Lots of budget chat this week but I have yet to find an engaging data visual of it. I am sure I am not alone in having difficulty comprehending the magnitude of these financial commitments.
To give an effective example of this the ABC in their News Daily podcast shared a nice stat that the new submarine policy would cost the government 32 million dollars per day over the next 40 years! Now that is what I call an effective financial insight. For me that equates to around 6 townhouses in Kirribilli you could purchase ... per day! I'm starting to think I should have gone into the submarine biz.
In this week's newsletter, I have included a link to The Random Sample's podcast, which discusses the use of statistics in the law. I have also attached a link from the AMSI newsletter congratulating the Australian Girls Olympiad team for placing 3rd in the recent European Olympiad Competition. What a fantastic result!
As always, if you have anything interesting you'd like to share, please send it through. Perhaps I will have some better finance visuals to share with you all next week although we will probably all be over budget chat by then.
SSA Office Closure
The SSA Office will be closed from 27 April until 30 May 2023
while the Executive Officer is on leave.
SSA Events
UNSW Seminar: Towards a universal representation of statistical dependence and Generalised Partial Least Square with Deep Neural Network
17 May 2023, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM AEST, UNSW
SSA NSW is happy to announce a seminar by Dr Gery Geenens and Qian Jin.
Dr Gery Greenens will present Towards a universal representation of statistical dependence and Qian Jin will present Generalized Partial Least Square with Deep Neural Network.
Please use the register via this page if you are attending in person. Please register here if you would like to attend online and receive a zoom link and details.
Statistical Consulting Network May Meet-Up
26 May 2023, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEST, held online
Come along with your thinking cap, maybe a problem, and some lunch!
The Statistical Consulting Network invites you to their monthly meet-up, a virtual lunchtime meeting where statisticians help each other out with problems that they aren’t sure how to deal with. This virtual meeting is held on Zoom at lunchtime on the last Friday of each month, 12:30-1:30 PM (AEDT). We start each meet-up with announcements, or occasionally a special topic discussion, then discuss problems that attendees have brought along with them.
We also have a Slack workspace where members of the consulting network can communicate between meetings, or post problems or relevant materials they would like to discuss during a meeting.
Hosted by the Statistical Society of Australia (SSA), this week-long conference covers both new developments and interesting applications of statistical methods. The theme for 2023 is ‘Statisticians in society’. The last two days overlap with OZCOTS, providing a great opportunity to dip into the teaching of statistics.
A diverse program includes speakers from academia, government and industry across a range of disciplines and career stages. The conference will be delivered in-person, with some hybrid sessions online. Highlights include: tips on statistical communication from Sir DavidSpiegelhalterwho holds a Cambridge Chair in Risk Communication, and a workshop on “Deep Statistics for More Rigorous and Efficient Data Science”, by Professor Xiao-Li Meng from Harvard.
Ep 79 The Random Sample Podcast: Law & Stats - What's a statistician doing in court?
Ever watch a TV courtroom drama they question an expert witness? Chances are, you’ve never seen an actor portray an expert witness who is a statistician. But statisticians can have a big impact inside real courtrooms.
Our guest is Professor Ian Gordon, Director of the Statistical Consulting Centre at The University of Melbourne. Among the consulting work he does includes being an expert witness in legal cases.
In this episode, we explore how statisticians get involved in legal cases, what that legal work looks like, and we look at some of the big cases Ian has worked on.
Our host is Cynthia Huang, a PhD Candidate at Monash University in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics.
Australian team ranks third for second year in a row at 2023 European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad
In a competition between 55 participating countries, the Australian team of four brought home three gold medals and one silver medal, with one team member achieving a perfect score.
If you have news from the Australian statistical community to share in Stats Matters and Events, please get in touch with us! We love getting feedback too.
