Spatio-temporal weather models
Research Students Conference 2009
RSS talks
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Organiser: Lisa Hampson
Venue: PSC, Lancaster University
Talks organised by the Lancashire local group of the Royal Statistical Society
Talks are usually the last Thursday of each month at 4pm (followed by refreshments) in the PSC, Lancaster University
Past Talks Outlines are available here
Past Talks
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03:00 pm Wed 2 May |
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Aspects of River Flow Modelling
Venue: A54 Postgraduate Statistics Center, Lancaster University |
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04:00 pm Thu 22 Mar |
Ashley Jones
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust |
The use of systematic reviews in the design of randomised controlled trials
Venue: Brook Building Room BB312, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE |
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04:00 pm Thu 23 Feb |
Chris Glasbey
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland |
Spatio-temporal weather models
Venue: A54 Postgraduate Statistics Center, Lancaster University |
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04:00 pm Thu 26 Jan |
Dr Brian Tom
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge |
The impact of simplifying statistical modelling assumptions when investigating physical functional disability in Psoriatic Arthritis patients
Venue: PSC A54, Lancaster University |
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04:00 pm Thu 1 Dec |
Marc Kennedy
The Food and Environment Research Agency |
Integrating computer simulations, emulation and extreme value methods to quantify uncertainty in risk models
Venue: PSC A54, Lancaster University |
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04:00 pm Thu 27 Oct |
Sébastien Van Bellegem
UCLouvain |
High dimensional portfolio optimization by wavelet thresholding
Venue: Lab 2, PSC |
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04:00 pm Thu 16 Jun |
Valerie Isham
UCL; President, RSS |
Epidemics and rumours: the effect of network structure on transmission dynamics
Venue: Fylde Lecture Theatre 1 |
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04:00 pm Thu 19 May |
Chris Roberts
University of Manchester |
The Analysis of Non-Pharmacological Treatment Trials with Partial Nesting and Multiple Therapists per Patient
Venue: BB105, Brook Building, UCLan |
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04:00 pm Thu 31 Mar |
Dave Worthington
Lancaster University Management School |
Combining simulation and analytical queueing models to tackle ‘generic’ queueing problems.
Venue: PSC Lecture Theatre |
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04:00 pm Thu 20 Jan |
Ian Brunton-Smith
University of Surrey |
Do neighbourhoods matter: exploring the impact of the local environmental character on individual assessments of fear of crime
Venue: PSC Lecture Theatre |
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04:00 pm Wed 24 Nov |
John Aston
University of Warwick |
The Statistical Analysis of Brain Image Data
Venue: PSC Lecture Theatre |
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03:00 pm Wed 20 Oct |
Mark Gittoes
Analytical Services Group, HEFCE |
Bibliometrics and the REF & REF equalities analysis
Venue: PSC Lecture Theatre |
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04:00 pm Thu 24 Jun |
Helen Clough
Liverpool University |
Bayesian approaches in Microbial Risk Assessment
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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04:30 pm Tue 18 May |
Andy Sutherland
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care |
The shape of the nation: NHS statistics on obesity
Venue: Brook Building, room 312, UCLan. |
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05:00 pm Thu 25 Feb |
David Randell and Philip Jonathan
Durham and Shell Research |
Learning about large industrial systems
Venue: Fylde SCR |
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01:00 pm Thu 26 Nov |
David Coggon
MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, Southampton University |
Metal Fume and Risk of Infectious Pneumonia
Venue: Fylde SCR |
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05:00 pm Mon 22 Jun |
Phil Hughes
University of Wollongong, Australia |
Some real-world sampling challenges - a sampling statistician in market research
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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03:45 pm Thu 28 May |
Chris Jewell
Universities of Lancaster and Warwick |
A unified Bayesian risk-prediction for epidemics
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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02:45 pm Thu 28 May |
Larissa Stanberry
University of Bristol |
Expectations of Random Sets and Their Boundaries Using Oriented Distance Functions
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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02:00 pm Thu 28 May |
Duncan Lee
University of Glasgow |
How does air pollution affect human health?
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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05:00 pm Thu 23 Apr |
Professor Vernon Gayle
University of Stirling / ISER, University of Essex |
“Fish swim, birds fly and educational standards fall”. Did social background influence GCSE attainment in the 1990s? An exploration of data from the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales.
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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05:00 pm Thu 26 Feb |
Richard Everitt
Bristol University |
Adaptive MCMC and Bayesian time-frequency analysis
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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05:00 pm Thu 29 Jan |
Catrin Tudur Smith
Cancer Research UK/Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation, University of Liverpool |
Indirect and multiple treatment comparisons in clinical trials
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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05:00 pm Thu 27 Nov |
Professor Robert Fildes
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Business Forecasting and statistical modelling: optimally combining disparate information
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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05:00 pm Thu 23 Oct |
Alan Kimber
University of Southampton |
Is my banana ripe yet?
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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05:00 pm Thu 29 May |
Trevor Cox
Unilever R&D Port Sunlight |
Measuring Plaque and Its Removal from Teeth
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster university. |
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05:00 pm Thu 24 Apr |
Adam Butler
BioSS |
Statistical challenges in ecological risk assessment
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster University |
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05:00 pm Thu 28 Feb |
Peter Neal
University of Manchester |
Cute furry animals: Statistical analysis of endemic diseases in mammals
Venue: Fylde SCR, Lancaster University |
