LSE Department of Statistics
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LSE Department of Statistics. Promoting excellence in research and education in statistics and data science.
We're holding a live online open event for prospective master's students on Mon 17 Nov 12-1pm GMT where you can find out more about the master's study opportunities we offer.
🔎 👉 Register to attend: shorturl.at/wus9m
🔎 👉 Register to attend: shorturl.at/wus9m
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're holding a live online open event for prospective master's students on Mon 17 Nov 12-1pm GMT where you can find out more about the master's study opportunities we offer.
🔎 👉 Register to attend: shorturl.at/wus9m
🔎 👉 Register to attend: shorturl.at/wus9m
Attention PhD students, postdocs & faculty📢: collaborative research opportunities with @microsoft.com across a range of topics (check specific research challenges for eligibility).
Deadline 2 December 🗓️.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Deadline 2 December 🗓️.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
2026 Microsoft Research Fellowship
The Microsoft Research Fellowship creates opportunities for academic scholars (faculty, PhD students, and postdocs) to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance scie...
www.microsoft.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Attention PhD students, postdocs & faculty📢: collaborative research opportunities with @microsoft.com across a range of topics (check specific research challenges for eligibility).
Deadline 2 December 🗓️.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Deadline 2 December 🗓️.
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Today's Stat of the Day: The total private investment (in USD) attracted by generative AI globally in 2024.
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Source: @stanfordhai.bsky.social
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Source: @stanfordhai.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today's Stat of the Day: The total private investment (in USD) attracted by generative AI globally in 2024.
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Source: @stanfordhai.bsky.social
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Source: @stanfordhai.bsky.social
🎓Around 60 LSE Actuarial Science students visited Forvis Mazars in the City of London for an early-careers talk & panel event.
Thanks to Forvis Mazars for welcoming our students & sharing brilliant career insights.
Great to see our Stats alum Austin Hadi there too!👏
@forvismazars.bsky.social
Thanks to Forvis Mazars for welcoming our students & sharing brilliant career insights.
Great to see our Stats alum Austin Hadi there too!👏
@forvismazars.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🎓Around 60 LSE Actuarial Science students visited Forvis Mazars in the City of London for an early-careers talk & panel event.
Thanks to Forvis Mazars for welcoming our students & sharing brilliant career insights.
Great to see our Stats alum Austin Hadi there too!👏
@forvismazars.bsky.social
Thanks to Forvis Mazars for welcoming our students & sharing brilliant career insights.
Great to see our Stats alum Austin Hadi there too!👏
@forvismazars.bsky.social
💻Stat of the Day!💻
25.1% of people who completed a survey in Northern Ireland in 2023/24 have advanced digital skills.
Source: @NISRA
25.1% of people who completed a survey in Northern Ireland in 2023/24 have advanced digital skills.
Source: @NISRA
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
💻Stat of the Day!💻
25.1% of people who completed a survey in Northern Ireland in 2023/24 have advanced digital skills.
Source: @NISRA
25.1% of people who completed a survey in Northern Ireland in 2023/24 have advanced digital skills.
Source: @NISRA
Our undergraduate students enjoyed some time out from studies this morning to catch up and make new friends over brunch 🥐☕️
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Our undergraduate students enjoyed some time out from studies this morning to catch up and make new friends over brunch 🥐☕️
With #COP30 getting underway in Brazil, today's Stat of the Day zeroes in on the EU's recently agreed target to reduce emissions by 66.25-72.5% (as a proportion of 1990 levels).
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Source: @ec.europa.eu
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Source: @ec.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
With #COP30 getting underway in Brazil, today's Stat of the Day zeroes in on the EU's recently agreed target to reduce emissions by 66.25-72.5% (as a proportion of 1990 levels).
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Source: @ec.europa.eu
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Source: @ec.europa.eu
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#UNL Dept of Statistics seminar, The Metrics, was yesterday with > 150 individuals attending (in person and Zoom), www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk2.... We discuss errors in stat analysis by administrators in their proposal to eliminate 6 departments. /1 #Nebraska #Huskers #LNK @amstatnews.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#UNL Dept of Statistics seminar, The Metrics, was yesterday with > 150 individuals attending (in person and Zoom), www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk2.... We discuss errors in stat analysis by administrators in their proposal to eliminate 6 departments. /1 #Nebraska #Huskers #LNK @amstatnews.bsky.social
We're holding a live online open day for prospective master's students on Mon 17 Nov 12-1pm.
Come along & find out more about the master's study opportunities we offer, & ask any q's.
More info, including on how to join, via the LSE website here:
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Come along & find out more about the master's study opportunities we offer, & ask any q's.
More info, including on how to join, via the LSE website here:
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We're holding a live online open day for prospective master's students on Mon 17 Nov 12-1pm.
Come along & find out more about the master's study opportunities we offer, & ask any q's.
More info, including on how to join, via the LSE website here:
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Come along & find out more about the master's study opportunities we offer, & ask any q's.
