Statistics Research

The School has a very active and diverse range of statistics research activity, which encompasses the full range of modern statistics. In the 2008 RAE results Glasgow gained the highest percentage of 4* activity (the highest grade) amongst Statistics group in Scotland, has a world- leading research environment, and we have had considerable success in attracting substantial research grants. Our areas of interest fall into five broad themes

• Biostatistics and Statistical Genetics 
• Environmental Statistics
• Computational Statistics and Inference
• Statistical Modelling
• Scholarship of Learning and Teaching in Statistics

We hold regular research seminars. We also work closely with the Inference Group in Computing Science.