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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20221024T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20221025T120000
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Statistical Deep Learning
DESCRIPTION:About: This workshop aims to bring together researchers in the region that are interested in topics at the interface of deep learning and statistics. It will be based around a set of talks\, and there will be time for discussion and networking between the talks. The workshop\, which is an in-person event\, is 1.5 days long\, and will finish at noon on the 25th October. Refreshments and lunch on the 24th October are provided. Space is limited; please let us know at azm@uow.edu.au if you register\, plans change\, and you need to cancel registration. \nRegistration: The workshop is free of charge but registration is required. Please REGISTER HERE. You will need a Google account to register (preferred method of registration); if you don’t have one please e-mail your details and dietary requirements directly to azm@uow.edu.au. Registrations close on 30th September 2022 or when the workshop fills up (whichever is earlier). \nA list of speakers can be found on the workshop website.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/workshop-on-statistical-deep-learning/
LOCATION:Sydney\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20221021T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20221021T130000
DTSTAMP:20221019T001125Z
CREATED:20221019T001125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T001125Z
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SUMMARY:Data Science in the News: Cybersecurity & Cyber Attacks
DESCRIPTION:Please join the QUT Centre for Data Science for its next Data Science in the News webinar! \nMillions of Australians have had their personal information exposed as a result of the recent cyber attack on Optus which is one of the largest data breaches of it’s kind. It is also Cybersecurity Awareness Month so our panel will explore cybersecurity in our next session. You will hear from: \n\nProfessor Asha Rao – Associate Dean (Mathematical Sciences)\, School of Science\, RMIT University\nProfessor Raja Jurdak – Professor of Distributed Systems & Chair in Applied Data Sciences\, QUT\nProfessor Matthew Roughan – Acting Director\, Teletraffic Research Centre\, University of Adelaide\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by QUT Computer Sciences Professor David Lovell. \nREGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/data-science-in-the-news-cybersecurity-and-cyber-attacks-tickets-440643094357
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/data-science-in-the-news-cybersecurity-cyber-attacks/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221001
DTSTAMP:20220805T054202Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenizing University Mathematics 2
DESCRIPTION:“Indigenizing University Mathematics 2: Indigenous Perspectives on Maths and Applications” will run online with some face-to-face components\, hosted by First Nations University 26-29 Sept 2022 Canadian dates.  This will be 27-30 Sept in Australia\, mostly in the mornings\, with some possible face to face components in Newcastle.  The workshop will build upon IUM1\, information about which is available on the carmamaths.org website. Registration will soon be available for IUM2 – follow the links from https://carmamaths.org/events/.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/indigenizing-university-mathematics-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220921T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220921T140000
DTSTAMP:20220904T224827Z
CREATED:20220904T224827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220904T224827Z
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SUMMARY:Should I Learn R?
DESCRIPTION:This brief introduction is designed to just get you up and running using R in RStudio to see if this is the package for you. The workshop will cover installing R\, importing data\, doing simple summary statistics\, and producing a simple plot. The Data and Decision Science Initiative at the University of Wollongong is putting on this workshop.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/should-i-learn-r/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220923
DTSTAMP:20220811T013641Z
CREATED:20220811T013228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T013641Z
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SUMMARY:Data-driven Queueing Challenges (DDQC II): Management of Service Systems
DESCRIPTION:The second multi-continent workshop will be held over 20-22 September 2022 on the subject of the Management of Service Systems. Previously\, in September 2021 we held an online workshop on Data-driven Queueing Challenges\, comprising 18 talks across multiple time zones with 300 registrants from 25 countries. \nThe objective of this workshop is to highlight and discuss contemporary approaches to the management of service systems\, with a focus on data collection\, methodological insights\, and analysis of decision making. \nThe workshop is designed to appeal to researchers with backgrounds in statistics\, stochastic modelling\, data science and control to discuss challenges in stochastic operations research and operations management. Workshop sessions will span international time zones to be accessible to multiple audiences.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/data-driven-queueing-challenges-ddqc-ii-management-of-service-systems/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220914T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220914T153000
DTSTAMP:20220808T030713Z
CREATED:20220808T030713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220808T030713Z
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SUMMARY:ARDC Leadership Series: Closing the Digital Research Skills Gap
DESCRIPTION:Change in the skills space has always been fast paced but never more so than now and with such specificity to the research workforce. Within research\, there is an imperative to explore cutting-edge innovation\, employ new methods and technologies and forge new skills in the process. \nAs the criticality of digital research skills emerges there is at the same time acknowledgment that the research sector along with its industry counterparts is tackling a significant and growing skills gap. \nThis need must now be matched with action. At the session\, we’ll explore: \n\nDrivers for digital research skills\nBarriers for students and researchers to upskill\nSkills gap and its challenges\nDifferentiator between education and training\n\nThe conversation will be facilitated by Dr. Sue Barrell AO FTSE\, joined by an exciting panel of leading thinkers: \n\nProf Paul Bonnington\, Director\, Monash eResearch Centre\, Monash University\nDr Simone Richter\, Director Science Digital Transformation\, CSIRO\nAssociate Prof Linda Beaumont\, Chair of the EcoCommons Scientific Advisory Committee\, Macquarie University\nMs Ann Backhaus\, Education & Training Manager\, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre\nMs Bernadette Kelly\, Director\, National Research Infrastructure Policy\, Australian Government Department of Education\n\nWe look forward to a thought-provoking conversation with you!
