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• WA Branch Meeting - Prof Ryan Loxton - Optimisation in Practice

  • When
    10 Nov 2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+08:00)
  • Location
    Kim E. Beazley Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
  • Spaces left
    250

  Optimisation in Practice

  Professor Ryan Loxton
  School of Electrical Engineering, Computing, and Mathematical Sciences, Curtin University

  6:00 ᴘᴍ on Tuesday 10^th November 2020
  Kim E. Beazley Lecture Theatre
  Murdoch University, Western Australia

  
  

  Abstract

  Optimisation has numerous applications in business and industry, but there is a big mismatch between the optimisation problems studied in academia (which tend to be highly structured problems) and those encountered in practice (which are non-standard and highly unstructured). Real-world optimisation problems are typically enormous in scale, with hundreds of thousands of inter-related variables and constraints, multiple conflicting objectives, and numerous candidate solutions that can easily exceed the total number of atoms in the solar system. This talk gives an overview of the presenter’s experiences in building optimisation models and practical algorithms in the oil and gas, mining, and agriculture sectors. Some of this work has led to journal articles that bridge the gap between industry and academia.
  

  About the Speaker

  Ryan Loxton is an ARC Future Fellow in the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing, and Mathematical Sciences at Curtin University. Ryan has co-authored over 60 journal papers in the areas of optimisation, operations research, and control theory, and he has led mathematical research projects with many companies including Woodside Energy, Vekta Automation, Fleetcare, and Global Grain Handling Solutions. Most recently, Ryan helped establish the ARC Industry Training Centre for Transforming Maintenance through Data Science, which is hosted by Curtin University and is co-funded by the federal government and industry partners Alcoa, BHP Billiton, and Roy Hill. Ryan was a joint winner of this year’s Christopher Heyde Medal from the Australian Academy of Sciences.Ryan Loxton is an ARC Future Fellow in the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing, and Mathematical Sciences at Curtin University.  

  Refreshments and Dinner

  Members and guests are invited to mingle over wine and cheese from 5:30 ᴘᴍ onwards in the Kim E. Beazley Lecture Theatre. Following the meeting you are invited to dine with fellow attendees at a nearby restaurant; please RSVP to Brenton Clarke B.Clarke@murdoch.edu.au by 11 am Tuesday 10th November.

  Meeting directions

  Parking is free at the Murdoch University campus after 5:00 ᴘᴍ in the red and green zones (avoid the reserved and service bays). We suggest parking in Car Park 3 (searchable in Google Maps) that can be entered from campus entrance B or C on South St; those parking here should walk south-west towards Bush court then up the stairs when seen.

  The Kim E. Beazley Lecture theatre entrance with glass doors is on the south side of Bush Court. The approximate location can be seen at this Google Maps link.

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  We are establishing whether this meeting will be avaiable over Zoom or recorded for future viewing by members.

  Visitors are welcome to attend this branch meeting.

  For further information please contact the Branch Secretary, Rick Tankard, Murdoch University.
  He can be reached by email at rick.tankard@murdoch.edu.au or by phone at (08) 9360 2820.

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• CPD121 - Workshop: Data visualisation with R

  • Start
    11 Nov 2020
  •  
    (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    12 Nov 2020
  •  
    (UTC+11:00)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    0
  • Registered
    40 registrants

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  [UPDATE] Thank you for your interest. This workshop is now fully booked out. Please put your name on the waiting list in case for cancellations. We will likely re-run this workshop in the week beginning 13th April 2021 (details to come). We will notify those on the waiting list when this workshop next becomes available.
  

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  Statistical Society of Australia warmly invites you to a workshop on data visualisation with R, taught by Prof. Di Cook and Dr. Emi Tanaka.

  This is a repeat of the July workshop. Please note there may be slight changes based on past participant feedback.

  About the workshop:

  Data visualisation is a key statistical tool for effective communication and to understand aspects of data and models. The statistical language R is used widely for data analysis and visualization, e.g. the BBC Visual and Data Journalism team uses ggplot2 R-package to create production-ready charts. This workshop (on Day 1) will teach you how to create production-ready graphics using the grammar of graphics implemented in ggplot2 R-package. In addition, the workshop (on Day 2) will teach you how to construct more complex plots, including maps, and discuss inference for statistical graphics to understand if what we see in a plot is really there. The workshop will be hands-on with plenty of practical examples.

  About the presenters:

  Dianne Cook is Professor of Business Analytics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.  She is a world leader in data visualisation, especially the visualisation of high-dimensional data using tours with low-dimensional projections, and projection pursuit.  She is currently focussing on bridging the gap between exploratory graphics and statistical inference.  Di is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, past editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, current editor of the R Journal,  elected Ordinary Member of the R Foundation, and elected member of the International Statistical Institute. 