More info, including on how to join, via the LSE website here:
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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We’re hosting a roundtable, sponsored by @jrf-uk.bsky.social, on disability & poverty data gaps with @mencap.org.uk on 1 Dec, 10–12.
🔗 Got insights or want to join? Find out more rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Help us improve the evidence base for better policy.
🔗 Got insights or want to join? Find out more rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Help us improve the evidence base for better policy.
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We’re hosting a roundtable, sponsored by @jrf-uk.bsky.social, on disability & poverty data gaps with @mencap.org.uk on 1 Dec, 10–12.
🔗 Got insights or want to join? Find out more rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Help us improve the evidence base for better policy.
🔗 Got insights or want to join? Find out more rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Help us improve the evidence base for better policy.
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How much uncertainty can be tolerated when it comes to regulating AI? In a new blog piece, Professor Moore
@digigirlz.bsky.social explores the autonomy and unpredictability that creates artificial intelligence - and what this means for risk and regulation. Read below:
@digigirlz.bsky.social explores the autonomy and unpredictability that creates artificial intelligence - and what this means for risk and regulation. Read below:
Inside the Black Box: Risk and uncertainty for AI in EU law - IFOW
How much uncertainty should be tolerated in the legal making and compliance space when it comes to AI?
www.ifow.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
How much uncertainty can be tolerated when it comes to regulating AI? In a new blog piece, Professor Moore
@digigirlz.bsky.social explores the autonomy and unpredictability that creates artificial intelligence - and what this means for risk and regulation. Read below:
@digigirlz.bsky.social explores the autonomy and unpredictability that creates artificial intelligence - and what this means for risk and regulation. Read below:
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The Traveling Bandit: A Framework for Bayesian Optimization with Movement Costs
@amstatnews.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@amstatnews.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Traveling Bandit: A Framework for Bayesian Optimization with Movement Costs
This paper introduces a framework for Bayesian Optimization (BO) with metric movement costs, addressing a critical challenge in practical applications where input alterations incur varying costs. O...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Traveling Bandit: A Framework for Bayesian Optimization with Movement Costs
@amstatnews.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@amstatnews.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our first Stat of the Day for this week comes from France: 101 - the number of French Departments, the second-tier administrative division sitting below the region level.
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Source:
@insee.fr
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Source:
@insee.fr
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Our first Stat of the Day for this week comes from France: 101 - the number of French Departments, the second-tier administrative division sitting below the region level.
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Source:
@insee.fr
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Source:
@insee.fr
The Department of Statistics was pleased to host the 9th London–Paris Bachelier Workshop.
Sponsored by Qube Research & Technologies. The event brought together researchers from across the London Mathematical Finance Group to discuss advances in stochastic processes and quantitative finance.
Sponsored by Qube Research & Technologies. The event brought together researchers from across the London Mathematical Finance Group to discuss advances in stochastic processes and quantitative finance.
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Department of Statistics was pleased to host the 9th London–Paris Bachelier Workshop.
Sponsored by Qube Research & Technologies. The event brought together researchers from across the London Mathematical Finance Group to discuss advances in stochastic processes and quantitative finance.
Sponsored by Qube Research & Technologies. The event brought together researchers from across the London Mathematical Finance Group to discuss advances in stochastic processes and quantitative finance.
STAT OF THE DAY 📊
Saudi Arabia’s population in 2024 is estimated at 35.3 million 🇸🇦
Data from the General Authority for Statistics highlights ongoing growth across major cities like Riyadh and Jeddah.
#LSEStatistics #StatOfTheDay #SaudiArabia #Population #DataStory #LSE
Saudi Arabia’s population in 2024 is estimated at 35.3 million 🇸🇦
Data from the General Authority for Statistics highlights ongoing growth across major cities like Riyadh and Jeddah.
#LSEStatistics #StatOfTheDay #SaudiArabia #Population #DataStory #LSE
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
STAT OF THE DAY 📊
Saudi Arabia’s population in 2024 is estimated at 35.3 million 🇸🇦
Data from the General Authority for Statistics highlights ongoing growth across major cities like Riyadh and Jeddah.
#LSEStatistics #StatOfTheDay #SaudiArabia #Population #DataStory #LSE
Saudi Arabia’s population in 2024 is estimated at 35.3 million 🇸🇦
Data from the General Authority for Statistics highlights ongoing growth across major cities like Riyadh and Jeddah.
#LSEStatistics #StatOfTheDay #SaudiArabia #Population #DataStory #LSE
The 9th London–Paris Bachelier Workshop sponsored by Qube Research & Technologies is now underway!
We're delighted to be hosting this annual event at LSE this year, where early-career academics & postgrad students present work in stochastic processes, quantitative finance & related areas.
We're delighted to be hosting this annual event at LSE this year, where early-career academics & postgrad students present work in stochastic processes, quantitative finance & related areas.
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The 9th London–Paris Bachelier Workshop sponsored by Qube Research & Technologies is now underway!
We're delighted to be hosting this annual event at LSE this year, where early-career academics & postgrad students present work in stochastic processes, quantitative finance & related areas.
