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Our collaborative project seed funding helps to develop interdisciplinary research across the University. This year's call is for collaborative projects between social sciences and statistics. Deadline has been extended to Mon 14 Aug. For more info: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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We are delighted to be supporting this year's Edinburgh DataFest! Run over a weekend, students analyse a surprise data set to gather and present their insights. Interested in taking part or acting as a supporting consultant? Check out the website: edi-datafest.netlify.app/
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In conversation with Edinburgh alumnus Benjamin Skuse, Professor Cathie Sudlow OBE, Chair of Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology, discusses opportunities for statisticians to tap into whole population health data from across the UK.
Read the interview: edin.ac/3ZqcXXl
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In the second of our series on member profiles, Centre for Statistics Co-Director Valeria Skafida interviews Lindsay Paterson, Professor Emeritus of Education Policy. Read the interview here: edin.ac/3RDLPSy
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Edinburgh alumnus Benjamin Skuse interviews Professor Simon Wood, Chair of Computational Statistics @EdinUniMaths. Read their discussion about assumptions, data, models and Covid-19 here: edin.ac/3rgc3jz
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Don't forget - applications for our latest seed funding call close on Monday!
Our collaborative project seed funding helps to develop interdisciplinary research across the University. This year's call is for collaborative projects between social sciences and statistics. Deadline has been extended to Mon 14 Aug. For more info: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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We still have a handful of spaces on our training course, "Intro to modern Generalised Additive Models in R".
This may be of particular interest to those working in @SBSatEd @EdinUniMedicine @GeosciencesEd @SchoolofPPLS
For more info: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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We are hosting the course "Introduction to Modern Generalized Additive Models in R". Taking place 31st August - 1st September, the course will be taught by Professor Simon Wood, author of the R package mgcv. Get more info and register your place at: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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📢 Registration for the Centre for Statistics Annual Conference is now ✨open✨
Featuring speakers from across the Centre, as well as a posters and a New Members session. For more info and to register, check out our webpage: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
We hope to see you there!
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Centre for Statistics, University of Edinburgh retweeted
18 May 2023
JOBS! Lectureship/Readership in Statistics - School of Maths at the University of Edinburgh. Come and join a dynamic and exciting Statistics group!!!! Deadline for applications: 14th June. maths.ed.ac.uk/school-of-mat…
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Less than a week to go before the 7th David Finney lecture with Prof Bin Yu! Find out more and register for your place on our website: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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Registration is open for our 7th David Finney lecture! We are excited to welcome Prof Bin Yu from @UCBerkeley for this year's lecture. For more info, including registration, see our webpage: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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We’re very excited to be hosting the CfS PhD Student Day 2022 on the afternoon of the 13th of June!
Come along if you’re a student interested in the intersection of statistics and their applications.
For more information, and to register, visit: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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On the 14th of June we’ll be holding the all-day CfS Annual Conference 2022; bringing together researchers working with data from across the University of Edinburgh and Associated Institutions!
For more information, and to register, visit: centreforstatistics.maths.ed…
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Check out this great chat between Victor Elivira and, student, Edward Isayev! 😁
11 Feb 2022
For this week’s Academic Interview, student Edward Isayev has been chatting to Victor Elvira about Bayesian statistics, collaboration and the in the inner mechanisms of things
Read here: edin.ac/33bP50X
#GetToKnowEdinMaths
#SoMAcademicInterview
#Statistics
Centre for Statistics, University of Edinburgh retweeted
11 Feb 2022
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re highlighting the mathematical journey of one of our lecturers, Ana Rita Pires.
Read her story with the London Mathematical Society:
edin.ac/3gzXNsT
#February11
#WomenInMaths
ALT International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Quote "I decided to replace long term planning with the complete opposite: choosing based on what I wanted to do at the moment of choice. I switched to an undergraduate degree in mathematics and loved it all the way through".
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Centre for Statistics, University of Edinburgh retweeted
21 Jan 2022
For this week’s Academic Interview, student Nikki Peddinenikalva has been chatting to Natalia Bochkina about her early life as a researcher, Bayesian inference and machine learning
Read here: edin.ac/3nIHf5V
#GetToKnowEdinMaths
#SoMAcademicInterview
#Machinelearning
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Centre for Statistics, University of Edinburgh retweeted
8 Feb 2022
This is a fantastic opportunity for any current undergraduates who want to develop themselves further and get a say on the issues that impact students! For more information, and to sign up, check out the links below 😁😀
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Centre for Statistics, University of Edinburgh retweeted
10 Aug 2021
Join @scotgov new user forum - #Research #Data #Scotland, on Tue 17 Aug 2021 1:00pm. This is your opportunity to share your thoughts a new service for accessing public sector data in Scotland. Sign up today! tickettailor.com/events/scot…
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