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• SSA Vic Branch August Talk - Darren Clinch

  • When
    3 Aug 2021
  •  
    6:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Join us in-person or online for our August event where we'll hear from Darren Clinch, Data Analytics Coordinator at the Indigenous Data Network.

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  Can a digital, geospatially enhanced data ecosystem incorporate Indigenous defined protocols, principles and approaches to achieve data democracy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s?

  With the increase of ‘machine learning’ and the increase in popularity of open source applications new opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to build skills in these areas has never been more accessible. Digital storytelling with these new technological tools using different visualization objects, sounds and images seems to be a natural step for people that have had to walk in two worlds, and technology can now allow us to combine the ancient with the new.  Combining the deep connection to, and cultural knowledge of, the land with the ability to recreate that in a digitally enhanced virtual representation of that connection presents a unique opportunity for Aboriginal people and communities.   

  Darren's research will explore methods and tools available to create digital environments that reflect more intuitively the diverse and culturally unique way Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples see connectedness between culture, community, land and how to can be reflected in the use of geometry, metadata, and linked or associated datasets. Using computational processing capabilities of data, analytics and geospatial tools for forming both the components, and the task completion responsibilities, of an ensemble of applications and platforms within a processing cycle to support dynamic data visualization that will create a more culturally evolved experience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people interacting with a data driven environment.

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  Darren Clinch is currently the Data Analytics Coordinator with the Indigenous Data Network, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne.  His role involves providing digital and geospatial solutions for research work being conducted by the Indigenous Data Network, creation of digital infrastructure for storage, transformation, and translation of datasets that relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  Previously Darren has worked for the Department of Health and Human Services, firstly in Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing and lastly in System Intelligence and Analytics providing Business Intelligence and Geospatial Support to the SIA branch.
  

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• Joint Meeting of SSA WA & IBS AR: Investigating Epigenetic Clocks (A/Prof Nicola Armstrong)

  • When
    10 Aug 2021
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+08:00)
  • Location
    Cheryl Praeger Lecture Theatre, The University of Western Australia
  • Spaces left
    247

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  Announcing a special joint meeting of the Statistical Society of Australia, W.A. Branch and the Australasian Region of the International Biometric Society.

  The invited speaker is A/Prof. Nicola Armstrong. All visitors are welcome to attend this joint meeting.

  Date: Tuesday, 10 August 2021

  Time: 6:00PM
  Location: Cheryl Praeger Lecture Theatre, The University of Western Australia

  
  

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  Investigating Epigenetic Clocks

  Associate Professor Nicola Armstrong, Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University.

  An epigenetic clock uses methylation levels to estimate an individual’s age. There is currently a lot of interest in these clocks, including the potential to use them to estimate age in forensics. In this presentation, I will give an overview of how these clocks are developed from a statistical perspective, introduce several well-known epigenetic clocks and discuss how they perform in practice. In particular, we were interested in assessing performance in different cohorts with neurological diseases. Our study highlights some common issues with these types of methods data science and bioinformatics that need to be considered (and often aren’t) when interpreting any findings.

  ABOUT THE SPEAKER

  Associate Professor Nicola Armstrong is currently working at Curtin University, as a teaching and research academic in Statistics and Data Science. Dr Armstrong is a statistical bioinformatician who completed her doctoral studies in Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Originally from Perth, she spent several years in the Netherlands before returning to Australia and eventually Perth. She is currently an Associate Professor in Statistics and Data Science at Curtin University. Her research work has centred on the development of statistical methodology and the application of statistics to problems in genetics, genomics and biomedical research.

  Refreshments and Dinner

  Members and visitors are invited to mingle over wine and cheese from 5:30PM. onwards at the venue.
  

  Following the meeting all are invited to dine with the speaker at 7:30PM (promptly) at Steves Bar and Café (http://www.steves.com.au/), 30 The Avenue, Nedlands. Visitors are welcome. The menu is available here.

  Please RSVP for dinner to Mario D’Antuono via email mario.dafwa@gmail.com or via mobile phone (0480 123 071) by 12:00 NOON, Monday 9 August 2021. The evening will include a complimentary first drink, and coffees/tea/cake for dessert on behalf of the two societies.

  Meeting directions

  The Cheryl Praeger Lecture Theatre is located on the ground floor of the Mathematics building at The University of Western Australia. Its entrance is on the northern side of the building. See: OpenStreetMaps, Google Maps (points to the adjacent Blakers Lecture Theatre).
  

  Parking is free on the UWA Crawley campus after 5:00PM. A convenient place to park is Car Park 18 accessible from Fairway Entry 1.

  REMOTE viewing options

  For those that cannot attend in-person, the presentation will be streamed live over Zoom. Please register on this page to get the connection details.

  For further information please contact the WA Branch Secretary (ssa.wa.secretary@gmail.com).

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• SSA AGM - followed by "Uncertain Futures: What Can We Forecast and When Should We Give Up?"

  • When
    17 Aug 2021
  •  
    5:30 PM (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    online, time is AEST

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  You are invited: SSA and ASPAI AGMs  - 17 August 2021

  The 2021Annual General Meetings of the Statistical Society of Australia, Inc and the Australian Statistical Publishing Association Inc will be held on Tuesday, 17 August 2021 from 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm AEST via Zoom.

  The agendas, minutes of the last AGMs and any other documents for this meeting can be viewed and downloaded here.

  The AGMs will be followed by a presentation by Professor Rob J. Hyndman, Head of the Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics, Monash University.

  Rob's talk is titled: 

  " Uncertain Futures: What Can We Forecast and When Should We Give Up?" 
  
