The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates
About this episode
Chris Oates discusses his journey as a statistics professor and his career indecision.
Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career. This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk Professor Oates was the recipient of prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023 See a video with Professor Oates on Numberphile describing the Stein Paradox - https://youtu.be/FUQwijSDzg8 Chris Oates webpage - https://oates.work Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street Thanks also to Ben Delo. You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons
People in this episode
Host: Brady Haran
Guest: Chris Oates
Topics covered
- statistics
- career indecision
- academic research
- prizes in academia
- Stein Paradox
Sponsors
Jane Street
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Newcastle University, Leverhulme Trust, Philip Leverhulme Prize, Numberphile
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