News from 2014
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Google funds research project in statistical learning
New member of the Statistics section Professor David Leslie has been awarded a Google Faculty Research Award of £40,000 to investigate statistical learning techniques for optimising the selection of multiple adverts to display on a web page.
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Leverhulme Trust funds research on quantum random walks
The Leverhulme Trust has awarded a grant of £85,000 to Dr Alexander Belton of the department's Analysis and Probability research group, to fund a two-year project entitled Quantum random walks and quasi-free quantum stochastic calculus.
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Project to study symmetry breaking receives funding
Dr Jan Grabowski of the Algebra and Geometry research group has been awarded a grant of £98,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
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Geometric Rigidity workshop
A Geometric Rigidity One Day Workshop was organised by Dr Derek Kitson with support from the EPSRC project "Crystal frameworks, operator theory and combinatorics".
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Grant awarded for medical trial statistics project
The Medical Research Council Methodology panel has awarded £250,000 to fund a 3-year project looking at estimating a treatment's effect in a medical trial with multiple hypothesis tests.
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World Cup football is a risk factor for domestic violence
Domestic abuse increases during England World Cup football matches – especially if the team loses.
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Recognition of research and teaching excellence for departmental lecturers
Congratulations to Dr Alex Belton, Dr Nadia Mazza and Dr Chris Sherlock on their promotions to Senior Lecturerships.
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Left-handed fetuses could show effects of maternal stress on unborn babies
Fetuses are more likely to show left-handed movements in the womb when their mothers are stressed, according to new research.
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Lancaster to help plug ‘Big Data’ skills-gap thanks to new scholarships
Lancaster University is helping to produce a new generation of analysts thanks to an investment in 45 Data Science MSc scholarships.