  

  About the talk:

  Why is it that we can accurately forecast a solar eclipse in 1000 years time, but we have no idea whether Google's stock price will rise or fall tomorrow? Or why can we forecast the daily electricity consumption for the next week with remarkable precision, but we cannot forecast daily COVID-19 cases with the same accuracy?
  
  In this talk, he will discuss the conditions we need for predictability, how to measure the uncertainty of our forecasts, and how to evaluate whether we are uncertain enough.
  
  He will draw on 30 years of forecasting practice, including forecasting Australia’s health budget for the next few years, forecasting peak electricity demand in 20 years time, producing weekly forecasts of daily COVID-19 cases for all Australian states since March 2020, and forecasting the post-pandemic recovery of Australia's tourism industry.

  

  About the Presenter:

  Rob J Hyndman is a Professor of Statistics and Head of the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics.

  His academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. He is an accredited statistician with the Statistical Society of Australia.

  Rob has researched and consulted with a wide range of business, industry and government clients. His most recent work includes demand forecasting for the electricity industry, estimating life expectancy for the Australian indigenous population, and forecasting Australian tourism demand.

  Rob's research interests include forecasting, time series analysis, computational statistics, and exploratory data analysis. He has also supervised more than 25 PhD and Masters students, with current projects including energy analytics, data visualization, hierarchical forecasting, anomaly detection and time series forecasting.

  This lecture is for available for SSA members only. It is free, but you will need to register.

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• NSW Branch August Meeting

  • When
    24 Aug 2021
  •  
    6:00 AM - 7:00 AM (UTC+10:00)

  Details TBD.
  

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• Design and Analysis of Experiments course

  • Start
    13 Sep 2021
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    22 Sep 2021
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Online

  The Statistical Consulting Centre at the University of Melbourne is presenting this course, which covers the principles and practice of designing experiments or trials, and the analysis of data from them.

  The course covers the following topics:

  • choice of experimental units;
  • importance of randomisation, and the practicalities;
  • replication and sample size;
  • blocking and matching;
  • commonly used designs, including completely randomised designs, randomised block and matched pair designs, Latin square designs;
  • treatments, including factorial structures;
  • analysis of data from designed experiments;
  • analysis of variance and covariance;
  • special designs, including incomplete block designs, split-plot designs, and fractional factorial designs;
  • transformations of data;
  • practical and ethical issues arising in the conduct of experiments.

  
  

  Course presenter:

  The presenter is Associate Professor Graham Hepworth, Consultant for the Statistical Consulting Centre in the School of Mathematics & Statistics. Graham has had extensive experience over three decades in design and analysis of experiments, in fields such as forestry, horticultural science, animal studies, medicine (randomised controlled trials), industry and the social sciences.

  Course structure:

  This online course runs over five mornings on alternate days. Each day will commence at 9:00 a.m. and finish at 12.30 p.m. The sessions will mix lecture presentations with practical exercises.   The statistical package Minitab will be used in the course. However, the course will not be package-centred, and no prior experience with Minitab is necessary.

  Who should take this course?

  The course is suitable for anyone involved in the design and analysis of research experiments. Applications include randomised trials in medicine or the social sciences, designed experiments in the biological sciences, studies of processes in engineering, as well as many possibilities in other disciplines.

  Prerequisites:

  Participants should have some understanding of statistics at an introductory level. For example, it would help to know something about hypothesis tests and confidence intervals, and, preferably, analysis of variance. The course "Statistics for Research Workers" conducted by the Statistical Consulting Centre would be ideal preparation.

  Cost and enrollment details:

  Cost $880 (incl. $80 GST).

  The University of Melbourne graduate researcher student $660.

  The fee includes a comprehensive set of notes.

  A certificate on completion can be provided on request.

  To register click here.
  

   

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• Mathematics without Borders - The Centennial of the International Mathematical Union

  • Start
    27 Sep 2021
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    28 Sep 2021
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Strasbourg, France

  Mathematics without Borders
  
  The Centennial of the International Mathematical Union         

  celebrates the centennial of this historic event.  Up-to-date information regarding the conference can be found here. 

  
  
  

  
  

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• Joint Southern Statistical Meetings 2022 (JSSM2022)

  • Start
    27 Jun 2022
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    1 Jul 2022
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Darwin, Australia

  The inaugural

  Joint Southern Statistical Meetings 2022

  will be held in Darwin from 27 June – 1 July 2022.

  

  This conference will bring together the leading statistical communities in the region to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners across a variety of statistical disciplines to facilitate the exchange of theory, methods and applications.

  To be kept up to date with our conference planning, please email your details to JSSM2022@gmail.com.

  We invite regional associations to contact us with expressions of interest to be part of this event. If you would like to sponsor JSSM2022 please get in touch as well.

  See you in Darwin in 2022! 
  

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• ICM 2022 - external conference

  • Start
    6 Jul 2022
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    14 Jul 2022
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    St Petersburg, Russia

  The ICM 2022 (International Congress of Mathematicians) will take place 6–14 July 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
  
  The 19th General Assembly of the IMU will be held in St. Petersburg, on 3–4 July 2022. 
  The official website of the Congress is https://icm2022.org
  

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• XXXI International Biometric Conference (IBC 2022) - external event

  • Start
    10 Jul 2022
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    15 Jul 2022
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Riga, Latvia

  to be held at the Radisson Blu Latvija Conference & Spa Hotel

  
  

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• Australasian Applied Statistics Conference 2022

  • Start
    28 Nov 2022
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    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    2 Dec 2022
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    RACV Inverloch Resort, Victoria, Australia

  The details can be found here: https://aasc2022.netlify.app/

  The workshop will be held on Mon 28th Nov 2022. 

  The conference itself is to be held on Tue 29th Nov to Fri 2nd Dec 2022. 

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