Dr Ainsley Miller
Teaching Fellow
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
I am a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. I am also the Year 2 Co-ordinator within the department. I started my post in August 2019, and have been Year 2 Co-ordinator since August 2023.
I am a true Strathclyder having completed both my undergraduate (BSc Hons Mathematics, Statistics and Economics) and PhD (interdisciplinary project between the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, the department of Mathematics and Statistics and the National Physical Laboratory) at Strathclyde.
As a Teaching Fellow, I mainly teach statistics modules in Year 2 (Probability and Statistical Inference), 4 (Medical Statistics) and 5 (Statistical Machine Learning). I am also the MSc Project Co-ordinator, and supervise a wide variety of undergraduate and MSc dissertations.
My pedagogical research is all about student mental health and easing the transistion between school and university. I am a qualified first aider, and mental health first aider and run a successful Mental Health Support Service within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Prize And Awards
- Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award - Teaching Innovation
- Recipient
- 6/2022
- Nominee for Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 7/2021
- Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award - Team Award
- Recipient
- 2021
- Best Student who Tutors
- Recipient
- 2019
- Finalist at STEM for Britain
- Recipient
- 3/2018
- Best presentation by an early stage researcher
- Recipient
- 2017
Publications
- Anxiety around learning R in first year undergraduate students : mathematics vs biomedical sciences students
- Miller Ainsley, Pyper Kate
- Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education Vol 32, pp. 47-53 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/26939169.2023.2190010
- Reconstruction of refractive index maps using photogrammetry
- Miller A, Mullholland A J, Tant KMM, Pierce SG, Hughes B, Forbes AB
- Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering Vol 29, pp. 2696-2718 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17415977.2021.1946533
- Positional uncertainty in optical-based metrology systems in large volume manufacturing
- Miller Ainsley, Mulholland Anthony J, Pierce Stephen Gareth, Hughes Ben, Forbes Alistair B
- Acta IMEKO Vol 7 (2018)
- https://doi.org/10.21014/acta_imeko.v7i2.526
Teaching
In the Academic Year 2023/24, I am involved in the following modules
On-campus modules
- MM104: Statistics and Data Presentation (Class Tutor)
- MM204: Probability and Statistical Inference (Lecturer and Class Co-ordinator)
- MM415/MM909: Medical Statistics (Lecturer)
- MM960: Statistical Machine Learning (Lecturer and Class Co-ordinator)
On-line modules
- MM139/MM142: Pre-sessional Mathematics (Lecturer)
- MM922: Foundations of Probability and Statistics (Lecturer and Class Co-ordinator)
- MM927: Medical Statistics
Professional Activities
- Life After PhD
- Speaker
- 7/7/2023
- Scottish Mathematical Council Prizegiving Ceremony
- Contributor
- 8/6/2023
- Anxiety Around Learning R in First Year Undergraduate Students: Mathematics vs Biomedical Sciences Students
- Speaker
- 8/2/2023
- SafeTalk
- Recipient
- 15/12/2022
- Anxiety Around Learning R in First Year Undergraduate Students: Mathematics vs Biomedical Students
- Speaker
- 13/7/2022
- Gender Based Violence - First Responder Level 3
- Recipient
- 5/2022
Projects
- Supporting students during their transition to university
- Pyper, Kate (Principal Investigator) Miller, Ainsley (Co-investigator) Jack, Eilidh (Co-investigator)
- £1000 QAA funded project to employ a student intern to develop surveys which will help to assess discrepancies between the expectations of academics, school teachers, and incoming students. This will help to develop and understanding of the support our transitioning students need to help them succeed at university
- 10-Jan-2022 - 09-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Ainsley
Miller
Teaching Fellow
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: ainsley.miller@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3720