François-Xavier Briol

François-Xavier Briol

Associate Professor

Research Group

I am a co-lead of the Fundamentals of Statistical Machine Learning research group within UCL Statistical Science.

Alumni

  • Zhuo Sun - PhD on “Transfer learning in Monte Carlo and beyond” (2019-2023).
  • Kaiyu Li - PhD on “Multilevel methods for Monte Carlo integration, with applications to tsunami modelling” (2019-2024).

Current Members

I have the privilege of working with the following great team of researchers:

Oscar Key

Oscar is a PhD student on the Foundational AI CDT at UCL. He has varied research interests ranging from kernel-based hypothesis testing to software and algorithm design for large language models. He started his PhD in Autumn 2020 and his second supervisor is Prof. Marc Deisenroth.
email: <oscar.key.20@ucl.ac.uk>
website: https://oscarkey.github.io

    Masha Naslidnyk

    Masha is a PhD student on the Foundational AI CDT at UCL, and her research focuses on Gaussian processes, kernel methods and robustness. She started her PhD in Autumn 2021 and her second supervisor is Dr. Carlo Ciliberto.
    email: <masha.naslidnyk.21@ucl.ac.uk>
    website: https://mashanaslidnyk.github.io

      Ilina Yozova

      Ilina is a PhD student in Statistical Science at UCL, and her research focuses on Bayesian nonparametric methods for causal inference. She started her PhD in Autumn 2021. Her first supervisor is Prof. Ioanna Manolopoulou, and I am her second supervisor.
      email: <ilina.yozova.18@ucl.ac.uk>

        Zonghao (Hudson) Chen

        Hudson is a PhD Student on the Foundational AI CDT at UCL, and his research focuses on kernel methods, probabilistic numerics and gradient flows. He started his PhD in Autumn 2022. Hudson is jointly supervised by myself and Prof. Arthur Gretton.
        email: <zonghao.chen.22@ucl.ac.uk>
        website: https://hudsonchen.github.io

          Matias Altamirano Montero

          Matias is a PhD Student in Statistical Science at UCL, and his research focuses on conjugacy in generalised Bayesian inference. He started his PhD in Autumn 2022. Matias is jointly supervised by myself and Dr. Jeremias Knoblauch.
          email: <matias.altamirano.22@ucl.ac.uk>
          website: https://maltamiranomontero.github.io

            Iman Simo Dzumgang

            Iman is a PhD Student in Statistical Science at UCL, and her research focuses on robust Bayesian inference. She started her PhD in Autumn 2023. Iman is jointly supervised by myself and Dr. Jeremias Knoblauch.
            email: <i.dzumgang@ucl.ac.uk>
            website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iman-simo-dzumgang-96365a254/

              William Laplante

              William is a PhD Student on the Data-Intensive Science CDT at UCL, and his research focuses on robust Bayesian filtering. He started his PhD in Autumn 2024.
              email: <william.laplante.24@ucl.ac.uk>
              website: https://williamlaplante.github.io/

                Arina Odnoblyudova

                Arina is a PhD Student in Statistical Science at UCL, and her research focuses on sensitivity of Bayesian inference. She started her PhD in early 2025.
                email: <amodnoblyudova@gmail.com>
                website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arina-odnoblyudova-79ab99158/