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Young Statisticians

Welcome !!

Do you feel you're still in the early years of your statistical career? For example, are you studying or researching in the field of statistics or have you recently had a career change to statistics? No matter what your age is, if you're a career-young statistician then the RSS Young Statisticians Section is here to support you!

The Young Statisticians Section (YSS) is the newest section of the RSS and aims to unite all statisticians in the early stages of their career. The YSS provides a central resource for Continuing Professional Development and networking through the support we offer and an exciting schedule of events. This is applicable to any career-young statistician, whatever sector or field they work in and whatever their age.
 
The section will continue to support its members by offering both professional development and networking opportunities. The committee are optimistic that word will spread and the section can grow to represent an entire community of young statisticians learning from one another.
 
 
YSS Objectives
The mission of the YSS is to unite statisticians in the early stages of their careers, acting as a central resource which supports, promotes, coordinates and provides a voice for all those within the YSS community. More specifically, the section will:
  1. Encourage networking through formal and social events both face to face and online.
  2. Aid the professional development of statisticians in the early stages of their career, from all sectors.
  3. Provide an interface between young statisticians and all RSS activities/services and between statistical employers and employees.
  4. Provide outreach to promote the prospects of a career in statistics.

 

 

 

News: 2nd Statistics in Practice Session, Feb-17 

17th February, 5-8pm at Imperial College London, with Tim Davis (Engineering & Quality), Gordon Blunt (Consumer Finance) and Dave Denison (Hedge Funds) speaking.

Students need to register via the London Taught Courses Centre by e-mailing office@ltcc.ac.uk.

 

News: Young Statistician's Meeting    March, 30-31

THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS 12TH FEBRUARY 2010.
 
The Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation at the University of Liverpool is proud to host the 36th annual Young Statisticians' Meeting (YSM) on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st March 2010.
 
YSM is specifically designed for career young statisticians, organised by
career young statisticians.  If you are in the early years of your
statistical career (first 10 years) in any area, completing a post doc or
currently studying for a PhD, MSc or BSc in statistics then YSM 2010 offers
an excellent opportunity to network amongst your peers, present your own
research in a friendly atmosphere and discover a variety of other
statistical topics currently being researched.
 
Delegates are invited to present their own work in a friendly atmosphere and
there will be prizes for the best three talks and poster which include
registration to the RSS 2010 conference in Brighton and Wiley book vouchers.
Plenary speakers are confirmed as Mark Robson, Head of Monetary and
Financial Statistics of The Bank of England and Matthew Collins from the
Hadley Centre, Met office.  Two workshops will also be offered, which
include 'The joint modelling of longitudinal and survival data in clinical
research' by Professor Robin Henderson (Newcastle University) and
'Diffusion' by Professor Gareth Roberts (University of Warwick).
There will be a sponsors wine reception giving delegates the opportunity to
meet potential employers and to find out about postgraduate study opportunities.
 
More information is available at http://www.liv.ac.uk/ysm2010/.
 
 

News: 33rd Research Students' Conf. in Probability & Statistics  Apr 12-15

The Department of Statistics, University of Warwick are proud to be
hosting the 33rd Research Students' Conference in Probability and
Statistics. Taking place from 12-15th April 2010, the event is
organised by postgraduates for postgraduates, providing a friendly
environment for students to meet others with similar interests.
 
In addition to being a great platform for the discussion and exchange
of ideas on a wide range of statistical topics, it has proved to be an
excellent opportunity for research students to meet and gain further
information about potential employers. 
 
Please register here.
 
 

News:  2010 PSI Conference   May, 16-19

at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, 16th-19th May 2010.
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To view the full conference programme and to register please go to www.psiweb.org/conference
 
 

News:  Sparse Structures: Statistical Theory and Practice    June, 16-18

Research workshop in Bristol, UK, 16-18th June 2010

The deadlines, as well as further information about the workshop can be
found at http://www.sustain.bris.ac.uk/ws-sparsity/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In retrospect: YSS joint meeting with West Midlands local group Feb-03

 
The last West Midlands RSS local group meeting on 3rd February at Warwick University was a joint event with Young Statisticians Section (YSS) of the RSS in which there were two talks.
 
The first talk titled "Bayesian Approach for Prediction Error in Chain-Ladder Claims Reserving" was given by Ji Yao. Ji gave a brief presentation on the application of both classical and Bayesian statistical tools in actuarial science. Specifically, the talk explained how to measure the prediction error in Chain-Ladder claims reserving in the field 'general insurance' using the mean square error (MSE) for both Bayesian and classical approaches.
 
The second talk was given by Giuliana Bordigoni from AHL, part of MAN Plc group. Giuliana gave an overview about the hedge fund industry and then moved on to the applications of adaptive data cleaning in systematic trading in particular. She presented various algorithms to deal with and forecast market data, and showed partial results with a couple of examples from Eurostoxx, FTSE index, and Natural Gas.
 

