M.Sc. in Data Science and Business Statistics

Orientation30 July 2014

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Programme Team Programme Director:

Prof. Chan Ping Shing benchan@cuhk.edu.hk)

Administrative Support:Ms. Iris Chan (wwchan@sta.cuhk.edu.hk)Tel: 3943 1746

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Teaching Terms 2014/15First term 1 September 2014 (Mon) – 29

November 2014 (Sat)

Course examinations

1 December 2014 (Mon) – 6 December 2014 (Sat)

Second term 5 January 2015 (Mon) – 18 April 2015 (Sat)

Course examinations

20 April 2015 (Mon) – 25 April 2015 (Sat)

Teaching Timetable (Term 1)

Class Code Course Title Period Room

RMSC5101 Statistical Methods in Risk Mgt & Finance Thu 6:30 – 9:30pm LSB_LT3

RMSC6001 Interest Rates & Fixed Incomes Risk Mgt Tue 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_201

STAT5101 Foundations of Data Science Tue 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_403

STAT5103 High-Dimensional Data Analysis Sat 2:30 – 5:15pm FYB_UG02

STAT6102 Stochastic Modelling Wed 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_503

STAT6104 Financial Time Series Mon 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_201

STAT6106 Applied Bayesian Method Fri 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_503 4

Teaching Timetable (Term 2)

Class Code Course Title Period Room

STAT5102 Regression in Practice Tue 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_405

STAT5104 Data Mining Mon 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_201

STAT6101 Statistics for Management Fri 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_201

STAT6103 Simulations & Statistical Computing Sat 2:30 – 5:15pm YIA_502

STAT6105 Basic Actuarial Principles & Their Applications Thu 6:30 – 9:30pm CKB_UG05

STAT6107 Selected Topics on DBS Wed 6:30 – 9:30pm YIA_503

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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CUHK Campus Map

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Programme Requirements

Complete a minimum of 8 electives

Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0

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Term 1 Courses

STAT5101: Foundations of Data Science – Prof. Song Xinyuan

STAT5103: High-Dimensional Data Analysis– Prof. Chong Tai Leung

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Term 1 Courses

STAT6102: Stochastic Modelling– Prof. Ben Chan

STAT6104: Financial Time Series– Prof. Yau Chun Yip

STAT6106: Applied Bayesian Methods– Prof. Fan Xiaodan

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Term 1 Courses

RMSC5101: Statistical Methods in Risk Management and Finance – Prof. Chan Ngai Hang

RMSC6001: Interest Rates and Fixed Incomes Risk Management – Dr. Lee Pak Kuen Philip

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Term 2 Courses STAT5102: Regression in Practice

– Prof. Cheung Siu Hung

STAT5104: Data Mining – Prof. Leung Pui Lam

STAT6101: Statistics for Management – Dr. Ho Kwok Wah

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Term 2 Courses STAT6103: Simulations and Statistical

Computing – Prof. Li Kim Hung

STAT6105: Basic Actuarial Principles and Their Applications – Prof. Yam Sheung Chi Phillip

STAT6107: Selected Topics on DBS– Profs. Fred Ho and Chan Wai

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General Regulations Governing PGS

A student shall be required to discontinue studies if:

a) the cumulative GPA is 1.0 or below, orb) 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

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Academic Honesty and Plagiarism

The University places very high importance on honesty in academic work 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/academichonesty/

for guidelines on academic honesty

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MyCUHK

MyCUHK is a one-stop information portal, where you can access

CUSIS and MyStudy (for course selection, access eLearning platform, view academic results etc.)

Webmail (for emails from programmes and University)

Library catalogue, and others…

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Things to Do ITSC will send a 6-digit verification code (V-code) to you by

email or SMS starting from 28 July 2014 Use the V-code to retrieve the Computing Accounts

Information (CAI) and CWEM password at http://cai.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk

Login MyCUHK Portal

http://portal.cuhk.edu.hk/

to perform course selection during the course registration period 10:00am on 5 August to 5:30pm on 8 August 2014 Online guide on course selection

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/gss/crs_reg/

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Refreshment Tutorials Cover Mathematics (Calculus and Matrix

Algebra) and Probability Theory 7:00 – 9:30pm on 4, 7, 13, 15, 18, 21, 25, 28

August 2014 Venue: Lecture Theatre 7, Cheng Yu Tung

Building Notes of tutorials (please bring your own notes):

http://www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/MRMS/tuto/2014/Ref_Tut_2014.htm

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CU Link Card

For your convenience, we could collect your student ID cards on behalf of you during office hours and then distribute them to you in the first week of classes

Please sign up for this arrangementhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SC5sYsxwrkhx5mr8AiC_KwAOxweKVidMLTFDVPcsKsE/viewform?usp=send_form

Please make sure you have completed the online registration and uploaded a photo

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Parking Coupons

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

The application form is available at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/security_unit/eLabel.html

Please send the completed form to Iris by email, mail or by fax

Course Outlines Course outlines 2013/14 are available

at http://www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/MScDBS

for your reference in performing course selection

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Thank You