Much More Than Just Fitting Models - Perspective from an Applied Statistical Scientist

SSA ECSSN and NZSA joint webinar:  Much more than just fitting models - perspective from an applied statistical scientist, presented by Olivia Angelin-Bonnet.

June 22, 2023 2pm AEST, 4PM NZST

In this talk, She will be giving an overview of her role as a statistical scientist working in the fields of Systems Biology and multi-omics integration. In particular, she will discuss how being an applied data scientist is about much more than just fitting models. Olivia will talk about how modern statistician and data science roles involve working with big and messy datasets, developing complex analysis pipelines, communicating results through reports and presentations, and implementing tools for disseminating our work. A number of principles and tools (e.g. data and code versioning, unit testing, workflow management systems) can support us through these activities to ensure our work is sustainable and reproducible. She will argue that mastering these principles is rapidly becoming a core competency for the modern statistical scientist.

Biography:

Olivia completed her PhD in Statistics at Massey University, where she worked on unravelling genotype-to-phenotype relationships from multi-omics data, with a focus on polyploid organisms. After a year as a lecturer in Statistics at Massey University, she is now a statistical Scientist at Plant & Food Research. Her research interests include Systems Biology, multi-omics data integration, the study of biological networks from a statistical and computational perspective, and the development of visualisation tools for omics data.