In retrospect: 1st Statistics in Practice Session, Jan-20 

by the London Taught Course Centre at Imperial College, London
 
The seminar room was almost full, with lots of young statisticians, mostly from Imperial College.
 
Professor David Hand gave the first talk about Statistical Consultancy. As a known expert in this field, David included lots of advice and anecdotal experience, outlining the various different environments in which consultant statisticians could work, ranging from being part of a University-based Statistical Advisory Unit to being a self-employed freelance consultant or legal witness.
 
After some coffee, tea and biscuits, Professor Alistair Young talked about Statistics in Academia, presenting results on the current demography of academic statisticians, the changes in the Research Excellence Framework criteria and the challenges that would be facing anyone considering an academic career.
 

In retrospect: joint meeting with Glasgow group, Dec-15

 
In light of his recent RSS medal award, Professor Stephen Senn from the University of Glasgow gave a presentation on the key features of modern clinical trials. Professor Senn discussed concurrent control in clinical trials with a focus on how valuable concurrent control is and under what circumstances a better approach can be adopted. The presentation was attended by 22 people, including 13 RSS fellows. The event was felt to be successful, encouraging the organization of joint events between the Glasgow local group and YSS.

 

In retrospect: Joint half-day meeting with Leeds/ Bradford local group, Oct-20 

On Tuesday 20th October nearly 60 delegates attended a joint half-day meeting of the Leeds / Bradford Local Group and Young Statisticians Section. Wendy Harrison and Myles Gould (both of the University of Leeds) gave excellent introductory sessions on latent variable methods and multilevel modelling techniques. The meeting was proceeded by a joint meeting with the Medical Section discussing applications of multilevel and latent variable methodology in psychology and lifecourse epidemiology. The speakers' slides remain available (http://tinyurl.com/rss-lba) as a continuing resource.

 
In retrospect: YSS at the 2009 RSS conference

Young statisticians attended a well-received training day immediately prior to the RSS 2009 conference in Edinburgh. The theme of the event was presenting and publishing research papers. Steven Gilmour (Queen Mary, London) began the day by describing the publication process from an editors perspective, giving many useful hints on how to maximise the chances of publication. John Copas (Warwick) continued the theme by describing the role and scope of the RSS journals and ordinary meetings. Anecdotes from over 30 years of RSS meetings made for an entertaining and informative presentation. The morning session concluded with a discussion of an influential paper by Dempster et al. on the EM algorithm, published by the RSS in 1976. Geoff McLachlan (Queensland, Australia), put the paper in context and described how EM methods have evolved over the intervening decades. The afternoon session commenced with Des Higham (Strathclyde) discussing the qualities that make a good research presentation. Des led by example, giving an entertaining and highly relevant presentation. Sheila Bird (MRC, Cambridge) spoke on the topic of statistics and the media, recounting her considerable experience all the way from medical to military applications of statistics. Jane Hutton (Warwick) concluded the event with a discussion of the different ways in which a paper can have an impact, in terms of citations, media interest or even legal / financial implications. Over 30 young statisticians attended the event and the section looks forward to organising more training sessions in the future.
 

Young statisticians enjoyed a tasty breakfast with a twist at the RSS


Young statisticians enjoyed a tasty breakfast with a twist at the RSS 2009 conference in Edinburgh.  Around 30 young statisticians attended a speed networking breakfast where alongside some delicious hot rolls they were able to find out how statistically compatible they all were.  The breakfast went with a "ding ding", as the sound of the bell encouraged the attendees to move on and maybe find their statistical dream match with new possibilities every 3 minutes!  Who knows what may have started that fateful morning....
 
Young statisticians relaxed and socialised during a quiz evening at the RSS 2009 conference in Edinburgh. Over 25 young statisticians took part in teams of 4-6 players. The 6-round event included questions on traditional quiz themes such as "Entertainment" and "Science and technology", but there were also more unusual rounds including "Name the statistician", "Airport codes" and, of course, "The RSS"! The winning team achieved an enviable score of 54/80 and took home highly desirable RSS anniversary mugs and bottles of wine....
 
 
 

Committee Members

 

Young Statisician Members

Top: Claire, Emma, Laura, Paul, Oliver, Karen, Rebecca
Middle: Kerry, Jenny, Natalia, Adele
Bottom: Helen, Kim, Sophie, Deborah

 

Next Meetings

Contacts


    Jenny Lannon (Chair)
    Paul Baxter (Secretary)

    Adele Marshall, Claire Gormley, Deborah Aniyeloye, Emma Eastoe, Helen Thornewell, Karen Lamb, Kerry Dwan, Kim Kavanagh, Laura Gray, Natalia Bochkina, Oliver Ratmann, Rebecca Walwyn, Sophie Barthel

     

     

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