The Dennis Trewin Prize, named after the former Australian Statistician Dennis Trewin AO (picture below), is awarded annually by the SSA ACT Branch for outstanding research in statistics or data science conducted within the ACT or regional NSW (excluding Sydney-Newcastle-Wollongong).
Every year, a call out is made to applicants who are are invited to submit an abstract on their research project. If shortlisted, finalist are then invited to give at 20-25 min version of their talk either in-person on line at the ACT branch October meeting, in front of a live audience and a selection panel including Dennis himself. A monetary prize is awarded to the winner, while all shortlisted candidates received a one year complimentary student/transition membership to the SSA.
If you wish to know more about the prize, please contact ssacanberra 'at' gmail.com for more information.
If you wish to participate in the prize, then please keep an eye out for notifications when the next round opens (if you are current SSA ACT member), or contact ssacanberra 'at' gmail.com to find out more!
Previous Dennis Trewin prize winners (and some pics of previous finalists!)
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Year
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Winner/s
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Topic
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Winner Affiliation
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2017
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Rachael Quill
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Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain for applications in bushfire modelling
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University of New South Wales, Canberra
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2018
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Jiali Wang
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Analysis of Survey on Menstrual Disorder among Teenagers using Gaussian Copula Model with Graphical Lasso Prior
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The Australian National University (RSFAS)
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2019
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Not awarded
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2020
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Basim S.O. Alsaedi
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Bayesian Modelling of Non-Linear Sensor Arrays
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University of New England
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2021
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Joint winners
Ali Shojaeipour
Xian Li
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Investigate the advantages and existing barriers in biometric identification of Cattle
Subbagging Variable Selection
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University of New England
The Australian National University (RSFAS)
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| 2022 |
Zhi Yang Tho |
Joint mean and correlation regression modelling for multivariate data |
The Australian National University (RSFAS) |
| 2023 |
Rui Shen |
On the Estimation and Selection Consistency of Network Autoregressive Model: A Non-asymptotic Viewpoint
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The Australian National University (RSFAS) |
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2024
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Joint winners
Elle Saber
Owen Forbes
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Resemblance between microbiomes: the behaviour of distances between seemingly compositional data inspired by a Salmon Breeding Program
clusterBMA: Bayesian model averaging for clustering
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The Australian National University (RSFAS)
Queensland University of Technology
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| 2025 |
Jiazhen Xu |
Quantifying periodicity in random objects |
The Australian National University (RSFAS) |
| 2026 |
Ashis Talukder |
Caesarean Births and the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Multilevel Modelling Approach Using National Survey Data from South and Southeast Asia |
The Australian National University (NCEPH) |
Top left: 2018 winner Jiali Wang (left) with Dennis Trewin (right).
Top right: 2024 finalists (left to right) Houren Hong; Elle Saber; Owen Forbes.
Bottom left: 2025 finalists (left to right) George McNamara; Jiazhen Xu; Mu Li.
Bottom right: 2026 finalists (left to right) Caitlin Xu; Ashis Talukder; Piumi Perera
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