  Emi Tanaka is a Lecturer in Statistics at Monash University and the Vice President of SSA Vic. She is currently working on a statistical theory for conducting inference using data plots and is an early career researcher in multi-level modelling, and experimental design. She is an experienced and enthusiastic R user and instructor, and regularly teaches university courses and workshops to the broader community on data visualisation, including ggplot2.

  Target audience:

  Day 1 is suitable for those who know R but are not familiar or comfortable with using ggplot2 or would like a refresher on ggplot2. 

  Day 2 is aimed for those that have familiarity with ggplot2 but would like to delve deeper into advanced plotting techniques, including interactive plots and animating plots, and using plots for inference. 

  Learning objectives:

  Day 1: Dipping Your Toes into Data Visualization with R

  Presented by Emi Tanaka
  

  • Review of tidy data format

  • Basics of the grammar of graphics

  • Drawing the basic data plot types (barchart, pie chart, histogram, density plot, scatterplot, boxplot) utilising a range of common geoms and variable mappings

  • Choosing colour wisely

  • All about scales, transforming data, setting limits, changing coordinate systems, axis specifications, ordering levels of categorical axes

  • Jazzing up your plot with different themes, plot annotations and combining plots together to make a publication-ready plot

  Day 2: Diving Deeper into Data Visualization with R

  Presented by Di Cook
  

  • Check your knowledge, a review of basic plotting with the grammar

  • Expanding your graphics toolbox to mapping, making choropleth maps, using map images as a base

  • Making your plots speak. Adding interactive elements including mouse-over labels, and sliders for controlling parameters, using plotly. Animating plots using gganimate.

  • Learn how to decide on the best plot design for a problem, and how to  determine if what you see is a real structure.  

  Requirements:

  Day 1

  • basic R knowledge (e.g. you have used R to load data, create simple visualisations, perform basic analyses and write simple functions or more specifically, you are familiar with concepts in Cookbook for R by Winston Chang)

  • basic statistics (e.g. simple linear regression, hypothesis testing, basic summary statistics and plots)

  • computer (with ability to install R and R-packages), microphone and web camera 

  • stable internet connection

  • Install the video conferencing software, zoom and know how to use zoom

  Day 2:

  • Day 1 requirements

  • Completed Day 1 OR know basic ggplot2

  Desirable:

  • Know about tidy data (i.e. importing data and putting data into the right format for plotting)

  • Some familiarity with tidyverse

  Timetable
  

  Please note that we may modify the schedule slightly after feedback from our July workshop.

  Day 1

  1:30pm – 3.00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 1
  3.00pm – 3.30pm	Break / networking over virtual morning tea
  3.30pm – 5:00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 2
  12:30pm	End of first day

  Day 2

  1.30pm – 3.00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 1
  3.00pm – 3:30pm	Break / networking over virtual morning tea
  3:30pm – 5:00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 2
  5:00pm	End workshop

  
  Deadlines: Early Bird registration closes on 22 Sep 2020. Regular registrations close on midnight on 3 Nov 2020.

  Expenses:

  Occasionally workshops have to be cancelled due to a lack of subscription. Early registration ensures that this will not happen. Please note that the Society will not be held responsible for any financial loss incurred due to a workshop cancellation.

  Financial Support:

  Financial support for SSA Vic members can be sought. For further information, please see: https://sites.google.com/view/ssavicworkshopfinsup.

  Cancellation policy:

  Cancellations received prior to 20 Oct 2020 will be refunded, minus a $20 administration fee. From then onwards no part of the registration fee will be refunded. However, registrations are transferable within the same organisation. Please advise any changes to eo@statsoc.org.au..

  Contact:

  Please contact the organisers: Rheanna Mainzer (rheanna.mainzer@gmail.com), Lidija Turkovic (lidijat@gmail.com), and Emi Tanaka (dr.emi.tanaka@gmail.com) for further details.

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• Computing Bayes: Bayesian Computation from 1763 to the 21st Century

  • When
    11 Nov 2020
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    via Zoom, time is in AEDT

  Register

  The Bayesian Section of the SSA is pleased to announce the following webinar 

  Computing Bayes: Bayesian Computation from 1763 to the 21st Century 
  

  with Gael M. Martin 

  on 11 November 2020 at 4:00PM (AEDT).         

