Bayesian data analysis
Monday 11 November – Wednesday 13 November 2019 (Dr Matthew Schofield) Bayesian methods are increasingly popular in many scientific disciplines.…
Retirement after 54 years – on the third go
Associate Prof John Harraway has taught for 54 years in the University of Otago’s mathematics and statistics…
Kit Yates: Maths, a matter of life and death
Another RNZ podcast, as much statistical as mathematical https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018712945/kit-yates-maths-a-matter-of-life-and-death For example, statistics badly applied did lead to Sally Clarke’s death.…
Hadley Wickham – open source data wrangler
New Zealand-born data scientist Hadley Wickham is developing open source ways to help people collect and analyse the information…
Sir David Spiegelhalter on Radio New Zealand
Sir David Spiegelhalter talks for 50 minutes with Kim Hill: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018712277/david-spiegelhalter-the-art-of-statistics “In his new book The Art of Statistics the Cambridge…
International Statistical Ecology Conference 2020
You are now invited to submit an abstract for a presentation or poster at the International Statistical Ecology Conference (ISEC2020), to be held on June…
Genetics Society of America Award to Bruce Weir
Genetics Society of America (GSA) Grants 2019 Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education to Bruce Weir Bruce…
Prestigious award for Hadley Wickham
Kiwi Hadley Wickham has won a prestigious international statistics award for his outstanding contributions to the profession. …
Mirzakhani Hui
You are invited to attend this year’s Mirzakhani Hui (named for Maryam Mirzakhani), a local conference for women in the lower…