Research

Papers

P. Schlenker, E. Chemla, K. Arnold, A. Lemasson, K. Ouattara, S. Keenan, C. Stephan, R. Ryder, K. Zuberbühler , Monkey semantics: two ‘dialects’ of Campbell’s monkey alarm calls (2014), Linguistics and Philosophy 37(6):439-501, Link.

P. E. Jacob and R. J. Ryder, The Wang-Landau algorithm reaches the Flat Histogram criterion in finite time (2014), Annals of Applied Probability, arXiv.

G. K. Nicholls and R. J. Ryder, Phylogenetic Models for Semitic Vocabulary (2011), Proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. PDF.

J.-M. Marin, P. Pudlo, C. P. Robert and R. J. Ryder, Approximate Bayesian Computational methods (2011), Statistics and Computing, arXiv: 1101.0955

R. J. Ryder and G. K. Nicholls, Missing data in a stochastic Dollo model for cognate data, and its application to the dating of Proto-Indo-European (2011), Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) 60(1):71-92, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2010.00743.x. Supplement.

G. K. Nicholls, R. J. Ryder and D. Welch, TraitLab: a MatLab Package for Fitting and Simulating Binary Trait-Like Data (2011). PDF.

C. P. Robert, R. J. Ryder and N. Chopin, Discussion on Particle Learning (2010), Bayesian Statistics 9:349-50, arXiv: 1006.0554

R. J. Ryder, Phylogenetic Models of Language Diversification (2009), DPhil thesis, University of Oxford. PDF.

Popularization

R. J. Ryder, interview with P. Pajot, L'arbre des langues indo-européennes (2011), La Recherche 450:20-1. PDF.

R. J. Ryder, Editorial: modèles phylogénétiques de la diversification des langues (2010), Lettre du CREST 78:1-2. PDF.

Software

TraitLab, a MatLab package for estimating phylogenies on binary trait data, now has its on page.

Other

R. J. Ryder, Contigency exigency (2012), SIGecom Exchanges 11.2. PDF. (Original puzzle.)

Presentations

I upload the slides for some of my talks on SlideShare. The slides for older talks are available on request.

2014

• 14-18 July 2014: ISBA 2014, Cancùn
• 9 July 2014: Organized the workshop in honour of Jean-Pierre Gautier, Paris
• 19 May 2014: Université ouverte, Paris-Dauphine
• 8 April 2014: CEREMADE Seminar, Paris-Dauphine
• 7 January 2014: Session organizer at MCMSki 4, Chamonix

2013

• 4 October 2013: Corcoran Memorial Prize, Oxford
• 15-17 July 2013 :LanGeLin workshop on language phylogenies, Ragusa, Sicily
• 4-10 March, short course at UCLA
• 26 February, GdT Statistiques de Jussieu
• 15 February, MAP5 seminar (Univ. Paris 5)
• 31 January, Journées de Statistique ENSAE-ENSAI
• 23 January, organized the Seminar for new CEREMADE statisticians

2012

• 21 December, Rennes Statistics seminar
• 2 December, ERCIM: On the convergence properties of the Wang-Landau algorithm
• 28 June, Poster at ISBA, Kyoto: The Wang-Landau algorithm reaches the Flat Histogram criterion in finite time
• 12 April, Big MC seminar, Paris: Some aspects of the Wang-Landau algorithm. (with Pierre Jacob)
• 27 March, CMAP seminar, École Polytechnique
• 13 Feb., SMILE seminar, Paris
• 10 Feb., IXXI seminar, Lyon

2011

• 30 Nov., Paris 13 Seminar
• 10 Nov., LMPA seminar
• 20 Oct., MMB chair meeting
• 2 Aug., Joint Statistical Meetings, Miami: A Phylogenetic Model of Language Diversification for the Dating of Proto-Indo-European
• 30 May, Poster at the Greek Stochastics Gamma conference, Rethymnon: ABC and Gibbs estimation of a Thurstonian regression model with an application to the Eurovision Song Contest vote
• 16 March, CREST, Regression in a Thurstonian model, and application to Eurovision vote data (with Julyan Arbel)
• 2 February, CEREMADE - Paris Dauphine, Modèles phylogénétiques de la diversification des langues (slides)

2010

• 15 Dec., CREST, Modèles phylogénétiques de la diversification des langues (slides) (blog)
• 6 Oct., SIGMA seminar, Institut Jean Nicod (ENS): Phylogenetic models of language diversification (slides) (blog 1 2)
• 25 Aug., Greek Stochastics β' conference, Lefkada: Approximate Bayesian Computation for a model of genetic recombination
• 18 Feb., MAP Paris 5: A phylogenetic model of language diversification
• 28 Jan., BigMC seminar, Paris : Méthodes MCMC pour la reconstruction de l'histoire des langues (slides)
• 19 Jan., SSB workgroup, Jouy-en-Josas: Modèles phylogénétiques de la diversification des langues (slides)

2009

• 12 Nov., Nice University: Modèles phylogénétiques de la diversification des langues (slides)
• 3 Nov., CREST: Introduction à ABC (slides)

2008

• 21 Aug., IECASTP launch, Bergen: Phylogenetic methods for linguistic data

2007

• 9 Nov., LERN/CECD workshop, London: Modelling and fitting catastrophic rate heterogeneity
• 6 Aug., 18th ICHL, Montreal: Modelling and fitting catastrophic rate heterogeneity

2006

• 7 Dec., "Language Change in Time" workshop, Oxford: Reconstructing history using language structure