Contours 2016-17
Stories from the School of Mathematics. Undergraduate students interview researchers to find out what the life of a mathematician is like.
Stories from the School of Mathematics. Undergraduate students interview researchers to find out what the life of a mathematician is like.
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XKCD.COM/1132<br />
▲ This is one of Ruth's favourite XKCD comics. Next year, Ruth will be teaching<br />
a postgraduate course called Bayesian Theory, as part of the newly<br />
established MSc in Statistics with Data Science.<br />
■<br />
Statistics is very important in Big<br />
Data research because statistical<br />
modelling allows you to deal with<br />
missing data in formal ways. The<br />
techniques Ruth has worked on can<br />
be really useful when your data set<br />
is imperfect, for example, if you<br />
don’t have full access to people’s<br />
salaries because of privacy.<br />
Ruth is on the programme committee<br />
for the Alan Turing Institute (see<br />
p.7), providing advice regarding the<br />
scientific and innovation programmes<br />
for the institute, and is<br />
also a part of the recruitment committee<br />
for the institute.<br />
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