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- Re-registration 2021-04-30 If you de-register from the course later than three weeks after the course has started, you will be unable to make another application for the same course. You will only be able to take the course again (re-register) if there are places available.
- PhD student in Statistics 2021-03-29
- In memory of our colleague Professor Lars Lyberg (1944-12-01 – 2021-03-01) 2021-03-22
- Incoming exchange students 2021-02-11 This is a short step-by-step guide for incoming exchange students within the Erasmus+ programme at the Department of Statistics.
- Open Day 2021-02-09 Do you want to study at the Department of Statistics? Meet us at the Stockholm University digital Open Day, March 10th.
- Instructions for home exams due to Covid-19 2021-02-05 Due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, all exams at the Department of Statistics will be home exams during the Spring semester.
- Statistician top job of the year! 2021-01-31 The number one best business job: Statistician. This is the result of the U.S. News & World Report’s annual jobs ranking, where statisticians also are in the absolute top of the 100 best jobs.
- Start-up meeting for the Statistical Student council (SSC) 2021-01-21 Wednesday 27 January 12.00 – Influence your education and make money!
- Statistical consulting for researchers and PhD candidates in the human sciences 2021-01-13 Are you a researcher within the human sciences (faculties of Humanities, Law and Social Sciences) and need help with qustions about your quantitative analysis? Our researchers are here for you!
- Third exams for autumn semester courses 2021-01-13 Courses that are only taught during the autumn semester have one extra exam during the spring semester. You will find the list of dates for the examinations here.
- Computer labs for students 2020-12-28 The department has a computer lab, located in room B319, with a total of 18 PC-computers. We also share computer lab B315 and B307 with 20 PC:s, with the Department of Sociology.
- Admission and Application procedures 2020-12-28 Important information regarding admission and application procedures, for our potential Master's and undergraduate students.
- What is it like to study statistics? Ask one of our alumni! 2020-12-28 Edgar Bueno studied the Matser's Program in statistics, and is a PhD in Statistics. He likes statistics because of the many applications, within the financial sector, health sector, industry, government, and almost everywhere, you'll find applications of statistics.
- 10 reasons to join the student council! 2020-12-21 Our alumnus Lisa Nikiforova tells us about the benefits of joining the student council. Today Lisa has a career as a statistician and data scientist.
- PhD defence: Oskar Gustafsson 2020-12-17 On Friday December 18th, Oskar Gustafsson will defend his thesis: Some Contributions to Heteroscedastic Time Series Analysis and Computational Aspects of Bayesian VARs. The dissertation will be held online.
- PhD defence: Parfait Munezero 2020-12-17 On Friday December 11th, Parfait Munezero will defend his thesis: Bayesian Sequential Inference for DynamicRegression Models. The dissertation will be held online.
- Information for exams at the Department of statistics 2020-12-17
- New Student 2020-12-10 Information for applicants for the Spring 2021 courses.
- Online studies spring 2021 2020-12-09 Due to the covid-19 virus, all courses will be taught online during the spring semester 2021.
- PhD defence: Edgar Mauricio Bueno Castellanos 2020-12-02 On Friday December 4th, Edgar Bueno will defend his thesis: Essays on Sample Surveys: Design and Estimation. The dissertation will be held online.
- Master's Fair Webinar: Study the Master's Program in Statistics 2020-11-30 Statistics is an important science and an essential tool in social planning as well as in almost all empirical sciences; examples include research in pharmacology, biology, economy, and psychology. Statistics is also used in industry when developing new products, production planning, and controlling quality of produced items. Meet teachers from the Department of Statistics and hear about our courses at the Master's level, and how it is to study within the program.
- How to make surveys cheaper and better 2020-11-20 Let’s say that a survey company would like to make a poll about the upcoming American election. How do they go about it? The goal for them would be to make the survey both cheaper and better. To make the survey more cost efficient, it is important to know if it is possible to reduce the sample size in the survey without increasing the errors. Edgar Bueno, doctoral student, researches a method to do that.
- Q&A with international alumni who have found their careers in Sweden 2020-11-10 This is a seminar for international students and alumni who plan to make their careers in Sweden. Our alumnus Edgar is there to talk about becoming a researcher in Sweden. Join to ask your questions.
- Peer-Assisted Study Sessions 2020-11-04 Hard statistics problems on hand? Don’t worry - if you get stuck with your statistics problems, you can always get help at the regular Peer-Assisted Study Sessions. This semester our Doctoral students will assist the sessions. They can help with statistics problems on all levels from the first term to master studies.
- Frank Miller has been promoted to professor! 2020-10-07 Congratulations Frank Miller, on being awarded the title of Professor by the Stockholm University!
- Mandatory courses Progression Plan 2020-10-05
- Seminar: David Sumpter, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala university 2020-09-15 “What are the ten most important equations for everyday life?”
- An industry perspective on R Programming 2020-09-15 A career seminar for master students and students at the third semester of statistics studies.
- “How can the field of Machine Learning catalyze change within the field of Statistics?” 2020-09-07 Join us for a celebration of your thesis work, and learn more about the exciting interdisciplinary field of Machine Learning and Statistics!
- Where to find information 2020-07-10 The student information at Stockholm University is spread through many different channels. On this page we have gathered which information you will find where.
- Teacher of the year 2020! 2020-06-29 Jessica Franzén, Department of Statistics, wins The Award for Good Teaching 2020 at Stockholm University.
- It is not yet possible to compare the development of Covid-19 in different countries 2020-05-26 This is explained by Statistics Professor Dan Hedlin in an interview with Radio Sweden, commenting on "Sweden topped COVID-19 deaths per capita" headlines in different media.
