Friday 1 November 2019

• 09:45 - Population History Genetics Disease Day *CANCELLED*
  Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford), Dr Anjali Hinch (University of Oxford)

Monday 23 May 2022

• 16:00 - Weldon Memorial Prize Lecture - Cracking the code of sexual reproduction and speciation
  Watch the livestream on YouTube at the booking link
  Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 9 November 2022

• 12:30 - WHG Lunchtime Lab Talks: Lygate and Myers Groups
  For non centre members who would like to attend in person please email isabel.schmidt@well.ox.ac.uk to register. Please state who you are and your affiliation. You will need to bring your University card and sign in at reception on arrival. If you want to join the talks online there is no need to register.
  Dr Sevasti Zervou (University of Oxford), Dr Tanveer Tabish (University of Oxford), Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford), Hrushikesh Loya (University of Oxford)
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Friday 15 January 2016

• 12:00 - Genes, Cells, and Schizophrenia
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Professor Steven McCarroll (Harvard Medical School )
  WHG High Profile Seminars

Friday 4 March 2022

• 15:00 - Statistics and the fight against modern slavery
  Please note this event is kindly being hosted by the ICMS (International Centre for Mathematical Sciences) on Zoom. The Florence Nightingale Lecture Series is generously sponsored by XTX Markets. The Lecture will be followed by a Panel Session with Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Professor Todd Landman FRSA, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Political Science at the University of Nottingham and Dr Davina Durgana, Walk Free.
  Professor Sir Bernard Silverman (University of Nottingham and University of Oxford)
  Florence Nightingale Annual Lecture

Friday 21 October 2022

• 15:30 - A path to personalised disease prevention: using genomics to predict risk for common diseases
  A drinks reception will be held after the lecture.
  Peter Donnelly (CEO of Genomics PLC and Professor of Statistical Science at University of Oxford)
  Annual: The David Blackwell Lectures

Wednesday 9 November 2022

• 12:30 - WHG Lunchtime Lab Talks: Lygate and Myers Groups
  For non centre members who would like to attend in person please email isabel.schmidt@well.ox.ac.uk to register. Please state who you are and your affiliation. You will need to bring your University card and sign in at reception on arrival. If you want to join the talks online there is no need to register.
  Dr Sevasti Zervou (University of Oxford), Dr Tanveer Tabish (University of Oxford), Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford), Hrushikesh Loya (University of Oxford)
  CHG Lunchtime Lab Talks

Thursday 1 December 2022

• 15:30 - From population to person: Counterfactual risk prediction
  The Lecture will be held at the Department of Statistics and on Zoom.
  Professor Ruth Keogh (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
  Annual: Corcoran Memorial Lecture

Friday 3 February 2023

• 15:30 - Causal learning from observational data
  This talk will be held both in person and online.
  Professor Marloes Maathuis (ETH, Zurich)
  Florence Nightingale Annual Lecture

Wednesday 22 February 2023

• 15:30 - Compositional data analysis: A fresh approach
  This talk will be held both in person and online.
  Professor David Firth (University of Warwick)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Friday 5 May 2023

• 15:30 - Understanding neural networks and quantification of their uncertainty via exactly solvable models
  This talk is the annual Oxford Maths & Stats Colloquium. There will be a Drinks Reception after the talk in the ground floor social area.
  Professor Lenka Lenka Zdeborová (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Thursday 26 October 2023

• 15:30 - Introducing the Forster-Warmuth Nonparametric Counterfactual Regression
  Please register your place to attend this event. A drinks reception will follow the Lecture in the ground floor social area.
  Professor Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen (University of Pennsylvania)
  Annual: The David Blackwell Lectures

Friday 23 February 2024

• 15:30 - Statistics, nursing, and social reform: Following in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale
  Professor Barbara Engelhardt (Senior Investigator at Gladstone Institutes and Professor at Stanford University in the Department of Biomedical Data Science)
  Florence Nightingale Annual Lecture

Friday 26 April 2024

• 15:30 - Tackling the hidden costs of computational science: GREENER principles for environmentally sustainable research
  There will be a Drinks Reception after the Lecture in the ground floor social area.
  Dr Loïc Lannelongue (Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge and the Cambridge-Baker Systems Genomics Initiative)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Tuesday 7 May 2024

• 15:30 - Approximate gradients for inference of partially-observed stochastic processes
  There will be a drinks reception after the seminar in the ground floor social area.
  Professor Marc Suchard (David Geffen School of Medicine and Department of Biostatistics at UCLA)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Thursday 24 October 2024

