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Statistical Society of Australia

Locality: Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6251 3647

Address: PO Box 213 2617 Belconnen, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.statsoc.org.au

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25.01.2022 Did you miss our AGM? We made history last Tuesday when we held our 1st AGM via Zoom, followed by RSS President Deborah Ashby's talk on Florence Nightingale at 200: using data to improve health from the time of the Crimea to the time of the COVID19. https://bit.ly/2XGrkYE

24.01.2022 A nationwide search has begun for the next constellation of #SuperstarsofSTEM a brilliant program from Science & Technology Australia. We encourage outstanding women in STEM to apply for this life-changing program. It boosts the skills and confidence of diverse women in science, technology, engineering and maths to become media and public speaking stars. Apply by August 31: https://bit.ly/3g29NBp

24.01.2022 We congratulate Professor Asha Rao on her appointment as Interim Director of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute. We are excited to work with her on developing #Statistics in Australia!

21.01.2022 Calling brilliant women in STEM: are you Superstar material? Science & Technology Australia is on the hunt for the next 60 #SuperstarsofSTEM. The program takes diverse women in science, technology engineering and maths and helps them to build the skills they need to become media and public speaking stars. Here’s why it works: https://bit.ly/3021a4e. Apply by August 31: https://bit.ly/3g29NBp

21.01.2022 [REMINDER] @SsaVictoria will be holding its Special General Meeting TOMORROW @ 5 pm AEST. Registration required. More info: https://statsoc.org.au/event-4022621

20.01.2022 The Canadian Journal of Statistics is planning a special issue on COVID-19 Deadline for submission is 31st Dec 2020 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1708945x

17.01.2022 [Can you help?] ** #DataScience contacts across Australia ** We would like to compile a list with statistical/data science contacts. If you have a contact list that you could share, of if you would simply like to add your own details to the list, can you drop us a message?... Thanks!

16.01.2022 [REMINDER] "Should statisticians all work from home even after lockdown?" will take place TOMORROW at 5:30 pm AEST. Registration required. More info: https://statsoc.org.au/event-3858253

14.01.2022 StatFest is a conference aimed at encouraging u/grad students who are members of historically underrepresented groups to pursue careers and graduate studies in the #statistics. StatFest 2020 will be held virtually on Sept 18 & 19, 2020. https://community.amstat.org//events/statfest/statfest-2020

12.01.2022 We are proud to support a video series called The Philosophy of Data Science aimed at early career statisticians & #datascientists. Session 1 will provide in-depth understanding on scientific reasoning for practical data science. https://www.podofasclepius.com/philosophy-of-data-science

12.01.2022 Congratulations to the recipients of the SSA Fellowship Grant! The grant provides support for early-career members in their bid to win competitive fellowship funding from the ARC or NHMRC. Please join us in congratulating the eight winners! Boris Beranger (https://twitter.com/BorisBeranger) Susanna Cramb (https://twitter.com/SusannaCramb) Nicole De La Mata (https://twitter.com/Nickii_dlm) ... Esmaeil Ebrahimie Matt Moores (https://twitter.com/MooresMt) Margarita Moreno-Betancur (https://twitter.com/_MargaritaMB) Houying Zhu (https://twitter.com/Houying_Zhu) Nan Zou See more

12.01.2022 Looking for something fun to do this National Science Week in school or with your school-aged kids? We love the scienceXart: spot the maths competition being h...osted by the Australian Academy of Science, alongside STA members The Australian Mathematical Society & Statistical Society of Australia! Find maths in unusual places, take a photo, and upload for your chance to win!

11.01.2022 SSA Canberra Branch Meeting July 2020 Speaker: Marcus Suresh (Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources) Topic: Sharpening the BLADE - Missing Data Imputation using Supervised Machine Learning... Abstract: Incomplete data are quite common which can deteriorate statistical inference, often affecting evidence-based policymaking. A typical example is the Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE), an Australian Government’s national data asset. In this paper, motivated by helping BLADE practitioners select and implement advanced imputation methods with a solid understanding of the impact different methods will have on data accuracy and reliability, we implement and examine performance of data imputation techniques based on 12 machine learning algorithms. They range from linear regression to neural networks. We compare the performance of these algorithms and assess the impact of various settings, including the number of input features and the length of time spans. To examine generalisability, we also impute two features with distinct characteristics. Experimental results show that three ensemble algorithms: extra trees regressor, bagging regressor and random forest consistently maintain high imputation performance over the benchmark linear regression across a range of performance metrics. Among them, we would recommend the extra trees regressor for its accuracy and computational efficiency. Link to paper: https://link.springer.com/chap/10.1007/978-3-030-35288-2_18

05.01.2022 [BRANCH MEETING] @NswSsa will be holding its next meeting on Wed 25th Nov at 6 pm AEST. Dr. Stephen Woodcock (UTS) will be presenting "Just not cricket: How did sports science get stuck in the statistical outfield?". Registration required. More info: https://statsoc.org.au/event-4010909

03.01.2022 [FELLOWSHIP FUNDING SUPPORT] Are you applying for competitive fellowship funding this year? We would like to help our members in this highly competitive world by awarding $3000 to support their applications. Up to 8 members will be awarded this year. More details here: https://statsoc.org.au/Fellowship-support

01.01.2022 Missed our webinar on Network Meta-Analysis? You can now watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhlcRJOthQ0&t=338s Members don't forget that you can access all the webinars here: https://statsoc.org.au/webinars