Science Fairs

Alasdair Noble

Introductory Statistics Courses

Dave Saville, a consulting agricultural research biometrician, will be running his annual winter statistics workshops at Lincoln in July/August:

(A) Basic statistics/analysis of variance, Tues-Thurs, July 12-14 plus a repeat Wed-Fri, August 3-5;

(B) Simple regression and analysis of covariance, Wed-Thurs, August 17-18.

The courses use a hands-on, interactive method, and have been especially developed for applied researchers. Both assume little knowledge of statistics. For more information email Dave at savillestat@gmail.com or phone him at (03) 325 2520.

Biometrics by the Blowholes

4-8 December 2011
Kiama, New South Wales
http://www.biometrics.org.au/conferences/kiama2011/index.html

The Australasian Region of The International Biometric Society (IBS-AR) will hold its biennial meeting from Sunday, 4 December to Thursday, 8 December 2011 at the Sebel Harbourside Hotel in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. Kiama is about 120 kilometres south of Sydney on the coast.

Invited speakers include: David Balding, David Clayton, Brian Cullis, Monterrat Fuentes, Hans-Peter Piepho, Louise Ryan and Matt Wand.

Satellite Courses
Two satellite workshops/courses have been organised to take place before the main conference:

Friday December 2, Sydney
Spatial analysis of public health data: a practical introduction to the analysis of geocoded and areal health data.
Professor Montserrat Fuentes (North Carolina State University)

Saturday December 3, University of Wollongong
Modern applications of linear mixed models with case studies.
Professor Brian Cullis (University of Wollongong)

Probability Workshops

3rd Wellington Workshop in Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics

28-30 November, 2011
Victoria University of Wellington.

Programme Committee: Estate Khmaladze, David Vere-Jones, Ilze Ziedins

This year's Workshop will include a session on "Point processes and applications" in honour of David Vere-Jones' 75th birthday.

All presentations are by invitation only, but the Programme Committee welcomes expressions of interest from participants.

Further information will be posted on
http://msor.victoria.ac.nz/Events/WWPMS2011/.

Summer Workshops in Probability

2012 NZMRI/NZIMA Summer Workshop: Random Media and Random Walks

8-13 January, 2012
Nelson

http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~mholmes/workshop/

This workshop will consist mainly of 6-8 mini-courses (three 50-minute talks) presented by distinguished international speakers, on some of the many interesting topics in probability theory and statistical physics. The workshop may be of interest to mathematics PhD students in probability, statistical physics, analysis, and discrete mathematics.

There will also be an evening of seminars (and celebration, including dinner) in honour of Prof. Peter Whittle, on the evening of January 7 or 8, 2012. The theme of the seminars will be Stochastic modelling in physics, geophysics and communications.

The Joy of Stats

Hans Rosling says there’s nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it in a one-hour long documentary by BBC 2010. You can see it at http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/.

Swedish academic superstar Hans Rosling uses the power of statistics to change our understanding of global development over the last 300 years, and he’ll be your guide through The Joy of Stats. From the bowels of some of the world’s greatest supercomputers to the frontlines of scientific discovery, Hans exposes the explosive growth of an extraordinary new method of understanding ourselves and our Universe.

Six short Joy of Stats films are on the Open University web at: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/whats-on/the-joy-stats. In one segment "200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes", Hans Rosling takes us through 200 years of global development, using top-quality data visualisation.

Stats Chat Blog

http://www.statschat.org.nz/

Stats Chat, the University of Auckland Department of Statistics’ blog, http://www.statschat.org.nz/ has lots of interesting things, so check it out.

Think Quarterly: Data (UK) By Google

http://www.thinkwithgoogle.co.uk/

Google describe the purpose of Think Quarterly as offering some necessary breathing space from the busy world we live in ...

At Google, we often think that speed is the forgotten ‘killer application’ – the ingredient that can differentiate winners from the rest. We know that the faster we deliver results, the more useful people find our service.

But in a world of accelerating change, we all need time to reflect. Think Quarterly is a breathing space in a busy world. It’s a place to take time out and consider what’s happening and why it matters.

Our first issue is dedicated to Data – amongst a morass of information, how can you find the magic metrics that will help transform your business? We hope that you find inspiration, insights, and more, in Think Quarterly.

Back Copies of the NZ Statistician

A CD archive of “The New Zealand Statistician” is available from the NZSA. For details see http://stats.org.nz/archive_NZS.shtml.

Copies of this CD are available for
    Current members $5
    Past members $25
    Non members and libraries $55
To order a copy email Harold Henderson,
Harold.Henderson@agresearch.co.nz.