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Associate Professor in Statistics, UCD, 2007-
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| I have a broad range of research interests including Statistical Network Analysis, Spatial Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, Stochastic Processes. |
| Sponsor : Higher Education Authority (HEA) Title : PRTLI 5: SimSci - Split Accounts School of Mathematical Sciences Start Date / End Date : 01-MAR-11 / 29-FEB-16 |
| Sponsor : Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Title : Probabilistic inference for statistical models with intractable normalising constants Start Date / End Date : 01-SEP-09 / 31-AUG-13 |
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) Title : Probabilistic inference for social network analysis Start Date / End Date : 01-OCT-08 / 30-SEP-11 |
N. Friel and J. Wyse; (2012) 'Estimating the statistical evidence - a review'. Statistica Neerlandica, .  [DOI] [Details] |
| J. Wyse and N. Friel; (2012) 'Block clustering with collapsed latent block models'. Statistics and Computing, 22 (2):415-428. [DOI] [Details] |
| G. Behrens, N. Friel and M. Hurn; (2012) 'Tuning tempered transitions'. Statistics and Computing, 22 (1):65-78. [DOI] [Details] |
| J. Wyse, N. Friel and H. Rue; (2011) 'Approximate simulation free multiple changepoint analysis with Gaussian Markov random field segment models (with discussion)'. Bayesian Analysis, 6 (4):501-528. [Details] |
| N. Friel, A.N. Pettitt; (2011) 'Classification using distance nearest neighbours'. Statistics and Computing, 21 (3):431-437. [DOI] [Details] |
| A. Caimo and N. Friel; (2011) 'Bayesian inference for exponential random graph models'. Social Networks, 33 :41-55. [DOI] [Details] |
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| N. Friel and J. Wyse; (2011) 'Discussion of Riemann manifold Langevin and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo methods'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 73 . [Details] | |||||||||
| M. Hall, N. Friel; (2011) 'Mortality Projections using Generalized Additive Models with applications to annuity values for the Irish population'. Annals of Actuarial Science, 5 :19-32. [DOI] [Details] | |||||||||
| H. Wang, N. Friel, F. Gosselin and P. Schyns; (2011) 'Efficient bubbles for visual categorization tasks'. Vision Research, 51 :1318-1323. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tong P, Prendergast JG, Lohan AJ, Farrington SM, Cronin S, Friel N, Bradley DG, Hardiman O, Evans A, Wilson JF, Loftus B.; (2010) 'Sequencing and analysis of an Irish human genome'. Genome Biology, . [Details] |
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| H. Austad and N. Friel ; (2010) 'Deterministic Bayesian inference for the p* model'. Journal of Machine Learning Research Workshop and Conference Proceedings Series, 9 :41-48. [Details] |
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| S. Pandolfi, F. Bartolucci and N. Friel ; (2010) 'A generalization of the Multiple-try Metropolis algorithm for Bayesian estimation and model selection'. Journal of Machine Learning Research Workshop and Conference Proceedings Series, 9 :581-588. [Details] |
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| N. Friel, A.N. Pettitt, R. Reeves, E. Wit; (2009) 'Bayesian Inference in Hidden Markov Random Fields for Binary Data Defined on Large Lattices'. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 18 (2):243-261. [Details] |
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| M. Salter-Townshend, J. Haslett, N. Friel; (2009) 'Discussion of `Approximate Bayesian inference for latent Gaussian models by using integrated nested Laplace approximations' by Rue, Martino and Chopin. '. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 71 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Friel, N., Pettitt, A. N., ; (2008) 'Marginal likelihood estimation via power posteriors'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B-Statistical Methodology, 70 :589-607. [Details] |
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| Friel. N. and Rue, H.; (2007) 'Recursive computing for general factorizable models'. Biometrika, 9 :661-672. [Details] |
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| Ridall, P.J., Pettitt, A.N., Friel, N., McCombe, P.A. and Henderson, R.; (2007) 'Motor unit number estimation using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo (with discussion)'. Applied Statistics, 56 :235-269. [Details] |
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| Dellaportas, P., Friel, N., and Roberts, G.O.; (2006) 'Bayesian model selection for partially observed diffusion models'. Biometrika, 93 :809-825. [Details] |
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| Friel, N. and Pettitt, A.N.; (2004) 'Exact maximum likelihood estimation of the autologistic model'. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 13 :232-248. [Details] |
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| Pettitt, A.N., Friel, N., and Reeves, R.; (2003) 'Efficient calculation of the normalisation constant of the autologistic model on the lattice'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 65 :235-247. [Details] | |||||||||
| Brooks, S.P., Friel, N., and King, R.; (2003) 'Classical model selection via simulated annealing'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 65 :503-521. [Details] | |||||||||
| Friel, N.; (2003) 'Discussion of 'Efficient construction of reversible jump MCMC proposal distributions by Brooks, S.P., Giudici, P. and Roberts, G.O'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 65 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Grant S.J. et al; (2003) 'The effect of ball carrying method on sprint speed in Rugby union football players'. Journal of Sports Science, 21 :1009-1015. [Details] | |||||||||
