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SSA's Mentoring Program & Benefits
Mentorship is a relationship between two people, where the mentor provides advice and guidance to their mentee to help them grow, learn and develop professionally. It can be a rewarding experience for both mentors and mentees alike and offers numerous benefits including helping others reach their goals. Here are some of the benefits:
Benefits to the Mentee
Receives guidance and support from a respected member of the community. Professional development opportunities. Increased confidence. Increased institutional knowledge and understanding. Greater awareness of other approaches and methods. Builds a network of colleagues and expands knowledge. Having a confidential sounding board for ideas and challenges.
Benefits to the Mentor
Provides fulfillment and satisfaction of helping others and contributing to the development of the individual. Extends network and builds community. Supports use and development of key competencies leading to growth. Encourages examination of the status quo and alternative possibilities. Encourages renewed ideas and perspectives on one’s leadership role.
The SSA Mentoring program is led by the Mentoring Committee and offers a program that members have benefitted. Visit our website to learn more. _________ The SSA Mentoring Program Committee
Karen Lamb (Program Co-chair, Melbourne)
Elizabeth Korevaar (Program Co-chair, Melbourne)
Nicole White (Brisbane)
Andrea Peng (Adelaide)
Julie Simpson (Melbourne)
Taya Collyer (Melbourne)
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The David Cox Medal - new international statistical award
The David Cox Medal is a new international statistical award, commemorating the life and work of Sir David Cox (1924-2022). The medal is jointly awarded by the American Statistical Association (ASA), Bernoulli Society, International Biometrics Society (IBS), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS).
Only a few days left! Nominations close 31 October 2024. The award announcement will be in February 2025.
It is not necessary for a medal recipient to be a member of any of the partner societies for nomination.
Download the form – it is in PDF format and the response boxes will expand and can be saved/edited as required.
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SSA ACT Wilson Lecture 2024
In honour of the late Professor Sue Wilson and her immense contributions to the statistics and bioinformatics community across Canberra, Australia, and globally, the SSA ACT branch council is proud to announce the introduction of the Wilson lecture starting in late 2024!
The Wilson lecture will be run as the branch's final lecture of the year, taking place in alternating years with the Knibbs lecture. In 2024, the Wilson lecture is scheduled in hybrid form for Monday 2nd December, and we are proud to announce that Professor Gillian Heller will give the inaugural Wilson lecture! Further details about this event will be provided in due course. More information about the Knibbs and Wilson lectures can be found on the SSA website.
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Statistical Computing and Visualisation Section
Venable Award
Are you an early to mid-career developer or researcher creating open-source software in data science or statistics? The 2024 Venables Award is here to recognise and celebrate your innovative contributions! Whether working individually or as part of a team, you have the chance to showcase your software and win a $4000 first prize or $1000 runner-up prize.
Submit your project by November 1, 2024, along with a nomination from an SSA member. We're looking for open-source software that has a clear impact on statistical practice, is easy to use, and is well-documented. The software must be developed primarily in Australia, actively maintained, and contribute to reproducibility in research.
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2024 Di Cook Award Calling all student developers of open-source software in statistics! The 2024 Di Cook Award is now open for applications. This award is an excellent opportunity for students or recent graduates from Australian institutions to showcase their innovative contributions to the field of statistics.
The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize and the opportunity to present their work at an event in 2024. Eligible submissions must be open-source, actively maintained, and primarily developed by students. Both individuals and teams are encouraged to apply, and non-SSA members are welcome. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2024.
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AI Model that checks for skin cancer shows promise
Scientists developed a way of using artificial intelligence to check for skin cancer with the AI tool, which was trained on data from 53,601 skin lesions from 25,105 patients, outperforming existing methods in a new study.
Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University, Check4Cancer, University of Essex and Addenbrooke's Hospital worked on the AI model which was trained on data from 53,601 skin lesions from 25,105 patients. In this study, researchers used machine learning and combination theory to distil 22 clinical features down to the seven most important that predict if a skin lesion might be suspicious or not.
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The Reliability of Retail Payment Services
Australians are increasingly dependent on the continuous availability of electronic payment systems. As such, every incident or outage can potentially cause inconvenience or economic harm for end-users of those systems. This article presents insights into the reliability of payment systems using information from the RBA’s retail payment incidents dataset. The article notes that retail payment services have an average availability of at least 99.8 per cent each quarter. Online banking and fast payments services are most likely to be affected from outages, with root causes relating to issues with third parties, software and change management. Given the wide-reaching impact of outages, the effective management of operational risk in the payments system has never been more important.
