What’s New in the ADSN – June 2024

Whats-New-in-ADSN-June-2024

ADSN-ARDC Healthcare Advanced Analytics Consultation Workshops

Join us for a virtual workshop where we dive deep into advanced analytics in healthcare with the ADSN-ARDC team!

The ARDC has launched the People Research Data Commons (People RDC), an initiative supported by the Australian Government to deliver national-scale data infrastructure for health research and translation.

We are now inviting you to participate in the development of a framework for a People RDC. Your data needs, challenges and aspirations as a key stakeholder in the health research and translation space will be crucial to the framework.

Participate in one of these consultation workshops:

  • 2 pm to 4 pm, Wednesday 19 June 2024
  • 11 am to 1 pm, Friday 21 June 2024
  • 11 am to 1 pm,  Monday 24 June 2024

Please register by Friday (5 June): CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Meet the Next Generation of Data Scientists

We’re proud to begin a new series featuring HDRs and ECRs from around the Australian Data Science Network. This cohort is our“Next Generation” of Data Scientists and we want you to get to know them.

Meet our first two “Next Gen Spotlight” researchers:

Women in AI Awards Finalists are Named – included are three women from ADSN Partner Organisations:

  • Dr Jacinta Holloway-Brown – Adelaide Data Science Centre
  • Dr Faezeh Marzbanrad – Monash Data Futures Institute
  • Ganna Pogrebna – Artificial Intelligence & Cyber Futures Institute at Charles Sturt University
Women-in-AI-finalists

HASS & Indigenous Research Data Commons Symposium - The ARDC invites you to the 2024 HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons Symposium which will showcase the research infrastructure being created in the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons (HASS and Indigenous RDC). Partners from the HASS and Indigenous RDC will outline achievements, impacts and the potential for improved research outcomes that the RDC supports.

  • 18 June – 10 am – 4 pm
  • Melbourne/Naarm & Online
  • REGISTER

AMSI Winter School Public Lecture - Join AMSI Winter School 2024 for a public lecture by QUT Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Kerrie Mengersen on dealing with sensitive data. Kerrie is also Director of the QUT Centre for Data Science.

  • 24 June @ 6 pm (5 pm refreshments for those attending in person)
  • The University of Queensland ( & Online)
  • REGISTER

ARCOS Symposium 2024 - The ARDC is bringing together the Australian Research Container Orchestration Service (ARCOS) community and others in the research sector to share use cases and expertise and advance the ARCOS project.

  • 27 June
  • Online & Monash University, Naarm/Melbourne
  • REGISTER

OPTIMA-CON 24 – Optimisation in Industry Conference – OPTIMA-CON 2024 brings together industry professionals, researchers, and students from various national and international institutions. A diverse range of workshops, presentations and discussion groups will be held during the conference designed to foster meaningful collaborations and knowledge transfer between academia and the private sector.

  • 10-12 July
  • Melbourne Convention Centre
  • REGISTER

Data Analysis Challenge – Presented by the Sydney Precision Data Science Centre. This is open to all undergraduate students around Australia. The challenge is a chance to showcase skills and creativity in analysing complex data.

Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group (WIMSIG) Conference– Registrations are now open for WIMSIG Conference 2024, along with applications for Travel Awards are now open!

eResearch Australasia Conference - Hosted by Australasian eResearch Organisations (AeRO) Inc., the conference is the premiere event for those interested in eResearch and actively transforming research via information technology.

Joint Meeting of the AustMS, NZMS and AMS - The goal of this international joint meeting between the Australian Mathematical Society, the New Zealand Mathematical Society and the American Mathematical Society is to foster cooperation between mathematicians from different countries.

(ordered by closing date)

📌 UNSW – Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) | Fixed-term, 12 months - Closes 9 June

📌 The University of Adelaide

📌 Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) – Manager, Skills Development | Full time, Continuing Position - Closes 14 June

📌 Australian Institute of Machine Learning – Engineering Manager | Fixed-term, 3 years - Closes 24 June

📌 Monash University  – Assoc Prof/Professor in Data Science & AI | Full-time, continuing position - Closes 21 July (Identified position – women)

20+ HDR Scholarships for industry-driven research projects at the intersection of Data Science, AI, Sports and Sports Tech with QUT, UNSW, UTS & La Trobe University.

PhD Scholarship: Network Science & Covert Threats – Deakin University


Expertise Needed!

The College of STEM at Murdoch University is looking to launch a new, undergraduate Data Science major starting in 2025.

The College is looking to form an expert advisory panel, as well as collect advice and expertise, as it creates the major. If you’re interested in being a part of this process, just quickly fill out this form.

The ADSN is a proud partner of The Random Sample podcast.  Season 9 is underway and the latest episode explores maths learning disorders.

The next episode comes out Wednesday and it’s about  bushfire modelling. Subscribe for free to the podcast!

Building an Innovation Hotspot – Dr Alicia (Lucy) Cameron, CSIRO’s Data 61, speaking at launch of the AusiSTAR National Hub

Opportunities for Sustainability with Multiscale Minerals Value Chain Integration - Dr Mark Lindsay, DARE Centre Minerals Domain Lead. This presentation presents the challenges, potential solutions and benefits for data integration in the minerals value chain.

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