  About this webinar:

  The Bayesian statistical paradigm uses the language of probability to express uncertainty about the phenomena that generate observed data. Probability distributions thus characterize Bayesian inference, with the rules of probability used to transform prior probability distributions for all unknowns - models, parameters, latent variables - into posterior distributions, subsequent to the observation of data. Conducting Bayesian inference requires the evaluation of integrals in which these probability distributions appear. Bayesian computation is all about evaluating such integrals in the typical case where no analytical solution exists. This paper takes the reader on a chronological tour of Bayesian computation over the past two and a half centuries. Beginning with the one-dimensional integral first confronted by Bayes in 1763, through to recent problems in which the unknowns number in the millions, we place all computational problems into a common framework, and describe all computational methods using a common notation. The aim is to help new researchers in particular - and more generally those interested in adopting a Bayesian approach to empirical work - make sense of the plethora of computational techniques that are now on offer; understand when and why different methods are useful; and see the links that do exist, between them all.
  
  

  About the presenter:

  Gael Martin is a Professor of Econometrics in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University, Australia, and was an Australian Research Council Future Fellow from 2010 to 2013. Her primary research interests have been in the development of simulation-based inferential and forecasting methods for complex dynamic models in economics and finance. Time series models for long memory, non-Gaussian - including discrete count - data have been a particular focus, with state space representations being central to much of that work. The development of Bayesian simulation-based methods has been a very important part of her research output, including work on the newer computational methods such as approximate Bayesian computation. Her interests centre not only on methods of inference, but on the impact of inferential technique on probabilistic forecasting, and the accuracy thereof. Misspecification of the predictive model has been a particular focus of late, including the development of a `loss-based’ paradigm for prediction that delivers accurate predictions when the predictive model is wrong. She is currently an Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Econometrics, International Journal of Forecasting (IJF) and Econometrics and Statistics, and was a guest editor for a special issue of IJF on Bayesian Forecasting.
  Her personal webpage, which includes all published work and some other current projects, is available here.   

  
  

  Registration
  
  This event is reserved for members of SSA and NZSA. Attendance is free but you will need to register. After registration you will receive a Zoom link.

  The webinar will be recorded and the recording made available to members on the SSA website in due course.
  
  

  Cancellation Policy

  Our Guarantee
  Our goal is to provide truly exceptional offerings and service, and we won't be happy until you are. If any programs, products or services of SSA do not fulfill our promise, we will make the situation right.

  Event Cancellation or Postponement
  SSA reserves exclusive right to modify, postpone/reschedule or cancel programs for any reason, including but not limited to emergency, inclement weather or other 'acts of God'. If there is an event cancellation, every attempt will be made to reschedule, and registration fees will be applied to the rescheduled event date. Any travel, lodging, or incidental expenses incurred related to a cancelled event cannot be refunded under any circumstances. If a cancelled event cannot be rescheduled, SSA will issue a refund.

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  Registration and attendance at, or participation in, SSA meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution of the registrant or attendees' image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions and audiotapes of such events and activities by SSA and other third parties.

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• SSA Vic Special General Meeting

  • When
    17 Nov 2020
  •  
    5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Online via Zoom

  Register

  Town Hall and Special General Meeting
  

  The Victorian Branch is holding a Special General Meeting (SGM) to hear from its members and to seek approval for proposed changes to its Rules. If you are a Victorian Branch member, you should have received the proposed changes via email.

  Changes to the Rules

  The Victorian Branch Council has proposed changes to the Rules that govern the Branch. Once a quorum has been reached we will have a vote to pass the proposed amendments.

  Town Hall meeting

  We are always seeking feedback from our members on how we've been doing, whether we're delivering events and services that meet your needs, and what you would like to see us doing in the future. In the Town Hall part of the meeting we'll be asking for feedback from members.

  Immediately following the SGM, we will have our final monthly event of the year. See this page for the details (n.b. the Zoom meeting link for will be the same for both the SGM and the event that follows).
  

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• Should statisticians all work from home even after lockdown?

  • When
    17 Nov 2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Online

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  The number of people working remotely increased dramatically after the first COVID-19 restrictions were put in place. Should statisticians continue to work from home even after restrictions are eased?
  
  Join us for a fun virtual debate, where we have the pleasure of hosting four speakers, at different stages of their career to give us their opinions on the topic. Debate will involve two teams that will present their arguments on each side of the issue.
  
  Each speaker will give a 10 minute talk followed by a 20 minutes of panel discussion and Q&A from the audience. After the event, we will retire to a social gathering platform, that isn’t Zoom! There we will do some socialising, as well as have an opportunity for audience members to freely approach each other and the speakers.
  

  Speakers

  Emily Karahalios
  Karen Lamb
  Thomas Lumley
  Andrew Robinson
  
  

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• Commonly Used Biostatistical Methods for Analysing Longitudinal Data in Health Research

  • Start
    20 Nov 2020
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    21 Nov 2020
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)

  
  This two day short course will provide participants with a good understanding of statistical techniques appropriate for analysing longitudinal and clustered data. Using provided medical and epidemiological datasets, participants will undertake a series of tasks using STATA statistical software which will enable them to gain experience in these techniques and the interpretation of results.

