University of Waterloo

Research

The above image is a Word Cloud based on journal article titles from current members of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo - created July 2017

Our research extends to a variety of fields in statistics, probability, actuarial science and quantitative finance. For detailed information about our research initiatives, please refer to the web pages of individual faculty members and research groups.

Probability, statistics and related fields

biostatistics and epidemiology
classification
environmental statistics
geometric probability
industrial statistics
quality improvement
longitudinal data analysis
multivariate analysis
pattern recognition
queueing theory

simulation
reliability
statistical computing
statistical genetics
statistical learning
stochastic process models and inference
survey methodology
survival and event history analysis
time series

Actuarial science and finance fields

financial risk management
insurance solvency assessment
risk theory
simulation and quasi-Monte Carlo methods

pensions and social security
pricing of financial instruments
stochastic modeling.

For more information on the many areas of research in our department, see research strengths.