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.