{"id":423,"date":"2020-05-01T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/?p=423"},"modified":"2021-02-05T09:19:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T09:19:59","slug":"life-as-a-stor-i-mres-student-lent-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/2020\/05\/01\/life-as-a-stor-i-mres-student-lent-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Life as a STOR-i MRes Student: Lent Term"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"423\" class=\"elementor elementor-423\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66bc768 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66bc768\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56f676fa\" data-id=\"56f676fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50bd5b11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50bd5b11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>To continue with my <em>&#8216;Life as a STOR-i MRes Student&#8217;\u00a0<\/em> blogging thread, I have decided to reflect on my previous term (Lent term). This provides me with an opportunity to review the work and activities that I have been involved with between Christmas and Easter 2020. To find out more about life as an MRes student before Christmas, please read my previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/2020\/01\/14\/life-as-a-stor-i-mres-student-michaelmas-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post <\/a>from this thread.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a98f265 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a98f265\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f2ecd5\" data-id=\"0f2ecd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5079a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5079a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Upon returning from the Christmas break, I was reunited with my colleagues and friends at the STOR-i annual conference (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/2020\/01\/28\/stor-i-annual-conference-2020-an-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a>). This was a great opportunity to network with key researchers from Statistics, Operational Research and Industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-704769a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"704769a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-902287d\" data-id=\"902287d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8d6973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8d6973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/All-1-1024x622.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-255\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/All-1-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/All-1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/All-1-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/01\/All-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">STOR-i Annual Conference 2020<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6f5b96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6f5b96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11072bd\" data-id=\"11072bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb16d0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb16d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lent term focussed on independent work with a view to give us an insight into life as a PhD student. This involved completing two research projects working with an academic in the field. I worked on<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Slot Scheduling in Air Transportation<\/strong> with Professor Konstantinos Zografos (see my blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/2020\/03\/23\/slot-scheduling-in-air-transportation\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Missing Data<\/strong> with Dr Robin Mitra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Raleway, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">These projects provided a great opportunity to work with an expert in their field as well as carry out independent research.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab0fba1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab0fba1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb011d8\" data-id=\"eb011d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02813c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a02813c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/PSD-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-425\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/PSD-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/PSD-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/PSD-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/PSD-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/PSD-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/PSD.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ed, Libby and I at the Tesco problem solving day<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5afa6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5afa6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8442cd\" data-id=\"b8442cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa7208 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fa7208\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another enjoyable part of Lent Term was the problem solving days. This involves a company visiting STOR-i with an industrial problem that may lend itself to either statistics and\/or OR, then we work in teams with an aim to provide guidance on a solution. The three problem solving days were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\"><strong>Tesco<\/strong><br \/>Machine Learning Predictions and Optimisation: Fuel Pricing\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>BBC<\/strong><br \/>Temporal clustering<\/li>\n<li><strong>Electricity North West<\/strong><br \/>Assessing the Plausibility of Data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-631c64b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"631c64b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b787aa\" data-id=\"5b787aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41216a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41216a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-426\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC1-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Masterclass with Prof. Brendan Murphy<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55713ed\" data-id=\"55713ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b87393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b87393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC2-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-427\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC2.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Masterclass with Prof. Laura Albert<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eff08a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eff08a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30029e9\" data-id=\"30029e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7d9edd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7d9edd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During Lent term we also had masterclass&#8217; which involved external academics presenting work in their research area. This was another opportunity to network as well as learn about important areas in statistics and OR. The three masterclass&#8217; were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Model-based Clustering<\/strong> <strong>and Classification<\/strong> with Professor Brendan Murphy, University College Dublin\u00a0<br \/>(See the blog post I wrote on this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/2020\/03\/09\/stor-i-masterclass-professor-brendan-murphy\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Sector OR<\/strong> with Professor Laura Albert, University of Wisconsin Madison<br \/>(See my relevant blog post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/2020\/04\/20\/stor-i-masterclass-professor-laura-albert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bayesian Optimisation<\/strong> with Professor Peter Frazier, Cornell University\u00a0<br \/>(This was done virtually due to the coronavirus outbreak, many thanks to Peter for making this work)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c206b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c206b4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a661788\" data-id=\"a661788\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8791ec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8791ec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC3-1024x478.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-428\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC3-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC3-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC3-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC3-1536x717.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC3-1600x747.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/MC3.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Masterclass with Prof. Peter Frazier<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2edd3e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2edd3e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a90aef4\" data-id=\"a90aef4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a27316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a27316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unfortunately the final masterclass (<strong>Ranking and Selection for Simulation Optimisation<\/strong> with Professor Barry Nelson from Northwestern University) was cancelled due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This world-wide emergency meant that Lent term came to an abrupt and premature end as we, like many others, were asked to work from home. This meant that many activities and deadlines were postponed. However, working from home has provided me with an opportunity to demonstrate a different style of learning. STOR-i have supported us in working from home by transferring much of our contact and planned events online.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e0ff36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e0ff36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f30c5c\" data-id=\"9f30c5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2753c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2753c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-432\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH2-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">My working from home set-up<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65008be\" data-id=\"65008be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1043c8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1043c8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-431\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/WFH-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A weekly, virtual, MRes catch up<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed3e8a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed3e8a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4df044d\" data-id=\"4df044d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72aaafa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72aaafa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lent term also involved many social aspects as well. The Lancaster University Netball Team won their first (and only) match of the season. We had a term jam-packed with birthdays among the MRes, so there was plenty of celebration! I also went to the Lancaster University Undergraduate Conference where many of my friends in undergraduate degrees presented their work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cad68e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cad68e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bbddaf\" data-id=\"0bbddaf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d29735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d29735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/UGconf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/UGconf.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/UGconf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/UGconf-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LU UG conference<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eba524c\" data-id=\"eba524c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4140659 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4140659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/netball2-1024x577.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-435\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/netball2-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/netball2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/netball2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/netball2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/netball2-1600x901.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/netball2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Lancaster University Grad Netball Team<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0bcf45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0bcf45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3319f00\" data-id=\"3319f00\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e2d49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8e2d49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whilst Lent term ended in the strangest of circumstances, I appreciate the new working from home skills I have acquired and I feel very grateful for the online platform in which we have been able to continue as close to normal as possible. I thoroughly enjoyed Lent Term and I feel more equipped than ever to continue on my academic journey into a PhD.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c303dbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c303dbb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54bc855\" data-id=\"54bc855\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca11df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ca11df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/giphy.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-437\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To continue with my &#8216;Life as a STOR-i MRes Student&#8217;\u00a0 blogging thread, I have decided to reflect on my previous&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mres","tag-stor-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/eleanor-darcy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}