Subject: Statistics and Sustainability

TAKEN: Analysis of Emotional Responses Towards Evidence-Based Practices for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Perspectives of Health and Education Professionals

Arthur White (email | all projects)

*Please note this project has been taken and is no longer available* This project will be in collaboration with Prof. Olive Healy in the School of Psychology and is suitable for students in the Statistics and Data Science, Statistics and Sustainability, and Data Science MSc programmes. The goal of this project is to examine how … Read more

Kernel density estimation and regression

Athanasios Georgiadis (email | all projects)

In this project we are exploring non-parametric methods for the estimation of probability density functions and for regression. The interested Student must be comfortable with Statistics and Mathematics. The Student must do a search about kernel density estimation and Nadaraya–Watson kernel regression. You may also have a look in Prof. Tsybakov’s book “Introduction to nonparametric … Read more

Statistics in Marketing

Athanasios Georgiadis (email | all projects)

This project is particularly for the Students in Statistics and Sustainability. The interested Student should first check the papers: Establishing the link: Does web traffic from various marketing channels influence direct traffic source purchases? | Marketing Letters (springer.com) Unveiling digital dynamics: Do digital media investments impact organic branded searches? | Journal of Marketing Analytics The … Read more

Statistics in Environmental Science

Athanasios Georgiadis (email | all projects)

The project will deal with the statistical analysis of meteorological data. See for example here: 🌤️ Free Open-Source Weather API | Open-Meteo.com The interested Students, must do a good search in this or another relevant data, contact me for confirmation and then they can request the project.

Translating Uncertain Knowledge into a Solvable Mathematical Model for Process Optimisation 

Alessio Benavoli (email | all projects)

ELIGIBILITY: This project is for a student taking the MSc in Statistics and Sustainability. The student must possess knowledge of numerical optimisation methods and linear programming techniques. This project aims to bridge the gap between human language and mathematical optimisation. By developing a method that translates natural language descriptions of process optimisation goals and constraints … Read more

Skill-based ranking system

Alessio Benavoli (email | all projects)

Academic year 2024-2025 ELIGIBILITY: This project is for a student taking the MSc in Statistics and Sustainability. TrueSkill, a model developed by Microsoft, is designed to assess the “ability score” of video game players. This score is then used to create a leaderboard, which helps match players in online games. The model also supports team-based … Read more