type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union
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type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
I love working with other mathematicians...
"research collaboration conversations are neither 1-1 or onto!"
(for non-mathematicians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijection and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surjective_function will help ;))
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
started my morning by reading this by Kevin Buzzard: https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/human-mathematicians-are-being-outcounterexampled/
On using GPT/Fable/etc to construct mathematics, then translate into systems like Lean. This is clearly working in some areas of maths, and that is huge.
(I'm a AI skeptic. That someone well-respected is showing actual results over just pontificating is giving me pause for where this technology might actually be useful.)
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
very sad to hear about the passing of Adrian Bowman, emeritus professor in statistics at the University of Glasgow
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
went to the Arts Tower. Went on the paternoster. Pilgrimage complete.
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
wow the LNER coffee never gets better does it?
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
new metric: Dave-o-meter
What is the ratio of non-men to people called "Dave" in the meeting?
Brought to you by a Dave who recently was in a meeting with more Daves than non-men 😕
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
SOME PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL NEWS:
I've accepted the position of "Principal Researcher in Statistical Methodology" at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (where I currently work).
This means I'll be leading the statistical methodology theme within BioSS, taking over from Ken Newman.
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
Thanks Outlook, that's very very clear:
"Occurs every other second Thursday from 13:00 to 14:00"
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
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type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
just OOM'd. whoops.
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
just finished "John Henry Days" by Colson Whitehead. 5/5, would strongly recommend.
It's about being a journalist but also about trains and stamps and obsessing about things.
A compelling read, funny and thoughtful.
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
RE: @oblique_strategies@mas.to
I think we know which one 👀
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
type 2 fun enthusiast // Bogdanovist // statistician at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland // pretty excited about aphids at the moment // join a union (header pic: subtitle from Parks & Rec that reads "do you think a depressed person could make this?")
the University and College Union at University of Edinburgh have voted in favour of strike action in response to potential 1800 job loses and another round of massive cuts. (background here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/14418/New-strike-ballot-at-Edinburgh-University-in-dispute-over-cuts-and-job-losses, no announcement yet)
This is at Edinburgh, where the principal did not know **his own salary** when asked at a Scottish Parliament committee https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-university-boss-who-didnt-31811867. (It is almost 500k)
Another sign of broken higher education in the UK. Solidarity with UoE staff ✊