Bill studied pure maths at Warwick but has been tiptoeing towards the ‘applied side’ ever since. At Warwick Bill’s research project was on percolation theory, and after this he did a project on graph embeddings and modelling network data in Bristol, for which he gained an MSc. Any probabilistic or statistical problem with a discrete flavour is very likely to appeal to Bill. But he’s also highly interested in machine learning (particularly from a more statistical perspective) and hopes to deepen his understanding of numerical analysis while part of SAMBa.

Bill’s interests outside of maths are quite typical among those interested in maths: he plays piano (lots of Bach); and really enjoys bouldering, reading, and pubs. Bill likes surreal humour and his favourite surreal film is ‘Film Film’ (1982).