We're delighted to be hosting this annual event at LSE this year, where early-career academics & postgrad students present work in stochastic processes, quantitative finance & related areas.
⚡️With Drax Group having just signed a new 'low carbon dispatchable' contract, today's Stat of the Day details the approximate proportion of the UK's total electricity generated by Drax's north Yorkshire power station: 5% ⚡️
Source: BBC
Source: BBC
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
⚡️With Drax Group having just signed a new 'low carbon dispatchable' contract, today's Stat of the Day details the approximate proportion of the UK's total electricity generated by Drax's north Yorkshire power station: 5% ⚡️
Source: BBC
Source: BBC
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The Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford, in association with Merton College, is recruiting an Associate Professor of Statistics.
Closing date for applications: 19 November 2025
Vacancy ID: 179505
Find out more about the role: tinyurl.com/mr2hvkek
Closing date for applications: 19 November 2025
Vacancy ID: 179505
Find out more about the role: tinyurl.com/mr2hvkek
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford, in association with Merton College, is recruiting an Associate Professor of Statistics.
Closing date for applications: 19 November 2025
Vacancy ID: 179505
Find out more about the role: tinyurl.com/mr2hvkek
Closing date for applications: 19 November 2025
Vacancy ID: 179505
Find out more about the role: tinyurl.com/mr2hvkek
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English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD25) are published today. This is an update in the series, following on from the 2019 #deprivation indices.
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
English indices of deprivation 2025
Statistics on relative deprivation in small areas in England. Further details are provided at the bottom of this page and in the FAQ document.
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (IoD25) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD25) are published today. This is an update in the series, following on from the 2019 #deprivation indices.
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
📢Pleased to share that our first external newsletter has just been published!
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November 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📢Pleased to share that our first external newsletter has just been published!
📰Coming out each quarter, it's the easiest way for you to get up to speed on all the key activities & developments here at LSE Statistics.
Not yet subscribed? Visit here👇 mailchi.mp/9410d12b2863...
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Why is job reallocation slowing down across Europe?
A new ESCoE paper by Filippo Biondi, Sergio Inferrera, Matthias Mertens & @jmirandal.bsky.social finds that the pace at which jobs move between firms has declined steadily since 2000: tinyurl.com/y4cb48ue
A new ESCoE paper by Filippo Biondi, Sergio Inferrera, Matthias Mertens & @jmirandal.bsky.social finds that the pace at which jobs move between firms has declined steadily since 2000: tinyurl.com/y4cb48ue
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Why is job reallocation slowing down across Europe?
A new ESCoE paper by Filippo Biondi, Sergio Inferrera, Matthias Mertens & @jmirandal.bsky.social finds that the pace at which jobs move between firms has declined steadily since 2000: tinyurl.com/y4cb48ue
A new ESCoE paper by Filippo Biondi, Sergio Inferrera, Matthias Mertens & @jmirandal.bsky.social finds that the pace at which jobs move between firms has declined steadily since 2000: tinyurl.com/y4cb48ue
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Dr. Shishen Lin has joined us as a Research Fellow on the ERC Synergy OCEAN project from September. His research is in learning in games, black-box optimisation and evolutionary algorithms. He is also interested in reinforcement learning and its combination with evolutionary computation methods.
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Dr. Shishen Lin has joined us as a Research Fellow on the ERC Synergy OCEAN project from September. His research is in learning in games, black-box optimisation and evolutionary algorithms. He is also interested in reinforcement learning and its combination with evolutionary computation methods.
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We've got a great plenary speaker lineup -- covering theoretical ecology, statistics, AI, conservation, disease ecology, animal movement, Bayesian stats, machine learning & more!
Deadline for workshops + round tables on Nov 15: statisticalecology.org (in English o en español)
Come join us!
Deadline for workshops + round tables on Nov 15: statisticalecology.org (in English o en español)
Come join us!
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We've got a great plenary speaker lineup -- covering theoretical ecology, statistics, AI, conservation, disease ecology, animal movement, Bayesian stats, machine learning & more!
Deadline for workshops + round tables on Nov 15: statisticalecology.org (in English o en español)
Come join us!
Deadline for workshops + round tables on Nov 15: statisticalecology.org (in English o en español)
Come join us!
Adeline outlined Mastercard's approach to implementing responsible AI at scale, emphasising governance, bias mitigation and fairness in AI systems. She showcased tools, frameworks, and partnerships used to operationalise ethical AI across the organisation. Many thanks Adeline for coming in!
The Department was delighted to welcome Adeline Pelletier (Director, Data & AI Strategy, Mastercard) yesterday - who gave a talk as part of our Industry Speakers series on 'Implementing Responsible AI at Scale'.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Adeline outlined Mastercard's approach to implementing responsible AI at scale, emphasising governance, bias mitigation and fairness in AI systems. She showcased tools, frameworks, and partnerships used to operationalise ethical AI across the organisation. Many thanks Adeline for coming in!