Mr Alex Cooper
PhD Student
Monash University
Alex is a PhD student in the department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash. He is currently on leave from his job as an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia. Alex's research interests include Bayesian machine learning and variational inference.
Research Interests:
Bayesian inference
Probabilistic Forecasting
Probabilistic Graphical Modelling
Probabilistic programming
Statistical machine learning
Variational Inference Methods
Qualifications:
B.Sc. (Comp Sci, UNSW)
B.Ec. (Hons, MQ)
Prizes, awards and special recognition
2019
Best Student Presentation was awarded to Alex Cooper. Awarded from the International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF).
Best Student Presentations was awarded to Alex Cooper. Awarded from the International Conference on Monte Carlo Methods (MCM).