Computer Science (PhD)

Funder	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Recipient Organization	University of Bristol
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Mar 14, 2022
End Date	Sep 11, 2025
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2902278`

Grant Description

"Fast and accurate methods of inference are vital for modelling in the natural sciences. These models tend to contain many free parameters, the inferring of which is a signicant challenge [1]. In particular at multiple scales in neuroscience, models may consist of a stochastic dynamical system which does not admit an analytical solution.

Running forward simulations for these systems can be challenging and performing Bayesian inference on them even more so. In this case performing approximate inference is essential to fit the model to observed data."