Dr David Walshaw
Senior Lecturer in Statistics
School of
Mathematics & Statistics
University
of Newcastle,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Office: 3.04, Herschel Building
Telephone: 0191 222 7219
E-mail:
David.Walshaw@newcastle.ac.uk
School Administrative Duties (2019 - present):
- Senior Tutor for Mathematics, Statistics and Physics;
- Chair of Support-to-Study Panel for Mathematics, Statistics and Physics;
- Staff Facilitator on Student Staff Committee for Mathematics and Statistics (Semester 1);
- Personal Extenuating Circumstances Committee for Mathematics Statistics and Physics;
- School Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committees for Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.
University Administrative Duties:
- Since 2017 I have been Statistical Adviser to the Universtiy's Transparency Review and Diary Exercise - I schedule the sampling of academic units for the collection of data on individual time use, which is used to inform the allocation of HEFCE funding. The requirement is to provide representative data while minimizing the burden on staff. I advise and report on the analysis of the collected data;
- Since 2022 I have been a member of the Student Disciplinary Panel.
Teaching for 2023 - 2024:
Semester 1
- MAS1403 Quantitative Methods for Marketing and Management
- MAS2403 Statitistical Methods for Marketing and Management
Semester 2
- MAS2403 Statitistical Methods for Marketing and Management
- CEG2002 Statistics and Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers
MSc in Data Science 80-credit project module 2023-2024:
CSC8639 (Project selection ongoing)
Impact activities:
My duties include three projects which have the potential to lead to Impact Case Studies for REF2028.
- Spatial Modelling of Present and Future Wind Speeds for Improved Design and Resilience of National Infrastructure. Colloaboraton with the UK Met Office.
- Colloboration with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, specifically the Particle Retrieval Advisory Group (Dounreay) on the safe and secure clean-up of the Dounreay nuclear site.
- Colloboration with Fujifilm Biosynth Technologies on estimation of probabilities of monoclonality in cell culture assays.
Research areas for ongoing supervision:
PhD proposal advertised for the Geospatial Systems Centre for Doctoral Training:
Spatial Modelling of Present and Future Wind Speeds for Improved Design and Resilience of National Infrastructure. Industrial Partner: UK Met Office.
Other projects in the area of Environmental Extremes, for example:
Climate variability and climate change
Extreme rainfall over multiple time-scales
Editorial and Committee Positions:
Associate Editor of Environmetrics.
Member of Royal Statistical Society's Environmental Statistics Section Committee.