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Statistical Society of Australia
Victorian & Tasmanian Branch

August Event

20 August 2024

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Welcome!

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Acknowledgement of Country



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


We extend our welcome also to the traditional owners of the lands from which people in our livestream are joining.

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👋 SSA Vic & Tas Council 2024

President
Alun Pope

Vice-President
Inge Koch

Secretary
Elena Tartaglia
@elena_tartaglia

Treasurer
Rick Tankard
@RickTankard

Membership Officer
Dennis Leung

Communications Officer
Stelios Georgiou

ECSS Rep
Chris Selman

Industry Rep
Patrick Robotham
@PatrickRobotham

Tasmanian Rep
Paul Burch

Deputy Treasurer
Anna Wilkinson
@AnnaLWil

Membership Officer
Swen Kuh
@swenkuh

Deputy Communications Officer
Alexander Ek

Tonight's event organisers are Chris and Elena

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Statistical Society of Australia
Victorian & Tasmanian Branch

The Great Australian
Statisticians T-Shirt

Designed by Ben Harrap

Buy at https://www.statsoc.org.au/SSA-T-Shirt

Proceeds used to support early career statisticians.

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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

Membership

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Upcoming events

  • Thursday 5 September
    Social Event -- Bowling 🎳
    Melbourne CBD: Kingpin Crown Bowling, dinner at Belgian Beer Cafe.

  • Tuesday 17 September
    Sports modelling in the AFL with Dr Shane Richards
    Both in-person and online, CSIRO Hobart and hub at RMIT Melbourne.

  • Tuesday 15 October
    Industry Showcase for Early Career and Student Statisticians
    Location TBC

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Call for dinner

We'll be heading to a nearby restaurant after the talk.

Let us know if you want to join!

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SSA Service Award 🎉🏆

  Professor Jessica Kasza

 Jessica Kasza is a Professor in biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University and ex-President of the Statisical Society of Australia.

Thanks to Jess for her contribution to the society!

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Causal machine learning in health research

  Dr Daisy Shepherd

 Dr Shepherd is a postdoctoral biostatistician and Galli Senior Research Fellow based at The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI).

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Welcome!

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