Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Building global resilience to high-impact volcanic eruptions

Lara Mani, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.

Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Monday 03 February 2025, 19:00-21:00

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

BSU Seminar: "Efficient Sequential Experimentation: Bridging Model-Based Reinforcement Learning and Bayesian Optimal Experimental Design"

This will be a free hybrid seminar. To register to attend virtually, please click here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GS1_Dn3SQXydSuW9p3oNnQ

Alberto Caron, The Alan Turing Institute.

Large Seminar Room, East Forvie Building, Forvie Site Robinson Way Cambridge CB2 0SR..

Tuesday 04 February 2025, 14:00-15:00

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

People, places, and peers - fertility trajectories in Derbyshire, 1881-1911.​ ​

Emma Diduch (University of Cambridge).

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 February 2025, 16:00-17:30

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

Progress in the pipeline: cholera, politics and the waterworks revolution in Germany.​

Daniel Gallardo Albarrán (Wageningen University)​.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 February 2025, 16:00-17:30

PublicHealth@Cambridge

How to overcome barriers to improving data quality in health inequalities work

Louise Lafortune, Cambridge Public Health.

Webinar (via Zoom online):https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_euVw4LI2RWeOdmHZnP34sA.

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

James Grime, Institute of Continuing Education.

Lightfoot Room, Divinity School, St John's College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP.

Monday 03 March 2025, 19:15-21:00

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

Transport and the transmission of plague across settlements in early modern England.​

Charlie Udale and Eric Schneider (LSE)​.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 March 2025, 16:00-17:30

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series

Mortality in the century of apartheid, 1940-1970: spatial and racial inequalities in mortality and doctors during the antibiotic transition.​

Nick Fitzhenry (LSE)​.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 March 2025, 16:00-17:30

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Predicting recurrence of prostate cancer: a Bayesian approach

Roger Sewell.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF.

Thursday 10 April 2025, 19:15-21:30

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

All models are wrong and yours are useless: making clinical prediction models impactful for patients

Florian Markowetz, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute.

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 07 October 2025, 19:15-21:30

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Benefits of data openness in a digital world

Sam Gilbert, Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Venue to be confirmed.

Monday 03 November 2025, 19:00-21:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

100 years of educational trials – no significant difference?

Riikka Hofmann, Faculty of Education.

Venue to be confirmed.

Wednesday 26 November 2025, 19:15-21:00

Cambridge Statistics Discussion Group (CSDG)

Connecting the False Discovery Rate to shrunk estimates

Nick W Galwey (Former Statistics Leader, Research Statistics, at GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development (Retired)).

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF.

Tuesday 03 February 2026, 19:15-21:00