Statistical Society of Australia upcoming events

Data Day- Sydney (2 May 2019)

Wed, 01 May 2019 14:00:00 GMT

Showcasing the latest and most innovative applications of data to drive experience

In its 15th consecutive year, Data Day will bring you the leading minds in data & analytics, digital and marketing to showcase the data strategies driving success at the world’s biggest brands.

The speakers at Data Day 2019 will discuss how data & analytics can deliver on business objectives, how data programs are being used to transform customer communication, insights into GDPR adoption in Australia as well as hands on case studies on what tools marketers use to democratise data.

Learn how to overcome data challenges within your own organisation in order to better engage with new and existing customers.

Data Day- Melbourne (4 May 2019)

Fri, 03 May 2019 14:00:00 GMT

Showcasing the latest and most innovative applications of data to drive experience

In its 15th consecutive year, Data Day will bring you the leading minds in data & analytics, digital and marketing to showcase the data strategies driving success at the world’s biggest brands.

Learn how to overcome data challenges within your own organisation in order to better engage with new and existing customers.

Chief Data & Analytics Officer Exchange (7 May 2019)

Mon, 06 May 2019 23:00:00 GMT

The Chief Data & Analytics Officer Exchange brings together the most innovative and insightful technology leaders across industries for in-depth discussions and exchanges of experience and ideas to address the emerging landscape of digital business in a digital economy. The event focuses on developing an enterprise-wide data strategy, enabling data-driven decision making across the business, and building organizational capability for advanced analytics.

ICORS-LACSC 2019 (28 May 2019)

Mon, 27 May 2019 14:00:00 GMT

ESPOL Polytechnic University is proud to host ICORS-LACSC 2019 on May 28-31, 2019. This year, the International Conference on Robust Statistics (ICORS) and the Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC) will be jointly organized in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The 2nd LARS-IASC School on Computational Statistics and Data Science will be a satellite event on May 26-27, 2019.

In 2019, ICORS celebrates its 19th edition, after the meetings in Kolkota, India (2015), Geneva, Switzerland (2016), Sydney, Australia (2017) and Leuven, Belgium (2018). On the other hand, LACSC celebrates its 4th edition, following its previous meetings in Gramado, Brazil (2016), Valparaíso, Chile (2017) and San José, Costa Rica (2018). LACSC is an official event of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC).

ICORS-LACSC 2019 will be a great opportunity to make academic and professional contacts and create a space for discussion about recent contributions and emerging ideas in statistics. ICORS-LACSC 2019 welcomes contributions in a wide range of topics. ICORS invites contributions to applied statistics as well as theoretical statistics, and in particular new problems related to robust statistics and data analysis. LACSC invites theoretical as well as applied contributions on Statistical Computing, Data Analysis, Multivariate Statistics, Classification, Data Mining, Optimization, Modeling, Applications, Big Data, Optimization Heuristics, and other related topics. For its second edition, the LARS-IASC School will feature a workshop on Robust Statistics given by Prof. Peter Rousseeuw and Prof. Stefan Van Aelst (KU Leuven, Belgium).

This will be an event without precedent as the communities of ICORS and LACSC will gather. ICORS-LACSC 2019 will bring together renown statisticians like: Stefan Van Aelst (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dirk Eddelbuettel (University of Illinois, USA), Ana Bianco (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Gareth James (University of Southern California, USA), Xuming He (University of Michigan, USA), Victor Yohai (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Marco Avella (Columbia University, USA), Maria-Pia Victoria-Feser, Ruben Zamar (University of British Columbia, Canada), Daniela Rodríguez (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), Klaus Nordhausen (TU Wien, Austria) and more than 200 statisticians presenting new results and advances in statistics.

This will also be a unique opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Guayaquil in Ecuador with all its natural attractions like the Guayas river, Iguana parks, mangrove forests, museums, history, and the architecture of Spanish colonial houses. Ecuador as a small country has many natural attractions, not so far from Guayaquil, that includes volcanoes, large warm beaches, the Galapagos Islands and other beautiful cities like Quito, Cuenca and Baños with a great historical value.

42nd Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) Conference 2019 (30 Jun 2019)

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 14:00:00 GMT

The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia provides an inclusive and cosmopolitan Conference for mathematics educators and academics involved in mathematics education. For more information please click here.

Young Statisticians Conference 2019 (1 Oct 2019)

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:30:00 GMT

The Young Statisticians Conference 2019 will be held on 1-2 October 2019 in the nation’s capital, Canberra. We are delighted that we were able to secure Manuka Oval for SSA’s signature event for students and graduates. YSC2019 will bring together the best students and early-career professionals in statistics and data analysis from all around Australia. You wouldn’t want to miss this conference!

To keep up to date with YSC2019 please go to the official conference website and register your interest.

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