Oxford University Research group

The D^2 group (Deligiannidis*Doucet) was created around 2013-2014, working initially primarily on computational statistics then, subsequently, also on machine learning. The group has published numerous papers in the leading statistics journals and top ML conferences (about 30% being spotlight/oral) as well as papers in probability, control and signal processing but none here. Its last PhD student will graduate soon and the group will be closed for good.

Members

• George Deligiannidis (ex-Faculty now Quantitative Research Director at QRT)
• Arnaud Doucet (ex-Faculty now Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind)
• Last man standing: Christopher Williams (PhD 3rd year)

Alumni

• Hassan Ali Baloch Ph.D. Melbourne 2003 - Academic Coordinator, Newcastle University (Singapore campus).
• Joe Benton PhD Oxford 2024 - Research Scientist, Anthropic.
• Luke Bornn PhD UBC Stats 2012 - Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Harvard University now VP of Strategy and Analytics at Sacramento Kings (NBA).
• Mark Briers Ph.D. Cambridge 2007 - VP of Research Alliances for AI & Robotics at Ellison Institute of Technology.
• Andrew Campbell PhD Oxford 2025 - Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind.
• Francois Caron Postdoc UBC CS-Stats 2007-2008 - Professor, Department of Statistics, Oxford University.
• Anthony Caterini PhD Oxford 2021 - Senior Research Scientist at Layer 6.
• Baoling Chan Master EE Melbourne 2003 - Finance, Hong Kong.
• Badr-Eddine Cherief-Abdellatif Postdoc MURI 2020-2021 - CNRS Researcher, Paris.
• Eugenio Clerico PhD Oxford 2023 - Nightingale Fellow Oxford
• Rob Cornish PhD Oxford 2020 - Assistant Professor, Nayang Technological University.
• Julien Cornebise Postdoc UBC CS-Stats 2010 - Consultant, London.
• Francesca Crucinio PhD Warwick 2021 - Assistant Professor, Torino University.
• Hai Dang Dau Postdoc Oxford 2022-2023 - Assistant Professor, Nayang Technological University
• Kamelia Daudel Postdoc Oxford 2021-2022 - Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School, Paris
• Valentin De Bortoli Postdoc Oxford 2020-2021 - Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind.
• Fabian Falck PhD Oxford 2025 - Reseach Scientist, Microsoft AI
• Nando De Freitas Ph.D. Cambridge 1999 - Professor, CS Dept, Oxford University now VP at Microsoft AI.
• Emilien Dupont Ph.D. Oxford 2022 - Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind.
• Philippe Gagnon Postdoc 2018-2019 - Associate Prof., Dept. Math. Stat., Universite de Montreal.
• Alex Haughey Ph.D. Cambridge 2008 - Start-up.
• Bobby He Ph.D. Oxford 2023 - Research Scientist, Anthropic.
• Pierre Jacob Postdoc Oxford 2013-2015 - Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Harvard University. Now Professor, ESSEC Business School Paris.
• Ajay Jasra Postdoc Cambridge 2006 - Professor, CHUK Shenzen.
• Adam Johansen Ph.D. Cambridge 2006 - Professor, Department of Statistics, Warwick University.
• Soufiane Hayou PhD Oxford 2021 - Assistant Professor, John Hopkins University.
• Jeremy Heng Ph.D. Oxford 2017 - Assistant Professor ESSEC Business School Singapore.
• Simon I. Hill Postdoc Cambridge 2004-2005 - Hedge Fund Manager, Cambridge.
• Matt Hoffman PhD UBC CS 2013 - Senior Staff Research Scientist at Deep Mind.
• Roman Holenstein PhD UBC 2009 - Machine Learning Scientist, Apple.
• Nikolas Kantas Ph.D. Cambridge 2009 - Reader, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College.
• Anthony Lee M.Sc. UBC CS 2008 - Professor, Department of Mathematics, Bristol University.
• Thibaut Lienart PhD Oxford 2018 - Machine Learning Scientist Amazon.
• Julie Liu PhD Cambridge 2007 - Head of Risk Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore.
• Lawrence Middleton PhD Oxford 2020 - Research Scientist, Astra Zeneca.
• Chris Maddison PhD Oxford 2020 - Assistant Prof., Depts CS & Statistics, University of Toronto.
• Bertrand Nortier MSc Oxford 2016 - Now Postdoc Exeter University.
• Augustine Ooi Master EE Melbourne 2003 - Associate Private Equity, Singapore.
• Gareth Peters MSc. Cambridge 2004 - Chair Professor of Statistics for Risk and Insurance, University of California Santa Barbara.
• Daniel Paulin Postdoc Oxford 2018-2019 - Associate Professor, Nayang Technological University.
• George Poyiadjis PhD Cambridge 2006 - BlackRock, Finance, London.
• Elena Punskaya Ph.D. Cambridge 2003 - Lecturer Christ College Cambridge and Cronto.
• Denis Rubstov Postdoc Cambridge/BlueGnome 2003 - Consultant, Magma innovations.
• Amitis Shidani PhD Oxford 2025 - Research Scientist, Apple
• Aline Talhouk PhD UBC Stats 2013 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC.
• Muhammad Faaiz Taufiq PhD Oxford 2023 - Research Scientist, ByteDance
• Sebastian Schmon PhD Oxford 2020 - Research Scientist, Latent Labs.
• Alexander Shestopaloff ATI Postdoc Fellow 2018-2020 - Senior Lecturer, School of Math. Sci, Queen Mary University of London
• Yuyang Shi PhD Oxford 2023 - Citadel.
• Shien Shin Tham Master CS Melbourne 2002 - Hedge fund analyst, Cambridge.
• Sumeet S. Singh Postdoc Cambridge 2004-2006 - Professor, Cambridge University Engineering Department now Chair Professor, Wollongong University.
• Saiffudin Syed Postdoc Oxford 2022-2023 - Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia
• James Thornton PhD Oxford 2023 - Research Scientist, Google DeepMind
• Paul Vanetti MSc UBC 2013 and PhD Oxford 2020 - Hedge Fund, London.
• Jaco Vermaak Ph.D. Cambridge 2000 - Partner Man AHL Hedge fund, Oxford.
• Sebastian Vollmer Postdoc Oxford 2013-2015 - Professor, CS Department, University of Kaiserslautern.
• Liangliang Wang PhD UBC Stats 2012 - Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Simon Fraser University.