On the 17^th of January, 2012, Professor Jamal Rasul Muhammad Ameen who is a Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Planning delivered his professorial Lecture in the University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

The title of his PublicInaugural Lecture was:

From Bayesian Statistics to Saddam’s Kurdish Genocide

The lecture was opened by the Vice Chancellor of the university and later closed by the Dean of the Faculty of Advanced Technology and a number of professors, lecturers and students from the university were present.  Members of the public including a number of those who had gained their doctorates under his supervision attended the lecture.

This activity took place on the request of the Vice Chancellor and is one of the traditions within the British Academia only for those who succeed in achieving excellence and obtain the title of full professor in their areas of expertise.  The lecture is expected to cover the professor’s scientific achievements and delivered in a language and at a level that the general public understand.

Professor Jamal used this opportunity to highlight a window of the dark periods that passed over Kurdistan and has used his expertise in statistics to estimate the human cost of Saddam’s tyrannical period in Kurdistan and ended with a video clip showing the beauty of Kurdistan and the developments that the area has seen after passage of these dark days.

The lecture was delivered with a clear success and appreciation of all the audience who joined a buffet lunch that was organised by the Vice Chancellor.

Further details on the slides presented and the notebook that was prepared on the content of the lecture and distributed over the audience can be found in the links below:

1-   The slide presentation.

2-   The booklet. 

3- The Videos Link