News Express: UM scholar gives talk on statistics in data science age
新聞快訊：澳大學人分享數據時代統計學
劉志
Liu Zhi
澳大學人分享數據時代統計學
澳門大學今（27）日舉行“澳大學人研究講壇”第22講，由澳大科技學院數學系教授劉志以“數據時代的統計學”為題分享其研究成果。講座現場座無虛席，並有不少中學師生以線上形式參與。
講座上，劉志介紹在大數據時代，各行各業時刻都在產生海量的數據。為此，怎樣有效處理這些數據，從而助力社會發展已成一種需求。他認為統計學作為以數據為出發點的學科，為這種需求提供了強而有力的理論和技術支撐。劉志亦回顧統計學的起源和發展歷程，以及通過一些簡單的例子來詮釋統計學的重要作用。在問答環節，與會者積極提問，交流氣氛熱烈。
劉志於2010年在香港科技大學獲得統計學博士學位。他的主要研究包括統計學、金融計量經濟學、隨機過程的統計推斷及統計機器學習，其在相關領域的頂級期刊上已發表超過60篇論文。他亦為多間澳門中學的數學組教師進行數學建模培訓，助力澳門中學生提高數學建模能力。
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UM scholar gives talk on statistics in data science age
The University of Macau (UM) held the 22nd UM Scholar Research Forum today (27 November), featuring Liu Zhi, professor in the Department of Mathematics of the UM Faculty of Science and Technology, as the speaker. Prof Liu gave a talk titled ‘Statistics in Data Science Age’ and shared his research findings. The talk attracted a full house, with many secondary school students and teachers participating online.
During the talk, Prof Liu highlighted the growing need to effectively process the constant stream of data generated in various industries in the era of big data to support social development, and that statistics provide robust theoretical and technical support for this need. He also gave an overview of the origins and development of statistics, and illustrated the important role of statistics through several simple examples.
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https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/presss-release/detail/59715/