• 15:30 - The trajectories of complex disease
  Professor Gil McVean (The Ellison Institute of Technology, Oxford)
  Annual: The David Blackwell Lectures

Thursday 6 February 2025

• 16:00 - The trajectories of complex disease
  Professor Xavier Didelot (University of Warwick)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Thursday 13 March 2025

• 16:00 - Does AI help humans make better decisions? A statistical evaluation framework for experimental and observational studies.
  Professor Kosuke Imai (Harvard University)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Thursday 29 May 2025

• 15:15 - Differentially private M-estimation via noisy optimization
  Professor Po-Ling Loh (University of Cambridge)

Friday 6 June 2025

• 15:00 - Gradient-free stochastic optimization
  Professor Alexandre Tsybakov (CREST-ENSAE Paris)
  Annual Joint Maths/Stats Colloquium

Monday 16 June 2025

• 15:30 - Bayesian Probabilistic Subnational Population Projections
  Professor Adrian Raftery (University of Washington, Seattle)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Thursday 10 February 2022

• 15:30 - Ethics from the perspective of an applied statistician
  This event will be held in-person at the Department of Statistics and online. In-person places are restricted to 23 people.
  Professor Denise Lievesley (Honorary Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Friday 21 October 2022

• 15:30 - A path to personalised disease prevention: using genomics to predict risk for common diseases
  A drinks reception will be held after the lecture.
  Peter Donnelly (CEO of Genomics PLC and Professor of Statistical Science at University of Oxford)
  Annual: The David Blackwell Lectures

Friday 3 February 2023

• 15:30 - Causal learning from observational data
  This talk will be held both in person and online.
  Professor Marloes Maathuis (ETH, Zurich)
  Florence Nightingale Annual Lecture

Wednesday 22 February 2023

• 15:30 - Compositional data analysis: A fresh approach
  This talk will be held both in person and online.
  Professor David Firth (University of Warwick)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Friday 5 May 2023

• 15:30 - Understanding neural networks and quantification of their uncertainty via exactly solvable models
  This talk is the annual Oxford Maths & Stats Colloquium. There will be a Drinks Reception after the talk in the ground floor social area.
  Professor Lenka Lenka Zdeborová (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Thursday 26 October 2023

• 15:30 - Introducing the Forster-Warmuth Nonparametric Counterfactual Regression
  Please register your place to attend this event. A drinks reception will follow the Lecture in the ground floor social area.
  Professor Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen (University of Pennsylvania)
  Annual: The David Blackwell Lectures

Friday 26 April 2024

• 15:30 - Tackling the hidden costs of computational science: GREENER principles for environmentally sustainable research
  There will be a Drinks Reception after the Lecture in the ground floor social area.
  Dr Loïc Lannelongue (Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge and the Cambridge-Baker Systems Genomics Initiative)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Tuesday 7 May 2024

• 15:30 - Approximate gradients for inference of partially-observed stochastic processes
  There will be a drinks reception after the seminar in the ground floor social area.
  Professor Marc Suchard (David Geffen School of Medicine and Department of Biostatistics at UCLA)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Thursday 24 October 2024

• 15:30 - The trajectories of complex disease
  Professor Gil McVean (The Ellison Institute of Technology, Oxford)
  Annual: The David Blackwell Lectures

Thursday 6 February 2025

• 16:00 - The trajectories of complex disease
  Professor Xavier Didelot (University of Warwick)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Thursday 20 February 2025

• 16:00 - E-Values, Anytime-Validity and Bayes
  Professor Peter Grunwald (Leiden University)
  Annual: Corcoran Memorial Lecture

Thursday 13 March 2025

• 16:00 - Does AI help humans make better decisions? A statistical evaluation framework for experimental and observational studies.
  Professor Kosuke Imai (Harvard University)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Thursday 29 May 2025

• 15:15 - Differentially private M-estimation via noisy optimization
  Professor Po-Ling Loh (University of Cambridge)

Friday 6 June 2025

• 15:00 - Gradient-free stochastic optimization
  Professor Alexandre Tsybakov (CREST-ENSAE Paris)
  Annual Joint Maths/Stats Colloquium

Monday 16 June 2025

• 15:30 - Bayesian Probabilistic Subnational Population Projections
  Professor Adrian Raftery (University of Washington, Seattle)
  Distinguished Speaker Seminar