Dr Axel Finke

Pronouns: He/him
  • Visiting Fellow

Research groups and centres

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Axel Finke

Education

  • 2011 - 2015: PhD Statistics, University of Warwick, UK.
  • 2010 - 2011: MSc Statistics, University of Warwick, UK.
  • 2007 - 2010: BSc Economics, University of Muenster, Germany.

Research Interests

I work on Bayesian and frequentist statistical modelling, machine learning and data science.

Most of my research centres on computational tools for this purpose, for example

  • sequential Monte Carlo methods (a.k.a. "particle filters"),
  • Markov chain Monte Carlo methods,
  • variational inference.

My work aims to extend and combine these methods in novel ways to make them more amenable to the complex (e.g. high-dimensional) models nowadays often preferred by practitioners.

I am also keen on collaborating on real-world applications of such methods, for example in molecular biology, ecology, econometrics/finance, engineering and sports science.

PhD Students

  • Jonah Drake