Dr Lawrence Pettit

Address :	School of Mathematical Sciences Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS
Room Number:	314
Telephone:	+44 (0)20 7882 3285
E-Mail:	l.pettit@qmul.ac.uk
FAX:	+44 (0)20 8981 9587
OFFICE HOURS 2011-12 Spring term	Tuesday 11.15-12.15; Friday 10.30-11.30.

I am a Reader in Statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences
I obtained a BA in Mathematics at Brasenose College Oxford and an MSc in Statistics at University College London. After a couple of years working as a Statistician in the Civil Service I studied for a PhD at Nottingham under Prof Adrian Smith. My thesis was entitled Bayesian approaches to outliers. I then went to Goldsmiths College London as a lecturer in Statistics. I was subsequently promoted to senior lecturer and reader. I was Head of Department from 2001-2002. I moved to Queen Mary in January 2003.

Research | Publications | Teaching | Graduate Students |

Research :

I am a Bayesian statistician. My main work has been on outliers and model choice in a variety of situations including linear models, finite populations, time series and circular data.
I have also worked on degradation models, models with autocorrelated errors, inference for Lanchester models of combat and applications in medicine and astronomy.

Publications

List of publications

Teaching :

MTH5122 Statistical Methods.
MTH709U Bayesian Statistics

Graduate Students :

Mitra Noosha
Ben Gaby

Other Activities :

If you want to get in touch with me please email at l.pettit@qmul.ac.uk.

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