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Partner with SSA Interested to partner with us from a simple event sponsorship, conferences or long-term collaboration, please reach out to Jodi Phillips at events@statsoc.org.au . |
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SSA Early Career & Student Statistician Conference
18 - 21 November 2024 | Perth | Hobart | Christchurch
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With an incredible program featuring keynote presentations, networking opportunities, a workshop, and tours across all three hubs, there’s so much to look forward to.
Join us! Whether you're a student, early-career statistician, or established professional, this conference provides an excellent platform to connect, gain mentorship, and share innovative ideas in the field of statistics.
Conference Highlights
Workshop and panel discussions
Opportunities for presenting your own research Exciting tour in all three hubs
Register now to secure your spot!
Registrations close 10 Nov 2024
We are especially dedicated to supporting students and early career statisticians by fostering a supportive environment where they can connect with mentors, share ideas, and receive guidance on their professional development. This is your chance to build valuable connections and gain insights that will help shape your future in statistics. |
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Statistical Consulting Network Monthly Meet-Up
25 Oct 2024 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (AEST) | 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 (AEST). 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.
Zoom link
Password: 660145 Slack Workspace link
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ECSSN and
NZSA October Webinar-Presenting effectively at mixed-mode events presented by
Karen Lamb
28 Oct 2024 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Online
As
conferences and meetings increasingly adopt mixed-mode formats, with both
in-person and virtual participants, delivering an engaging and impactful
presentation has become more complex. To help address these challenges, ECSSN
and NZSA are excited to present a session by Karen Lamb on how to
excel in mixed-mode settings.
In this
insightful presentation, Karen will provide practical tips and strategies for
effectively communicating with diverse audiences, ensuring your message
resonates whether your listeners are in the room or online.
Don't miss
this opportunity to refine your presentation skills for today’s hybrid
environment!
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The SSA ACT Branch invites everyone to attend the 2025 Dennis Trewin Prize presentation on Tuesday, 29 October 2024, starting at 5:15 pm at the Marie Reay Teaching Centre, Australian National University, or via Zoom. This year’s event features three outstanding early career researchers presenting their innovative projects in statistics. The Dennis Trewin Prize, awarded annually in honour of former Australian Statistician Dennis Trewin AO, recognises exceptional research conducted in the ACT or regional NSW outside Newcastle-Sydney-Wollongong. Join us to hear presentations from Owen Forbes, Houren Hong, and Elle Saber, followed by a dinner at Badger & Co. Discounts are available for early career and student members. For more details and to RSVP for the dinner, please contact Warren Muller at warren.muller@csiro.au.
Zoom link: https://anu.zoom.us/j/82666579719?pwd=WuFm8X0JaA64dar36NdYVpd5x3YlMH.1
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SSA NSW October Meeting - Christopher K Wikle - 2024 Data Science and Statistics (DSS) Lecture, from School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong (UOW)
30 Oct 2024 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Building 43 Room G01, University of Wollongong
The SSA NSW Branch is excited to collaborate with the UOW School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics for their annual Data Science and Statistics (DSS) Lecture. This year’s speaker is Christopher K Wikle, Distinguished Professor of Statistics at the University of Missouri, USA.
Lecture Title: The Ship Has Sailed: Where Should We Steer It? (Climate Adaptation Needs Uncertainty Quantification)
Professor Wikle will explore the complexities of climate change adaptation and the crucial role of uncertainty quantification in decision-making across multiple disciplines. He’ll discuss how statistical science, particularly Bayesian methods and hybrid AI-statistical models, can provide valuable insights.
Venue: Building 43 Room G01, University of Wollongong, parking available on campus for carpool. Sign up here to carpool.
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CPD 185– Statistical Communication Workshop
6 Nov 2024 – 13 Nov 2024 | Online- 1.5 hours a week
NSW Branch presents Statistical Communication Workshop by Dr Nicole Mealing. Do you struggle to explain to your audience why your statistical results matter? Or does your audience have difficulty understanding the data insights you communicate? Come along to this workshop to enhance your statistical communication skills.
This workshop will focus on what to consider before you start shaping communication outputs and how to deliver your data derived messages effectively. We’ll use worksheets to help you communicate statistical insights that derive understanding or action from your audiences.
These training sessions will enable participants to:
Understand the importance of context and audience Select appropriate visual aids to successfully communicate data insights Identify opportunities to simplify your message and direct the audience to the most important parts of your data narrative.
