Particular areas of current activity include statistical genetics and biostatistics, statistical methods in retail financial services, time series, core statistical methodology, classification and data mining, with many interactions and overlaps between these areas of research.

Research groups

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Applied probability and theoretical statistics

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Astrostatistics

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Bayesian statistics and computational methods

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Research groups

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Biostatistics

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Statistical cyber-security

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Statistical learning

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Research groups

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Statistics in finance

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Time series, spatial statistics and signal processing

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Statistics in public policy and government

Imperial statisticians have a strong interest in the use and development of novel data science methods in the areas of public policy and government.

Related initiatives

Machine Learning Initiative

Raising the profile of statistical machine learning research at Imperial to a global level and connecting active researchers in statistical machine learning across all departments.

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Mathematics in Medicine

Devoted to researching medical and health-related problems where mathematical and statistical models can make a difference.

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Data Science Institute

The Data Science Institute at Imperial College London aims to enhance Imperial's excellence in data-driven research across its faculties by fulfilling the following objectives

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Statistics section administrator: 

Trish Watson
Huxley Building, Room 627
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Address:
Department of Mathematics
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London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom

Head of Section

Prof. Almut Veraart
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