My name is Bao-Khanh Nguyen. I am a PhD student in Mathematics and Statistics supervised by Dr. Torben Sell and Dr. Cecilia Balocchi at the University of Edinburgh (U.K.), financially supported by the School of Mathematics (University of Edinburgh). My research focuses on Bayesian Machine Learning and Probabilistic AI, developing more scalable and computationally efficient statistical algorithms to analyse high-dimensional data.

I am currently working on Bayesian clustering for satellite images. Our work not only helps detect existing land cover types but also can discover new land uses and allow spatial correlation to provide more accurate uncertainty quantification. I also work on Bayesian Deep Learning, where I develop novel approaches for better prior choice and posterior approximation in big data cases.

I am holding a position as a Statistics Lecturer at National Economics University (Vietnam). I also work as a part-time editor at the Edinburgh Student Journal of Science (U.K.). I am a member of International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA), the Royal Statistics Society (U.K.) and the Edinburgh Mathematics Society (U.K.).

News!!

• August, 2025: I was awarded the Marion Reid EDI and Public Engagement Fund to support my travel to the 2025 Research Students’ Conference in Probability and Statistics, Glasgow (UK).
• June, 2025: I was accepted to present my work the Centre for Statistics Annual Conference, Edinburgh (UK).
• May, 2025: Winning Team of the International Centre for Mathematics Sciences Modelling Camp 2025, with the challenge from the Trainline company.

Contacts

Email: You can email me at bnguyen@ed.ac.uk

My office:

Room 6311, James Clerk Maxwell Building,
King’s Building Campus, The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
EH9 3FD
United Kingdom