Talks from 2025-2026 session
2025
7th October - Florian Markowetz (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) on 'All models are wrong and yours are useless: making clinical prediction models impactful for patients'. Florian's talk slides are here.
3rd November – Sam Gilbert (Bennett Institute of Public Policy) on 'Benefits of data openness in a digital world'.
26th November – Riikka Hofmann (Faculty of Education) on '100 years of educational trials – no significant difference?'. A map showing directions to City House is is here. Riikka's talk slides are here in pdf format.
2026
3rd February – Nick Galwey (Former Statistics Leader, Research Statistics, at GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development (Retired)) on 'Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates'. Talk slides in pdf format are here and as a powerpoint show are here.
11th March – Paul Fannon (Department of Genetics: Bioinformatics Training Facility) on 'How can the pedagogy of statistics inform the teaching of machine learning?'
22nd April – Daniela De Angelis (Biostatistics) on 'Real-time nowcasting and forecasting of COVID-19 dynamics in England'. A map showing directions to City House is is here.