  Topics include:
  
  •             History of Statistical Models
  •             Using STATA
  •             Mixed and Multi-level Models
  •             Generalised Estimating Equations

  Who should attend?
  
  Those who have an interest in advanced training in the statistical analysis of health and medical data such as clinicians, epidemiologists and public health researchers. Those working in other areas such as social science and health economics may also benefit.

  Workshop dates
  
  20th and 21st November (2 day online workshop)

  Cost
  
  Standard registration - $1000
  HDR student - $500

  About the Lecturer
  
  Dr Haider Mannan is a biostatistician at Translational Health Research Institute and the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University. His biostatistical expertise is wide including regression models for clustered and longitudinal data (e.g. multilevel mixed effects, GEE models), continuous, binary (e.g. logistic regression), survival (e.g. Cox regression, Weibull regression), categorical and ordinal outcomes, nonparametric methods, analysis of small studies and state transition models (e.g. Markov simulation/model, latent Markov model), to note a few, all in the context of epidemiological/health studies. He has published several software in peer reviewed journals for disease risk modelling using SAS macros. He has published two monographs,55 peer reviewed articles in epidemiology/biostatistics with 25 as first authored and 24 in category 'A' journals including International Journal of Obesity, Obesity, Appetite, International Journal of Eating Disorders, American Journal of Epidemiology, BMJ Open, Preventive Medicine, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Annals of Epidemiology, European Journal of Nutrition, Accident Analysis and Prevention and Statistical Methods in Medical Research. He teaches and coordinates a biostatistics unit for Master of Epidemiology, MPH and MHSc courses during spring semester. This unit focuses on application of commonly used multivariate statistical methods in public health. He has excelled in teaching this unit having obtained a perfect score of 5 in spring 2019. He also teaches introductory biostatistics to MBBS and MD students, conducts internal workshops on multilevel and multivariate regression models.

  He earned a Ph.D. in biostatistics and epidemiology from University of Western Australia with distinction in 2008, and then worked for 6 years at the Monash University Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and James Cook University as Senior Research Fellow.

  Registration

  Deadline is November 18

  Here is the link for registration: 

  https://onestop.westernsydney.edu.au/OneStopWeb/EventsODeputyVice-ChancellorResearchInnovation/booking?UDS_ACTION_DATA=ZltddUM0WgFOKlcES0JDB15VQg1BWEUbWEA2LAJAV0MNQl9R

  
  Refund policy:
  
  Refunds available 2 working days before workshop delivery
  
  For more information:  Please email: westernxed@westernsydney.edu.au

  
  

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• SSA Canberra Knibbs Lecture: A personal tour with Prof Raymond Carroll

  • When
    24 Nov 2020
  •  
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Online

  Register

  SSA Canberra invites you to attend this year's Knibbs lecture, which will be presented by Prof. Raymond Carroll (Texax A&M). The lecture will also celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof. Alan Welsh (ANU), and his contributions to statistics. 
  

  
  

  Date:  Tuesday 24th November

  Time: 12:30pm-1:45pm AEDT.  

  Talk title: A Personal Tour: The Complex Nature of Nutrient and Food Intakes, and the Effects this Complexity has on Understanding Dietary Distributions and Their Effects on Mortality and Chronic Disease 

  Abstract: I have spent many years developing statistical methods to understand how to measure dietary intakes in a population and how to relate such measures to mortality and chronic diseases. In animal experiments, clinical trials of different dietary patterns have been performed by my colleagues at Texas A&M and show, in stunning fashion, that for example a fish oil enhanced diet is protective against colon cancer, DNA damage, deleterious gene expression, etc., when compared to a corn oil enhanced diet (think potato chips).

  In humans, the statistical questions are much more difficult, because it is impossible, in current practice, to measure an individual’s long-term average dietary intakes across multiple foods and nutrients. This impossibility has many facets, which I will briefly review. This statistical issue, along with the media focus on dietary bullets (kale anyone?), has resulted in massive confusion, and sometimes silly conclusions. For example, what % of U.S. children eat an alarmingly poor diet: a simplistic analysis says 30%, but a more nuanced one that accounts for the measurement properties of dietary instruments says 8%, a massive difference. My aim in part is to show that focusing on dietary patterns, instead of magic bullets, leads to far more robust statistical conclusions than focusing on one potential bullet at a time.

  Biography: Raymond J. Carroll is Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Nutrition at Texas A&M University, and Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He was the first statistician to receive a U.S. National Cancer Institute MERIT Award. He is the Director of the Texas A&M Institute for Applied Mathematics and Computational Science. He served as editor of Biometrics and the Journal of the American Statistical Association. He has won many honors in the profession, including the COPSS Presidents’ Award and the Fisher Award and Lecture. He is a member of the AAAS.

