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.

27/03/2026 - 14:30 - ISBA C115 -  Clement Berenfeld (Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique) Will give a presentation on : A causal framework for reliable membership inference attack evaluationAbstract :  Quantifying memorization is central for assessing privacy risks in machine learning.

27/03/2025 - 08:30 - D.251 -  EOS workshopRegistrationProgram8h30 : Yevhen Havrylenko, Lausanne University(45 min)Synthetic tabular data for ratemaking: deep generative models vs imputation-based methodsActuarial ratemaking depends on high-quality data, yet access to such data is often limited by the cost of obtaining new data, privacy concerns, and competitive sensitivity.

20/03/2026 - 16:00 - ISBA C.115 + Online - Bart Meuleman(ReSPOND – Department of Sociology, KU Leuven)Will give a presentation on : Measurement equivalence: Between Statistical Dogmatism and Anything GoesDebates about measurement equivalence have recently intensified across disciplines that rely on cross-group or cross-cultural comparisons.

20/03/2026 - 14:30 - Online + ISBA C.115 -  Wayne Jones(Principal Statistician, Shell UK)Will give a presentation on : GroundWater Spatiotemporal Data Analysis Tool (GWSDAT).GWSDAT is an open‑source, user‑friendly tool for visualising and interpreting groundwater monitoring data in space and time, helping practitioners move beyond spreadsheets to statistically robust insight.

CANCELED13/03/2026 - 14:30 - ISBA C115 -  Raphael Huser (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Will give a presentation on : Neural Parameter Estimation with Incomplete Spatial DataAbstract: Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning have led to neural networks being used to generate lightning-speed answers to complex questions, to pa

27/03/2025 - 14:30 - ISBA C115 -  Gianluca Bontempi (ULB) Will give a presentation on : Ethics2vec: aligning automatic agents and human preferencesAbstract :  Though intelligent agents are supposed to improve human experience (or make it more efficient), it is hard, from a human perspective, to grasp the ethical values that are explicitly or implicitly embedded in an

20/02/2026 - 16:00 - ISBA C.115 -  Christian Ritter(UCLouvain)Will give a presentation on : See and Show (2026 Edition)This is a new instance of a seminar given about once a year about perception and visualization related to statistics.  This seminar is evolving slowly. If you attended the last edition you may not learn many new things.

20/02/2026 - 14:30 - ISBA C115 -  Antje Christensen(Project Director at Novo Nordisk)Will give a presentation on : How to solve real life problems with small data, and bring your decision makers along on the journeyAs in any other process based industry, issues and opportunities arise from process parameters and process variation in the pharmaceutical industry.

06/02/2026 - 09:00 - ISBA C115 -  9:00 Mathias Dah Fienon Title : "Dynamic risk-parity portfolio with independent components"Abstract:Portfolio diversification involves investing in many different securities and types of assets in order to mitigate risk and maximize returns. One approach to achieve such diversification is the factor-risk-parity model.