CfS Annual Conference 2026 This year's conference will feature a fantastic line up of invited speakers from across the University of Edinburgh and Heriot Watt University, as well as lunch, posters and an Early Career Researcher snap talk session. Registration The conference is free and open to all, but registration is required for catering purposes. Register now! Schedule Schedule for the day:09:00-09:25: Registration with coffee/tea09:25-9:30: Welcome (Director of Centre for Statistics)9:30-10:05: Marie Michaelides (Heriot-Watt)Balance and fairness through multicalibration in nonlife insurance pricing10:05-10:40: Nadine Seward (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) Title TBC10:40-11:10: Break11:10-11:45: Steven McDonagh (School of Engineering) Navigating Reliability and Vulnerability in Generative Paradigms11:45-12:20: Adriana Duta (Moray House School of Education and Sport)Do Children Start School on Equal Footing? Social Inequalities in Early Childhood Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Outcomes12:20-14:20: Lunch, Posters and Conference Photo14:20-14:55: Xuebin Zhao (School of Geosciences) Variational Bayesian Seismic Imaging and Efficient Assessment of Prior Hypotheses in a Spatially 3D World14:55-15:30: Edoardo M. Ponti (School of Informatics)Adaptive Foundation Models for Efficient and Long-Horizon AI15:30-16:30: ECR Snap talksLambert de Monte: A geometric approach to multivariate extremesLanxin Li: Estimating hidden population sizes using multiple systems estimation with censored dataClaudia Collarin: Scalable Estimation of Large Generalized Additive ModelsTorben Sell: Priors in Bayesian Deep Learning16:30: Close Jun 19 2026 CfS Annual Conference 2026 The Centre for Statistics Annual Conference brings together researchers working with data from across the University of Edinburgh and Associated Institutions. Larch Lecture Theatre, Nucleus Building, King's Buildings
CfS Annual Conference 2026 This year's conference will feature a fantastic line up of invited speakers from across the University of Edinburgh and Heriot Watt University, as well as lunch, posters and an Early Career Researcher snap talk session. Registration The conference is free and open to all, but registration is required for catering purposes. Register now! Schedule Schedule for the day:09:00-09:25: Registration with coffee/tea09:25-9:30: Welcome (Director of Centre for Statistics)9:30-10:05: Marie Michaelides (Heriot-Watt)Balance and fairness through multicalibration in nonlife insurance pricing10:05-10:40: Nadine Seward (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) Title TBC10:40-11:10: Break11:10-11:45: Steven McDonagh (School of Engineering) Navigating Reliability and Vulnerability in Generative Paradigms11:45-12:20: Adriana Duta (Moray House School of Education and Sport)Do Children Start School on Equal Footing? Social Inequalities in Early Childhood Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Outcomes12:20-14:20: Lunch, Posters and Conference Photo14:20-14:55: Xuebin Zhao (School of Geosciences) Variational Bayesian Seismic Imaging and Efficient Assessment of Prior Hypotheses in a Spatially 3D World14:55-15:30: Edoardo M. Ponti (School of Informatics)Adaptive Foundation Models for Efficient and Long-Horizon AI15:30-16:30: ECR Snap talksLambert de Monte: A geometric approach to multivariate extremesLanxin Li: Estimating hidden population sizes using multiple systems estimation with censored dataClaudia Collarin: Scalable Estimation of Large Generalized Additive ModelsTorben Sell: Priors in Bayesian Deep Learning16:30: Close Jun 19 2026 CfS Annual Conference 2026 The Centre for Statistics Annual Conference brings together researchers working with data from across the University of Edinburgh and Associated Institutions. Larch Lecture Theatre, Nucleus Building, King's Buildings
Jun 19 2026 CfS Annual Conference 2026 The Centre for Statistics Annual Conference brings together researchers working with data from across the University of Edinburgh and Associated Institutions.
