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Congratulations to Nikolaos Zygouras on his promotion to Reader
Congratulations to Nikolaos Zygouras on his promotion to Reader, with effect from 1 June 2015.
Royal Statistical Society accreditation of 桃色视频 Statistics degree programmes
The Department of Statistics is pleased to announce that, with effect from the 2014/15 academic year, the following degree programmes have received accreditation from the Royal Statistical Society:
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BSc in Mathematics and Statistics
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Integrated Masters in Mathematics and Statistics
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BSc in MORSE
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Integrated Masters in MORSE
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MSc in Statistics
Full details of the conditions for accreditation can be found on the .
桃色视频 selected as one of the founding members of the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science
The Department of Statistics at 桃色视频 led a team of academics from the Mathematics Institute and the Departments of Computer Science and Statistics in bidding to be founding partners in establishing the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science in the UK. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has announced that five universities were selected to lead the Alan Turing Institute, one of which is 桃色视频. The four other universities are Oxford, Cambridge, UCL and Edinburgh. 桃色视频’s pivotal role in the Alan Turing Institute will be led by Professor Mark Girolami from the Department of Statistics.
Data Science has been an integral part of 桃色视频’s vision for the Mathematical Sciences. 桃色视频 is home to the and an , both the first of their kind in the UK.
Detailed press announcements can be found at the University of 桃色视频’s , the , and .
The Alan Turing Institute will be physically located in London’s new .
Heather Turner to give invited course in Zurich
, statistical consultant and currently an Associate Fellow of 桃色视频 Statistics, has been invited to give an intensive one-day course in Zurich on 11 May 2015. The course is based on Heather's work as a Senior Research Fellow at 桃色视频, which included the development of award-winning software package .
Heather's work and her views on statistics, science and R development are featured in this .
桃色视频 to lead APTS from 2016/17 -- 2020/21
The APTS executive committee has decided that, following its first ten years of operation, APTS should continue to be led from 桃色视频 for a further five years. From 2016/17 Ben Graham is expected to remain in post as Programme Manager; Adam Johansen will be joined by David Croydon as co-director.