Rethinking generalisation: beyond KL with geometry and comparators
Seminar, PostBayes seminar, Online
I gave one of the talks of the PAC-Bayes chapter of the PostBayes seminar. You can access the slides and the recording.
Talks and presentations
On generalisation and learning
Seminar, MBZUAI, Abu Dhabi, UAE
I gave a research talk at MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi. You can access the slides.
Women and STEM: Shaping the Future in AI and Education
Workshop, British Embassy in Paris, France, Paris, France
I co-organised with Séverine Trouillet a workshop at the British Embassy in Paris, entitled “Women and STEM: Shaping the Future in AI and Education”, and served as moderator to the discussion. This was part of a series of workshops organised via the Franco-British Data Society, of which I am a director. You can watch the video produced by the British Embassy, or read the summary Séverine and I wrote.
Artificial intelligence from a statistical perspective
Seminar, D3A Conference, Nyborg, Denmark
I gave the closing keynote at the D3A Conference 3.0 2025 in lovely Nyborg. You can access the slides.
On generalisation and learning
Seminar, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
I gave a talk at the Erlangen AI Hub conference 2025, see also this link. You can access the slides.
Comparing Comparators in Generalisation bounds
Seminar, University College London, London, UK
I gave a plenary talk at the workshop Advances in post-Bayesian methods. You can access the slides and the recording.
On generalisation and learning: some theoretical results for deep learning
Seminar, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
I gave a talk at the seminar of the Département d’informatique at Université Laval. You can access the slides.
On generalisation and learning: towards principled frugal AI
Seminar, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
I gave a talk at the weekly seminar of the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford. You can access the slides.
The existential risks of AI
Panel, Natixis and FBDS, Online
I was a speaker and panel member at a discussion on “The existential risks of AI” organised by Natixis CIB and the Franco-British Data Society. Video
On generalisation and learning: towards principled frugal AI
Workshop, Institut Rhônalpin des Systèmes Complexes -- IXXI, Lyon, France
I gave a talk at the IXXI seminar. You can access the slides.
Quelles mathématiques derrière l’informatique ?
Workshop, Journées Scientifiques Inria, Rocquencourt, France
I was a panel member at the Journées Scientifiques Inria, on “Quelles mathématiques derrière l’informatique ?” video (in French).
On generalisation and learning: A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Workshop, 2nd journée MAS-MODE de la SMAI, Paris, France
I gave a talk at the 2nde journée MAS-MODE de la SMAI. First in-person talk in over 30 months! You can access the slides.
The Inria London Programme: an ambitious scientific joint venture between France and the UK
Colloquium, UCL Centre for Artificial Intelligence, London, United Kingdom
I gave a presentation on the Inria London Programme as part of the visit of the Delegation of the European Union to the UK, Embassy of Slovenia and IRCAI at the UCL Centre for Artificial Intelligence. You can access the programme here.
On generalisation and learning: A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Colloquium, London Mathematical Society Computer Science Colloquium, London, United Kingdom
I gave a talk at the London Mathematical Society Computer Science Colloquium. You can access the slides slides.
On generalisation and learning: Generalisation bounds for deep neural networks
Seminar, 52èmes Journées de Statistique, Nice, France
I gave a talk at the 52èmes Journées de Statistique, the annual flagship conference of the French Statistical Society (SFdS), as part of the topical session by the MALIA group of which I am a founder and former president. You can access the slides.
On generalisation and learning: A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, LPSM Seminar, Paris, France
I gave a talk at the LPSM Seminar – certainly the one talk (out of many I gave since the pandemic) I wish I could have delivered in person, as this is the lab where I did my MSc and PhD (a while ago)! You can access the slides.
Covid-19 and AI: unexpected challenges and lessons
Seminar, Amba-series from the French Embassy to the United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom
I served as chair (and co-organiser) for a webinar organised by the French Embassy to the United Kingdom, in partnership with The Inria London Programme and the Franco-British Data Society. Speakers were Dr. Emilie Chouzenoux, Pr. Mihaela van der Schaar, Dr. Hugues Berry, Pr. Geraint Rees, Dominic Cushnan and myself.
On generalisation and learning: A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, Chalmers Machine Learning Seminar, Göteborg, Sweden
I gave a talk at the Chalmers Machine Learning Seminar. You can access the slides.
On generalisation and learning: A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, OxCSML Seminar, Oxford, UK
I gave a talk at the OxCSML Seminar. You can access the slides and the video (see the entire series here).
A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, UCL Statistical Science Seminar, London, UK
I gave a talk at UCL Statistical Science Seminar. You can access the slides and the video.
A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, 2020 International Forum on Statistics and Data Science, Center China Normal University, China
I gave a talk at the 2020 International Forum on Statistics and Data Science, organised by the Center China Normal University. You can access the slides.
A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, Warwick CS Colloquium, Warwick, UK
I gave a talk at the Warwick Computer Science Colloquium. You can access the slides and the video.
A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, Modal seminar, Lille, France
I gave a talk at the Modal seminar series. You can access the slides.
A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by News from the PAC-Bayes frontline
Seminar, RIKEN AIP seminar, Tokyo, Japan
I gave a talk at the RIKEN AIP seminar series. You can access the slides.
15 Minutes Meets with Benjamin Guedj
Interview, Centre for Artificial Intelligence, London, UK
I was interviewed by Mark Richardson (Centre for AI, UCL) as part of the 15 Minutes Meets interview series. Lockdown, forthcoming ICML and COLT, future of AI: check out the video!
A (condensed) primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning followed by A walkthrough of advanced PAC-Bayes results
Seminar, Foundational AI CDT Seminar Series, London, UK
I gave a talk at our Foundational AI CDT Seminar Series. You can access the slides and video recording.
Foundational AI: a mathematician’s take
Workshop, CogX 2020, London, UK
I gave a talk at CogX 2020 as part of the workshops organised by the UCL Centre for Artificial Intelligence. You can access the slides.
A Primer on PAC-Bayesian Learning
Tutorial, ICML 2019, Long Beach CA, USA
Quasi-Bayesian learning
Spotlight talk, Criteo - Machine Learning in the real world, Paris, France
Link to the workshop.