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Departments Mathematical Sciences Research Data science
Research Group

Data science

Data science unifies statistics, data analysis and their related methods in order to understand and analyse phenomena in applications ranging from healthcare to finance.

It is an interdisciplinary research area that employs techniques and theories drawn from many fields. In our department our main areas of research interest are statistics and actuarial science, and operational research.

Many of our academics are also members of the university's Institute for Analytics and Data Science, and work closely with the Institute for Social and Economic Research, the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, and the School of Life Sciences.

Statistics and actuarial science

Statistics is concerned with modelling and analysing data, designing experiments, and making inferences, predictions and decisions in the presence of risk.

Operational Research

Operational Research deals with the application of mathematical optimisation to help make better decisions and arrive at optimal or near-optimal solutions to complex decision-making problems.

At Essex our work has an emphasis on human-technology interaction and focuses on practical applications that overlap with other disciplines, notably industrial engineering and operations management.

You can find out more about our academic's areas of research interest using the staff list below.

Current projects

Demand forecasting and dynamic pricing for e-grocery fulfilment

Working in collaboration with Ocado, this project will use insights from Big Data and machine learning to improve the efficiency of online grocery deliveries, reducing both their cost and carbon footprint.

Our academics

Joseph Bailey
Joseph Bailey

Lecturer in Environmetrics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics
Dr Yanchun Bao
Dr Yanchun Bao

Lecturer in Data Science and Statistics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics
Dr Hongsheng Dai
Dr Hongsheng Dai

Reader in Statistics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics
Dr Tolulope Fadina
Dr Tolulope Fadina

Lecturer in Actuarial Science and Finance

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Actuarial science.
Dr Mario Gutierrez-Roig
Dr Mario Gutierrez-Roig

Lecturer in Data Science and Statistics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics
Dr Stella Hadjiantoni
Dr Stella Hadjiantoni

Lecturer in Data Science and Statistics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics
Dr Andrew Harrison
Dr Andrew Harrison

Senior Lecturer in Data Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics
Dr Junlei Hu
Dr Junlei Hu

Lecturer in Actuarial Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Actuarial science
Professor Berthold Lausen
Professor Berthold Lausen

Professor of Data Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics.
Dr Peng Liu
Dr Peng Liu

Lecturer in Actuarial Science and Finance

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Actuarial science.
Dr Osama Mahmoud
Dr Osama Mahmoud

Lecturer in Data Science and Statistics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics.
Dr Fanlin Meng
Dr Fanlin Meng

Lecturer in Data Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics
Dr Yassir Rabhi
Dr Yassir Rabhi

Lecturer in Data Science and Statistics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics.
Professor Abdellah Salhi
Professor Abdellah Salhi

Professor of Operational Research

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Operational research
Dr Spyridon Vrontos
Dr Spyridon Vrontos

Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Actuarial science
Dr Jackie Wong Siaw Tze
Dr Jackie Wong Siaw Tze

Lecturer in Actuarial Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Statistics, actuarial science.
Dr Xinan Yang
Dr Xinan Yang

Senior Lecturer in Operational Research

Departmental of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research area: Operational research

KTP Associates

Dr Moncef-Ilies Nasri
Dr Moncef-Ilies Nasri

Data Scientist

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Juan Equihua Linares
Juan Equihua Linares

Data Scientist

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Dr Hui Yang
Dr Hui Yang

Data Scientist

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

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Our mathematics research group
Our researchers work collaboratively across our Faculty of Science and Health. Our research predominantly covers applied, pure and educational mathematics.
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Research degrees in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
Find out more about the research degrees run by our Department of Mathematical Sciences.
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Mathematical sciences research at Essex
Our research is broad in reach and has real impact on things like social policy, insurance, human-technology interaction and mathematical physics. But that's not all! There's a lot more research that goes on at Essex.
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