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Professor Chris Oates

Professor of Statistics

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  • Address: School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
    Room 2.35, Herschel Building
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    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

Chris is a Professor in Statistics at Â鶹´«Ã½ in the UK.


His research spans Statistics, Machine Learning, and Computational Mathematics, and his contributions have been recognised with the award of the Research Prize of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) in 2017, a Lloyd's Register Foundation Fellowship (2019-2021), Alan Turing Institute Fellowships (2017-2026), the Leverhulme Prize for Mathematics and Statistics in 2023, and the William Guy Medal in Bronze from the RSS in 2024.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Strocchi M, Augustin CM, Gsell MAF, Rinaldi CA, Vigmond EJ, Plank G, Oates CJ, Wilkinson RD, Niederer SA. . Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 2026, 148(5), 051001.
    • Oates CJ, Karvonen T, Teckentrup AL, Strocchi M, Niederer SA. . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology 2025, 87(2), 457-479.
    • Porcu E, Bevilacqua M, Schaback R, Oates CJ. . Statistical Science 2024, 39(3), 469-492.
    • Matsubara T, Knoblauch J, Briol F-X, Oates CJ. . Journal of the American Statistical Association 2024, 119(547), 2345-2355.
    • Anastasiou A, Barp A, Briol F-X, Ebner B, Gaunt RE, Ghaderinezhad F, Gorham J, Gretton A, Ley C, Liu Q, Mackey L, Oates CJ, Reinert G, Swan Y. . Statistical Science 2023, 38(1), 120-139.
    • Reid TW, Ipsen ICF, Cockayne J, Oates CJ. . Numerische Mathematik 2023, 155, 239-288.
    • Hubbert S, Porcu E, Oates CJ, Girolami M. . Transactions on Machine Learning Research 2023.
    • South LF, Oates CJ, Mira A, Drovandi C. . Bayesian Analysis 2023, 18(3), 865-888.
    • Karvonen T, Oates CJ. . Journal of Machine Learning Research 2023, 24(120), 1-47.
    • Strocchi M, Longobardi S, Augustin CM, Gsell MAF, Petras A, Rinaldi CA, Vigmond EJ, Plank G, Oates CJ, Wilkinson RD, Niederer SA. . PLoS Computational Biology 2023, 19(6), e1011257.
    • Cockayne J, Graham MM, Oates CJ, Sullivan TJ. . Journal of Machine Learning Research 2022, 23(203), 1-36.
    • South LF, Karvonen T, Nemeth C, Girolami M, Oates CJ. . Biometrika 2022, 109(2), 351–367.
    • Matsubara T, Knoblauch J, Briol F-X, Oates CJ. . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology 2022, 84(3), 997-1022.
    • Riabiz M, Chen WY, Cockayne J, Swietach P, Niederer SA, Mackey L, Oates CJ. . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology 2022, 84(4), 1059-1081.
    • Oates CJ, Kendall WS, Fleming L. . Technometrics 2022, 64(3), 370-383.
    • Barp A, Oates CSJ, Porcu ELIO, Rolami MGI. . Bernoulli 2022, 28(4), 2181-2208.
    • Matsubara T, Oates CJ, Briol F-X. . Journal of Machine Learning Research 2021, 22, 1-57.
    • Cockayne J, Ipsen ICF, Oates CJ, Reid TW. . Journal of Machine Learning Research 2021, 22(232), 1-34.
    • Karvonen T, Oates CJ, Girolami M. . Mathematics of Computation 2021, 90(331), 2209-2233.
    • Prüher J, Karvonen T, Oates CJ, Straka O, Särkkä S. . IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2021, 66(3), 1286-1292.
    • Stephenson V, Oates CJ, Finlayson A, Thomas C, Wilson KJ. . ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering 2021, 7(2), 04021011.
    • Wang J, Cockayne J, Chkrebtii O, Sullivan TJ, Oates CJ. . Statistics and Computing 2021, 31(5), 55.
