Assistant Prof @ImperialCollege. Applied Bayesian inference, spatial stats and deep generative models for epidemiology. Passionate about probabilistic programming: check out my evolving #Numpyro course: https://elizavetasemenova.github.io/prob-epi 🚀
🧬 Hiring! Postdoc in Deep Generative Modelling for Infectious Diseases @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social. Methods first, Lots of freedom. Background in probab-ML or comp-stat essential. Deadline July 1st. #Hiring #Postdoc #MachineLearning www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Surrogate models are everywhere. Reporting standards are not ⚠️ Our position paper on SMRS was accepted to the #NeurIPS 2025 Position Paper Track (8% acceptance rate). We argue that sharing code is not enough for comparability in scientific ML. #AIforScience #Reproducibility #surrogates
SMRS: advocating a unified reporting standard for surrogate models in the artificial intelligence eraSurrogate models are widely used to approximate complex systems across science and engineering to reduce computational costs. Despite their widespread adoption, the field lacks standardisation across ...arxiv.orgMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ #ScienceInContext This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with @liza-semenova.bsky.social about surrogate models and why unified reporting standards matter more than ever in the age of AI youtu.be/s-hSIjpHat0 @smhall97.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialsph.bsky.social
📢 PhD OPPORTUNITY: closing 18 January Want to do a PhD in applied statistics or epidemiology and qualify for UK home fees? 📅 Applications close in one week. ✏️ Apply here: lnkd.in/ecEvTjjg @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social
LinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedInlnkd.inLiza Semenova📊🦠 Looking for a #PhD in applied statistics with real-world public-health impact? Join us at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, collaborating with @ukhsa.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social. Closing date: 18 January. Reach out to me with any queries ✉️ (Eligibility criteria apply.)
📊🦠 Looking for a #PhD in applied statistics with real-world public-health impact? Join us at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, collaborating with @ukhsa.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social. Closing date: 18 January. Reach out to me with any queries ✉️ (Eligibility criteria apply.)
IDDjobsPhD position (London, UK) Health analytics and modelling of environmental and personal heat health risks with Elizaveta Semenova at Imperial College London More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2416
✨ Honourable mention ✨ for the 2025 Best Paper Awards at @facct.bsky.social 🏆 Shu will present on Thursday, 11:45am local time Full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2406.09496
ACM FAccT🏆 Announcing the #FAccT2025 best paper awards! 🏆 Congratulations to all the authors of the three best papers and three honorable mention papers. Be sure to check out their presentations at the conference next week! facct-blog.github.io/2025-06-20/b...
📢 Consider submitting your abstract to "The Science of Connections: Urban Mobility and Networks" satellite event at #NetSci2025 (netsci2025.github.io) 🚀 🗓️ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025 🕒 🔗 Details: mobilityhealthnetworks.github.io ❓ With questions, reach out to @smishra.bsky.social, Prateek Bansal, me 🤝
International School and Conference on Network ScienceJune 2nd to 6th 2025, Maastricht, the Netherlandsnetsci2025.github.ioSwapnil MishraPlease consider submitting your work at our satellite event held in parallel with NetSci2025(netsci2025.github.io). @liza-semenova.bsky.social, Prateek Bansal and me would love to hear from everyone interested. mobilityhealthnetworks.github.io
Thrilled to share our new @pnas.org paper using active learning 🤖 to optimise disease testing 🦠 and support public health 🌍. Press release by @imperialsph.bsky.social: imperial.ac.uk/news/259573/... Paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Joint work with some stellar collaborators!
PNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...www.pnas.orgAn enviable institution and group to work in!
Aki VehtariPostdoc and doctoral student positions in developing Bayesian methods! The positions are funded by Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI and there are many other topics, too, but if you specify me as the preferred supervisor then it's going to be Bayesian. fcai.fi/winter-2025-...