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Amy Wilson chairs RSS meeting on forensic statistics
The Statistics and the Law Section of the Royal Statistical Society hosted a meeting on the 19th September on 'Statistical issues in investigation of suspected medical misconduct'.
Ruth King announced as programme chair for the 2025 RSS Annual Conference
We're delighted to announce that Professor Ruth King is the programme chair for the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) 2025 International Conference in Edinburgh from 1-4 September 2025. For more information, please visit the ...
ASA DataFest 2024 Student Competition at Edinburgh
The American Statistical Association DataFest is an annual data analysis competition where teams of up to five undergraduate students work on analysing a surprise dataset provided by the ASA that is large and complex. On 22-24 ...
Miguel de Carvalho receives abrdn funding
Miguel de Carvalho has received funding of about £300,000 from abrdn through the Centre for Investing Innovation for his project "Statistical Intelligence at Work". This will contribute to the development of a statistical ...
Vanda Inacio awarded RS International Exchange Grant
Vanda Inacio has been awarded a Royal Society International Exchange grant to collaborate with Joaquin Martinez-Minaya, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. Fast-evolving healthcare technology leads to many devices being developed ...
Ruth and Stuart King Co-Organise ICMS Workshop
Stuart King and Ruth King co-organised the ICMS workshop on Building Interdisciplinary Solutions to Modern Ecological Challenges from 12-16th June. The workshop brought together an international team of mathematical scientists, ...
Ruth King Appointed as Director of Bayes Centre
Professor Ruth King, the Thomas Bayes Chair of Statistics, has been appointed as the next Director of the Bayes Centre. Ruth will take over from Michael Rovatsos in August 2023 and will hold the post for an initial five years. ...
MSc dissertation model from Edinburgh showcased at The American Statistician
American Statistical Association journal publishes an article on the dissertation model from the MSc in Statistics with Data Science, from the School of Mathematics.
Miguel de Carvalho elected for the Council of the International Statistical Institute
Miguel de Carvalho has been elected a member of the prestigious Council of the International Statistical Institute
Davey Fitch Lecture
The annual Davey Fitch Lecture will return with a lecture from Prof. Arnaud Doucet, a Professor of Statistics at the University of Oxford. Prof. Doucet will discuss how the mathematical sciences and industry have shaped his career ...