committees and other voluntary experience

My committee involvement and voluntary experience since the start of my PhD studies in 2021.

PGR seminar organiser

September 2023-present

I serve on a team of three PGR students, helping to organise monthly internal seminars for, by, and to PGR students. PhD candidates are able to give a 20 minute talk of their choice to an audience of their peers. This serves as a fantastic opportunity to practice public speaking or try new talks. We organise internal networking opportunities after each seminar, which helps to mitigate the loneliness of PhD study.

Undergraduate research institute committee

September 2023-present

I sit on the UGRI scheme committee at Sheffield, organising for undergraduate students to work alongside PhD students in a researcher-supervisor dynamic. This is a fantastic opportunity for PhD students to experience the 'other side' of supervision, and for undergraduates to experience the day-to-day life of a researcher.

SHeffield RSC 2023

11th-14th September

I, along with three other PhD students, helped to organise the Sheffield Research Conference (RSC) 2023. This was the 46th such conference since its exception. We had a fantastic set of plenery speakers, along with a varied, interesting array of delegate talks and posters. A great deal of fun was had by all!

The 47th RSC will be held in Exeter- I would recommend this conference to any PhD student with research in the realm of probability or statistics.

(left to right) Abdulmajeed, Eloise, me, and James. The RSC 2023 organisers.

The old and new SIAM-IMA committees (as of 2022).

SIAM-IMA sheffield student chapter president

Summer 2022- Summer 2023

The SIAM-IMA Sheffield Student chapter committee for the 2022-2023 hosted a fantastic variety of external speakers, on topics from research in machine learning to career advice. This chapter is jointly funded by the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. I was very honoured to serve as chapter president.

Undergraduate research institute supervisor

Summer 2022

Along with another PhD student, I served as supervisor for a fantastic undergraduate student, Yi Yu, for a four week project as part of the UGRI. We covered the theory behind the discrete-time Hidden Markov model (HMM), and applied this to real Elk tracking data using existing statistical software. It was a great experience!

Please feel free to contact me at dpdgrainger1[at]sheffield.ac.uk

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