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09.07.2025 13:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@jamesagrant.bsky.social
Researcher in Statistics and AI | Specialisms: Reinforcement Learning, Bandits Lecturer @ Lancaster University | he/him | π³οΈβππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ | views own Book nerd π | Dog lover πΆ | Inconsistent runner π https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/grantj/
Rocky coastline of Greek island
Recharged after a much needed week of sun and rest βοΈπ¬π· Even managed to clear the email backlog in a morning. π€
09.07.2025 13:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A great chat about all things LGBTQ+ & STEM is written up in this @lancasteruni.bsky.social blog - was really interesting to reflect on how LGBTQ+ identities have interacted with our careers, and the role of visibility and allyship in building inclusion further. www.lancaster.ac.uk/sci-tech/abo...
30.06.2025 10:57 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Gutted to miss this one due to holidays, but strongly recommend to those able to get to it in Edinburgh and looking forward to reading the book @kevinguyan.bsky.social π³οΈβπ
23.06.2025 13:44 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0New out on arXiv today: arxiv.org/abs/2506.16425
This paper on statistical properties of estimators in phylogenomics is the last from George's soon-to-be-submitted thesis. It was great to supervise as it was a wonderful example of the research being driven by George's curiosity and original ideas.
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Come back to me when the AI can fold the laundry π
05.06.2025 10:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This BBC article does a better than average job of reporting the difficulties in measuring trends conditions like autism with highly variable diagnosis rates - kudos!: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
03.05.2025 10:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Today is revision lecture day which means quadruple checking I go through the solutions to LAST yearβs exam, not THIS yearβs as I had a nightmare about last week π
02.05.2025 08:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A screengrab of the BBC website showing three stories from the past two days of men murdering women, and one from a week ago.
I am so incredibly tired of this ongoing attack on trans people. Cis men are murdering women in plain sight. If gender-critical women turned their attention to dealing with men, women might be safe. I'm not worried about loos or changing rooms. I am worried about literally everything else.
16.04.2025 08:56 β π 234 π 82 π¬ 5 π 1The core trilma here remains the same - the govt needs to accept one of three things: high student migration, higher domestic student fees (or higher taxes to fund universities) or university bankruptcies. Those are the only options, given where we are. Pick one.
08.04.2025 07:58 β π 685 π 350 π¬ 37 π 31Today EPSRC has published an independent analysis of diversity data, by @royalstatsoc.bsky.social and input from the Alan Turing Institute.
The project investigates potential bias in the EPSRC peer review process using structured data analysis and textual analysis of reviewersβ comments and scores.
Outside work I'm a big fan of books, coffee, dogs, running, and general nerdy/queer fun stuff π
01.03.2025 10:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm a statistician by training and always interested in how data-driven models and systems can be explained clearly to the public.
I'm a small part of some great EDI initiatives at the Royal Statistical Society and at Lancaster and keen to share and learn from others' inclusion expertise here.
Hi Bluesky π¦ π
I'm hoping to (re)connect with the Stats, ML/AI, and EDI in STEM/Academia communities here, so here's a cringey bio
I'm a Lecturer (Assist Prof) at Lancaster Uni, with a background in reinforcement learning theory, and interests in fairness & reliability in human-AI decision-making.