Impact Day 2023 - Mathematical Sciences

Tuesday 27 Jun 2023, 11:00 → 17:00 Europe/London

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre - MCS0001 (Department of Mathematical Sciences)

1 Welcome

2 Durham Biostatistics Unit

Speakers: Dr James Liley (Durham University), Prof. Jochen Einbeck (Durham University)

3 Dosimetry

Following a radiation incident involving exposure or suspected exposure of individuals to ionizing radiation, a fast and reliable assessment of the contracted dose is essential for effective diagnosis and treatment. Such an assessment is possible through biomarkers, which allow the contracted dose to be deduced from the damage which the radiation has caused inside human blood cells. The mapping from the biomarker count (of damaged chromosomes, etc) to a dose estimate is facilitated through appropriate statistical models for count data. This research underpinning this case study deals with the choice of such models, the UQ strategies that derive from this, and the production of corresponding software. Impact is reported in form of adoption of these methods by national and European radiation protection units as well as inclusion into an ISO standard.

Speaker: Prof. Jochen Einbeck (Durham University)

4 Climate and Policy Impact

Speaker: Prof. Michael Goldstein (Durham University)

12:15 Lunch

5 IBEX & Atom Bank

Speaker: Prof. Camila Caiado (Durham University)

6 European Food Safety Authority

Speaker: Prof. Peter Craig (Durham University)

7 European Study Group with Industry

Speaker: Prof. Bernard Piette (Durham University)

14:30 Break

8 Oil extraction, disease prevention and crop production: impact past, present and (possibly) future

Speaker: Prof. Ian Vernon (Durham University)

9 SPARRA

Speaker: Dr James Liley (Durham University)

10 Privacy Preserving Inference

Speaker: Dr Louis Aslett (Durham University)

16:00 Reception