Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Canberra Branches

# Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Canberra Branches
## April Event
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### 20th April 2021

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<img style="vertical-align:middle" src='images/logo/other/png_transparent/SSA_Monogram_Navy-White.png' height='40px'/> These slides are available at https://statsocaus.github.io/vic/intro/2021-04-event.html
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# Welcome! {{content}}

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# Acknowledgement of Country

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In the spirit of reconciliation the Statistical Society of Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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# SSA Vic Council 2021

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**President** 
Emi Tanaka]
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**Vice-President** 
Damjan Vukcevic]
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**Secretary** 
Ben Harrap]
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**Treasurer** 
Elizabeth Korevaar]
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**Comm. Officer** 
Kevin Wang]
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**Membership Officer** 
Rheanna Mainzer]
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**ECSS Rep** 
Cameron Patrick]
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**Industry Rep** 
Patrick Robotham]
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**Deputy Secretary** 
Lidija Turkovic]
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**Deputy Treasurer** 
Hien Nguyen]
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**Deputy Comm. Officer** 
Daniel Fryer]
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**Deputy Membership Officer** 
Lauren Kennedy]

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# SSA Canberra Council 2021

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**Acting President (Vice-President)** 
Francis Hui]
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**Secretary** 
Warren Muller]
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**Treasurer** 
Pauline O'Shaughnessy]
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**Assistant Secretary** 
Nick Husek]
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**ECSS Rep** 
Nelson Chua]

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Anton Westveld]

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Linh Nghiem]
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Thomas Lawrence]
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Xuan Liang]

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# Statistical Society of Australia .f2.color-secondary[Victorian & Canberra Branches]

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The Great Australian Statisticians T-Shirt

Buy at http://bit.ly/ssa-tshirt

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 [www.statsoc.org.au/Victoria](https://www.statsoc.org.au/Victoria)
 
 
[www.statsoc.org.au/Canberra](https://www.statsoc.org.au/Canberra)
 
 [vic.branch@statsoc.org.au](mailto:vic.branch@statsoc.org.au) [eo@statsoc.org.au](mailto:eo@statsoc.org.au)

[ssacanberra@gmail.com](mailto:ssacanberra@gmail.com) 
 [@SSAVictoria](https://twitter.com/SsaVictoria) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [@StatSocAus](https://twitter.com/StatSocAus) 
 
 [bit.ly/ssavic-meetup](http://bit.ly/ssavic-meetup) 
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# SSA Membership Benefits

* Huge discounts in workshops! .f5[ Let the SSA CPD Committee know what workshop you want [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvGKKG1mZ7nG7uxeMam0LqBoUEmyFyYOiLfqnNUcBh5Ol3Iw/viewform).]
<details class="f5"><summary>Workshops run in 2020</summary>
<ul>
<li>Machine Learning with Python (SSA Vic)</li>
<li>Introduction to Julia for Statistics and Data Science (SSA Vic)</li>
<li>Data Visualisation with R (SSA Vic)</li>
<li>Data Wrangling with R (SSA NSW)</li>
<li>Semiparametric regression with R (SSA NSW)</li>
<li>Version control using Git and RStudio (SSA)</li>
</ul>
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* Member-only events! 
 .f5[ Full list of events: https://www.statsoc.org.au/Events-listing]
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* [Fellowship funding support](https://www.statsoc.org.au/Fellowship-support), [PhD or Masters top-up scholarships](https://statsoc.org.au/top_ups), ...
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* And more!
  - https://www.statsoc.org.au/Membership-benefits
  - Student membership is only $20 per year.
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.ba.pa2.w-70.border-color-black.bw2.bg-color-primary.white[.animated.flash[] To join go to: https://www.statsoc.org.au/How-to-join
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# The Rise and Rise of Data Science Centres and Institutes

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Prof. Stone
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Prof. Mengersen
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Prof. **Kerrie Mengersen** .f5[(Director of QUT Centre for Data Science),]

Prof. **Eric Stone** .f5[(Director of ANU Biological Data Science Institute), and ]

Prof. **Joanna Batstone** .f5[(Director of Monash Data Futures Institute).]

Chaired by Prof. **Ian Gordon**

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Prof. Gordon
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Prof. Batstone
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Thanks to 
- **Francis Hui** (SSA Canberra Event Coordinator)
- **Emi Tanaka** (SSA Vic Event Coordinator)

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