Inga Huld has completed a BSc in Applied Mathematics at the University of Iceland, including a semester abroad at the University of California, Berkeley, and an MSc in Statistics at Imperial College London.
Between her undergraduate and postgraduate studies, she joined the Icelandic Ministry for Education and Children as a part of their analytics team, combining her interest in education and welfare with her skills in statistics and machine learning.
During her studies and work she developed an interest in Bayesian methods and computational statistics. As a StatML student, she will explore and develop methods for cancer diagnosis and related fields in collaboration with Cancer Research UK.
Alongside work and studies she has contributed to youth, wellbeing and educational matters at a domestic level in Iceland and as part of the country’s delegation to the United Nations. Her hobbies include knitting, running and CrossFit.