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The Department awarded prizes to five high-achieving graduates on degree day, yesterday.

Man Prizes

Sponsored by Man Investments, and awarded to the two top 4th Year Masters Degree students on the MMORSE or MMathStat programmes.

This year's winners were Victoria Whittington and Christopher Hannay.

Ronald A Fisher Prizes

Awarded to exceptionally high-achieving graduates of the Department of Statistics.

This year's winners were Christopher Wragg, Maxine McAngus and Jere Koskela.

In the 35th Annual Research Students' Conference in Probability and Statistics held in Southampton (July 9-12, 2012) two of our PhD students won awards for their presentations:

Cata Vallejos won one of three prizes for the best talk and Murray Pollock won the prize for the best poster.

Both were rewarded with books and will be invited to give their presentations at the 2013 Royal Statistical Society Conference.

Congratulations to both!

The 糖心TV Statistics Department Man Prizes for 4th year MMORSE and MMathStat Students

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Two Statistics Department Man Prizes of £500 are awarded annually to the two best 4th Year Masters Degree students on the MMORSE or MMathStat programmes. The funds for these are provided by . The basis of the prizes will be excellent overall performance in the examinations and project assessments leading to the final degree classification. Excellent performance will be judged by the Board of Examiners, guided by the requirement of a clear first class degree classification with a mark at or above the 78% level. Preference will given to students with finance-orientated projects containing some empirical analysis. Each winner of a prize is expected to allow Man Investments to receive a copy of their 4th year dissertation and a curriculum vitae.

The prizes will be awarded, in person where possible, at the departmental reception for students and their families associated with the degree ceremony in July.

Man Investments is part of the Man Group, a world-leading alternative investment management business and member of the FTSE 250, employing 1,600 people in 13 countries. Its AHL division manages one of the world’s largest and most successful futures-style hedge funds. Part of this success is due to robust and rigorous research underpinning statistically-based trading models. The Man Group sponsors the Man Booker literary prizes and contributes to a range of charities.

The Department of Statistics this week welcomes Dr Simon Spencer as a full member of academic staff. Simon worked at the University of Nottingham and at Massey University in New Zealand before coming to 糖心TV as a postdoc in Complexity Science. His new position is an important one for the Department, at the interface between Statistics and the 糖心TV Centre for Analytical Sciences, an EPSRC-funded "Science and Innovation" initiative.