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/ardc-leadership-series-closing-the-digital-research-skills-gap/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220909T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220909T130000
DTSTAMP:20220904T231939Z
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SUMMARY:ADSN Workshop with ARDC
DESCRIPTION:The Australian Data Science Network is pleased to welcome the Australian Data Research Commons (ARDC) for an online discussion to explore opportunities on how the ADSN and its organisations might work together with the ARDC. \nWe will be joined by Ian Duncan\, the ARDC’s Director of Outreach. He will give us a brief overview of the ARDC for those of us who aren’t familiar with it and then discuss some of the key initiatives the ARDC is working on in the Data Science space. We will then open it up to you for your questions. \n\nWhat does the ARDC mean when it talks about ‘research infrastructure’?\nHow can the ARDC help the ADSN?\nHow can the ARDC help individual organisations doing Data Science?\nWhat opportunities are there to collaborate?\nAre there ways ADSN Partners can help the ARDC?\n\nThe zoom link to join is: https://qut.zoom.us/j/86114504286?pwd=M0NmT2lUUFZLWHNSeFR6bU9IQ3NkUT09 \nThe passcode (if asked) is 814902
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/adsn-workshop-with-ardc/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Data Science Network":MAILTO:info@australiandatascience.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220902T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220902T130000
DTSTAMP:20220901T002035Z
CREATED:20220901T002035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T002035Z
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SUMMARY:Inflation & the Australian Economy
DESCRIPTION:Explore the Australian Economy in the next “Data Science in the News” from the QUT Centre for Data Science. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn this session\, the panel will explore economic issues that impact all of us including inflation\, housing\, jobs interest rates and more through the lens of data science. \nYou will hear from: \n\nCatherine Smyth – Acting Director\, Consumer Price Index\, Australian Bureau of Statistics\nProfessor Adam Clements – School of Economics and Finance\, QUT\nAssociate Professor Connie Susilawati – School of Economics and Finance\, QUT\nDr Katherine Uylangco – School of Economics and Finance\, QUT\n\nThe discussion will be moderated by Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/inflation-the-australian-economy/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220830T174500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220830T184500
DTSTAMP:20220816T224603Z
CREATED:20220816T224603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220816T224603Z
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SUMMARY:The initial impact of the COVID-19\, social distancing and movement restrictions on crime in NSW\, Australia.