- The Swedish Job Market: A Webinar for International Students 2020-05-06 What does the Swedish job market look like and is there anything like a Swedish work culture? This webinar is arranged by the General study and career counsellors at Stockholm University.
- A study buddy for your studies at home! 2020-03-26 Our Master's Student Emma will keep you company for 25 minutes while you are studying at home.
- Bright future labour market for statisticians in Sweden 2020-03-03 In the report "Prospects" (Framtidsutsikter) from the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations, SACO, it is stated that the future labour market for statisticians and mathematicians in Sweden looks very good. In 2023, the labour market is characterized by little competition for jobs, and this is already a fact today.
- Student council meeting 2020-03-03 Have a "Fika" and network with other students at the Department of Statistics! Plan fun activities or discuss important issues.
- Seminar: Mathematical modelling of infectious disease outbreaks 2020-03-02 A special Mathematical Statistics seminar given by Tom Britton.
- Three-points-for-a-win Rule didn’t make football more offensive! 2018-10-11 FIFA's 3-points-for-a-win rule introduced in 1994 did not give expected results.
- Moneyball - Statistics Movienight with "Lucia-fika" 2018-09-20 Celebrating Lucia together with alumni and master students, we will show the statistics movie Moneyball on December 13th. We will serve "Lucia-fika"!
- An app for statisticians created at the Department of Statistics 2018-07-04 PhD student Edgar Bueno at the Department of Statistics has created an app for statisticians that can be usedat the planning stage of a survey.
- Professor Lars Lyberg winner of the 2018 Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievment 2018-06-28 The 2018 AAPOR, American Association for Public Opinion Research, Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement, was awarded Lars Lyberg for his work within the field of survey research, his work as founding editor of the Journal of Official Statistics (JOS), among many other great achievments.
- Career Fair for Statistics students 2018-02-20 Welcome to one of the biggest career fairs at Stockholm University, Arbetsmarknadsdagen, designed for you who studies economics, statistics, political science, or some other subject within the field of social sciences.
- Programming club for students at the Department of Statistics 2018-02-05 All students are welcome to the Programming club, with drop-in every other Saturday at 9-15.
- Are you looking for qualified work in Sweden? 2018-01-18 Stockholm University Career Services invites all students to this career seminar.
- José Morlanes defended his thesis 2017-11-16 The thesis Some Extensions of the Fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Model: Arbitrage and Other Applications, was successfully defended by José Morlanes on November 10th 2017.
- Meeting with the Student Council 2017-11-13 Welcome to the Student Council's meeting. All students at the Department of Statistics are welcome to join us!
- Dissertation: José Morlanes 2017-10-30 Discussant: Professor Henrik Hult, Department of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology
- Joint seminar with the Stress Research Institute 2017-09-05
- Summer internship at Ericsson 2017-04-07 Ericsson is advertising an internship for graduates- or master students in statistics.
- Outgoing exchange 2017-03-23 Make your education international by studying abroad!
- Research Grants for study on academic critical thinking and the undergraduate thesis 2016-11-14 Tatjana von Rosen, from the Department of Statistics, Stockholm University, participates in the research project on academic critical thinking and the undergraduate thesis, which has been granted 6.5 million Swedish crowns.
- How to solve problems with non-response 2016-09-21 As the non-response rates of important studies continue to rise, the quality of the results are getting worse. Per Gösta Andersson from the Department of Statistics researches together with Carl-Erik Särndal, Professor Emeritus of Statistics Sweden, into a method that mitigates the effect of non-response.
- Seminar: Solving Optimization Problems with MATLAB 2016-04-19 Welcome to the seminar Solving Optimization Problems with MATLAB presented by Loren Shure from MathWorks, held at Stockholm University, April 25.
- Seminar: Pär Stockhammar, Department of Statistics and National Institute of Economic Research 2016-04-12 How will a large negative shock to Swedish housing prices effect the economy? A bayesian model is used to study these effects.
- Karin Stål posted her thesis 2015-05-26 We celebrated the posting of Karin Stål's thesis Identifying Influential Observations in Nonlinear Regression: A Focus on Parameter Estimates and the Score Test, in the Department lounge March 24th.
- Karin Stål defended her thesis 2015-05-26 An interested audience listened to Karins succesful defence of her thesis, Identifying Influential Observations in Nonlinear Regression, on Tuesday the 14th of April, 2015
- Yuli Liang defended her thesis 2015-05-26 The thesis Contributions to Estimation and Testing Block Covariance Structure in Multivariate Normal Models was successfully defended on May 11th, by Yuli Liang.
- Yuli Liang has posted her thesis! 2015-04-20 We celebrated the posting of Yuli Liang's thesis Contributions to Estimation and Testing Block Covariance Structure in Multivariate Normal Models, April 20th 2015.
- Statistical information systems 2014-12-08 A new portal for open educational resources.
- Yuli Liang was awarded at the Young Scientists Awards, for best oral presentation 2014-09-03 Our PhD student Yuli Liang was awarded at the International Conference on Trends and Perspectives in Linear Statistical Inference, 2014.
- Matias Quiroz was awarded at the Young Scientists Awards, for best oral presentation 2014-09-03 Our PhD student Matias Quiroz was awarded at the International Conference on Trends and Perspectives in Linear Statistical Inference, 2014.
- We celebrated our thesis students 2014-06-13 At the 4th of June we opened our lounge to celebrate the students who completed their bachelor's and master's theses.
- Begrún Magnúsdóttir defended her thesis 2014-06-03
