I am a PhD student in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the School of Mathematics. 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 fortunate to be supervised by Dr. Torben Sell and Dr. Cecilia Balocchi.

My work spans both the applied and theoretical sides of Bayesian machine learning. For applications, I am developing a Bayesian clustering method for satellite image segmentation that incorporates spatial correlation and informative priors, aiming to deliver a general-purpose, robust, and stable segmentation approach for high-dimensional images under distribution shifts.

For theoretical side, I mainly work on Bayesian asymptotic statistics, where I study the posterior concentration rate under Bayesian Neural Network settings. The research explores suitable priors and function class to guarantee the optimal minimax concentrate rate for posterior estimation, together with improving the computational speed.

Before my doctoral studies, I obtained my Master’s degree from Queen Mary University of London (U.K) and the Bachelor’s degree from Hanoi National University of Education (Vietnam), both in Mathematics.

News!!

• April, 2026: I was awarded the Junior Researcher Travel Award by International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
• March, 2026: I will present my research work at the ISBA World Meeting and the Bayesian Young Statistician Meeting (BAYSM), Japan (June 2026).
• March, 2026: I was awarded the Early Career Research Travel Grant by London Mathematical Society.
• 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).
• 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 B.K.Nguyen@sms.ed.ac.uk

My office:

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