Statistical Methodology and Computing Service (SMCS)
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Technical and scientific expertise
- Consulting and support services at all stages of a data analysis project
- Training courses in a wide range of statistical tools and methods, organised face-to-face or remotely
- UCLouvain continuing education programmes, some leading to a university certificate
- Training offered by experts in statistics from various backgrounds: mathematics, business engineering, biosciences and civil engineering, political science and humanities, computer science, psychology, etc.
Learn about SMCS services in this video
Main equipment
- High-performance computing servers hosted at CISM
Applications
Examples
- Use of multivariate data analysis or data-mining tools for exploration, classification or prediction in large data sets
- Survey design: questionnaire design, sampling, database structuring, multivariate analyses
- Evaluation, comparison, validation of measurement methods
- Design of experiments for laboratory or industrial trials
- Calculation of sample size for a clinical trial or scientific experiment
Services available to
- Entire UCLouvain community (researchers, administrative staff, etc.)
- Non-UCLouvain individuals, public or private organisations
Testimonial
March 2024 - M. Gaël de Lannoy, Head of Global Drug Substance Innovation Center at GSK - a world-renowned vaccine manufacturer - talks in a video about his collaboration with the SMCS platform.
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25 June 2024SMCS - Become a certified Junior Data Analyst with this program starting in October 2024!Approximately 50% of face-to-face class days are organized on Saturdays! The program is divided over an academic year into 4 periods of 5 to 6 days. This course - organised by the SMCS platform - wi