Statistics PhD

We have a strong international reputation for making original contributions to Bayesian methodology, bioinformatics and biostatistics. We invite postgraduate research proposals in any of these three areas.<br/><br/>As a research postgraduate in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics you will be supported by a team of experts in your chosen field. You will also have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skill set through appropriate research training.<br/><br/>To help you identify a topic and potential supervisor, we encourage you to find out more about our staff specialisms and read about the PhD projects undertaken by some of our recent postgraduate students. A list of example statistical projects currently offered is also available.<br/><br/>As a PhD student you will be supported by team supervision. You will also go through a research training analysis to identify any skills that you need to develop.<br/><br/>Attendance is flexible and agreed between you and your supervisors depending on the requirements of your research project.<br/><br/>Research areas<br/><br/>Our work breaks down into the following research groups:<br/>- Bayesian methodology for complex models <br/><br/><br/>- Big data scalability and computation <br/><br/><br/>- Biostatistics and stochastic systems biology <br/><br/><br/>- Spatial and environmental statistics <br/><br/><br/>Research funding<br/><br/>We undertake projects funded by the Research Councils, major trusts, government departments and the EU. Since 2008, members of the School have been named on over £16m of research awards. Many of these awards were for large interdisciplinary projects, in which the School played a vital role, including:<br/>•a £5.5m Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant to explore the potential of microorganisms to provide clean water<br/>•a £1.5m European Commission project to study eukaryotic genomic origins, parasites, and the essential nature of mitochondria<br/>•a £2.1m Medical Research Council funded project on ways to advance health and wellbeing in later life.<br/><br/>In total, £3.5m of funding was attributed to the School.<br/><br/>Facilities<br/><br/>We are located in the Herschel building which has well-equipped seminar and meeting rooms. You will have access to online research facilities via your own desktop PC in a shared postgraduate work space. There is also a teaching cluster (of about 150 PCs) within the School. Computing support is provided by two specialist technical staff who are expert in providing assistance with fast numerical and distributed processing.<br/><br/>As well as the library resources provided by the main Peter Robinson Library, you will have access to the Schools mathematics and statistics library and reading room.