Professor Steven G. Gilmour

Address :	School of Mathematical Sciences
	Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS United Kingdom
Room Number:	257
Telephone:	+44 (0)20 7882 5471
E-Mail:	s.g.gilmour@qmul.ac.uk
Fax:	+44 (0)20 8981 9587 (school fax, not private)

I am a Professor of Statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences and the cross-faculty Centre for Statistics.

I obtained a BSc in Statistics from Heriot-Watt University in 1987 and a PhD in Applied Statistics from the University of Reading in 1991. From 1990-99 I was a Lecturer in the Department of Applied Statistics at the University of Reading, and was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998. I came to Queen Mary in January 2000 as a Reader in Statistics and was promoted to a personal chair in 2004.

Research :

My research interests are in the design and analysis of experiments, particularly experiments with complex treatment structures. This includes treatments which are combinations of several factors, treatments which are levels of a continuous factor and treatments which are combinations of levels of several continuous factors (response surface experimentation).

My research is driven by problems arising in applications. Much of my experience has been in experiments in the food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and bioprocessing industries and the related sciences such as food science, biotechnology and biochemistry. I also have experience of experiments in horticulture, animal science and early-phase clinical trials.

Some current and recent research projects:

Unifying approaches to design of experiments (EPSRC funded research grant)
Multi-stratum response surface designs
Randomization-based modelling for complex responses
Design of experiments for microarrays
Generalized criteria for design under model uncertainty
Optimal design for nonlinear models

Publications and Presentations:

Libraries of Designs and Programs for Constructing Designs:

Library of subset designs (three-level response surface designs)
Programs for blocking response surface designs

Teaching :

I am on sabbatical until August 2010, during which time I am not involved in teaching-related activities.

Research Students :

Current:

Marta Baba (Year 6) Bayesian analysis for saturated and supersaturated designs
Ben Parker (Year 4) Design of experiments for data networks
Deepa Kapoor (Year 4) Bayesian design and analysis of small multifactor industrial experiments
Mudakkir Khadim (Year 1) Multi-stratum response surface designs

Past:

Nick Parsons (2004) Robust product experimentation for pot-plant quality and longevity
Rob Deardon (2001) Representation bias in field trials for airborne plant pathogens
Jo Farebrother (1998) Statistical design and analysis of factorial combination drug trials
Pi-Wen Tsai (1998) Three-level designs robust to model uncertainty
Luzia Trinca (1996) Blocking response surface designs

Major Responsibilities :

At Queen Mary :

Director of Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences
Director of the Centre for Statistics

External :

Theme Director for Sections, Local Groups and Study Groups, Royal Statistical Society

If you want to get in touch with me please email at s.g.gilmour@qmul.ac.uk.

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