SIMM Data Science Event

Speaker information

Professor Nigel Shadbolt,'Nigel Shadbolt is Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Southampton and Head of the Web and Internet Science Group. He is a Director of the Web Science Trust, and of the Web Foundation - both organisations have a common commitment to advance our understanding of the Web and promote the Web's positive impact on society.'

Dr Sujit Sahu,Dr Sujit Sahu says of his research 'I am interested in practical Bayesian modelling and computation for understanding and interpreting large and complex data sets. Such data sets may arise from systems that vary over space, time or both, and may be multi-variate, mis-measured and spatially mis-aligned and may also contain missing observations. The primary aim of my research is to reduce uncertainty in inferential statements by developing predictive Bayesian models for the quantities of interests.'

Dr Robin Mitra,Dr Robin Mitra says about his research 'My main areas of research are in multiple imputation approaches to problems in missing data and data confidentiality.'

Dr Ruben Sanchez Garcia,Dr Ruben Sanchez Garcia research interests include pure mathematics.

Dr Thanos Avramidis,Dr Thanos Avramidis says about his research 'Stochastic (Monte Carlo) simulation is an extremely general, flexible, and conceptually appealing technique, used in a wide variety of problems arising in science, engineering, and business. One drawback of simulation is its inefficiency, i.e., the lack of accuracy in answers relative to the computing time. My early research emphasized the development and rigorous analysis of techniques for increasing the efficiency of general-purpose stochastic simulation experiments, including: using auxiliary known information (control variates); exploiting the controlled experimental environment to integrate variance reduction techniques such as Latin hypercube sampling, control variates,and conditioning; and correlation-induction techniques for quantile estimation.'

Professor Jacek Brodzki,Professor Jacek Brodzki says about his research 'I am fascinated by interactions between analysis and geometry. My current work revolves around problems in noncommutative geometry arising from the Baum-Connes conjecture, including characterisations of property A, exactness of groups and their consequences, and it is carried out mostly in collaboration with members of the research group Analytic and Geometric Methods in Group theory at Southampton.'