CV

Education

B.S. in Telematics Engineering, Polytechnic School of the Littoral (ESPOL), 2011.
M.S. in Cyber Security, Polytechnic School of the Littoral (ESPOL), 2016.
MSc. in Computational Applied Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, 2018.
Ph.D in Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, 2022.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chris Wallace’s group, CITIID, University of Cambridge, 2022 - present.

Work experience

2013 - 2017: University Teacher.
- Polytechnic School of the Littoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- Courses: Single Variable Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations.
2022 - present: Research Associate.
- CITIID, University of Cambridge.

Skills

Programming languages
- Main experience: R, Python, MATLAB.
- Other technologies: Julia, C++.

Publications

Accelerating Proximal Markov Chain Monte Carlo by Using an Explicit Stabilized Method

Marcelo Pereyra, Luis A. Vargas-Mieles, and Konstantinos C. Zygalakis, "Accelerating Proximal Markov Chain Monte Carlo by Using an Explicit Stabilized Method", SIAM J. Imaging Sci., Vol. 13, No. 2, 2020, pp. 87-118.

The forward–backward envelope for sampling with the overdamped Langevin algorithm

Armin Eftekhari, Luis A. Vargas-Mieles, and Konstantinos C. Zygalakis, "The forward–backward envelope for sampling with the overdamped Langevin algorithm", Statistics and Computing, Vol. 33, No. 85, 2023.

The split Gibbs sampler revisited: improvements to its algorithmic structure and augmented target distribution

Marcelo Pereyra, Luis A. Vargas-Mieles, and Konstantinos C. Zygalakis, "The Split Gibbs Sampler Revisited: Improvements to Its Algorithmic Structure and Augmented Target Distribution", SIAM J. Imaging Sci., Vol. 16, No. 4, 2023, pp. 2040-2071.

Luis A. Vargas-Mieles

CV

Education

Work experience

Skills

Publications

Accelerating Proximal Markov Chain Monte Carlo by Using an Explicit Stabilized Method

The forward–backward envelope for sampling with the overdamped Langevin algorithm

The split Gibbs sampler revisited: improvements to its algorithmic structure and augmented target distribution

Talks

Greek Stochastics lambda - Stochastic Processes and Computation

2nd IMA Conference On Inverse Problems From Theory To Application

Maxwell Institute Graduate School PhD student conference

Hausdorff School on MCMC

Causal Mechanism theme meeting

Teaching

University Teacher, 2013 - 2017, Polytechnic School of the Littoral (ESPOL)

Tutor, 2018 - 2022, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh

Demonstrator, 2023 - 2024, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge