Dr Eleanor Stillman
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Senior Lecturer in Probability & Statistics
+44 114 222 3811
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School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
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Dr Stillman took BSc and PhD degrees at Sheffield before taking up her lectureship in 1987. Her main research interests lie in the practical application of statistics to geology and materials science. A long term concern has been the modelling of particle size, with investigations into its relationship with sediment transport processes and strength of composite materials. Other recent projects include the use of classification methods in pollen analysis, the design of resistant glazes and the modelling, monitoring and control of manufacturing processes. She is also interested in statistical education and has published computer-assisted-learning materials and on the school-university transition as well as serving on the University's Maths and Stats Help (MASH) steering committee. She is involved in both the local and national activities of the Royal Statistical Society and is a Chartered Statistician. She is also an active Associate Consultant to our Statistical Services Unit, mainly in the areas of training and ethical review.
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My main research interests lie in the practical application of statistics to geology and materials science. A long term concern has been the modelling of particle size, with investigations into its relationship with sediment transport processes and strength of composite materials. Other recent projects include the use of classification methods in pollen analysis, the design of resistant glazes and the production of computer-assisted-learning materials.
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Journal articles
- What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Examining relationships between early-life stress, later-life inflammation and mortality risk in skeletal remains. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 186(2). View this article in WRRO
- The robustness of sufficient reduction methods for detecting shifts of various types in multivariate processes. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 37(5), 2276-2287.
- Searching for the origins of bere barley: a geometric morphometric approach to cereal landrace recognition in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 26(3), 1125-1142. View this article in WRRO
- The ENBIS‐18 quality and reliability engineering international special issue. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 35(5), 1277-1278. View this article in WRRO
- Re-analysis of archaeobotanical remains from pre- and early agricultural sites provides no evidence for a narrowing of the wild plant food spectrum during the origins of agriculture in southwest Asia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 28(4), 449-463. View this article in WRRO
- Identification of inter- and intra-species variation in cereal grains through geometric morphometric analysis, and its resilience under experimental charring
. Journal of Archaeological Science, 86, 60-67. View this article in WRRO
- A Multivariate Control Chart for Autocorrelated Tool Wear Processes. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 32(6), 2093-2106. View this article in WRRO
- Cryptococcus neoformans Intracellular Proliferation and Capsule Size Determines Early Macrophage Control of Infection.. Scientific Reports, 6. View this article in WRRO
- Sufficient reduction methods for multivariate time-dependent health surveillance data. Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 45(4), 950-966.
- The first shoots of a modern morphometrics approach to the origins of agriculture. Web Ecology, 16(1-2). View this article in WRRO
- Statistics poster challenge for schools. Teaching Statistics, 35(1), 43-45.
- Optimum design of experiments for statistical inference Discussion. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES C-APPLIED STATISTICS, 61, 369-401.
- A Weighted Prediction-based Selection Criterion for Response Surface Designs. QUAL RELIAB ENG INT, 27(5), 719-729.
- Parameter estimation in the unreplicated functional model based on a grouping algorithm. European Journal of Scientific Research, 33(2), 220-233.
- The patterning of hypodontia in a group of young adults in Sheffield, UK.. Arch Oral Biol, 50(2), 287-291.
- Spatial pattern analysis of second-phase particles in composite materials. MAT SCI ENG A-STRUCT, 356(1-2), 245-257.
- A model-based analysis of particle size distributions in composite materials. ACTA MATER, 51(4), 997-1006.
- The design and analysis of a mixture experiment on glass durability. AUST NZ J STAT, 45(1), 19-27.
- Statistical techniques to detect fraud and other data irregularities in clinical questionnaire data. DRUG INF J, 36(1), 115-125.
- Impact of landmark reliability on the planar Procrustes analysis of tooth shape.. Arch Oral Biol, 47(7), 545-554.
- Planar Procrustes analysis of tooth shape.. Arch Oral Biol, 46(3), 191-199.
- Methods for describing and comparing variations in tooth shape. J DENT RES, 79(5), 1206-1206.
- Efficient designs for constrained mixture experiments. STAT COMPUT, 9(3), 229-237.
- The needs and prospects for automation in palynology. QUATERNARY SCI REV, 15(1), 1-5.
- STATISTICAL TESTS FOR CLUSTERING OF 2ND PHASES IN COMPOSITE-MATERIALS. PHILOS MAG A, 72(2), 515-528.
- STATISTICS OF PARTICLE-SIZE DATA. APPL STAT-J ROY ST C, 41(1), 127-146.
- The description and classification of grain size data from ancient and modern shoreline sands at Lepcis Magna using log skew Laplace distributions. Libyan Studies, 21, 49-59.
- Dumb-bells: a plotting convention for "mixed" grain size populations. Sedimentary Geology, 69(1-2), 7-12.
- The statistical analysis of 'mixed' grain size distributions from aeolian sands in the Libyan Pre-Desert using log skew Laplace models. Geological Society Special Publication, 35, 271-280.
- Influence of Individual Specimens, Estimation Accuracy, and Round-off Errors on the Master Curve Reference Temperature. Journal of Testing and Evaluation.
- Taking shape: A new geometric morphometric approach to quantifying fluctuating asymmetry and its application to the evaluation of developmental stress. Archaeometry. View this article in WRRO
- Sufficient reduction methods for multivariate surveillance. Emerging Health Threats Journal, 4(0).
Book chapters
- Time-varying ARMA models for residual control charts In Bersimis S, Economou P & Rakitzis A (Ed.), Statistical Methods and Applications in Systems Assurance & Quality (pp. 18-37). CRC Press View this article in WRRO
- Statistical considerations for the breeding of zebrafish and their use in experiments In Allen C & Mocho J-P (Ed.), Zebrafish: A Practical Guide to Husbandry, Welfare and Research Methodology (pp. 251-300). CABI View this article in WRRO
- Classification of Archæological Sands by Particle Size Analysis, Studies in Classification, Data Analysis and Knowledge Organization (pp. 478-489). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Conference proceedings
- Investigating relationships between early-life stress, physiological phenotype and length of life.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY, Vol. 46 (pp 30-31)
- Further results on optimal and efficient designs for constrained mixture experiments. OPTIMUM DESIGN 2000, Vol. 51 (pp 225-239)
- What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Examining relationships between early-life stress, later-life inflammation and mortality risk in skeletal remains. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 186(2). View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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Past grants, as Coinvestigator
Simulation Tools for Automated and Robust Manufacturing EPSRC Quantitative characterisation of particle clustering and banding in MMCS and the effect on mechanical prope EPSRC