Professor James Burridge
Summary
I'm interested in probability and statistical physics applied to the physical, natural and social world, including language evolution.
I am currently funded by the Royal Society and the Faraday Institution.
Research interests
Probability and statistical physics, applied to language change and other social and ecological systems. To see my publications, click the Outputs tab.
Teaching responsibilities
- Stochastic Processes
- Statistical Learning
- Mathematical Foundations
Research outputs
2025
Inference in Statistical Modelling and Machine Learning: A Concise Introduction
Burridge, J., Tosh, N.
10 Sep 2025,
Research output: Book
2023
Vowel normalisation in latent space for sociolinguistics
Burridge, J.
20 Aug 2023,
Research output: Conference contribution
Low dimensional measurement of vowels using machine perception
Burridge, J., Vaux, B.
18 Jan 2023, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153, 12p.
Research output: Article
2021
Public efforts to reduce disease transmission implied from a spatial game
Burridge, J., Gnacik, M.
25 Nov 2021, In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 126619
Research output: Article
Inferring the drivers of language change using spatial models
Burridge, J., Blaxter, T.
20 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Physics: Complexity. 2, 3, p. 1-29, 29p., 035018
Research output: Article
Comparison of droplet spread in standard and laminar flow operating theatres: SPRAY study group
Newsom, R., Amara, A., Hicks, A., Quint, M., Pattison, C., Bzdek, B. R., Burridge, J., Krawczyk, C., Dinsmore, J., Conway., J.
1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 110, 7p.
Research output: Article
2020
Using spatial patterns of English folk speech to infer the universality class of linguistic copying
Burridge, J., Blaxter, T.
14 Oct 2020, In: Physical Review Research. 2, 4, 36p., 043053
Research output: Article
Size and shape of tracked Brownian bridges
Alsolami, A. A., Burridge, J., Gnacik, M.
8 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 53, 26, 15p., 265001
Research output: Article
Brownian dynamics for the vowel sounds of human language
Burridge, J., Vaux, B.
6 Mar 2020, In: Physical Review Research. 2, 1, 26p.
Research output: Article
Evolutionary paths of language
Burridge, J., Vaux, B., Blaxter, T.
3 Jan 2020, In: EPL. 128, 7p., 28003
Research output: Article