MSc in Data Science and Business Statistics

MSc in Data Science and Business Statistics Orientation 31 July 2013... Building Abbreviations YIA: Yasumoto International Academic Park 康本國際學術園  FYB: Wong Foo Yuen Building 王福元樓  CK

MSc in Data Science and

Business Statistics

Orientation

31 July 2013

Management Team

 Programme Director:

Prof Chan Ping Shing

Email: benchan@cuhk.edu.hk

 Administrative Support:

Ms Iris Chan

Email: wwchan@sta.cuhk.edu.hk

Tel: 3943 1746

Programme Requirements

 Complete a minimum of 8 electives

 Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0

Teaching Terms 2013/14

First term 2 September 2013 (Mon) – 30

November 2013 (Sat)

Course

examinations

2 December 2013 (Mon) – 7 December 2013 (Sat)

Second term 6 January 2014 (Mon) – 17 April

2014 (Thur) Course

examinations 22 April 2014 (Tue) – 28 April 2014 (Mon)

Teaching Timetable (Term 1)

Class Code Course Title Period Room

RMSC5101 Statistical Methods in Risk Mgt & Finance 金融巿場的統計建模 Thu 06:30PM - 09:30PM LSB_LT2

RMSC6001 Interest Rates & Fixed Incomes Risk Mgt 利率及固定收益證券之風險管理 Tue 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201

STAT5101 Foundations of Data Science 數據科學基礎 Wed 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201

STAT5103 High-Dimensional Data Analysis 高維數據分析 Sat 02:30PM - 05:15PM FYB_UG02 STAT6104 Financial Time Series 財務時間序列 Mon 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201

STAT6107 Selected Topics on Data Sci & Business Stat 數據科學及商業統計專題討論 Fri 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_403

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Teaching Timetable (Term 2)

Class Code Course Title Period Room

STAT5102 Regression in Practice 務實迴歸分析 Tue 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_405

STAT5104 Data Mining 數據挖掘 Mon 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201

STAT6101 Statistics for Management 管理統計 Fri 06:30PM - 09:30PM YIA_201

STAT6103 Simulations & Statistical Computing 模擬方法及統計運算 Sat 02:30PM - 05:30PM YIA_502

STAT6105

Basic Actuarial Principles & Their Applications

精算學基本原理及應用 Thu 06:30PM - 09:30PM CKB_UG05 STAT6106 Applied Bayesian Methods 應用貝葉斯方法 Wed 06:30PM - 09:30PM AIT_212

Building Abbreviations

 YIA: Yasumoto International Academic Park 康本國際學術園

 FYB: Wong Foo Yuen Building 王福元樓

 CKB: Chen Kou Ben Building 陳國本樓

 LSB: Lady Shaw Building 邵逸夫夫人樓

 AIT: An Integrated Teaching Building 綜合教 學大樓

Term 1 Courses

 RMSC5101: Statistical Methods in Risk

Management and Finance

– Chan Ngai Hang

 RMSC6001: Interest Rates and Fixed

Incomes Risk Management

– Lee Pak Kuen Philip

Term 1 Courses

 STAT5101: Foundations of Data Science

– Song Xinyuan

 STAT5103: High-Dimensional Data

Analysis

– Chong Tai Leung

Term 1 Courses

 STAT6104: Financial Time Series

– Yau Chun Yip

 STAT6107: Selected Topics on Data

Science and Business Statistics

– Chan Wai, Fred Ho

Term 2 Courses

 STAT5102: Regression in Practice

– Chan Ping Shing

 STAT5104: Data Mining

– Leung Pui Lam

 STAT6101: Statistics for Management

– Ho Kwok Wah

Term 2 Courses

 STAT6103: Simulations and Statistical Computing

 STAT6105: Basic Actuarial Principles and Their

Applications

 STAT6106: Applied Bayesian Methods

Unsatisfactory Performance

A student shall be required to discontinue studies if:

a) the cumulative GPA is 1.0 or below, or

b) the student fails to have probation lifted

after being put on academic probation for two consecutive terms of attendance, or

c) additional requirements laid down for the

programme by the Graduate Division

concerned are not satisfied

*A student shall be put on academic probation if the cumulative GPA is below 2.0 in the preceding term

Academic Honesty and

Plagiarism

 The University places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by

students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance

on cheating in examinations and plagiarism

 Students can refer to the website

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonest y/index.htm for a guide on academic honesty for students

MyCUHK

 MyCUHK is a one-stop information portal for

personalized access to various online resources

 Some of the most frequently used are:

 CUSIS and MyStudy: access of e-learning platform and perform course selection (guidelines on course selection: www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss/crs_reg)

 Webmail: send/receive your emails through the

Campus-wide Email System

Action Guide

 Perform course registration at MyCUHK during course registration period 10:00am on 6 August – 5:30pm on

9 August 2013 with the online registration login ID and password on your admission notification

 ITSC will send a 6-digit V-code to you by email or

SMS starting from 20 August 2013

 Use the V-code to retrieve the Computing Accounts Information (CAI) and CWEM password at

http://cai.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk

 The CAI and CWEM password can be used to access

Student ID Card Collection

 Students may collect their student ID card (CU Link) at CU Link Card Centre during

office hours

 For your convenience, we may collect your student cards on behalf of you and then

distribute them to you in classes

 Please sign your name on the sign-up sheet

if you wish to do so

Campus Parking

 Pre-paid parking coupons are available for campus parking ($20/5hrs)

 The application form is available at

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/security_unit/eLabel html

 Please send the completed form to Iris

Chan by mail, email or fax

 Bring along the necessary documents to

Security Office for purchase of parking

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Useful Links

 Department Website: www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk

 Programme Website: www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/ MScDBS

 Graduate School: www2.cuhk.edu.hk/gss

 Campus Map:

www.cuhk.edu.hk/english/campus/cuhk-campus-map.html

 MyCUHK: https://portal.cuhk.edu.hk

Thank you