Seth Flaxman
@flaxter
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associate professor, Department of Computer Science, Oxford he/him/ער/אים רעדט מיט מיר ייִדיש
Oxford, England
Joined June 2008
Watch my friend and collaborator Prof. Lucie Cluver (Department of Social Policy and Intervention) and me discuss our work on global health, policies to improve children's lives, and responding to orphanhood during the pandemic
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RT @oldenoughtosay: yesterday I got to explore this delightful and massive new building in the very centre of Oxford and I want to briefly….
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RT @willpearse: Come and do a post-doc with me, @EttieUnwin and @flaxter at @turinginst ! We're building a probabilistic programming commun….
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Huge congrats to @valeriecbradley on successfully defending her DPhil thesis @OxfordStats OxWaSP CDT supervised by @sejDino and myself.
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RT @MLGlobalHealth: Hello from @bristoluniv where @EttieUnwin and @flaxter are participating in . Here's @EttieUnwi….
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It was great to be able to join remotely, thanks for organizing! @AIMS_Rwanda @MRC_Outbreak @Imperial_Stats @BristolUniMaths.
We were back in Kigali this past week, teaching at @AIMS_Rwanda on "Modern Statistics and Machine Learning for Global Health"!
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Please get in touch if you're interested! It's advertised for just one year, but will hopefully be extendable (subject to funding approval, etc).
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In 2024, we:. 1) have ongoing studies in Colombia, Zimbabwe, and Ukraine.2) are delving deep into simulation-based inference with deep generative models.3) are starting up a new programme at Oxford around climate change and global health.
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In 2023, we:. 1) collected data on excess mortality and orphanhood in Zambia.2) piloted a novel survey design methodology with the World Food Program in Zimbabwe.3) planned the first Machine Learning & Global Health workshop at ICLR in Kigali, Rwanda.
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You'll have substantial independence to lead research projects at the intersection of computational statistics, machine learning and global health with partners at the World Health Organization, World Food Program, and US CDC.
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RT @liyzhen2: more than excited to congratulate @harrisonzhu5080 for passing his PhD viva 🎉🎉🎉 soon to be a doctor in Math!.thanks a million….
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RT @MLGlobalHealth: Last week @JoelKonzi was at #epidemics9 in Bologna, this week he's at #ICASA2023 in Harare presenting new estimates of….
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RT @EttieUnwin: Recruiting a PhD @BristolUniMaths to use probabilistic programming languages to improve the efficiency of infectious diseas….
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RT @MLGlobalHealth: We are at #epidemics #epidemics9 in Bologna! Come meet us at all the poster sessions. @adamhowes has stickers: https://….
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Presenting at MIT LIDS seminar today at 4pm! Thanks @ta_broderick for the invite and all the students for organizing it.
lids.mit.edu
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Heading to Boston @CCDD_HSPH to talk about inferential Artificial Intelligence today and case studies with @MLGlobalHealth. Thanks @eatonjw @marciacastrorj for the invite.
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Hello New Haven. I'm speaking tomorrow (10/23 at 12pm) @YaleSPH on ``inferential artificial intelligence'' and @MLGlobalHealth. Thanks @gregggonsalves for the invite. Slides are here:
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