Distinguished Speaker Seminar
Description: This seminar series has now replaced our weekly Department Seminar series and will usually consist of two seminars each term, to be given by distinguished speakers. These Seminars will be held on Fridays, 3.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. (unless otherwise advised) in the Large Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground floor, 24-29 St Giles and will be followed by drinks and nibbles in the ground floor social area.
Talks:

Monday 24 November 2025

Persistence of the maximum degree in preferential attachment trees with vertex death
Date: 24 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Bas Lodewijks (University of Sheffield)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

Some recent progress in coagulation processes
Date: 1 December 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Luisa Andreis (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: L5
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Branching particle systems with rank-dependent selection
Date: 3 December 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Jacob Mercer (University of Oxford)
Venue: 24-29 St Giles', 24-29 St Giles' OX1 3LB
Venue Details: Department of Statistics; Small lecture theatre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 January 2025

A Collectivist, Economic Perspective on AI
Date: 29 January 2026, 15:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Professor Michael I. Jordan (Inria Paris and University of California, Berkeley)
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics
Organisers: Beverley Lane (Department of Statistics, University of Oxford), Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Frank Windmeijer (University of Oxford), Professor Simon Myers (University of Oxford)

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Distinguished Speaker Seminar