Royal Society Te Apārangi remembers celebrated mathematician Sir Vaughan Jones
It is with sadness we share news of the passing of Sir Vaughan Jones FRS Hon FRSNZ, aged 67, from…
It is with sadness we share news of the passing of Sir Vaughan Jones FRS Hon FRSNZ, aged 67, from…
The old ANZSTAT mail list has now been replaced by ANZSTAT discussion forum, hosted by the Statistical Society of Australia.…
A fun interview on RNZ with Adrian Barnett (Statistician, QUT) from Sunday 23 August 2020: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018760724/from-dna-to-rna-science-s-unhealthy-obsession-with-acronyms Their paper is…
Alcohol: A dangerous love affair? While coping with the lockdown might have you reaching for the wine – or something…
Acting on behalf of the NZSA, the President, Secretary and Immediate Past President sent the following email to the Prime…
Statistical Society of Australia webinar on COVID-19 by by Nicholas Fisher and Dennis Trewin “Learning about the knowns and unknowns:…
Tom Robertson was the former Director Biometrics, Ministry Agriculture and Fisheries. He died in his 87th year. His death notice…
Associate Prof John Harraway has taught for 54 years in the University of Otago’s mathematics and statistics…
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.…
New Zealand-born data scientist Hadley Wickham is developing open source ways to help people collect and analyse the information…