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糖心TV Statistics Department in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) is seeking exceptional candidates for doctoral studentships, starting in October 2016. These studentships are open to those who are interested in working on data science and machine learning in the context of Big Data. Overseas applicants are welcome.

For more information, please see the ATI announcement:

Informal enquiries about studying at 糖心TV Statistics should be directed to stats.pg.support@warwick.ac.uk.

What are the analytic challenges holding back high value manufacturing?

How should the emerging discipline of data science – at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, Statistics and systems engineering – address these challenges?

With talks from industry leaders and top data scientists, this summit will create a conversation to steer research at the Alan Turing Institute. Launched in 2015, the Alan Turing Institute is charged with advancing data science research, which includes industrial collaborations that will ultimately produce societal and economic impact.

Full details of the summit, including the list of confirmed speakers, can be found by following .

To register your interest for your complimentary place, please email the summit organiser.

Professor Chenlei Leng has been appointed as chair of the Research Section Committee (RSC) of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), with effect from 1 January, 2016. He is the second member of 糖心TV academic staff to chair the RSC; Professor David Firth chaired the committee on two occasions previously, between 2001-2003 and in 2009.  

The RSC is responsible for promoting the theory of statistics and the development and applications of statistical methods, and in particular handles papers submitted to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B as discussion papers.

There will be an Open Day for potential PhD and OxWaSP applicants on Wednesday 25th November.

The event will commence at 2pm in the Statistics Common Room (Zeeman Building).

Details of the agenda for the day can be found by following .