Centre for AI, FI. [Web]
Optimal Thinning of MCMC Output. DataSig Seminar Series, February 2022, University of Oxford, UK. [Web] [Video]
Robust Generalised Bayesian Inference for Intractable Likelihoods. Lifting Inference with Kernel Embeddings, January 2022, University of Bern, Switzerland. [Web] [Video]
2021
Black Box Probabilistic Numerics. Probabilistic Numerical Methods - From Theory to Implementation, October 2021, Scholss Dagstuhl, Germany. [Web]
Robust Generalised Bayesian Inference for Intractable Likelihoods. Statistics Seminar Series, October 2021, University College London, UK.
Optimal Thinning of MCMC Output. Accelerated Statistical Inference for the Sciences, September 2021, University of Bern, Switzerland. [Web]
Optimal Thinning of MCMC Output. UQSay Seminar Series, April 2021, Paris Saclay, France. [Web]
A Statistical Perspective on Solving Linear Systems of Equations. Probability, Statistics, Operations Research and Machine Learning Seminar, February 2021, Cardiff University, UK. [Web] [Video]
2020
Statistical Techniques for Engineering with Advanced Materials. Statistics Seminar Series, November 2020, Newcastle University, UK.
Recasting Sampling as Optimisation via Stein’s Method. Statistics Seminar Series, November 2020, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. [Web]
Statistical Techniques for Engineering with Advanced Materials. Artificial Intelligence, Data & Analytics Seminar Series, Stanley Black & Decker, November 2020.
A Covariance Function Approach to Prior Specification for Bayesian Neural Networks. Laplace’s Demon: A Seminar Series about Bayesian Machine Learning at Scale, October 2020, Criteo, France. [Web]
Recasting Sampling as Optimisation via Stein’s Method. MCQMC, August 2020, University of Oxford, UK. [Web] [Video]
Optimal Thinning of MCMC Output. AI Seminar Series, August 2020, University College London, UK. [Video]
[postponed]. Workshop on Randomized Linear Algebra in Mixed Precision, July 2020, University of Manchester, UK.
Stein’s Method in Computational Statistics. Probability and Statistics Seminar Series, April 2020, University of Bristol, UK. [Video]
Computational Methods for Bayesian Inference of Cardiac Models. Statistics Seminar Series, April 2020, Lancaster University, UK.
Fast Bayesian Inference for Differential Equations Using Probabilistic Numerical Methods. SIAM UQ Minisymposium on Probabilistic Numerical Methods: Opportunities and Challenges, March 2020, Garching, Germany. [Video]
Gaussian Process Approximation of Deterministic Functions. Workshop on Emerging Themes in Computational Statistics, February 2020, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan. [Web]
Computational Methods for Bayesian Inference of Cardiac Models. Statistics & Probability Seminar Series, February 2020, University of Nottingham, UK.
Computational Methods for Bayesian Inference of Cardiac Models. Applied Mathematics Seminar Series, February 2020, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. [Web]
Gaussian Process Approximation of Deterministic Functions. Statistics Seminar Series, January 2020, Imperial College London, UK.
2019
Stein Point Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Statistics Seminar Series, November 2019, Newcastle University, UK.
Stein’s Method in Computational Statistics. Royal Statistical Society of Belgium, October 2019, St Truiden, Belgium. [Keynote Talk]
Stein Point Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Recent Advances in Kernel Methods, September 2019, University College London, UK. [Web]
Stein Point Markov Chain Monte Carlo. French-German-Swiss Conference on Optimization, September 2019, Nice, France. [Web]
Recent Advances in Uncertainty Quantification. The Fickle Heart, May 2019, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK. [Web]
Stein’s Method in Computational Statistics. Van Dantzig Seminar, April 2019, VU Amsterdam, NL. [Web]
Probabilistic Numerics. Accenture-Turing Workshop, April 2019, The Dock, Dublin, Ireland.
