I am a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, supervised by Víctor Elvira and Esmeralda S. Whitammer.

My studies are funded by the ESPRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Machine Learning Systems and Level E Research.

Current research interests include:

• Monte Carlo sampling methods
• Deep learning based and amortised sampling methods
• Probabilistic inference

Education

• 2025 – Current: PhD in Machine Learning Systems
  University of Edinburgh
  Supervisors: Víctor Elvira and Esmeralda S. Whitammer
• 2021 – 2025: First class BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Statistics
  University of Edinburgh

Research experience

• 2023 – 2025: Research/Quantitative analyst, Level E Research
• 2024: Undergraduate researcher, University of Edinburgh
  Topic: Bayesian Machine Learning
  Supervisor: Torben Sell

Publications and preprints

* indicates equal contribution

• Discrete Diffusion Samplers and Bridges: Off-policy Algorithms and Applications in Latent Spaces
  Arran Carter*, Sanghyeok Choi*, Kirill Tamogashev*, Víctor Elvira, Esmeralda S. Whitammer
  ICML 2026
• Partial Trace-Class Bayesian Neural Networks
  Arran Carter, Torben Sell
  Preprint

Awards

• Lawley Memorial Prize, University of Edinburgh, 2025
• James Ward Memorial Prize, University of Edinburgh, 2024
• CSE College Vacation Funding Award, University of Edinburgh, 2024