Fernando A. Zepeda Herrera
I'm Fernando, a 3rd year Ph.D. student at the Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)Link opens in a new window. My current research is on methodological developments in MCMC; in particular, I am working with Prof. Gareth RobertsLink opens in a new window and Dr. Nick TawnLink opens in a new window on Annealing/Tempering methods for multimodal distributions.
Before entering the CDT, I coursed at Warwick an MSc in StatisticsLink opens in a new window. Previous to my arrival at Warwick, I worked at two Statistical and Data Science consulting firms in my home country, Mexico. There, amongst other responsibilities, I helped develop models for political polling and public opinion, and the implementation of statistical learning techniques for market research clients.
I hold a BSc in Actuarial Science and a BA in International Relations from ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)Link opens in a new window. You are welcome to visit my personal websiteLink opens in a new window.
Teaching Assistant
- ST407-Monte Carlo Methods, Warwick (2023)
- ST202-Stochastic Processes, Warwick (2023)
- ST301/ST413-Bayesian Statistics and Decision Theory, Warwick (2022)
- ST104-Statistical Laboratory, Warwick (2022)
- Probability I, Ciencias-UNAMLink opens in a new window (2019)
Posters and Presentations
- D-ALPS: Incorporating non-reversible temperature swapping to the Annealed Leap-Point SamplerLink opens in a new window;
- BayesComp 2023, Levi, Finland (2023)
- Warwick Statistics Departmental Conference, Gregynog, Wales (2023)
- Countries at the United Nations General Assembly had mostly stable political positions aligned with regional groups during the period 2012-2020Link opens in a new window
- YRM, Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, England (2022)
- Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
- WDSS Student Speaker Series (2021)
- Polls, Prediction, and the POTUSLink opens in a new window
- WDSS Student Speaker Series (2020)
Awards
- Francisco Aranda Ordaz PrizeLink opens in a new window (2021), given by the Mexican Statistical Association to my undergraduate dissertation available here (in Spanish)Link opens in a new window.
- XXVI Ex-ITAM Research PrizeLink opens in a new window (2021), given by the ITAM Alumni Association.
Roles
- RedEx-ITAM United Kingdom Organizing Committee (2023-current)
- Ph.D. SSLC Chair (2022-current)
- Ph.D. Cohort Student Representative (2021-current)
- SSLC Chair and MSc Student RepresentativeLink opens in a new window (2020-2021)
- Warwick Data Science Society Vice PresidentLink opens in a new window (2020-2021)