Panel: Exploring novel opportunities for data science in cardiovascular research. BHF-Turing Workshop, February 2019, Alan Turing Institute, UK. [Web]
2018
Stein’s Method in Computational Statistics. RICAM Workshop on Frontier Technologies for High-Dimensional Problems and Uncertainty Quantification, December 2018, Linz, Austria. [Workshop]
What is an Optimal Bayesian Method? RICAM Workshop on Multivariate Algorithms and Information-Based Complexity, November 2018, Linz, Austria. [Plenary Talk] [Workshop]
Computational Methods in Data Centric Engineering. CoSInES Opening Workshop, November 2018, University of Warwick, UK. [Web]
Stein Points. Statistics Seminar Series, October 2018, Newcastle University, UK.
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. Statistics Seminar Series, October 2018, University of Southampton, UK.
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit Seminar Series, September 2018, University College London, UK.
A Bayes-Sard Cubature Method. Robotics Institute Seminar Series, July 2018, University of Oxford, UK.
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. Statistics Seminar Series, July 2018, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. MaxEnt 2018, July 2018, Alan Turing Institute, London, UK. [Web]
Stein's Method and Intractable Likelihood. i-like Workshop, June 2018, Newcastle University, UK. [Web]
Posterior Integration and Stein's Method. SPA2018, June 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden. [Conference]
Outputs of the Probabilistic Numerics Working Group. QMC Transition Workshop, May 2018, SAMSI, North Carolina, USA. [Workshop]
Stein's Method in Computational Statistics. Statistics Seminar Series, April 2018, University of Leeds, UK. [Web]
Probabilistic Meshless Methods for PDEs and Bayesian Inverse Problems. SIAM UQ, April 2018, Orange County, California, USA. [Conference] [Session]
Stein Points. SIAM UQ, April 2018, Orange County, California, USA. [Conference] [Session]
A Bayesian Conjugate Gradient Method. Bayes Comp, March 2018, Barcelona, Spain. [Conference]
A Bayesian Conjugate Gradient Method. Statistics Seminar Series, March 2018, Imperial College London, UK. [Web]
Sampling to Optimisation. Special Interest Group on Sampling Methods, February 2018, Alan Turing Institute, London, UK.
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. Isaac Newton Institute Workshop on Key UQ Methodologies and Motivating Applications, January 2018, Cambridge, UK. [Workshop] [Video]
2017
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information, November 2017, Cambridge, UK.
Exact Methods for Learning DAGs - A Tutorial, Statistics Seminar Series, November 2017, Newcastle University, UK.
An Introduction to Probabilistic Numerical Methods, Turing Data Science Classes, September 2017, Alan Turing Institute, London, UK. [Slides]
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. SAMSI Programme on Quasi Monte Carlo, August 2017, Duke University, North Carolina, USA. [Workshop]
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Methods. ICERM Workshop on Probabilistic Scientific Computing, June 2017, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. [Workshop] [Video]
An Introduction to Probabilistic Numerical Methods. Cloud Computing for Big Data CDT Seminar, May 2017, Newcastle University, UK.
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Computation. Statistics and Probability Seminar Series, March 2017, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Bayesian Probabilistic Numerical Computation. HDA2017, February 2017, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. [Conference]
2016
It Works, It Actually Works! Australian Statistical Conference, December 2016, Canberra, Australia. [Conference]
Probabilistic Integration for Intractable Distributions. MCQMC, August 2016, Stanford, California, USA. [Conference] [Session] [Session2]
Probabilistic Meshless Methods. School of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium, August 2016, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Probabilistic Meshless Methods. Statistics and Probability Seminar Series, July 2016, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Stein Operators on Hilbert Spaces. Business School Seminar Series, May 2016, University of Sydney, Australia. [Web]
Stein Operators on Hilbert Spaces. CSML Seminar Series, April 2016, University College London, UK. [Web]
Probabilistic Meshless Methods for Bayesian Inverse Problems. SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, April 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland. [Conference] [Abstract]
The Role of the Statistician in Numerical Analysis. Mathematics Seminar Series, February 2016, University of New South Wales, Australia. [Web]
Variance Reduction for Doubly Intractable Likelihood Problems. MCMSki V (IMS-ISBA Joint Meeting), January 2016, Lenzerheide, Switzerland. [Conference]
2015
An Overview of Probabilistic Numerical Methods. ACEMS Annual Retreat, November 2015, Adelaide, Australia.
