David F. Percy

David F. Percy is Professor of Operational Research & Applied Statistics at Salford Business School, University of Salford. A Chartered Mathematician, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and a former Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society., medicine, business and industry.
Early life
He obtained his BSc in Mathematics from Loughborough University, following it by a PhD in Statistics from the University of Liverpool.
Academic and research career
He joined Salford in 1991 as a lecturer in statistics, progressing to senior lecturer and then Reader in Mathematics.
He has 12 refereed journal articles, has written 3 book sections and had papers published for 6 conference proceedings and a member of the Finance Committee. He is Chairperson of the Lancashire and North-west Branch. In 2007 he jointly organised and chaired the First I.M.A. International Conference on Mathematical Modelling in Sport.
Much of his initial research was funded by EPSRC. Since 2004, working with Professor David Forrest he has been on contract with the National Lottery Commission. He provides statistical work and consultancy advice on issues including the randomness of the Euro Millions, Thuderball, Lotto Extra, Lotto draws and the Lotto Lucky Dip facility'. He also has considerable experience working on research projects for the National Health Service<ref name=seek/>.

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