    • Dodwell TJ, Fleming LR, Buchanan C, Kyvelou P, Detommaso G, Gosling PD, Scheichl R, Kendall WS, Gardner L, Girolami MA, Oates CJ. . Proceedings of the Royal Society A 2021, 477(2255), 20210444.
    • Karvonen T, Wynne G, Tronarp F, Oates CJ, Särkkä S. . SIAM/ASA Journal of Uncertainty Quantification 2020, 8(3), 926-958.
    • Wang J, Cockayne J, Oates CJ. . Bayesian Analysis 2020, 15(4), 1057-1085.
    • Karvonen T, Särkkä S, Oates CJ. . Statistics and Computing 2019, 29(6), 1231-1248.
    • Briol F-X, Oates CJ, Girolami M, Osborne MA, Sejdinovic D. . Statistical Science 2019, 34(1), 38-42.
    • Briol FX, Oates CJ, Girolami M, Osborne MA, Sejdinovic D. . Statistical Science 2019, 34(1), 1-22.
    • Ehler M, Gräf M, Oates CJ. . Statistics and Computing 2019, 29(6), 1203-1214.
    • Oates CJ, Cockayne J, Briol F-X, Girolami M. . Bernoulli 2019, 25(2), 1141-1159.
    • Hill SM, Oates CJ, Blythe DA, Mukherjee S. . Journal of Machine Learning Research 2019, 20, 127.
    • Oates CJ, Cockayne J, Aykroyd RG, Girolami M. . Journal of the American Statistical Association 2019, 114(528), 1518-1531.
    • Cockayne J, Oates CJ, Sullivan T, Girolami M. . SIAM Review 2019, 61(4), 756-789.
    • Oates CJ, Sullivan TJ. . Statistics and Computing 2019, 29, 1335–1351.
    • Cockayne J, Oates CJ, Ipsen I, Girolami M. . Bayesian Analysis 2019, 14(3), 937-1012.
    • Oates CJ, Kasza J, Simpson JA, Forbes AB. . Epidemiology 2017, 28(4), 548-552.
    • Friel N, McKeone JP, Oates CJ, Pettitt AN. . Statistics and Computing 2017, 27(3), 833-844.
    • Oates CJ, Girolami M, Chopin N. . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B 2017, 79(3), 695-718.
    • Oates CJ, Papamarkou T, Girolami M. . Journal of the American Statistical Association 2016, 111(514), 634-645.
    • Harjanto D, Papamarkou T, Oates CJ, Rayon-Estrada V, Papavasiliou FN, Papavasiliou A. . Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12145.
    • Friel N, Mira A, Oates CJ. . Bayesian Analysis 2016, 11(1), 215-245.
    • Oates CJ, Smith JQ, Mukherjee S, Cussens J. . Statistics and Computing 2016, 26(4), 797-811.
    • Oates CJ, Smith JQ, Mukherjee S. . Journal of Machine Learning Research 2016, 17(54), 1-23.
    • Oates CJ, Costa L, Nichols T. . Neural Computation 2015, 27(1), 151–170.
    • Korkola JE, Collisson EA, Heiser L, Oates CJ, Bayani N, Itani S, Esch A, Thompson W, Griffith OL, Wang NJ, Kuo W-L, Cooper B, Billig J, Ziyad S, Hung JL, Jakkula L, Lu Y, Mills G, Spellman PT, Tomlin C, Mukherjee S, Gray JW. . PLoS One 2015, 10(7), e0133219.
    • Oates CJ. . Stat 2015, 4(1), 183-195.
    • Casale FP, Giurato G, Nassa G, Armond J, Oates CJ, Corà D, Gamba A, Mukherjee S, Weisz A, Nicodemi M. . PLoS One 2014, 9(2), e88485.
    • Oates CJ, Amos R, Spencer SEF. . Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology 2014, 13(5), 611-631.
    • Oates CJ, Korkola J, Gray JW, Mukherjee S. . The Annals of Applied Statistics 2014, 8(3), 1892-1919.
    • Oates CJ, Dondelinger F, Bayani N, Korkola J, Gray JW, Mukherjee S. . Bioinformatics 2014, 30(17), i468-i474.
    • Armond J, Saha K, Rana AA, Oates CJ, Jaenisch R, Nicodemi M, Mukherjee S. . Nature Scientific Reports 2014, 4, 3692.
    • Oates CJ, Hennessy BT, Lu Y, Mills GB, Mukherjee S. Network Inference Using Steady State Data and Goldbeter-Koshland Kinetics. Bioinformatics 2012, 28(18), 2342-2348.
    • Oates CJ, Mukherjee S. Network Inference and Biological Dynamics. The Annals of Applied Statistics 2012, 6(3), 1209-1235.

  • Authored Book

    • Fearnhead P, Nemeth C, Oates CJ, Sherlock C. . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. In Press.

