International Year of Statistics 2013

The Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics (I-BioStat) is participating in the International Year of Statistics 2013, a worldwide celebration of the contributions of statistical science to the advancement of our global society. read more

Kick Off Day International Year of Statistics

The International Year of Statistics was kicked off on the 11th of January 2013 by I-BioStat. read more

Simpact: Informing HIV prevention and treatment decisions through simulation

Statisticians of Hasselt University, jointly with colleagues from Ghent, the United States, and South Africa, developed a new mathematical model – termed SIMPACT – that can play a vital role in the fight against HIV, the virus causing AIDS. “The individually-based models of the past quarter of a century could study the impact of merely a few preventive measures. With SIMPACT several type of simulation can be run and various prevention related questions can be answered,” says prof. dr. Niel Hens of CenStat. “This supports the search for more effective, cheaper measures to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS.” read more