Data Analysis and Statistical Science

About the Center for Data Analysis and Statistical Science

Education

The Center for Data Analysis and Statistical Science of Ghent University is a formal UGent expert center uniting the several statistics research centers from the different UGent faculties. The Center for Statistics aims to disseminate expert statistical knowledge through education and consulting.

    logo science academy In 2001, the Ghent Center for Data Analysis and Statistical Science joined the Science Academy to organize their yearly series of targeted training modules. FLAMES_logo_136x100_72dpi.jpg

    An inter-university training network FLAMES (Flanders' Training Network for Methodology and Statistics) was established in 2013 providing statistical training for doctoral students.

    In 2025, the 20th anniversary of the Master of Statistical Data Analysis will be celebrated. Since 2016, the program has been restructured to two major tracks, a major Statistical Science and a major Computational Statistics.



    Consulting

    The center also coordinates a statistical support service FIRE (Fostering Innovative Research based on Evidence) for UGent PhD students.

    Stat-Gent CRESCENDO (CREdible SCientific Evidence for New Discoveries and Outcomes) resulted from a consortium of the industrial research fund. An initiative to turn academic expertise into added value for industry and society. Stat-Gent Consultancy as it is called today, offers consultancy about statistics and data-analysis to professionals from the academic, public and the private sector. Its members cover a wide range of experience in different areas of application with a variety of statistical techniques and data-analytic tools. Each project is managed by one of the consultants and supervised by an UGent professor.

    Seminars

    Seminars are organized on regular basis: statistical lectures known as Quetelet seminars. View the events on the home page for scheduled seminars.

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