Information regarding individual APTS weeks
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 4: University of Lancaster (5th September 2011 - 9th September 2011)
- Local organiser: Kanchan Mukherjee - k dot mukherjee at lancaster dot ac dot uk
- Modules: Longitudinal and Spatial Statistics (P. Diggle); Nonparametric Smoothing (R. Samworth)
- Information Booklet: This information booklet will be provided in printed form when you arrive.
- Travel: Information can be found at the travel information page.
- Accommodation: Your accommodation is at Cartmel College (campus map) in Alexandra Park which is a 10 to 15 minutes walk from the Postgraduate Statistics Centre. Upon arrival at the Lancaster University campus, please go to the Conference Reception at the Conference Centre (number 21 on the campus map) for collection of keys, directions and, if required, car parking permits (free of charge).
- Registration: Registration for the APTS week will take place between 11.15am and 12.45pm on Monday 5th September 2011 inside the Postgraduate Statistics Centre of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Fylde College.
- Academy Dinner / Special requirements: Please complete the requirements and academic dinner form.
- Timetable:
Monday 5th September |
Tuesday 6th September |
Wednesday 7th September |
Thursday 8th July |
Friday 9th September |
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0915-1045 |
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Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis | Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis | Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis | Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis |
1045-1115 | Coffee | ||||
1115-1245 |
APTS Registration open
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Nonparametric Smoothing |
Nonparametric Smoothing | Nonparametric Smoothing | Nonparametric Smoothing |
1245-1400 | Lunch |
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1400-1415 | Welcome |
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End of workshop |
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1415-1515 | Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis (1415-1545) |
Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis | Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis |
Spatial and Longitudinal Data Analysis
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1515-1600 | Coffee | ||||
1600-1700 | Nonparametric Smoothing (1615-1745) |
Nonparametric Smoothing |
Nonparametric Smoothing |
Nonparametric Smoothing |
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1830-1930 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
Academy dinner |
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Evening | Free Evening |
RSS Reception |
Free Evening |
Week 3: University of Southampton (11th July 2011 - 15th July 2011)
- Local organisers: Stefanie Biedermann / Jon Forster; enquiries to - APTS2011 at soton dot ac dot uk
- Modules: Applied Stochastic Processes (S. B. Connor & W. S. Kendall); Computer Intensive Statistics (B. Ripley)
- Information Booklet:This APTS Week Information Booklet will be provided in printed form when you arrive.
- Travel: Directions and map (travel).
- Parking: APTS participants are able to use the car park at Highfield Hall but a permit must be arranged in advance (please let us know at APTS2011@soton.ac.uk if you require this).
- Accommodation: Accommodation is at Highfield Hall, Avenue Campus, Southampton Map.
- Registration: Check-in for accommodation, and registration for the APTS week will be at the APTS registration desk, situated in the level 1 foyer of Building 58 (Murray building) of the main Highfield campus. The registration desk will be open between 11.15 and 14.15 on Monday July 11. Rooms in Highfield Hall wil be available from 15.00 on Monday July 11. Secure luggage storage will be available in Building 58 for the afternoon of Monday July 11 (and again on the morning of Friday July 15).
- Academy Dinner / Special requirements: Please complete the dinner and requirements form.
- Timetable:
Monday 11th July |
Tuesday 12th July |
Wednesday 13th July |
Thursday 14th July |
Friday 15th July |
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0915-1045 |
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Applied Stochastic Processes |
Applied Stochastic Processes | Applied Stochastic Processes | Applied Stochastic Processes |
1045-1115 | Coffee | ||||
1115-1245 |
APTS Registration open
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Computer Intensive Statistics | Computer Intensive Statistics | Computer Intensive Statistics | Computer Intensive Statistics |
1245-1400 | Lunch |
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1400-1415 | Welcome |
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End of workshop |
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1415-1515 | Applied Stochastic Processes (1415-1545) |
Applied Stochastic Processes | Applied Stochastic Processes |
Special Lecture (Prof. Sir David Cox) |
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1515-1600 | Coffee | ||||
1600-1700 | Computer Intensive Statistics (1615-1745) |
Computer Intensive Statistics |
Computer Intensive Statistics |
Computer Intensive Statistics |
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1900-2000 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
Academy dinner |
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Evening | RSS Reception (2000-2100) |
Free Evening |
Free Evening |
Week 2: University of Warwick (21st March 2011 - 25th March 2011)
- Local organisers: John Aston - j dot a dot d dot aston at warwick dot ac dot uk and Adam Johansen - a dot m dot johansen at warwick dot ac dot uk
- Modules: Statistical Modelling (J. J. Forster); Statistical Asymptotics (G. A. Young)
- Information Booklet: This APTS Week Information Booklet will be provided in printed form when you arrive.
- Travel: Information on how to get to University of Warwick. Please note the key point, if travelling by train, the closest train station is not Warwick Station. iPad, iPhone and android-device users may also find the start.Warwick app helpful.
- Accommodation: Students can collect keys to their accommodation from Rootes reception. Please see the information booklet for details.
- Registration: Registration for the APTS week will take place between 11.15am and 12.45pm on Monday 21st March, 2011; just inside the main entrance to the Zeeman building (i.e. the one which houses the Mathematics and Statistics Departments).
- Academy Dinner / Special requirements: Please complete this academy dinner and special requirements form. The dress code for the academy dinner is smart casual.
- Timetable:
Monday 21st March |
Tuesday 22nd March |
Wednesday 23rd March |
Thursday 24th March |
Friday 25th March |
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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) |
Statistical Asymptotics | Statistical Asymptotics |
Statistical Asymptotics |
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1515-1600 | Coffee | ||||
1600-1700 | Statistical Modelling (1615-1745) |
Statistical Modelling |
Statistical Modelling |
Statistical Modelling |
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1830-1930 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
Academy dinner |
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Evening | RSS Reception (2000-2100) |
Evening Session (2000-2100) |
Free Evening |
Week 1: University of Cambridge (4th January 2011 - 8th January 2011)
- 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)
- Information Booklet: This APTS Week Information Booklet will be provided in printed form when you arrive.
- 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 Churchill College site, which is about five minutes walk away from the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Information on Churchill College is available here. 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 Tuesday 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 Tuesday 4 January 2011 just inside the main entrance to the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
- Special requirements: Please complete this form to provide us with information about any special requirements -- even if you don't have any! We need, at least, to know who wishes to attend the academy dinner.
- Timetable:
Tuesday 4th January |
Wednesday 5th January |
Thursday 6th January |
Friday 7th January |
Saturday 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 |
1245-1345 | Lunch | ||||
1345-1515 |
Welcome Statistical Inference |
Statistical Inference |
Free |
Statistical Inference |
End of Workshop |
1515-1545 | Coffee | Coffee | |
Coffee | |
1545-1715 | Statistical Computing |
Statistical Computing (Computer Lab) |
Afternoon |
Statistical Computing |
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1830-1930 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
Academy dinner |
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Evening | RSS Reception (1930-2045) |
Pub quiz (1930-) |
Free Evening |