Luxembourg Statistical Society has the pleasure to invite you to a truly extraordinary first event of our society this year – an online talk of Sir Prof. David Spiegelhalter (Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK) and Dr Anthony Masters, Statistical Ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society.

Prof. Spiegelhalter is a renowned British statistician, currently Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge.

Dr Masters as a Chartered Statistician and a Statistical Ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society is widely involved in explaining statistical concepts among the general public. His column in The Guardian about data and the Covid-19 pandemic gained large popularity.

Abstract

In his talk, Prof. Spiegelhalter and Dr Masters will share insights related to Covid-19 statistics and some key findings from their new book “Covid by Numbers: Making Sense of the Pandemic with Data” .

Practical information

Date: 16 February 2022
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
Place: online
Fee: free
Registration: mandatory at Agnieszka