| Friel, N. and Molchanov, I.S.; (1999) 'A new thresholding technique based on random sets'. Pattern Recognition, 32 :1507-1517. [Details] | |||||||||
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| Friel, N. and Pettitt, A.N.; (2007) Discussion of 'Nested Sampling' by J. Skilling . In: Bernardo, J.M. et al eds. Bayesian Statistics 8 [Details] |
| Ridall, P.J., Pettitt, A.N., Friel, N., McCombe, P.A. and Henderson, R.; (2005) A Bayesian method for motor unit number estimation for the tracking of amyotropic lateral sclerosis using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo 20th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling Sydney, Australia, , pp.397-410 [Details] |
| Wit, E. and Friel, N.; (2003) Hidden Markov modelling of genomic interactions Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 54th Session [Details] |
| Friel, N. and Molchanov, I.S.; (1998) Distances between grey-scale images . In: H. Heijmans and J. Roerdink eds. Mathematical Morphology and it's Applications to Image and Signal Processing , pp.283-291 [Details] |
| Friel, N. and Molchanov, I.S.; (1998) Class of error metrics for grey-scale image comparison Proc.: SPIE, Mathematical Modeling and Estimation Techniques in Computer Vision San Diego, , pp.194-202 [Details] |
| Association: International Statistical Institute, Function/Role: Elected member |
| Association: Royal Statistical Society, Function/Role: Member of the research section |
| Association: International Society for Bayesian Analysis., Function/Role: |
| Association: Irish Statistical Association, Function/Role: |
| Year 1999 Institution: University of Glasgow Qualification: PhD Subject: Statistics |
| Year 1996 Institution: NUI Galway, IRL Qualification: MSc Subject: MSC MATHS |
| Year 1995 Institution: NUI Galway, IRL Qualification: BSc Subject: BSC HONS MATHS |
| Annals Of Applied Statistics: Reviewer. |
| Applied Statistics: Reviewer. |
| Biometrical Journal : Reviewer. |
| Bioinformatics: Reviewer. |
| Biostatistics: Reviewer. |
| Computational Statistics: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Computational Statisics And Data Analysis: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Ieee Transactions On Image Processing: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of Agricultural, Biological, And Environmental Statistics: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of Applied Statistics: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of The American Statistical Association: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of Computational And Graphical Statistics: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of Statistical Computation And Simulation: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of Times Series: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Journal Of Statistical Planning And Inference: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Metron: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Pattern Recognition: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Social Networks: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Statistica Sinica: Reviewer. | |||||||||
| Statistics And Computing: Reviewer. | |||||||||
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| Senior program committee member for AISTATS 2012. |
| Associate editor for Statistics and Computing (2007--) |
| Member of the research section of the Royal Statistical Society (2007--2011) |
| Frequent grant reviewer for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK. |
| Grant reviewer for the Finnish Academy of Sciences. |
| PhD examiner at the University of Bath, University of Kent and Trinity College, Dublin. | |||||||||
| External examiner for undergraduate Statistics at Heriot-Watt University (2006-10) |
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| Brendan Murphy (School of Maths Sciences) |
| Steve Brooks (University of Cambridge) Petros Dellaportas (Athens University of Economics and Business) Merrilee Hurn (University of Bath) Ruth King (University of St. Andrews) Ilya Molchanov (University of Bern) Tony Pettitt (Lancaster University and Queensland University of Technology) Rob Reeves (Queensland University of Technology) Gareth Ridall (Lancaster University) Gareth Roberts (University of Warwick) Havard Rue (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Ernst Wit (Lancaster University) |
| Alberto Caimo (University College Dublin) Awaiting PhD viva (2012) Jason Wyse (University College Dublin) PhD (2011) Silvia Pandolfi (University of Perugia) PhD (2011) (Joint with F. Bartolucci) Eleni Bakra (University of Glasgow) PhD (2009) Katja Ignatieva (University of Glasgow) MSc (2008) |
| Aidan Boland, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Caitriona Ryan, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| 201100 STAT40400 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Monte Carlo Inference |
| 201100 STAT30090 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Models - Stochastic Models |
| 201100 STAT40020 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Actuarial Statistics I |
| 201000 STAT40370 Statistics & Actuarial Science: App Probability & Stats |
| 201000 STAT40400 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Monte Carlo Inference |
| 200900 STAT20070 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Biostatistics | |||||||||
| 200900 STAT40400 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Monte Carlo Inference | |||||||||
| 200900 STAT30090 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Models - Stochastic Models | |||||||||
| 200800 STAT40400 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Monte Carlo Inference | |||||||||
| 200800 STAT40430 Statistics & Actuarial Science: Advanced Biostatistics | |||||||||
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