Professor Paul Fearnhead

Distinguished Professor of Statistics

Research Interests

  • Computational statistics
  • Population genetics
  • Sequential Monte Carlo methods

Selected Publications

Constructing summary statistics for approximate Bayesian computation: semi-automatic approximate Bayesian computation (with Discussion)
Fearnhead, P., Prangle, D. 06/2012 In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology). 74, 3, p. 419-474. 56 p.
Journal article

Optimal detection of changepoints with a linear computational cost
Killick, R., Fearnhead, P., Eckley, I. 17/10/2012 In: Journal of the American Statistical Association. 107, 500, p. 1590-1598. 9 p.
Journal article

DSI: CoSInES: COmputational Statistical INference for Engineering and Security
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2023
Research

New Approaches to Bayesian Data Science: Tackling Challenges from the Health Sciences
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2023
Research

Statscale: Statistical Scalability for streaming data
01/06/2016 → 31/05/2022
Research

Intractable Likelihood: New Challenges From Modern Applications (iLike)
01/01/2013 → 30/06/2018
Research

Alexander Fisch

Alexander Fisch

PhD student, Associate Lecturer

Changepoints and Time Series, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

Aaron Lowther

Aaron Lowther

PhD student, Research Associate

Changepoints and Time Series, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

Anastasia Mantziou

Anastasia Mantziou

PhD student

Bayesian and Computational Statistics

Srshti Putcha

Srshti Putcha

PhD student

STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

Gaetano Romano

Gaetano Romano

PhD student

Changepoints and Time Series

Sam Tickle

Sam Tickle

PhD student

Changepoints and Time Series, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

  • Bayesian and Computational Statistics
  • DSI - Foundations
  • STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training