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Maths with Claude

2026-01-14

An experience report on using Claude to help complete a mathematical proof.

New moon-buggy release!

2025-11-17

After a 20 year hiatus, moon-buggy 1.1.0 was released today.

The Wisent Parser Generator

2025-11-16

A Python 3 port of my Python parser generator Wisent is available.

Resurrected Web Site

2025-10-18

Claude Code helped me to resurrect my web site.

Fast-dm version 30.2 released

2015-04-17

I announce the release of fast-dm version 30.2, which fixes memory leaks discovered through Valgrind testing.

"new" paper

2015-02-06

I announce the publication of my paper on the rate of convergence for Approximate Bayesian Computation, co-authored with Stuart Barber and Mark Webster in the Electronic Journal of Statistics.

I am pleased to announce the publication of our article on multivariate von Mises distributions, which has finally appeared after a lengthy two-year wait following its acceptance. Despite the journal's reputation for fast turnaround, this piece took over two years from submission to publication.

New PhD position

2013-11-22

I am advertising a PhD position in Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification as part of a NERC-funded doctoral training centre, with applications due by January 24, 2014 and the program starting in October 2014.

The Rate of Convergence for Approximate Bayesian Computation

2013-11-08

We prove that Approximate Bayesian Computation converges under weak conditions and determine the optimal tolerance parameter scaling and convergence speed for ABC estimates. This work establishes theoretical foundations for understanding how ABC methods perform in practice.