Causal Inference and High-Throughput Proteomics. Work in Progress Sessions, October 2015, VicBiostat, Australia.
Probabilistic Integration. Mathematics and Statistics Seminar Series, August 2015, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Probabilistic Integration. Statistics Seminar Series, August 2015, University of Sydney, Australia.
Probabilistic Integration. Mathematics Seminar Series, July 2015, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
A Formal Generalisation of Bayesian quadrature. Data, Learning and Inference (DALI 2015): Probabilistic Numerics, April 2015, La Palma (Canaries), Spain. [Workshop]
Conditional DAG Models for Proteomic Data Analysis. Data, Learning and Inference (DALI 2015): Networks – Processes and Causality, April 2015, La Palma (Canaries), Spain. [Workshop]
Searching for Evidence of Causal Relationships in Real-World Systems. Oxford and Warwick Statistics Programme, March 2015, University of Oxford, UK.
Control Functionals for Monte Carlo Integration. Statistics Seminar Series, February 2015, Newcastle University, UK.
Averaging, Revisited. CSML Seminar Series, February 2015, University College London, UK.
Control Functionals. Algorithms and Computationally Intensive Inference, January 2015, University of Warwick, UK. [Web]
2014
Joint Estimation of Multiple Related Biological Networks. Workshop on Statistical Systems Biology, December 2014, University of Warwick, UK. [Conference]
Discussion of “Sequential Quasi-Monte Carlo” by Gerber and Chopin. Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, December 2014, Royal Statistical Society, London, UK.
Control Functionals: A Surprising Link Between Inverse Problems and Asymptotically Efficient Monte Carlo and Quasi Monte Carlo Integration. Oxford and Warwick Statistics Programme, November 2014, University of Oxford, UK.
Exact Estimation of Multiple Directed Acyclic Graphs via Integer Linear Programming. Fourth Workshop on Algorithmic issues for Inference in Graphical Models (AIGM14), September 2014, AgroParisTech, Paris, France. [Abstract] [Conference]
Causal Network Inference Using Biochemical Kinetics. Thirteenth European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB), September 2014, Strasbourg, France. [Conference] [Best Paper Prize]
Joint Estimation of Multiple Graphical Models: An Integer Linear Programming Approach. UK Causal Inference Meeting (UK-CIM): Causal Inference in Health, Economic and Social Sciences, April 2014, University of Cambridge, UK. [Conference]
Joint Structure Learning of Multiple Non-Exchangeable Networks. Seventeenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), April 2014, Reykjavik, Iceland. [Conference]
An Integer Linear Programming Approach to Causal Inference in Protein Signalling Networks. Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Molecular Biology (MASAMB), April 2014, University of Sheffield, UK. [Conference] [Abstract]
2013
Bayesian Estimation of Multiple Graphical Models. ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics, December 2013, University of London, UK. [Conference]
Network Inference and Dynamical Prediction Using Biochemical Kinetics. Dynamics of Biological Networks: From Nodes’ Dynamics to Network Evolution, June 2013, University of Edinburgh, UK. [Conference]
Statistical Analysis of Complex Systems in Molecular Biology. Warwick-Monash Alliance: Workshop on Modelling and Simulation. March 2013, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. [Conference]
2012
“What My Cells Say About Yours”: Joint Modelling of Network Heterogeneity Across a Panel of Breast Cancer Cell Lines. Annual Staff Evening of the Netherlands Cancer Institute. November 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Network Inference Using Steady State Data and Goldbeter-Koshland Kinetics. Machine Learning in Systems Biology (MLSB’12). September 2012, Basel, Switzerland. [Conference] [Video]
Causal Variable Selection Using Equilibrium Relations from Nonlinear Dynamics. Workshop on Causal Structure Learning, Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI’12). August 2012, Santa Catalina, CA, USA. [Conference]
Network Inference Using Chemical Kinetics. Netherlands Bioinformatics Conference (NBIC). April 2012, Lunteren, The Netherlands. [Conference]
2011
Responsible Interpretation of Large Datasets. Oncology Graduate School Amsterdam, Annual Retreat. October 2011, Texel, The Netherlands. [Conference] [Best Presentation Prize]