Phil Scarf is Professor of Applied Statistics at Salford Business School

Salford Business School

Salford Business School is a business school located 3 km west of Manchester city centre in the Maxwell Building on the Peel Park Campus of the University of Salford. It is one of the University's twelve constituent academic departments...

, University of Salford

University of Salford

The University of Salford is a campus university based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England with approximately 20,000 registered students. The main campus is about west of Manchester city centre, on the A6, opposite the former home of the physicist, James Prescott Joule and the Working Class...

. A statistician, his interests are in modeling in sport, maintenance and reliability, and corrosion engineering. He advised the Press Association

Press Association

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 and the Football Association on the development of the Actim Index

Actim Index

The Actim Index is the official player ratings system of the Barclays Premiership, Coca-Cola Championship, and Scottish Premier League. It is compiled and distributed by PA Sport, a subsidiary of the Press Association...

: the "official player rating system of the Barclays Premiership and Coca-Cola Championship".

Early life

He obtained his BSc from the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...

 and PhD from the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

. His thesis concerned the statistical modelling of metallic corrosion, and the application of extreme value theory.

Academic and research career

He was appointed as Professor of Applied Statistics by Salford in 2008.

He is the lead editor of the IMA

Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications is the UK's chartered professional body for mathematicians and one of the UK's learned societies for mathematics ....

Journal of Management Mathematics.

External links

• Phil Scarf's profile at Salford Business School