Dr Dafydd Evans

Lecturer in Operational Research

School of Mathematics

: evansd8@cardiff.ac.uk
: +44 (0)29 2087 0621
: Room 2.06, Abacws, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AG

: Welsh speaking

I am a lecturer in the School of Mathematics, Cardiff University.

My research interests include nearest neighbour statistics, nonparametric entropy estimation, and mathematics teaching.

Education

2001 PhD Mathematics Cardiff University
1994 MSc Mathematics University of London
1993 BSc Mathematics University College London

Employment

2011 - Lecturer in Mathematics, Cardiff University
2003 - 2011 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Cardiff University
2001 - 2003 Research Associate, Cardiff University

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I currently teach the following modules at the School of Mathematics,

MA1500 Introduction to Probability Theory
MA2500 Foundations of Probability & Statistics
MAT022 Foundations of Statistics and Data Science

I am also the School's Academic Lead for Employability, and run the School's Placement Learning Programme.

My current research interests are as follows.

Nearest neighbour statistics
Nonparametric entropy estimation
Mathematics teaching

Past projects