Workshop for Statistics Students’ Career Development 2008

Date: 30/3/2008 (Sunday)

Time: 2-4pm

Location: B203

Invited speakers:

(I) Professor Minggao Gu, Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

(II) Iris and Timothy, graduate from Math department, HKBU, currently working in standard chartered bank and DBS bank

(III) Prof. Cheng, Visiting Professor, United International College, Zhuhai, China and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Title:

(I) Kelly Formula for Investment

(II) Sharing as a university graduate in Statistics

(III) The Statistical Market in Taiwan

Abstract:

(I) In this talk I will introduce the concept of probability, expectation and the optimal amount of investment formula in an advantaged game known as the Kelly formula. Examples of real life random events such as Mark 64 and horse racing will be introduced.

(II) We will share stories of us and our former classmates after we graduate from Mathematics Department, HKBU.

(III) The market for statisticians has always been very good in Taiwan, even in the recent years of low economic growth in the early twenty-first century. There are several types of job in the Taiwan market for statistics graduates that keep on consistent demands, and a few new types emerge with growing demands.