The Department of Mathematics and Statistics held the fifth day of the Workshop Series in Applied Statistics on 28 March 2015. The theme of the day was “Time Series and Life Data Analysis”. The Department invited Professor Heung Wong, Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic, Professor Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Professor, McMaster University, Dr Tony Ng, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University and DrBen Chan, Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to be the guest speakers of the event. They shared their recent research in time series and life data with the audience. The participants acquired up-to-date knowledge in Applied Statistics from their presentations.
The Workshop Series in Applied Statistics is fully supported by Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China (Project Reference No: UGC/IIDS14/P01/14).
Professor Wong’s presentation
Professor Balakrishnan’s presentation
Dr Ng’s presentation
Dr Chan’s presentation
Professor Wong, Professor Balakrishnan, Dr Ng and Dr Chan received souvenirs from the organiser
A group photo of the participants and the speakers
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