Welcome to the Department of Statistics at the University of Manitoba! Established in 1967, the Department is one of the oldest and largest in Canada. It currently has 15 full-time academic members, with research expertise in diverse areas of Statistics and Probability. It offers a full range of programs in Statistics, leading to B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees.

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The University of Manitoba is western Canada’s first university, established in 1877. The University community includes approximately 2,000 academic staff, 2,500 support staff, 25,000 undergraduate students and 2,700 graduate students. The University of Manitoba is one of Canada's leading research universities, and faculty of the University receive more than $90 million in external research grants and contracts annually.

News

Fu-Fest 2009 was a terrific success! Congratulations James!

Seminars

Phongsack Manivong, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba: “Probability Estimation Using Normalized Beta Kernels”
Friday, November 20 at 10:30 AM
316 Machray Hall
(M.Sc. Thesis defence)

Lisa M. Lix, Centennial Chair, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan: “Testing Multiple Outcome Variables in the Presence of Correlation, Non-Normality, and Variance Heterogeneity”
Friday, November 20 at 2:45 PM
316 Machray Hall

Pierre Duchesne, Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique, Université de Montréal: “On Diagnostic Checking Time Series Models with Portmanteau Test Statistics Based on Generalized Inverses and {2}-Inverses”
Monday, November 23 at 2:45 PM
316 Machray Hall

Jiayang Sun, Department of Statistics, Case Western Reserve University: “Non-Fourier Estimation in Measurement Error Problems”
Tuesday, November 24 at 2:45 PM
316 Machray Hall

For information on upcoming or recent seminars, visit the Seminars page.