Short term memory Modeled by computers as Random Access Memory (RAM) Important information should be copied to Long term memory
Long term memory Modeled by computers as Backing Store (e.g. tapes, disks, drums) Slower than Short Term Memory
Associative memory Related information could be chunked for efficient storage and access
Techniques for training memory Mnemonics Games Effective repetition and recall
Mingun Sayadaw U Vicittacarabhimvamsa
Sayadaw was listed in the “Guinness Book of World Records” for his phenomenal memory.
He could recite 8000+ pages of the Tipitaka (Three Baskets) covering Vinaya (Monastic rules of conduct), Sutta (Discourses) and Abhidhamma (Ultimate Reality).
Miscellaneous
Multi-disciplinary studies about Memory
Competitions Memorizing numbers (e.g digits of PI), cards …
Grand Slam Tournaments Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Calendar Grand Slam Winner Rod Laver (as Amateur and Professional)
Career Grand Slam Winner
Tennis Court
Tennis courts are provided by RU, RIT and Sports Organizations (e.g. at Theinbyu Court).
Some homes have Tennis Courts and often produce good Tennis players at the University and National level.
BurmaChampions
Joe Ba Maung(GBNF)
National Men’s Singles Champion
National Men’s Doubles Champion (with Than Lwin)
National Mixed Doubles Champion (with Ruby Kha)
Taught English at RIT
Transferred to Railways
Oversaw the Burma Railways Sports programs
Than Lwin
U Than Lwin (Second row)
Men’s Singles Champion Succeeded Joe Ba Maung
Men’s Double Champion with Joe Ba Maung
Mixed Doubles Champion with Daw Mu Mu Khin
Represented RU and Burma at the Second SEAP Games in December 1961
MaungMaung Lay
Fondly known as Ah Pu Lay
Men’s Singles Champion
Men’s Double Champion with Than Htut
Other Notable Players
Tin Si
Khin Si
Pe Than Maung
Biak Cin
Than Htut
Aung Htay (GBNF)
Tin Aung Cho
Khin Maung Aye
Khin Maung Chone
Daw Ruby Kha
Daw Mu Mu Khin (Daphne Tha Dok)
Daw Aye Tin
Joy Hla Pe
Jacqueline Tun Shwe
Ni Ni Chone
RIT Tennis
Htin Myaing (A66)
Soe Tha (EC67)
Tun Kyi (M67, GBNF)
Kyaw Nyunt (M69, GBNF)
Kyaw Sint (E Tai, T70, GBNF) National Junior Champion in his high school days. University First Eleven in soccer.
James Than (M70)
Several sayas (Dr. Aung Gyi, U Aung Khin, U Tin Hlaing, U Tu Myint) played Tennis.
International
The US Tennis Federation sent some players (Stan Smith, Bob Lutz, …) to Burma to hold Tennis Clinics and Exhibition Matches (with selected Burmese Tennis stars).
Rod Laver (“Rocket”) won two “True” Grand Slams: First time as an Amateur Second time as a Professional Won all four Grand Slam Tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) in the same Calendar year.
Some (e.g. Andre Agassi) won Career Grand Slam. Won the four Tournaments at different times in their career, but not in the same Calendar year. Pete Sampras won more tournaments than Andre Agassi, but he failed to win the French Open. Born Borg won Wimbledon and French Open multiple times.
Roger Federer currently holds the World Record for the most Grand Slam titles. Raf Nadal is a close second.
“Who is the Greatest Of All Times (GOAT)?” varies with the sports writers and players spanning several generations.
Daw Nyein (Physics) Retired as Head and Lecturer, Physics Department, RIT Attended Arcariya Pu Zaw Pwes until her 90s
Daw Hla May / Ann (English) Spouse : U Ohn Khin (English) Son : H.E. Dr. Pe Thet Khin
Daw Khin Kyi Kyi (Physics) Spouse : U Thein Pe Myint (Author, Political Leader) Children : U Han Tha Myint (ex-PTC, NLD), Daw Kyi Thar Myint (Physics)
Sayadaw U Thitthila (Pali) Trailblazer for Burmese Buddhist monks in UK Author Translator
U Ba Toke (Mathematics) Born : December 26, 1920 Died : December 2, 2020 Spouse : Daw Khin Ma Gyi (GBNF) Children : Betty, Ye Myint, Kitty (GBNF), Nellie, Pansy, Soe Win (GBNF), Pansy, Tammy, Debbie
Statistics was offered as an Option at the Economics Department, Rangoon University.
Statistics became a separate Department under the Faculty of Social Science.
Statistics later became a Department of the Institute of Economics.
In the early days, some Rangoon University students (e.g. U Soe Myint, Chief Editor of Guardian, GBNF) graduated with the Triple Mathematics Option taking Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
Professor
Dr. Sundaram was the first Professor and Head of the Statistics Department. He was a contemporary of Dr. Aye Hlaing and Saw William Paw.
Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt succeeded Saya Dr. Sundaram.
Transfers
U Thet Tun and U Kyaw Myint were key personnel at National Planning and CSO.
Dr. Myint Tin transferred to Central Statistical Organization (CSO)
U Htin Kyaw (Peter Wun) and U Tun Shwe transferred to UCC as Application Programmer/Analyst.
U Htin Kyaw
Terminology / Concepts
Types of Statistics
Parametric Statistics
Non-Parametric Statistics.
Statistic used to mean an item of measurement or information.
Datum used to be the singular form of Data.
Basic Operations on Data
Collecting
Organizing
Summarizing
Presenting
Analyzing
Measures
Mean (Average)
Median (Middle)
Mode (Highest occurrence)
Standard Deviation
Skewness
An old joke: “Have you heard about the Statistician who was drowned while trying to cross a river with an average of three feet?”
Tests and Tools
There are Statistical Tests. The tests use “significance level” to accept or reject a hypothesis. There may be Positive and Negative Errors.
An early program is called SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science).
Several programming languages (e.g. Python, R) have libraries, modules and functions to perform statistical calculations and tests.
Machine Learning (a branch of Artificial Intelligence) uses various Statistical Programs and Tools.
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