  Prof. Carroll’s research has long been diverse, and has focused on complex data scenarios, recently including methodology for multivariate functional data of different types, data integration across platforms/outcomes, uncertainties of predictor measurement (measurement error), gene-environment interactions, general semiparametrics, molecular biology of nutrition, radiation epidemiology and the risk of thyroid cancer, and physical activity. He is deeply involved in nutritional surveillance, nutritional epidemiology and dietary patterns, where the data complexity is immense due to the multivariate nature of dietary intakes and the uncertainties of dietary ascertainment.

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• NSW Nov Branch Meeting

  • When
    25 Nov 2020
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Zoom

  NSW Nov Branch meeting by Stephen Woodcock. Details to follow shortly.

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• Communication Training - SSA internal training

  • Start
    26 Nov 2020
  •  
    3:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    27 Nov 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    via Zoom, times are in AEDT
  • Spaces left
    8

  Register

  
  

  The SSA is pleased to offer this two-day workshop to selected volunteers, nominated by branches and sections. This event is sponsored by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

  Communication Training
  This workshop will focus on the core elements of communication. Participants will be able to apply these tools to any communication challenge. How audiences engage will be a key part of the program and will learn techniques for ongoing improvement.

  Dates
  Thursday 26^th November 3-4pm & Friday 27^th November 9-10am (AEDT)

  presented by Dr Shane Huntington OAM.

  Based in Melbourne, Australia, Shane has been providing consulting services in communication and strategy for over 20 years. As a successful broadcaster, business owner, academic and strategist he draws together experience from multiple sectors, offering clients a more detailed and analytical approach than competitors. Shane has trained thousands of people to communicate more effectively, especially in fields of research. His unique and engaging style has led to him delivering programs to some of Australia’s most prestigious institutions.

  This is a complimentary workshop for selected volunteers of SSA. Registrants need to use the voucher code provided by their branch/section/ABS to be able to proceed with the booking.

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

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• The Advent of "Grammar": Bridging Statistics and Data Science for the Design of Experiments

  • When
    27 Nov 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Register

  The Statistical Society of Australia is delighted to invite you to the following webinar

  The Advent of "Grammar": Bridging Statistics and Data Science for the Design of Experiments

  presented by Dr Emi Tanaka

  on 27 November 2020 at 1 pm AEDT via Zoom.

  About this webinar
  Statistics is a valuable tool for almost all scientific fields and industry to make sense of their data, yet as a field we lag behind to remain relevant, getting superseded by the so-called data science. What differentiates statistics from data science? And how does the design of experiments fit in with data science?

  In this webinar, I will talk about the concept of the "grammar" and the momentum it is gaining to make data analysis more accessible to a diverse group. I'll then present my prototype to the "grammar of experimental design" - a framework to construct the design of comparative experiments that cognitively enforces the experimental structure. I'll explain some principles behind this prototype, showcase how my developmental R-package edibble will work, and how I think it helps to bridge the gap between experimental design theory and practice for the wider community.

  About the presenter
  Dr. Emi Tanaka is an applied statistician whose primary interest is to develop impactful methods and tools that can readily be used by practitioners. Her research interests include mixed models and experimental designs, motivated primarily by the problems in bioinformatics and agricultural sciences. She is a lecturer at the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University and is currently the Vice-President of the Statistical Society of Australia Victorian Branch.

  Registration
  This event is free, but you will need to register.

  Our Guarantee
  Our goal is to provide truly exceptional offerings and service, and we won't be happy until you are. If any programs, products or services of SSA do not fulfill our promise, we will make the situation right.

  Event Cancellation or Postponement
  SSA reserves exclusive right to modify, postpone/reschedule or cancel programs for any reason, including but not limited to emergency, inclement weather or other 'acts of God'. If there is an event cancellation, every attempt will be made to reschedule, and registration fees will be applied to the rescheduled event date. Any travel, lodging, or incidental expenses incurred related to a cancelled event cannot be refunded under any circumstances. 

  Consent to Use of Photographic Images
  Registration and attendance at, or participation in, SSA meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution of the registrant or attendees' image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions and audiotapes of such events and activities by SSA. 

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• AMSI BioInfoSummer 2020 – bioinformatics symposium

  • Start
    30 Nov 2020
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    3 Dec 2020
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Online - https://bis.amsi.org.au/

  
  

  In 2020, AMSI BioInfoSummer is going virtual! Hosted by The Australian National University (ANU), attendees will participate online over the four-day program to develop their bioinformatics skills, national networks and employability.

