For our June event, we have a special event with a collection of speakers to honour our past president Prof William Dunsmuir, including a talk by Prof Dunsmuir himself. The event will be held at UNSW starting from 5pm. 

Please register for this event here.

Date:  Thu, 6th June 2019

Time:
5:00pm - 5:10pm: Welcome: Prof Bruce Henry (UNSW) & Dr Doug Shaw (SSA)
5:10pm - 5:25pm: Prof Sue Wilson, ANU & UNSW
5.25pm - 5.40pm: Dr Feng Chen, UNSW
5.40pm - 5.55pm: A/Prof David Scott, Auckland
5.55pm - 6.10pm: Dr Kylie-Anne Richards, UTS
6.10pm - 6.30pm: Refreshments
6.30pm - 7.00pm: Prof Richard Davis, Columbia
7.00pm - 7.30pm: Prof William Dunsmuir, UNSW
7.30pm - 8.00pm: Drinks

Venue: Red Center RC-4082, University of New South Wales, Kensington

Time Series: A Conference Honouring Prof William Dunsmuir

An Irregular 45 Year Time Series
Prof. Sue Wilson, ANU & UNSW
Bio:  Sue Wilson is Emeritus Professor in the Mathematical Sciences Institute, ANU, and at UNSW is (part time) Senior Statistical Consultant in Stats Central as well as associated with the School of Mathematics and Statistics. She is an Honorary Life Member of the International Biometric Society and inaugural Senior Fellow of the Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society.

My work and experiences with Prof William Dunsmuir
Dr. Feng Chen, UNSW
Bio:  Dr Feng Chen is a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW
Sydney. His research interests include Point Processes, Recurrent Event Data Analysis,
Nonparametric Methods, Asymptotic Theory, Statistical Computing, and Applied Statistics.

Significant Effects, Statistical and Personal
A/Prof David Scott, Auckland
Bio: David Scott retired from his position as Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Auckland in 2017. He previously worked at La Trobe University, Sheffield University, Bond University and Colorado State University.

The impact of marks and mentors
Dr. Kylie-Anne Richards, UTS
Bio: Kylie-Anne Richards is a lecturer at UTS. Previously, Kylie worked in financial markets for almost 15 years, with a career change inspired during her doctoral studies under Professor William Dunsmuir’s supervision.

William and me: a 40 year retrospective
Prof. Richard Davis, Columbia
Bio:  Richard Davis is Chair and Howard Levene Professor of Statistics at Columbia University.  He was
president of IMS in 2015-16, Editor-in-Chief of Bernoulli Journal 2010-12 and awarded (together with
collaborator W.T.M Dunsmuir) the Koopmans Prize for Econometric Theory in 1998.

Large sample theory for detecting the impact of marks in Hawkes self exciting point processes
Prof. William Dunsmuir
Bio: William Dunsmuir is a Professor of Statistics at UNSW. He is a past President of the SSAI and an Honorary Life Member.