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General Information
| Full Name | Guiomar Pescador Barrios |
| Languages | Spanish, French, English |
| Contact | g.pescador-barrios22 at imperial dot ac dot uk |
Education
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2022-Exp. 2026 PhD in Statistical Machine Learning
Imperial College London and University of Oxford, UK - Under the supervision of Sarah Filippi and Mark van der Wilk.
- Variational learning, Probabilistic models, Adaptive model capacity, Continual learning, Efficient training.
- Fully funded within the EPSRC Center for Doctoral Training StatML CDT.
- Papers
- 1 Spotlight paper at ICML 2025
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2017-2022 Master in Mathematics with Honours (First-class)
University of Edinburgh, UK - Master Dissertation: "Statistical Evaluation of Medical Tests" supervised by Vanda Inacio De Carvalho.
- Undergraduate Group Thesis: "Adaptive Single Hidden Layers Perceptron" supervised by Benedict Leimkuhler.
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April-July 2025 Academic Placement
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan - Visiting student researcher in the Adaptive Bayesian Intelligence Team led by Dr. Emtiyaz Khan.
Experience
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Oct 2023-2024 Venture Fellow
Creator Fund, London, UK - Reviewed deep-tech ventures from academic founders, focusing on technical diligence and research-to-market translation.
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2020-2021 Software Development Intern
Amazon, Madrid, Spain - Developed and deployed internal web application for Amazon Business.
- Designed a new buying policy now used worldwide.
- Received two full-time job offers for performance.
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May-Nov 2019 Intern
Addlink Scientific Software, Remote & Spain - Created educational materials and delivered workshops on Maple 2019 for higher education.
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Apr 2019 Technology Insight Programme Participant
Morgan Stanley, Glasgow, UK - Selected for the Technology Insight Programme.
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Jun 2018 Research Intern
Spanish National Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT), Madrid, Spain - Evaluated machine learning algorithms for malware detection.
- Attended JAE School of Mathematics on Public Key Cryptography and Mathematical Neuroscience.
Honors and Awards
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2025 - G-Research Early-Career Research Grant (ICML 2025 travel).
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2024 - Nova 111 Student Award (Top 10 under 25 in Mathematics, Data Analytics, and Physics, Spain).
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2022-2026 - EPSRC Studentship (PhD funding under the StatML CDT, Imperial College London and University of Oxford).
Invited Talks
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2024 - NeurIPS 2024 Bayesian Decision-Making and Uncertainty Workshop, Vancouver, Canada.
- F-StatML Seminar Series, Oxford-Man Institute, Oxford, UK.
Closed Workshops and Seminars
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2025 - Bayes-Duality Workshop, Tokyo, Japan
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2024 - Dagstuhl Seminar: "Rethinking the Role of Bayesianism in the Age of Modern AI", Wadern, Germany.
- Amazon StatML Workshop, Berlin, Germany.
Leadership and Outreach
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2025 - Co-founder of PhD Espresso, peer-support and learning network for PhD students.
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2022-2025 - Student representative for StatML CDT.
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2023 - Oxford Mathematics Festival (volunteer).
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2020-2021 - STEM Ambassador, Scotland.
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2020-2021 - Amazon Campus Ambassador, University of Edinburgh.
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2018-2020 - Secretary of External Relations, Spanish Society at University of Edinburgh (Consulate liaison).
Other Interests
- Running, Cycling, Playing the Piano