  Join with other advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and professionals from the mathematics, statistics, medical sciences and information technology disciplines to explore bioinformatics under the following themes:

  • Single cell / transcriptomics
  • RNA biology
  • Long read sequencing
  • Biomedical optimisation / data science

  Featuring presentations, workshops and program extras from the best in the bioinformatics field from Australia and abroad, the AMSI BioInfoSummer 2020 program is jam packed. Start each morning with a mix of computational and biology focused lectures and research talks. Then develop your skills during the hands-on workshops. Round out your week with an interactive careers session, ePoster competition and public lecture.

  Full four-day conference registrations start from $60!

  Find out more!

  
  

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• CPD126 - Workshop: Data wrangling with R

  • Start
    1 Dec 2020
  •  
    (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    2 Dec 2020
  •  
    (UTC+11:00)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Online, times are in AEDT
  • Spaces left
    7
  • Registered
    22 registrants

  Register

  The Statistical Society of Australia warmly invites you to a workshop on

  Data Wrangling with R, taught by Dr. Emi Tanaka.

  About the workshop:

  Data wrangling is one of the first key steps necessary before downstream analysis such as visualization or modelling. This workshop will teach you how to wrangle data in the statistical language R using the tidyverse suite of packages, i.e. dplyr, tidyr, stringr, lubridate and forcats. This will include learning about the concept of tidy data and learning the new verbs in dplyr v1.0.0 released early this year. The workshop will be hands-on with plenty of practical examples and time for participants to work through exercises to put what they learnt into practice. 

  About the presenter:

  Emi Tanaka is a Lecturer in Statistics at Monash University and the Vice President of the SSA Victorian Branch. Her research interest is in producing useful statistical tools for practitioners, motivated primarily by applications in bioinformatics and agriculture. She is an experienced and enthusiastic R user and instructor, and regularly teaches university courses and workshops to the broader community on a variety of R-related workshops.

  Target audience:

  The workshop is suitable for those who know R but are not familiar or comfortable with using the tidyverse suite of R packages to do data wrangling.

  Learning objectives:

  ·         Transform messy data into tidy data using various R packages

  ·         Learn to pivot data from longer to wider format and vice versa using the tidyr R package

  ·         Complex data wrangling with the dplyr R package

  ·         All about factors and how to manipulate it easily using the forcats R package

  ·         Dealing with dates using the lubridate R package

  ·         Manipulating characters with the stringr R package

  Requirements:

  ·         Basic R knowledge (e.g. you have used R to load data, create simple visualisations, perform basic analyses and write simple functions or more specifically, you are familiar with concepts in  Cookbook for R by Winston Chang)

  ·         Basic statistics (e.g. simple linear regression, hypothesis testing, basic summary statistics and plots)

  ·         Computer (with ability to install R and R-packages), microphone and web camera

  ·         Stable internet connection

  ·         Install the video conferencing software, Zoom and know how to use Zoom

  Desirable:

  ·         Know about tidy data

  ·         Some familiarity with tidyverse or ggplot2

  ·         Know about regular expressions

  Timetable

  Please note times are in AEDT.

  Day 1

  1:30pm – 3.00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 1
  3.00pm – 3.30pm	Break / networking over virtual afternoon tea
  3.30pm – 5:00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 2
  5:00pm	End of first day

  Day 2

  1.30pm – 3.00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 1
  3.00pm – 3:30pm	Break / networking over virtual afternoon tea
  3:30pm – 5:00pm (1.5 hours)	Session 2
  5:00pm	End workshop

  
  

  Expenses

  Occasionally workshops have to be cancelled due to a lack of subscription. Early registration ensures that this will not happen. Please note that the Society will not be held responsible for any financial loss incurred due to a workshop cancellation.

  Cancellation Policy

  Cancellations received prior to 6 Nov 2020 will be refunded, minus a $20 administration fee. From then onwards no part of the registration fee will be refunded. However, registrations are transferable within the same organisation. Please advise any changes to eo@statsoc.org.au.

  
  

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• 7th Biennial ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference 2020

  • Start
    2 Dec 2020
  •  
    (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    4 Dec 2020
  •  
    (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Sydney, Australia

  The Australian Consortium of Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI) will host it's 7th Social Science Methodology Conference on the 2nd to 4th of December at The University of Sydney.

  A unique feature of this conference is that it is multi-disciplinary and brings together researchers and methodologists from a range of environments and contexts.

  The conference is organised around four themes:

  1. Research paradigms and designs;
  2. Research methods and techniques;
  3. Research technology and tools;
  4. Datasets, data collections and data archiving.

  There will be two types of submissions considered:

  1. Presentations where an abstract is reviewed (abstract in the conference proceedings).
  2. Posters - including a student poster competition (abstract in the conference proceedings).

  More details will appear on the conference website soon. 