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The WA Branch of the Statistical Society of Australia invites you to our November meeting featuring guest speaker Adam Bretherton from the Queensland Institute of Technology. Join us on Tuesday, 12 November 2024, at 6:00 PM in Room 002 (Innovation Hub) at Murdoch University for his presentation titled "Flexible Transformations for Bayesian Score Calibration." Adam will discuss the challenges of using complex mathematical models in real-world systems and present an innovative approach that optimises approximate models while minimising computational costs. Refreshments will be available from 5:30 PM, and all attendees are welcome to join Adam for dinner at Bateman Chinese Eating House at 7:30 PM.
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SSA NSW
Branch 2024 Annual Event with JB Douglas Award and Annual Lecture by Prof. Matt
Wand
14 Nov 2024 | 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Sutherland Room, The University of
Sydney
Please join
us for the NSW SSA branch annual event on Thursday 14th November at the
Sutherland Room, The University of Sydney from 2pm. The afternoon will
start with presentations from PhD students from around NSW for the J. B.
Douglas Awards. We are then proud to present our Annual Lecture by Distinguished
Professor Matt Wand at 6pm, followed by the Annual dinner from 7pm.
We hope to
see everyone there.
Program
overview
2.00pm –
6:00pm – J. B. Douglas Award presentations (with refreshment break)
6.00pm –
7.00pm – Annual lecture by Professor Matt Wand
7.00pm –
Annual dinner
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Extended Deadline for Bayes Comp 2025 Calls
The deadline for invited session and satellite workshop proposals for Bayes Comp 2025, to be held at National University of Singapore (NUS) June 16-20 2025, has been extended. Proposals will be accepted until midnight on November 8, 2024. The results will be announced by the end of November 2024. A call for individual contributed oral presentations and posters will be made early in 2025. |
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Spatial
Statistics 2025: At the Dawn of AI
15 Jul 2025 (CEST) – 18 Jul 2025 (CEST) | NH Leeuwenhoorst, Noordwijk,
The Netherlands
During the Spatial Statistics 2025 conference
in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, specific attention will be given to the
opportunities, including challenges to be addressed, that Artificial
Intelligence (AI) opens up and how spatial statistics can be developed further
with AI.
The latest developments in spatial statistics will
be presented, emphasising their contributions at the dawn of AI, now and in the
future. The optimal use of collected data, predicting in space and time, object
recognition and segmentation, and transferability in the presence of spatial
and temporal correlations are typical, but not exhaustive examples.
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Abstract
Submissions & Registrations are now open for the 2024 ADSN conference
The ADSN Conference is heading
to Western Australia this year. It will be held at Curtin University in
Perth and is being hosted by the Curtin Institute for Data Science. - When: Mon-Weds, 2-4 December
- Where: Curtin University, Bentley Campus
- Abstract deadline: 13 September
This year’s conference will
feature an additional third day which will be industry-focussed. Also, there
will be an opportunity to tour the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre on
that day.
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The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) is a non-profit organization aimed to foster the development and use of statistical and other quantitative methods in the environmental sciences, environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and protection. To this end, the Society promotes the participation of statisticians, mathematicians, scientists and engineers in the solution of environmental problems and emphasizes the need for collaboration and for clear communication between individuals from different disciplines and between researchers and practitioners.
All contributions related to environmetrics are welcome from across academia, research institutes, government, business and industry.
Key Dates:
| Deadline for Invited Paper Sessions |
15th July 2024 |
| Deadline for Contributed Papers |
15th Aug 2024 |
| Invited paper contributors informed of outcome |
31st July 2024 |
| Contributed paper authors informed of outcome |
9th Sept 2024 |
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| Registration opens |
15th July 2024 |
| Deadline for early registration |
23rd Sept 2024 |
For questions contact: John Boland john.boland@unisa.edu.au
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Employers can advertise job openings for statisticians and data analysts, while job seekers can post their own resume for potential employers to view – anonymously.
Members can register with the Career Centre, setting job alerts to be notified if a job meeting their search criteria is advertised. There's also the option of having one’s resume reviewed at no cost before uploading it, where it can be seen by potential employers.
Once registered with the SSA Career Centre as an employer, the site will allow users to post and manage job openings, search and manage prospective job candidates, and create a company profile. The fees for ads start at $130. |
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The SSA team would love to hear from you!
If you have any feedback or news from the Australian statistical community to share in Stats Matters and Events, get in touch with us!
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