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 2011-2012 Exam Period

• Monday 10.30-12.30 April 30, May 14
• Tuesday 10.30-12.30 April 24, May 1, May 8
• Wednesday 10.30-12.30 April 25, May 9, May 16
• Thursday 10.30-12.30 April 26 (from 11.30), May 3, May 10

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 :

• 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