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• SSA T-Shirt Design Competition

  • When
    4 Dec 2020
  •  
    5:00 PM (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    Submission Form: https://tinyurl.com/ssatshirtcomp

  Are you a Statistician by day and a Renaissance Artist by night? Are you bursting with creativity and need an outlet? Then we want to hear from you!
  
  We need the help of our members in designing our new and official SSA t-shirt. So, we’re having a T-shirt Design Competition!

  The winner will receive $100 AUD gift card. Furthermore, the winner will be acknowledged in promotional material and wherever the t-shirts are sold (e.g., conferences).

  
  Participants

  The competition is open to ALL SSA Members. If you are not an SSA Member, think about all the cool stuff we do and join us. Click here to be a part of our amazing society.

  
  The Rules

  1) The design must be in-line with SSA branding. This means that you should use a colour palette like that used by the SSA (see below).

  
  

  
  

  2) The design must be suitable to be printed on a white background
  3) The design must be yours and an original piece of artwork
  4) The design must, naturally, be related to statistics
  5) The design should not contain any offensive imagery/words or be copyrighted material

  Submit a design that you feel best represents the SSA. We encourage the use of creativity and humour in your designs. For example, one of our favourite t-shirt designs states “I’m a statistician. To save time, let’s just assume that I’m never wrong.” It’s funny and true!

  
  File specifications
  

  We prefer to receive submissions as .TIF formatted images. Ensure images have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

  
  Deadline and Winner Announcement

  T-shirt designs are to be submitted by COB Friday 4th December 2020. The winner will be announced Thursday 10th December 2020. Announcements will be made via SSA's Twitter and Facebook accounts. The winner will also be notified directly via e-mail. The designs will be judged by the SSA Media Team.

  
  Submissions

  Click this form to answer a few questions and submit your design.

  If you have any issues, concerns or questions, please contact the SSA Media Team via Twitter or e-mail the ECSSN Chair.

  
  

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• Statistical Consulting Network 2020 Meeting

  • Start
    7 Dec 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM (UTC+11:00)
  • End
    9 Dec 2020
  •  
    2:00 PM (UTC+11:00)
  • Location
    via Zoom, times are in AEDT
  • Spaces left
    447

  Register

  The Statistical Consulting Network of the SSA is pleased to invite you to the following event:

  Statistical Consulting Network 2020 Meeting

  held on 7 - 9 December 2020 from 11am-2pm AEDT(each day).

  The Statistical Consulting Network 2020 Meeting is a virtual event where statistical consultants can connect, present their ideas, discuss best practice, and more!  The event will feature:

  • A keynote talk by Doug Zahn (Florida State)
  • Contributed talks
  • Lunchtime discussions on topical issues in consulting
  • A virtual display hall to view contributed speed talks and posters 

  The conference will be hosted in a Slack workspace, with talks held in Zoom meetings.  Slack is an intuitive channel-based messaging platform that makes it easy for conference attendees to connect with each other, publicly and privately, and to access and engage in a range of conference activities in an organised way.  The Statistical Consulting Network is part of the Statistical Society of Australia, a forum supporting consultants in the Australia/New Zealand region.

  The call for contributed presentations is open – submit your abstract now! 

  Presentations are welcome on any topic of interest to the statistical consulting community, including but not limited to:

  • Case studies
  • Challenges of private consulting
  • Dealing with the challenges of remote consulting
  • Human side of consulting
  • Research in statistical consulting
  • Strategies for consulting
  • Short course teaching

  A focus of the conference is interaction, and each day there will be an hour dedicated to lunchtime discussions around topical issues in consulting.  If you have something you would like to add to the agenda, let us know at StatConsultingNetwork.SSA@gmail.com.

  Abstract submission closes midday (AEST) September 30 2020.

  For further details, go to the conference website. 

  Fees

  Early Bird- Registration and payment before or on 31 October 2020:

  Early Bird SSA/NSZA member*	$50
  Early Bird SSA/NZSA non-member	$100
  Early Bird SSA/NZSA student member*	$50
  Early Bird SSA/NZSA non-member student	$80

  
  

  Final registration deadline: Before or on 25 November 2020:

  SSA/NSZA member*	$60
  SSA/NZSA non-member	$120
  SSA/NZSA student member*	$60
  SSA/NZSA non-member student	$100

  *SSA membership is available here. NZSA membership is available here.

  Registration provides access to the Slack workspace where all talks will be recorded and stored.  Removal of recordings can be requested by a speaker.

  Registrants will be asked to confirm that they have read and plan to abide by the conference's Code of Conduct.

  Our Guarantee
  Our goal is to provide truly exceptional offerings and service, and we won't be happy until you are. If any programs, products or services of SSA do not fulfill our promise, we will make the situation right.

