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STOR-i Workshop, Lancaster University
Thursday 12th January, 09:30-16:30
Postgraduate Statistics Centre
The STOR-i Doctoral Training Centre is hosting the first annual STOR-i research workshop with talks from key researchers from Statistics, Operational Research and Industry. We have a number of places available for PhD students and staff from UK universities. Please read on for further details.
STOR-i is a pioneering training centre with a ground-breaking approach to statistics and operational research, one of only three mathematics-based doctoral training centres in the UK. We deliver a new style of training for PhD students with the aim to develop a new generation of researcher capable of making a real impact with their research in both the academic and industrial fields. For further information about the STOR-i DTC please visit our website at http://www.stor-i.lancs.ac.uk.
Workshop itinerary:
9:30-10:00- Registration and refreshments (Groundfloor PSC)
10:00-10:15- Welcome to STOR-i with Chair of STOR-i, Professor Kevin Glazebrook
10:15-11:00- Optimal Detection of Changepoints with a Linear Computational Cost
Professor Paul Fearnhead, Lancaster University
11:00-11:45- A New Perspective On Feasibility Determination With Linear Constraints
Professor Roberto Szechtman, Naval Postgraduate School, US
11:45- 12:30- Poster session (STOR-i PhD students)
12:30- 1:15- Buffet lunch
13:15-14:00- Dynamic Modelling of Workflows
Dr Michael Lyons, BT
14:00-14:45- MBDA Guidance, Control and Navigation (GCN) Department: Overview of Activities
Dr Dave Vorley, MBDA (Bristol)
14:45-15:00- Refreshment break
15:00- 15:45- Focussed Information Criteria for Model Selection and Model Averaging
Professor Nils Hjort, University of Oslo, Norway
15:45- 16:30- Speaker to be confirmed
16:30- Close
For talk abstracts please visit the STOR-i events page: http://www.stor-i.lancs.ac.uk/event-info/stori-workshop2012. Please note the workshop is free, including all refreshments and lunch.
As part of our commitment to training and dissemination of research we are pleased to offer a limited number of workshop places to PhD students and academic staff from UK universities. Please read on for details of how to request a place on the workshop.
Academic staff:
If you would like to request a place on the STOR-i workshop, please send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 4th January containing:
- Your name
- Institution of research.
We will inform you on the 5th January whether you have secured a place on the workshop.
PhD students:
We have funding available to cover travel costs for a limited number of UK-based PhD students. To support a case for funding we require the title of your PhD, host institution/department/supervisor and a short statement (1/2 page maximum) outlining why attending the workshop would be beneficial to your studies. If you would like to request a place on the STOR-i workshop, please send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 4th January containing:
- Your name
- Institution of study
- If you would like to apply for funding for travel, please also send details as outlined above.
We will inform you on the 5th January whether you have secured a place on the workshop.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Tawn
Director of STOR-i
http://www.stor-i.lancs.ac.uk/
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