29/05/2025 - 14:30 - ISBA C115 -  Swati Chandna (Birkbeck, University of London) Will give a presentation on : Understanding structure in networks observed with covariates via profile least squaresAbstract: Network data across various domains (e.g.

28/05/2026 - 09:30 - Martin’s hotel IMAL Workshop - Imperfect Data : From Mathematical Foundations to Applications in Life Sciences.The workshop will be held at Martin’s Agora City Resort in Louvain-la-Neuve (Rue de l’Hocaille 1-3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve) and a tentative schedule, as well as the list of speakers and title of their presentation is listed below: 9h30  Welcome words/Int

27/05/2026 - 09:00 - Aula Magna (Foyer Royal) EXALT Workshop - Learning spatio-temporal climate extremesWEBSITE : https://exalt-project.github.io/workshop-2026/Welcome to the EXALT project!The EXtreme weather Attribution at mid- and high-Latitudes using advanced statistical Techniques (EXALT) project is an interdisciplinary effort that involves three research institutes: the Namur Institute f

12-13/05/2026 - 09:30 -   François Portier (ENSAI, CREST) Will give a short course on :  Measure concentration and non-asymptotic statisticsTuesday May, 12th, 2026, 9h30-12h30 and 13h30-15h (Room C115)Wednesday May, 13th, 2026, 9h30-12h30 and 13h30-15h (Room C115)May we kindly ask you to register for the event at the following link:https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepa

08/05/2026 - 16:00 - ISBA C.115 + Online  Erwin Dreesen(KULeuven)Will give a presentation on : Why Precision Dosing Fails (and How Statistics Could Fix It)Model-informed precision dosing uses statistical models to individualize therapy, but real-world performance often suffers from model mismatch, prior miscalibration, and overconfidence in single-model forecasts.

08/05/2026 - 14:30 - ISBA C.115 + Online  Eugen Pircalabelu(UCLouvain)Will give a presentation on : An exploratory analysis for unraveling landmarks and understanding the human spinal cord anatomyI will present in this talk a case-study that involves spinal cord measurements.

17/04/2026 - 16:00 - ISBA C.115 + Online -  Benoit Berac(European Investment Bank)Will give a presentation on : Introduction to the Implementation and Conservative Adjustments in the Estimation of Regulatory PD in Low Default PortfoliosThis presentation provides a brief introduction to how regulatory probability of default (PD) is estimated for low default portfolios, with a fo

17/04/2026 - 14:30 - ISBA C.115 + Online  Nicolas Schtickzelle(UCLouvain)Will give a presentation on : P‑values and effect sizes: why “simple” statistical quantities aren’t always simpleP‑values and effect sizes are among the most widely used—and sometimes misused—quantities in statistical analysis.

16/04/2026 - 10:00 - Doyen 21 -  Chair International Francqui Professorship Prof. Ian McKeague | Lecture : "The Tukey-Dyer method"Abstract:  As well as coining the word software, John Tukey famously remarked that the best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s backyard.

10/04/2026 - 14:30 - ISBA C115 -  Dimitri Konen (University of Cambridge) Will give a presentation on : Inference in high-dimensional nonlinear and non-Gaussian modelsAbstract :  We consider the problem of performing statistical inference on the states of a nonlinear dynamical system, whose dynamics are governed by a nonlinear PDE, and corrupted by noise.