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STOR-i welcomes new students
STOR-i Doctoral Training Centre
The STOR-i DTC welcomed its first intake of students last week. The 10 new members have joined from various universities including Durham, Lancaster, Manchester, St Andrews and Warwick.
This new venture, funded by the EPSRC, Lancaster University and various industrial partners is an exciting new collaboration between the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and Management Science. The students will follow a pioneering four year doctoral programme aimed at developing a new generation of researchers at the interface of Statistics, Operational Research and industry.
STOR-i would like to wish the new students every success during their time in the centre.
Fri 15 October 2010
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- STOR-i - Lancaster University's Statistics and Operational Research Doctoral Training Centre (STOR DTC) aims to develop a new generation of researcher capable of creating an impact in these complementary areas. The STOR DTC is funded by a £4.3M award from the EPSRC and benefits from considerable support from leading industry and other organisations
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