After studying Mathematics at the University of Warwick, Simon worked in finance and IT for 25 years. Returning to academia, he took an MSc and PhD in Statistics at University College London. He stayed on in the Statistics Department there, and taught a wide range of courses in Statistics and Probability for 11 years. His
Prof Canas Rodrigues completed his Ph.D. in Statistics in 2012 at the Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal, and his Habilitation (Agregação) in Mathematics, Specialization in Statistics and Stochastic Processes in 2019 at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Since 2013, he has been a Professor at the Department of Statistics of the Federal University
Awards: Projects as PI: Students Guided as Chairman: Advisory member: More than 100 Masters and PhD research scholars
Prof. Philip Anthony Knight obtained my PhD in Mathematics from the University of Manchester in 1993 and have spent most of my career carrying out research into matrix algebra. My interest in applications drew me inexorably towards network theory and my research interests now centre on the algebraic structure of networks as well as on
Prof. Nancy Ann Neudauer is an American mathematician specializing in matroid theory and known for her work in mathematical outreach in Africa and South America. She is a professor of mathematics at Pacific University, a co-director of the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, and a former governor of the Pacific Northwest Section of the
Professor Jane Hutton works in medical statistics, with special interests in survival analysis, meta-analysis and non-random data. Her methodological research largely focuses on developing models to answer questions raised by health care colleagues, and patients. For example, collaborations with epilepsy specialists in meta-analyses led to papers on biases due to within study selection of outcomes
Prof. Ziad Taib is an experienced Statistician with background in the pharmaceuticals industry and the academia. Skilled in Biostatistics, Drug Development, and Clinical Study Design, Analysis and Reporting. Strong research professional with a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Chalmers University of Technology.
Professor Olushina Olawale Awe was born in Nigeria. He is the Vice-President of Global Engagement and Public Relations of the LISA 2020 Global Network. In 2013, he was the only statistics leader selected out of 108 applicants from 34 developing countries to travel to the United States as a Google Funded Statistics and Data Science
Prof. Kwessi is a native of Nkongsamba in the Littoral Province of Cameroon. He left his home country after completing his master’s degree, in part because he was destined to discover the world. His journey overseas started in the South of France, in the Savoie region, on the border with Switzerland. Eddy then went to Trieste,
Dr. IGRI MOUDI Pascal is Meteorologist and Researcher in Atmospheric sciences and Environmental modelling with more than 10 years at various levels within the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar Members states. He has also been teaching, supervising and examining masters student thesis