Thursday, 28 March 2019

Sylvia Richardson nominated RSS president elect

We are delighted to announce that Professor Sylvia Richardson has been nominated as the next RSS president after Deborah Ashby’s term of office comes to a close at the end of 2020.

Sylvia was chosen from a list of nominees put forward by RSS fellows to the Society’s President Nominating Committee and recommended to Council, which endorsed the nomination at the end of March.



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Richard Boys 1960-2019

We are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of our current Series C joint editor and former RSS Council member, Professor Richard Boys.

Richard was a professor of applied statistics at Newcastle University, where he led its statistics research group. He was an applied Bayesian statistician with a wide range of interests and published papers in all three series of the Society’s journal. Much of his recent work focused on inference for partially observed stochastic processes, particularly in stochastic systems biology, hidden Markov models and inference in complex systems using emulators.



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RSS nominated for six Memcom awards

We are delighted to have been nominated in six categories at the 2019 Memcom Membership Excellence awards.

The annual awards are specifically for professional bodies, trade associations and other not-for-profit membership organisations to enter.



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Wednesday, 27 March 2019

RSS fellows co-sign Nature article on ‘statistical significance’

A number of RSS fellows, including RSS president Deborah Ashby and past president Sir David Spiegelhalter, have co-signed a Nature editorial that calls for the ‘the entire concept of statistical significance to be abandoned’. The editorial, which had more than 850 co-signaturies, follows a special edition of the American Statistical Association’s journal, The American Statistician, which has compiled articles all discussing ‘A World Beyond p < 0.05’.

The RSS welcomes the debate moving forward; we have hosted several meetings to discuss the issue, including a session at last year’s Conference featuring David Cox, Deborah Mayo, Richard D Morey and Aris Spanos. Our flagship magazine Signficance has also featured an editorial on the subject.



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Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Draft programme unveiled for RSS 2019 Conference

The organisers of this year’s RSS International Conference in Belfast have announced the draft programme for the event which features seven keynote sessions and more than 50 invited sessions and workshops.

Kim Kavanagh, this year’s honorary officer for the RSS conference, says that the board have strived to ensure that the programme is, once again, ‘extremely diverse with something to suit all statistical interests’.



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Monday, 25 March 2019

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Friday, 22 March 2019

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Wednesday, 20 March 2019

2019 ECB Graduate Programme

Employer name: The European Central Bank
Salary: E/F band and benefits
Location (city/country):: Frankfurt, Germany
Closing date: Monday, 8 April 2019
Ref: 2019-001-GP EXT

We are looking for up to 15 highly talented recent graduates with a postgraduate degree, preferably a PhD, for the ECB’s Graduate Programme.

You will have different ages, backgrounds and interests and will find intellectual challenges, varied opportunities and a people-centred working culture that gives you a voice and the chance to make an impact – for Europe.

We will give you challenging one-year assignments in two different business areas, matched to your fields of expertise, your interests – which you can indicate during the application process – and our organisational needs. This gives you the opportunity to apply your knowledge in new ways. You can find information on our job profiles below, in the “Further information” section.

Your successful completion of the programme will be assessed by the Graduate Programme Committee on the basis of performance reviews and your project paper, which you will prepare and submit before the end of the second year.

The Graduate Programme offers you excellent development opportunities, valuable experience and an insight into the ECB’s tasks and working methods. It could be your starting point for an exciting career at the ECB.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply, irrespective of your gender, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability or other characteristics.

Vacancy Description

We will assign you an experienced colleague as a mentor to provide you with support, advice and guidance on participating successfully in the programme. You will also get a tailor-made training programme that includes a number of in-house and external training opportunities.

You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential:

  • a master’s degree or PhD completed between 1 February 2017 and 31 January 2019; alternatively you may be due to complete a PhD in 2019 (in this case the master’s degree can have been obtained before 1 February 2017) – candidates with a PhD, or who will obtain their PhD in 2019, will have a distinct advantage;
  • qualifications in a field of interest to the ECB, e.g. economics, finance, statistics, accounting, financial/commercial/EU law, data science, political science, European studies, international relations, business administration, journalism and communications, psychology, information technology, civil engineering, engineering, mathematics, languages, human resources, physics, chemistry or facility management;
  • a general interest in European affairs, central banking, banking supervision and matters of relevance to ECB business areas;
  • an advanced command of English and an intermediate command of at least one other official language of the EU.

Desired:

  • a minimum of one year’s working experience in the field of data science (this could be programming, data management, big data tools, data visualisation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data processing)

You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.

Working modalities

This is a two year fixed-term contract which we aim to start from 1 September 2019 until 31 August 2021. It may be extended for one additional year. While on the Graduate Programme you can apply for vacancies that are advertised both internally and externally.

Further information

You can find additional information on the Graduate Programme on our website (read more)

To apply, please click on the Apply button below and follow the instructions.

Apply



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Tuesday, 19 March 2019

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Monday, 18 March 2019

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Thursday, 14 March 2019

RSS launches new women in data science and statistics group

The RSS formally launched its new Special Interest Group for Women in Data Science and Statistics last Friday on International Women’s Day (8 March 2019). 

The group aims to bring together women studying and working in the field of statistics and data science. It will strive to support and increase visibility of women, as well as advocate for opportunities in this field.



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