Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Tasmanian Branch

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# Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Tasmanian Branch
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## June Mentoring Event
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### 18 June 2024
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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/2024-06-18-mentoring-event.html
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# Welcome!

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# Acknowledgement of Country

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We acknowledge that we are on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation and who have been custodians of this land for thousands of years, and acknowledge and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

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# 👋 SSA Vic & Tas Council 2024

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**President** 
Alun Pope 
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**Vice-President** 
Inge Koch 
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**Secretary** 
Elena Tartaglia 
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**Treasurer** 
Rick Tankard 
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**Membership Officer** 
Dennis Leung 
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**Communication Officer** 
Stelios Georgiou 
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**ECSS Rep** 
Chris Selman 
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**Deputy Treasurer** 
Anna Wilkinson 
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**Industry Rep** 
Patrick Robotham 
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**Membership Officer** 
Swen Kuh 
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**Tasmanian Rep** 
Paul Burch 
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# Statistical Society of Australia .f2.color-secondary[Victorian & Tasmanian Branch]

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The Great Australian Statisticians T-Shirt

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

[SSA Victoria and Tasmania](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssa-victoria-and-tasmania/) 
 
 [bit.ly/ssavic-meetup](http://bit.ly/ssavic-meetup) 
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* You can find how to get in touch here, 
* in particular, if you want to get in touch with the Victorian Branch, please get in touch using the Victorian email address
* I also want to remind you that the Society now has a T-shirt, and you can buy this in the link given here with the proceeds going to support early career statisticians

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# Membership

* **Join SSA Vic & Tas!**
  * SSA membership is only $20 for students 
  * Full membership is $265 annually 
  * [Recent graduates, ABS employees, and retired members are eligible for discounts](https://statsoc.org.au/Forum-general-topics/12893603)!
  * Benefits: https://www.statsoc.org.au/page-1075427
  
  
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# Upcoming events

- **Tuesday 16 July** *Seminar on Explainable AI with Dr Carolyn Huston* 
Both in-person and online, Monash University Caufield.

- **Tuesday 20 August** *Seminar on Causal Inference in Machine Learning with Dr Daisy Shepherd* 
Both in-person and online, RMIT University CBD.

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# Schedule

| Time | Activity |
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| 6:10 | Intro slides |
| 6:15 | Mentor introductions |
| 6:30 | First round |
| 6:40 | Second round |
| ...  | ... | 
| 7:40 | Last round |
| 7:50 | Wrap up and general mingling|
| 8:30 | Room booking ends

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Instructions
- One mentor, max 4 mentees per table
- Chat for 10 minutes, then mentors will move to next table

Catering

- Finger food will be served
- Each attendee gets one drink voucher (worth up to $10)
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# Mentor introductions

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**Kristy Butler** 
Lead Data Scientist, Country Fire Authority 
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**Mabel Chen** 
Senior Policy Officer and Data Analyst, Victorian Department of Education 
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**Yang Chen** 
Senior Data Scientist, Department of Transport and Planning 
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**Stelios Georgiou** 
Associate Professor, RMIT University 
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**Lyle C. Gurrin** 
 Professor of Biostatistics, University of Melbourne 
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**Rebecca Harding** 
Clinical Trial Statistician, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 
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**Xiaochi Liu** 
Senior Spatial Data Analyst, Environment Protection Authority 
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**Laleh Tafakori** 
Senior Lecturer, RMIT University 
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# Let's get networking!

Some questions to get you started

- What made you pursue a career in stats/data science?

- What did you study and what skills from those studies do you use in your work?

- What do you most like/dislike about your work?

- What does a typical work day look like for you?

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Timer: click to start/stop, esc to reset

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# Thank you for attending!

You may now mingle with your fellow attendees. Room booking ends at 8:30 pm.