The Centre

The Centre addresses the serious lack of capacity in statistics in the UK, identified by the recent EPSRC International Review of Mathematics. Whilst commending the current and historical research strength of UK statistics, the review pointed to the growing shortage of academic statisticians and to the perilous age-profile of many UK statistics research groups. The new Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology (CRiSM), which is based at the University of Warwick’s Department of Statistics is a strategic and sustainable initiative which will make a major contribution to reversing this decline.

CRiSM will focus on strategic research and on a vigorous programme of recruiting PhD students. There is also a sustained international programme of visiting statisticians from academia, industry and research institutions, and outreach activities linking the work of the Centre to industry, commerce and to the wider research community.

An important aspect of CRiSM is PhD training and the PhD programme of the Department of Statistics is administered through CRiSM. See the entry for the Department of Statistics for information on research interests of members of staff.

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Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology

Statistics Department