  • Book Chapters

    • Oates CJ, Cockayne J, Prangle D, Sullivan TJ, Girolami M. . In: Hickernell FJ; Kritzer P, ed. Multivariate Algorithms and Information-Based Complexity. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020, pp.65-88.
    • Mukherjee S, Oates CJ. . In: Maathuis, M; Drton, M; Lauritzen, S; Wainwright, M, ed. Handbook of Graphical Models. CRC Press, 2018, pp.536.
    • Chau Y-X, Oates CJ, Rana AA, Robinson L, Nicodemi M. Self Organisation and Emergence. In: Ball R, Kolokoltsov V, MacKay R, ed. Complexity Science: The Warwick Master’s Course (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series). 2013.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Wang C, Chen W, Kanagawa H, Oates CJ. . In: 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics. 2025, Phuket, Thailand: ML Research Press.
    • Shen Z, Knoblauch J, Power S, Oates CJ. . In: Proceedings of The 28th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics. 2025, Phuket, Thailand: ML Research Press.
    • Wang C, Chen WY, Kanagawa H, Oates CJ. . In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. 2023, New Orleans, LA, USA: Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation.
    • Sun Z, Oates CJ, Briol F-X. . In: Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. 2023, Pittsburgh, PA, USA: ML Research Press.
    • Fisher M, Oates CJ. . In: Thirty-seventh Annual Conference on advances in Neural Information Processing Systems NeurIPS 2023. 2023, New Orleans.
    • Si S, Oates CJ, Duncan AB, Carin L, Briol F-X. . In: 14th International Conference in Monte Carlo & Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing (MCQMC). 2022, Virtual: Springer.
    • Strocchi M, Longobardi S, Augustin CM, Gsell MAF, Vigmond EJ, Plank G, Oates CJ, Wilkinson RD, Niederer SA. . In: 10th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling. 2022, Vienna, Austria: ARGESIM.
    • Oates CJ. . In: Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods 2022. 2022, Linz, Austria: Springer Verlag. In Press.
    • Teymur O, Gorham J, Riabiz M, Oates CJ. . In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS 2021). 2021, San Diego / Virtual: ML Research Press.
    • Fisher MA, Nolan T, Graham MM, Prangle D, Oates CJ. . In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS 2021). 2021, San Diego / Virtual: ML Research Press.
    • Teymur O, Foley CF, Breen PG, Karvonen T, Oates CJ. . In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2021). 2021, Virtual.
    • Fisher MA, Oates CJ, Powell C, Teckentrup A. . In: The 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics. 2020, Virtual: ML Research Press.
    • Chen WY, Barp A, Briol FX, Gorham J, Girolami M, Mackey L, Oates CJ. . In: 36th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). 2019, Long Beach, CA, USA: Proceedings of Machine Learning Research.
    • Chen WY, Mackey L, Gorham J, Briol F-X, Oates CJ. . In: Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Machine Learning. 2018, Stockholm, Sweden: Proceedings of Machine Learning Research.
    • Wang J, Cockayne J, Oates CJ. . In: 38th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. 2018, London, UK.
    • Karvonen T, Oates CJ, Särkkä S. . In: Thirty-second Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. 2018, Montreal, Canada.
    • Oates CJ, Niederer S, Lee A, Briol F-X, Girolami M. . In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS). 2017, Long Beach, CA, USA.
    • Briol FX, Oates CJ, Cockayne J, Chen WY, Girolami M. . In: 34th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). 2017, Sydney, Australia.
    • Cockayne J, Oates CJ, Sullivan T, Girolami M. . In: 36th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering (MaxEnt). 2016, Ghent, Belgium: AIP Publishing.
    • Oates CJ, Girolami M. . In: Nineteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS). 2016, Cadiz, Spain: PMLR.
    • Briol F-X, Oates CJ, Girolami M, Osborne MA. . In: 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS 2015). 2015, Montreal, Canada: MIT Press.
    • Oates CJ, Mukherjee S. . In: Seventeenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS). 2014, Reykjavik, Iceland.

  • Editorial

    • Girolami M, Ipsen ICF, Oates CJ, Owen AB, Sullivan TJ. . Statistics and Computing 2019, 29, 1181-1183.

  • Reviews

    • Oates CJ. . SIAM Review 2023, 65(3), 905-915.
    • South LF, Riabiz M, Teymur O, Oates CJ. . Annual Reviews of Statistics and its Application 2022, 9, 529-555.