I'd never seen this painting before—"Mental Arithmetic" (1895) by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. I love it! Alda Carvalho spoke about it and the mental math problem on the board ((10²+11²+12²+13²+14²)/365) at G4G Europe.

Statistikaülesanne poliitikutele: kuidas tõsta õpetajate, päästjate ja paljude teiste elualade palka 1,2-3-kordse Eesti keskmise palgani nii, et Eesti keskmine palk seejuures samaks jääks?

#emgm2023 Registration tinyurl.com/ytpz5mh4 and abstract submission tinyurl.com/2p8dkwb6 is open for EMGM 2023 meeting University of Surrey

Esimene (väga) suur vilistlaspäev TÜ Deltas: 18.03.2023 cs.ut.ee/vilistlaspaev IT, matemaatika ja statistika - tulge kõik kohale ja tooge vähemalt 10 oma kursusekaaslast ka kohale! University of Tartu @unitartucs #unitartumath @unitartudelta #alumniday #vilistlaspäev #vilistlaspaev

Teaduseetikast - siin on hea ülevaade eri aspektidest. Mitte vastuseid küsimustele vaid loetelu teemadest ja kui sealt edasi uurida, siis jõuab ka juhisteni. Vahel on ka palju halle alasid kui asjad pole olnud selged. sirp.ee/s1-artiklid/c2…

Our popular SPE course is back again: bendixcarstensen.com/SPE/ . The course is intended for epidemiologists and statisticians who wish to use R for statistical modelling and analysis of epidemiological data. Welcome to Tartu in early June.

Sageli jäetakse võimekad noored ise oma õnne najale. See on kõige lühinägelikum asi,mida saab teha, et noored ei saa õppimise ajal 120% end õpingutele pühendada. Tööle mineku sundus on muutunud praktika võimalusest ellujäämise võimaldamiseks. #rekjtorivalimised2023

Still 5 days to register and still some places available!

Kui oled doktorikraadiga statistik ja otsid väljakutseid, siis äkki tuled meile appi statistikute järelkasvu kasvatama ja ka teiste statistilist kirjaoskust parandama? Töötingimused ja seltskond on meil head (ja puhkus 56 päeva). ut.ee/et/konkurss/ma…

The last semester was something quite similar for me. Today I realised that I feel guilty that I did not do almost any work (except some gardening) in the weekend - for the first time in past 4-5 months. Need to think how to avoid such semesters in the future.

Probably the best analysis of excess mortality from March 2020 across different countries, published at github.com/dkobak/excess-… by Dmitry Kobak and Ariel Karlinsky

Genetic effects on age-at-menopause can change in time! Very excited to share our new age-specific #GWAS on age-at-menopause in #ukbiobank We find age-specificity to be very common leading to novel discoveries and evidence of biological mechanisms 🧵👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

⚡️Please, RT: interested in GWAS analyses, their follow-up, PGS or MR? Apply for the Short online live course "Introduction to the statistical analysis of GWAS" by Jan 5, 2024 tinyurl.com/y582m6ud It will be the 10th edition, 450 scientists trained thus far! University of Surrey

Two years have passed since Russia initiated its full-scale war. Each day Ukrainians show the world what bravery really means. We stand with Ukraine, as you stand for the security of all of Europe. I believe in Ukraine’s victory and that Russia can be defeated. #SlavaUkraini

Interested in multivariate statistics? Welcome to Tartu in June 25-28, to the 11th Tartu Conference on Multivariate Statistics: tartumvs2024.ut.ee/main (abstract deadline March 15th).

New paper in Heart compares vaccinated to unvaccinated with respect to cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia/cardiac arrest, myocarditis and clotting events including strokes, thrombosis deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and

New paper "Alcohol consumption and the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality—a linear and nonlinear Mendelian randomization study" at IJE: academic.oup.com/ije/article/53… led by Nigussie Kassaw and Elina Hyppönen. Brief thread:

The abstract deadline now extended to April 20th!

tartumvs2024.ut.ee Tartu Conference on Multivariate Statistics: June 25-28th, 2024. Early bird registration deadline extended to May 15th!

SCZ cases had a higher rate of MetS (HR 1.95) driven by both antipsychotic medication use and genetic predisposition to higher BMI. Excellent team work by maris alver Silva Kasela Liina Haring Krista Fischer Laura Luitva & Märt Möls! CoMorMent REALMENT