{"id":4,"date":"2017-01-19T16:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:33:03","slug":"programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">LASR 2026: Statistics, Deep Learning and Graphical Models<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Day 1 - Monday 29 June<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>8:30 am<\/strong> - <strong>Welcome and coffee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>9.00 am - Opening<\/strong> by Nick Plant, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research &amp; Innovation<br \/>\n<strong>Unveiling the Innovative Cylindrical Galton Board<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Session 1: Deep Learning for Protein Structure Modelling - Chair Professor Kanti Mardia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>9.15 am - Featured Talk<\/strong>\u00a0 Kanti V Mardia, University of Leeds, \"LASR at 50: Interdisciplinary Statistics, 25 Years of Protein Structure Prediction, and the 2024 Nobel Prize\"<\/li>\n<li><strong>9.50 am - Featured Talk<\/strong> Thomas Hamelryck, University of Copenhagen, \"AlphaFold's Bayesian Roots in Directional Statistics and Probability Kinematics\"<\/li>\n<li><strong>10.25 am - Contributed talk<\/strong> Colin Goodall, University of Leeds (Visitor), \"Introducing a Physical Cylindrical Galton Board for Directional Data: Concepts, Challenges, and Applications\"<\/li>\n<li><strong>10:50 am Coffee Break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>11:15 am - Featured Talk<\/strong> Stephan Huckemann, Georg August University of G\u00f6ttingen, \"Torus PCA and Constrained Shape for Rare Data\"<\/li>\n<li><strong>11:45 am - Keynote Speaker<\/strong> Jane Richardson, Duke University, \"The Good and the Bad of AlphaFold2 and AlphaFold\"<\/li>\n<li><strong>12:30 pm - Lunch with Posters<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Session 2: <\/strong><strong>Statistics and Machine Learning for Medical Imaging- Chair Dr Sofya Titarenko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1:30\u00a0pm<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> -\u00a0<strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong> Emma Robinson,\u00a0Research Department of Biomedical Computing, King\u2019s College London \u201cGeometric deep learning for precision cortical modelling and simulation\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335572071&quot;:4,&quot;335572072&quot;:1,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:4,&quot;335572076&quot;:4,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:4,&quot;335572080&quot;:1,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:4,&quot;335572084&quot;:4,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:4,&quot;335572088&quot;:1,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;single&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2:15\u00a0pm<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> -\u00a0<strong>Contributed talk<\/strong> Kang You, University of\u00a0Kent, \u201cDifferential Dynamic Causal Nets: Model Construction, Identification and Group Comparisons\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335572071&quot;:4,&quot;335572072&quot;:1,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:4,&quot;335572076&quot;:4,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:4,&quot;335572080&quot;:1,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:4,&quot;335572084&quot;:4,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:4,&quot;335572088&quot;:1,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;single&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2:35\u00a0pm<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> - <strong>Contributed talk\u00a0<\/strong>Alexey Koloydenko, Royal Holloway, University of London \u201cShape analysis of AF segments for rapid assessment of Mohs layers for BCC presence by AF\u2010Raman microscopy\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335572071&quot;:4,&quot;335572072&quot;:1,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:4,&quot;335572076&quot;:4,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:4,&quot;335572080&quot;:1,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:4,&quot;335572084&quot;:4,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:4,&quot;335572088&quot;:1,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;single&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2:55<\/span><\/b><strong> pm - Coffee Break\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3:20 pm<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0- <strong>Featured Talk<\/strong>\u00a0Chuoxin\u00a0Ma,\u00a0Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University,\u00a0\u201cLow-rank structure\u00a0reshape\u00a0for tensor regression with application in neuroimaging-based reading comprehension analysis\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335572071&quot;:4,&quot;335572072&quot;:1,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:4,&quot;335572076&quot;:4,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:4,&quot;335572080&quot;:1,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:4,&quot;335572084&quot;:4,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:4,&quot;335572088&quot;:1,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;single&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3:50\u00a0pm<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> -<strong>\u00a0Contributed talk<\/strong>\u00a0Jian Zhang, University of Kent, \u201cSpectral Power Analysis with M\/EEG Data\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335572071&quot;:4,&quot;335572072&quot;:1,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:4,&quot;335572076&quot;:4,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:4,&quot;335572080&quot;:1,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:4,&quot;335572084&quot;:4,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:4,&quot;335572088&quot;:1,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;single&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4:10 pm<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> -\u00a0<strong>Contributed talk\u00a0<\/strong>Hui Guo, University of Manchester,\u00a0 \"Investigating causal networks of dementia using causal discovery and natural language processing models\"<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335572071&quot;:4,&quot;335572072&quot;:1,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:4,&quot;335572076&quot;:4,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:4,&quot;335572080&quot;:1,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:4,&quot;335572084&quot;:4,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:4,&quot;335572088&quot;:1,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;single&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4:30<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<strong>pm - Networking event<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:5296274,&quot;335572071&quot;:4,&quot;335572072&quot;:1,&quot;335572073&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572075&quot;:4,&quot;335572076&quot;:4,&quot;335572077&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572079&quot;:4,&quot;335572080&quot;:1,&quot;335572081&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572083&quot;:4,&quot;335572084&quot;:4,&quot;335572085&quot;:4278190080,&quot;335572087&quot;:4,&quot;335572088&quot;:1,&quot;335572089&quot;:4278190080,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;single&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;single&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Day 2 - Tuesday 30 June<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Session 3: Graphical Models and Network Structures - Chair Dr Luisa Cutillo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>9:00 am - Welcome and coffee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>9:25 am - Keynote Speaker<\/strong> Daniela De Canditiis, Institute for Applied Calculus (IAC-CNR), \u201cStructure Learning of Complex Systems: Advanced Methods for Inferring Networks from Multiple Count Datasets\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>10:10 am - Featured Talk <\/strong>Bailey Andrew, University of Manchester, \u201cDeveloping practical multi-axis graphical models\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>10:45 am - Contributed talk<\/strong> Peter Gracar, University of Leeds, \u201cDetection, coverage and percolation in dynamic Boolean models with random radii based on \u03b1-stable processes\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>11:10 am - Coffee Break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>11:35 am - Featured Talk<\/strong> Valeria Policastro, University of Naples \u201cFederico II\u201d, \u201cAssessing community robustness in weighted networks\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>12:10 pm - Contributed talk<\/strong> Puchong Paophan, University of Leeds, \"<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Functional Data Analysis for Time-varying Binary Networks\"<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>12:35 pm - Contributed talk<\/strong> Brian Daniel Bernhardt, University of Cassino, \u201cExplainability and Interpretability in Graph Neural Networks for Complex Systems\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>1:00 pm - Closure and Lunch with Posters<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/06\/Book_of_abstracts.pdf\">Book of abstracts<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LASR 2026: Statistics, Deep Learning and Graphical Models Day 1 - Monday 29 June 8:30 am - Welcome and coffee 9.00 am - Opening by Nick Plant, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research &amp; Innovation Unveiling the Innovative Cylindrical Galton Board \u00a0Session 1: Deep Learning for Protein Structure Modelling - Chair Professor Kanti Mardia. 9.15 am...","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}