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“My English teacher thought he could get me into RADA but it worked out that I became a statistician”: An interview with Sir Adrian Smith
16th April 2014
Sir Adrian Smith is a world-renowned British statistician. He studied mathematics at Selwyn College, Cambridge and statistics at University College London. He is the former Head of the Department...
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Uncertainty in Risk Assessment: An interview with co-author Enrico Zio
14th February 2014
Last month, Wiley was proud to publish Uncertainty in Risk Assessment: The Representation and Treatment of Uncertainties by Probabilistic and Non-Probabilistic Methods by authors Terje Aven, Enrico...
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“I would like to think of myself as a scientist, who happens largely to specialise in the use of statistics”– An interview with Sir David Cox
24th January 2014
Sir David Cox is arguably one of the world’s leading living statisticians. He has made pioneering and important contributions to numerous areas of statistics and applied probability over the...
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My hopes for the International Statistical Institute: Vijay Nair on his upcoming years as ISI President
29th August 2013
At the 59th ISI World Congress this week, the duties of the President of the International Statistical Institute will be handed over from Professor Jae C. Lee of Korea University to Professor...
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Nate Silver: What I need from statisticians
23rd August 2013
Exclusive interview: Nate Silver was the guest speaker at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal, Canada where he gave the President’s Invited Address. He is currently the...
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Handbook of Decision Analysis: An interview with lead author Dr Gregory Parnell
14th August 2013
Earlier this year, Wiley was proud to publish the Handbook of Decision Analysis by authors Gregory S. Parnell, PhD, Terry Bresnick, MBA, Steven N. Tani, PhD, Eric R. Johnson, PhD. Decision...
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‘Statisticians will become the heroes of the 21st century’: An interview with Open Data Institute CEO Gavin Starks
31st July 2013
The Open Data Institute officially opened on 1st October 2012 with the mission ‘to catalyse the evolution of Open Data culture’. Over the past six months, the Institute has been overwhelmed by...
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“Statisticians are the modern explorers.” An interview with Professor David J. Hand
7th June 2013
In the New Year’s Honours List for 2013, Professor David J. Hand was awarded an OBE for services to research and innovation. Earlier this year he was also appointed as a non-executive director of...
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“For survival, statistics as a profession needs to provide added value to fellow scientists or customers in business and industry”: An interview with Professor Ron Kenett, Winner of 2013 Greenfield Industrial Medal
24th May 2013
This year the Royal Statistical Society has awarded the Greenfield Industrial Medal to Professor Ron Kenett. The award is named after Tony Greenfield and was founded in 1991. It 'is aimed at...
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Radio 4’s More or Less: Behind the scenes with presenter Tim Harford
7th March 2013
More or Less is a BBC Radio 4 programme which discusses statistical issues raised in the news, politics and everyday life, as well as what's fun about numbers. The programme was originally presented...
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