We can again celebrate Hadley’s success. This time he is being inducted into the Fairfield College Ngaa Rau Huia o te Kura – Alumni Centre of Excellence. The induction ceremony will be at Fairfield College in Hamilton on Monday December 2 at 6pm. If you would like to attend (see… Read More
About ESR ESR is a Crown Research Institute which delivers scientific research services for the economic, environmental and social wellbeing of New Zealand. About the role Our Intelligence for Action Group is looking for a knowledgeable and driven Statistician/Modeller. Primarily working on projects assessing and/or predicting risk to people from… Read More
School of Mathematics and Statistics Wellington, New Zealand We seek a dynamic academic with a strong record of research in one or more branches of statistics and data science to provide academic leadership in one of New Zealand’s most respected and innovative mathematical sciences Schools. The successful applicant will… Read More
School of Mathematics and Statistics Wellington, New Zealand We seek a dynamic academic with a developing record of research in some branch or branches of a computational field within… Read More
The Mathematical Sciences Research Group (MSRG), Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology is hosting a Symposium over the period Thursday 21st November – Friday 22nd November 2019. The symposium will be held at Auckland University of Technology, WF Building, AUT… Read More
Monday 11 November – Wednesday 13 November 2019 (Dr Matthew Schofield) Bayesian methods are increasingly popular in many scientific disciplines. This workshop will cover the foundations of Bayesian methods with a focus on application. A variety of examples will be used to show how to fit Bayesian models using freely… Read More
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Associate Prof John Harraway has taught for 54 years in the University of Otago’s mathematics and statistics department and is a former president of the International Association for Statistical Education. He talks to reporter John Gibb about his long career and his third and final retirement. Read More
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. And helped wrongly convict Angela Cannings, Trupti Patel and Donna Anthony for murders of their children also. Read More
New Zealand-born data scientist Hadley Wickham is developing open source ways to help people collect and analyse the information that surrounds us every day. He’s yet to meet a data set he doesn’t like and loves poring over his own heart rate statistics, hospital admissions data, and obscure surveys… Read More
