Compass students are passionate about their research interests and the impact they can make in the world through their work.
Take a look at our student-penned blog series Student perspectives to learn more about our students’ research and experiences on the Compass programme. Also see our Alumni page for details of their final thesis and their first career destinations.
Cohort 1 (2019/20 start)
Alessio Zakaria
Project title: Online Methods for Complex Stochastic Optimization Problems Supervisors: Vladislav Tadic, Christophe Andrieu |
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Daniel Williams
Project title: Estimating Probabilistic Models on Curved Surfaces using Score Matching Supervisor: Song Liu |
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Doug Corbin
Project title: Non-parametric supervised learning. In particular, Doug’s work focusses on the application of nonparametric methods to sequential decision making problems. Supervisors: Anthony Lee, Mathieu Gerber |
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Mauro Camara Escudero
Project title: Using Variational approaches to perform computationally efficient ‘divide and conquer’ Monte Carlo inference on demographic models. Supervisors: Christophe Andrieu, Mark Beaumont (School of Biological Sciences). |
Cohort 2 (2020/21 start)
Annie Gray
Project title: Exploratory data analysis of graph embeddings: exploiting manifold structure Supervisors: Patrick Rubin-Delanchy and Nick Whiteley |
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Anthony Stephenson
Project title: Fast Bayesian Inference at Extreme Scale Supervisors: Robert Allison and IBM |
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Conor Crilly
Project title: Uncertainty Quantification for Computer Experiments Supervisors: Oliver Johnson and AWE |
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Conor Newton
Project title: Decentralised sequential decision making and learning Supervisors: Henry Reeve, Ayalvadi Ganesh |
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Dan Ward
Project title: Simulation-Based Inference for Agent-Based Models Supervisors: Matteo Fasiolo, Mark Beaumont (School of Biological Sciences) |
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Ed Davis
Project title: Graph embedding: time and space Supervisors: Dan Lawson, Patrick Rubin-Delanchy |
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Euan Enticott
Project title: Scalable Additive Models for Forecasting Electricity Demand and Renewable Production Supervisors: Matteo Fasiolo, Nick Whiteley, and EDF |
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Jack Simons
Project title: Approximate Bayesian Inference by Density Ratio Estimation Supervisors: Song Liu, Mark Beaumont (School of Biological Sciences) |
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Sam Stockman
Project title: Machine Learning and Point Processes for Insights into Earthquakes and Volcanoes Supervisors: Maximillian Werner (School of Earth Sciences), Dan Lawson |
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Shannon Williams
Project title: The statistical design of assessments of impacts from explosive volcanic eruptions Supervisors: Jeremy Phillips (School of Earth Sciences), Anthony Lee |
Cohort 3 (2021/22 start)
Ben Griffiths
Project title: Developing scalable fitting methods for quantile and loss-based GAMs Supervisors: Matteo Fasiolo and EDF |
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Daniel Milner
Project title: A spatially explicit assessment of agro-pastoral sustainability in Kenya and Ethiopia Supervisors: Andrew Dowsey, Levi Wolf |
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Dominic Broadbent
Project title: Data reduction and large-scale inference Supervisors: Nick Whiteley, Robert Allison, and NCSC |
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Edward Milsom
Project title: Classification for deep kernel machines Supervisor: Laurence Aitchison |
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Emerald Dilworth
Project title: Using web data to detect spatial relationships Supervisors: Emmanouil Tranos, Dan Lawson |
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Ettore Fincato
Project title: Gradient-free stochastic optimization Supervisors: Christophe Andrieu, Mathieu Gerber |
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Hannah Sansford
Project title: Graph simulation Supervisors: Nick Whitely, Patrick Rubin-Delanchy |
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Harry Tata
Project title: Novel semi-supervised Bayesian learning to rapidly screen new oligonucleotide drugs for impurities Supervisors: Andrew Dowsey and AstraZeneca |
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Josh Givens
Project title: (Differential) Model Inference with Imperfect Information Supervisors: Song Liu, Henry Reeve |
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Tennessee Hickling
Project title: Flexible tails for normalising flows Supervisor: Dennis Prangle |