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Below you can find information regarding local arrangements for each APTS week, including contact details, provisional timetables and travel advice. You will be notified by email when important new information appears here relating to an APTS week for which you are registered.
Please note: if you have a query regarding any local arrangements for a given week, you should contact the local organisers (whose details will be listed below nearer the time of the respective APTS week), and not APTS itself.
Week 2: University of Nottingham (19th April 2010 - 23rd April 2010)
- Local organiser: Andrew Wood - Andrew dot Wood at nottingham dot ac dot uk
- Modules: Statistical Asymptotics (G. A. Young); Statistical Modelling (J. J. Forster)
- Travel: All APTS activities and student accommodation will be in the University Park Campus at the University of Nottingham. Information on how to get to University Park Campus can be found here. A printable PDF map of University Park Campus can be found here.
- Accommodation: The APTS participants will be staying at Hugh Stewart Hall in the University Park Campus (next to building 16 on the Campus map). Accommodation is in single rooms with shared bathroom and kitchen facilities. All bed linen, bath towels and toiletries (a shower gel, shampoo and soap) will be provided. Internet access is available free of charge in each bedroom, however you will need to provide you own ethernet cable. There are also tea and coffee making facilities in the bedrooms. Keys for your room can be collected at the main reception area in Hugh Stewart Hall. The Porter will be on duty until midnight. After that time, there is a free-phone number to ring for security to come and provide your key. For participants who arrive in the 11.15am - 12.45pm window on the Monday, please register before picking up your key.
- Registration and lectures: Registration for the APTS week will take place between 11.15am and 12.45pm on Monday 19th April 2010 at Hugh Stewart Hall at University Park Campus. The registration desk will be located in the main entrance to the Hall. The APTS lectures will be taking place in room C18 at the Pope Building (building 27 on the campus map). Computer labs will be in rooms A15 and A16 in Pope Building.
- Parking: Delegates who are staying in the Hall can obtain a parking permit from the Hall office when they collect their room key. This, when completed with details such as name, conference and hall of residence can be displayed in the car for Security to see, and then parking is free. There are a limited spaces directly outside the Hall but the best place is the car park next to the Sir Clive Granger Building.
- Academy Dinner and special requirements: Please complete this form to verify you attendance to the Academy Dinner on Thursday 22nd April 2010 and to let us know of any dietary or other special requirements. That form needs to be completed by Friday 26th March 2010.
- Timetable: The following schedule of events is provisional only and may be subject to change.
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Monday 19th April
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Tuesday 20th April
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Wednesday 21st April
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Thursday 22nd April
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Friday 23rd April
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0915-1045
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Statistical Asymptotics |
Statistical Asymptotics |
Statistical Asymptotics |
Statistical Asymptotics |
| 1045-1115 |
Coffee |
| 1115-1245 |
APTS Registration open
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Statistical Modelling |
Statistical Modelling |
Statistical Modelling |
Statistical Modelling |
| 1245-1400 |
Lunch
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| 1400-1415 |
Welcome
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End of workshop
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| 1415-1515 |
Statistical Asymptotics
(1415-1545)
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Statistical Asymptotics |
Statistical Asymptotics
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Statistical Asymptotics
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| 1515-1600 |
Coffee |
| 1600-1700 |
Statistical Modelling
(1615-1745)
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Statistical Modelling
(Computer lab)
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Statistical Modelling
(Computer lab)
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Statistical Modelling
(Computer lab)
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| 1830-1930 |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner
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Academy dinner
(1900- )
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| Evening |
RSS Reception
(1945-2100)
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Evening Session
(1945-2045)
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Free Evening
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Week 1: University of Cambridge (4th January 2010 - 8th January 2010)
- Local organiser: Richard Samworth - r dot samworth at statslab dot cam dot ac dot uk
- Modules: Statistical Computing (S.N. Wood); Statistical Inference (D. Firth)
- Travel: Information on how to get to University of Cambridge can be found here. On the same website, you can also find a link to a map that shows both the Centre for Mathematical Sciences and Wolfson Court (where most students will be staying). You can zoom in and out on the map, too.
- Accommodation: Most of the APTS participants will be staying at Wolfson Court, which is an outpost of Girton College, and is located about a one minute walk from the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Some participants will be staying on the main Girton College site, which is about two miles away from the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Information on how to get to main site of Girton College and information on bus services can be found here. During the APTS week, transport to Wolfson Court will be provided for those staying on the main Girton site before breakfast in the morning, and after APTS activities have finished in the evening. Keys can be collected from the porters' lodge at the place of accommodation. Accommodation is in single rooms with shared bathroom and kitchen facilities. All bed linen and bath towels will be provided. Internet access is available free of charge in each bedroom, however you will need to provide you own ethernet cable or buy one from the porters' lodge for £2.50. For check in on Monday 4 January, the porters' lodge will be open from 10am.
- Registration: Registration for the APTS week will take place between 11.15am and 12.45pm on Monday 4 January 2010 just inside the main entrance to the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
- Special requirements: Please complete this form by Wednesday 9th December 2009 to inform us of any dietary or other special requirements.
- Timetable: The following schedule of events is provisional only and may be subject to change -
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Monday 4th January
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Tuesday 5th January
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Wednesday 6th January
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Thursday 7th January
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Friday 8th January
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0915-1045
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Statistical Inference |
Statistical Inference |
Statistical Inference |
Statistical Inference |
| 1045-1115 |
Coffee |
| 1115-1245 |
APTS Registration open
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Statistical Computing |
Statistical Computing |
Statistical Computing |
Statistical Computing |
| 1245-1400 |
Lunch |
| 1400-1415 |
Welcome
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End of workshop
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| 1415-1515 |
Statistical Inference
(1415-1545)
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Statistical Inference
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Statistical Inference
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Statistical Inference
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| 1515-1600 |
Coffee |
| 1600-1700 |
Statistical Computing
(1615-1745)
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Statistical Computing
(Computer Lab)
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Statistical Computing
(Computer Lab)
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Statistical Computing
(Computer Lab)
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| 1830-1930 |
Dinner |
Dinner |
Dinner
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Academy dinner
(1930- )
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| Evening |
RSS Reception
(1930-2045)
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Pub quiz
(1930-) |
Free Evening
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