  Event Cancellation or Postponement
  SSA reserves exclusive right to modify, postpone/reschedule or cancel programs for any reason, including but not limited to emergency, inclement weather or other 'acts of God'. If there is an event cancellation, every attempt will be made to reschedule, and registration fees will be applied to the rescheduled event date. Any travel, lodging, or incidental expenses incurred related to a cancelled event cannot be refunded under any circumstances. If a cancelled event cannot be rescheduled, SSA will issue a refund.

  Consent to Use of Photographic Images
  Registration and attendance at, or participation in, SSA meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution of the registrant or attendees' image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions and audiotapes of such events and activities by SSA and other third parties.

  Cancellation Policy

  As you will still be able to watch the meeting recordings after the event, we will not be offering any refunds.

  If you have any questions, please write to StatConsultingNetwork.SSA@gmail.com.

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• AMSI Summer School in the Mathematical Sciences

  • Start
    11 Jan 2021
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    5 Feb 2021
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)

  
  

  With a record-breaking 171 attendees in 2019, the annual AMSI Summer School is the biggest national event in Australia for honours and postgraduate students in the mathematical sciences.

  In January 2021 this four-week school will be hosted virtually by The University of Adelaide, providing students from across Australia with the opportunity to develop their mathematical skills, meet like-minded people, and network with potential future employers at the Careers Day.

  AMSI Summer School 2021 offers eight exciting subjects by specialist lecturers from around Australia and students can study one or two subject areas including one subject for credit.

  Honours and postgraduate students in the mathematical sciences and cognate disciplines are invited to register their interest for this event, as well as researchers and professionals who may wish to get involved in the program extras offered at the AMSI Summer School.

  To maximise the students’ experience, the School will feature domestic keynote speakers, researchers and/or lecturers, as well as a number of program extras including social events, a special guest public lecture, a careers session, and a Diversity in STEM panel event.

  SSA is a proud sponsor of this event.

  Interested in finding out more about Summer School 2021?

  Join the AMSI Summer School Mailing List  

  
  

  
  

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• SSA-Event: ANZSC2021- Modelling Data for a Brighter Future

  • Start
    5 Jul 2021
  •  
    8:00 AM (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    9 Jul 2021
  •  
    6:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Gold Coast Convention Centre, 2684 -2690 Gold Coast Highway, Broadbeach, QLD

  
  

  Welcome to the 
  ANZSC 2021 Conference
  

  The organising committee warmly invites you to the 2021 Australian and New Zealand Statistical Conference, which will take place on the Gold Coast from the 5th to the 9th of July 2021.

  This conference brings together four leading statistical communities in the region – the Statistical Society of Australia, the New Zealand Statistical Association, the International Institute of Business Analysis (Special Interest Group for Business Analytics), and the Australian Conference on Teaching Statistics.

  The aim of this conference is to bring together a broad range of researchers and practitioners across a variety of statistical disciplines to facilitate the exchange of theory, methods and applications.

  With these four societies working together there will be strong program components of interest to a wide diversity of academic, government, and industry colleagues. This includes the full spectrum of delegates from those advancing theoretical methodology to those working on industry applications (in traditional and non-traditional statistical areas). Of particular interest is how Big Data continues to impact all of us.

  Information on Keynote Speakers and the Conference program will be available shortly so watch this space for updates.

  The conference will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) situated in the heart of the Gold Coast. From GCCEC, Surfers Paradise (the social hub of the Gold Coast) is 5km to the North, the Star Casino and Pacific Fair are immediately to the South (the largest regional shopping and dining destination in Queensland), the beach (Broadbeach) is just ten minutes walk, and the Broadbeach restaurant complex is immediately to the East (short 5 minutes walk). Social tours can easily be made to the rainforest (such as Tambourine National Park and World Heritage-listed Lamington National Park), to places of Aboriginal Indigenous significance, to Stradbroke Island, and to Australia’s greatest theme parks.

  ANZSC2021 promises to be a truly amazing experience on both a professional and a social level.

  Please check out the official conference website and register your interest here.

  We look forward to seeing you on the Gold Coast in 2021!

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• 63rd ISI World Statistics Congress 2021

  • Start
    11 Jul 2021
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    15 Jul 2021
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    The Hague, The Netherlands

  The 63rd ISI World Statistics Congress will bring together statisticians and data scientists from academia, official statistics, health sector and business, junior and senior professionals, in an inviting environment.

  The inspiring and interactive programme will provide the platform to learn about the latest developments in statistical research and practice in an informal ambiance. A series of short courses, satellites and other events completes the WSC programme.

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

  • Start
    27 Sep 2021
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    28 Sep 2021
  •  
    (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
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    1 Jul 2022
  •  
    (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
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    14 Jul 2022
  •  
    (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
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • End
    15 Jul 2022
  •  
    (UTC+10:00)
  • Location
    Riga, Latvia

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

  
  

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