Stephen Connor
I'm a Reader in the Statistics and Probability Group in the Department of Mathematics at the University of York, UK.
Contact details:
stephen.connor@york.ac.uk
Department of Mathematics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Research
My research interests are primarily in applied probability, in particular coupling theory, perfect simulation, and convergence rates of Markov processes.
Read moreOutreach
I regularly run outreach sessions at local schools, and from 2017 - 2020 I was an LMS Holgate Session Leader. Follow the links below to find out more about the sessions that I can offer, or to see what we get up to as a department.
My outreach sessions York Maths outreachKnitting
I'm a keen knitter and crocheter. I often forget to take photos of finished work, but if you'd like to see some evidence of what I get up to in my spare time, follow the link below.
Knitting galleryExternal
- I helped to found the Probability in the North East (PiNE) research network
- I am an editor for the Applied Probability Trust journals
- I am a member of the Research Grants Committee of the London Mathematical Society
- I am an external member of the Academic Steering and Management Group for the Scottish Mathematical Sciences Training Centre
- For most of 2009 - 2019 I was a lecturer of the Applied Stochastic Processes module for the Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (APTS)