The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is located in Burnside Hall on McGill's downtown campus in Montreal, Quebec. The Department boasts an impressive faculty of leading researchers in a diverse range of fields including Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Category Theory, Combinatorics, Differential Geometry, Differential Equations, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Number Theory, Probability, and Statistics.
To respond to the differing needs of our students, a full range of undergraduate programs and courses are offered through the faculties of Arts, Science, and Management. Masters and Doctoral programs in Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics are available to students wishing to pursue graduate studies .
To support our students and staff, the Department offers a state-of-the-art computer network available for research and educational purposes. The Edward Rosenthall Mathematics and Statistics Library, conveniently located in Burnside Hall, responds to the more conventional research needs of department members. The Department's Statistical Consulting Service provides statistical advice to faculty and students both from within the Department and throughout the University.
Ph.D. Oral Defense - Geva Maimon
Date: February 5, 2010
Time: 10:00 - 12:30
Title: A Bayesian approach to the statistical interpretation of DNA evidence
Supervisor: Russ Steele
Summer School in Statistics and Probablilty
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics will host a Summer School in Statistics and Probability in June 2010. The School will run for one week, and offer participants an introduction to research-level Statistics. The School is supported financially by the Faculty of Science at McGill University.
The School will be primarily aimed at
- Final Year Undergraduate Students in Mathematics and Statistics
- Undergraduate Summer Trainees (NSERC USRA etc.)
- Masters Students in Statistics
although students from other disciplines (computer science, economics, physics, biology etc.) will also be considered.
More information here
Schulich Donation
Seymour Schulich has recently made a generous donation of $5 million dollars to McGill of which $1.25 million will go to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The money is being used to provide fellowships for graduate students exclusively and is to be spent down over roughly ten years. These fellowships will enable us to continue to attract truly top class students in the mathematical sciences.
More information here.
