About Statistics and Actuarial Science

Part of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics
Founded in 1967
Programs in mathematical, computational & statistical sciences
Statistics was one of five founding departments
Department name changed to Statistics and Actuarial Science (Stat & Act. Sci.)
Largest number of statisticians and actuarial scientists of any university in Canada

Research in the areas of statistics, probability, actuarial science and quantitative finance
Details can be found on the personal web pages of faculty members
We maintain a Statistics Consulting Service which help researchers

Biostatistics and epidemiology, classification, environmental statistics, geometric probability, industrial statistics and 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, and time series.

Financial risk management, insurance solvency assessment, risk theory, simulation and quasi-Monte Carlo methods, pensions and social security, pricing of financial instruments, and stochastic modelling.

Tier I Canada Research Chair in Statistical Methods in Health Research, held by Richard Cook
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Chair in Financial Risk Management, held by Mary Hardy
Munich Reinsurance Chair in Insurance, held by Gordon Willmot

Two past presidents of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries
Two past presidents of the Society of Actuaries
Four past presidents of the Statistical Society of Canada
Five Gold Medal Winners of the Statistical Society of Canada
Four elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Three ex-students & one ex-faculty member won the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) Award
Nine of the Department's PhD graduates have won the Statistical of Society of Canada's annual Pierre Robillard Award