Welcome to the Department of Statistics
"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write." H.G. Wells
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Using statistics to boost the wellbeing of rangatahi Māori
24 April 2019Department of Statistics lecturer Andrew Sporle is one of three people leading ambitious research that aims to boost the health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori – young Māori. -
Almost $1 million awarded for University of Auckland health research
01 April 2019A wide range of leading-edge research projects in health, science and engineering have been awarded almost $1 million in funding from the Health Research Council’s Explorer Grant. -
169 islands that could help stem extinction crisis – NZ on list
28 March 2019In a major international collaboration of scientists, researchers and conservationists has drawn up a list of 107 islands that could stem the extinction crisis. New Zealand has five islands on the list. -
Dr Kate Lee uses Bayesian statistics to quantify uncertainty
27 March 2019New Department of Statistics lecturer Kate Lee came to her speciality subject, Bayesian statistics, later in her academic studies, and she’s very glad she did. -
What do mathematicians do, now machines do the maths?
20 March 2019For thousands of years, calculation was the price we had to pay to do or use mathematics. That is no longer the case. Visiting Seelye Fellow, Professor Devlin, talks to Radio NZ.
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Apply now for a 2019 graduate teaching assistant opportunity
01 January 2019The Faculty of Science invites expressions of interest from postgraduate students for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) positions in 2019.
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Seeking the secret of longevity, deep in the sea Event as iCalendar
22 July 2019, 1 - 2pmIn this seminar, Dr Pierre Blier (Professor of Evolutionary Physiology, University of Quebec, Canada) will advocate studying bivalve species as models for revealing the determinants of species divergences in maximal longevity.