DESCRIPTION:The Canberra Branch of the Statistical Society of Australia invites you to its August branch meeting\, featuring an online talk by Dr Joanna Wang from the University of Technology Sydney. \nAbstract: The spread of COVID-19 has prompted Governments around the world to impose draconian restrictions on business activity\, public transport\, and public freedom of movement. The effect of these restrictions appears to vary from country to country and\, in some cases\, from one area to another within a country. This study examines the initial impact of the COVID-19 restrictions imposed in New South Wales by the State Government. We examine week-to-week changes in 13 categories of crime (and four aggregated categories) from 2 January 2017 to 28 June 2020. An interrupted time series approach with ARIMA specification was used to model the entire time series. Our results are broadly in accord with those of other studies\, but we find no effect of the lockdown on domestic assault. \n 
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/the-initial-impact-of-the-covid-19-social-distancing-and-movement-restrictions-on-crime-in-nsw-australia/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Statistical Society of Australia (SSA)":MAILTO:eo@statsoc.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220829T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220829T170000
DTSTAMP:20220811T003852Z
CREATED:20220811T003852Z
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SUMMARY:Kernel Stein discrepancy minimization for MCMC thinning in cardiac electrophysiology
DESCRIPTION:This is presented by the Bayesian Section of the Statistical Society of Australia \nGuest speaker: Dr Marina Riabiz\, King’s College\, London \nAbstract: \nCalcium is the end-point intracellular signal driving cardiac myocyte contraction\, and its dynamic is described through coupled ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) can be used to characterize the posterior distribution of the parameters of the cardiac ODEs\, which can then serve as an experimental design for multi-scale models of the whole hearth. However\, MCMC suffers from poor mixing in high-dimensional settings\, so post-processing of the MCMC output is required. Existing heuristics to assess the convergence and compress the MCMC output can produce sub-optimal empirical approximations\, that suffer from bias-variance trade-offs if the length of the MCMC output is fixed. In this talk\, I will present a novel method that retrospectively selects a subset of states\, of fixed cardinality\, from the sample path\, such that the approximation provided by their empirical distribution is close to optimal. This is based on greedy minimisation of a kernel Stein discrepancy\, and it is suitable when the gradient of the log-target can be evaluated and an approximation using a small number of states is required. Theoretical results guarantee consistency of the method and I will demonstrate its effectiveness in the cardiac electrophysiology problem at hand\, together with interesting biological findings.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/kernel-stein-discrepancy-minimization-for-mcmc-thinning-in-cardiac-electrophysiology/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Statistical Society of Australia (SSA)":MAILTO:eo@statsoc.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220824T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220824T193000
DTSTAMP:20220811T003509Z
CREATED:20220811T003509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T003509Z
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SUMMARY:The design and analysis of a two-phase experiments involving human subjects
DESCRIPTION:This is a meeting of the South Australian Branch of the Statistical Society of Australia. \nGuest presenter: Chris Brien\, Adjunct Associate Professor\, UniSA STEM\, The University of South Australia; Senior Biostatistician\, The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility\, University of Adelaide \nTwo-phase experiments were introduced in 1952 by the Australian statistician George McIntyre. Their use has been most prevalent in agriculture experiments\, especially plant breeding experiments. However\, there is the potential for their application to be much more widespread. This potential is not being realized because of a lack of awareness of multiphase experiments within the statistical community.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/the-design-and-analysis-of-a-two-phase-experiments-involving-human-subjects/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Statistical Society of Australia (SSA)":MAILTO:eo@statsoc.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220819T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220819T130000
DTSTAMP:20220805T052254Z
CREATED:20220805T052254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220805T052254Z
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SUMMARY:ADSN Workshop: Australia's Data-enabled Research Future
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will explore the just-released reports from the ARDC\, the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) and the five Learned Academies to help build a more coherent data policy and uplift our national data capabilities for researchers. \n\nCLICK HERE FOR ZOOM LINK\nIf asked\, passcode is 038636\n\nQUT Centre for Data Science Director Kerrie Mengersen will moderate the discussion. Our guests for the workshop are: \n\nShannon Callaghan\, Senior Policy Advisor for the ADRC. Shannon was the program manager for the whole set of projects at each of the Academies and ACOLA\nIsabel Ceron\, Senior Policy Analyst for the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia\nProf Louisa Jorm\, Foundation Director of the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at UNSW Sydney. Prof Jorm chaired the Steering Committee for the report from the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences\nProf Lesley Wyborn\, Australian National University. Prof Wyborn is Chair of the Data in Science Committee for the Australian Academy of Science
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/adsn-workshop-australias-data-enabled-research-future/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Data Science Network":MAILTO:info@australiandatascience.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220818T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220818T140000
DTSTAMP:20220811T001906Z
CREATED:20220811T001906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T001906Z
UID:3599-1660827600-1660831200@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:Stats Society: Meet our Early Career & Student Statistician Reps
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Statistical Society of Australia’s Early Career and Student Statistician Network (ECSSN) representatives at this virtual welcome event and learn how we can connect with each other. We are joining forces with our neighbours and friends from the New Zealand Statistical Association ECSSN to organise a Webinar Series starting in September that will lead to a mini-conference in November. \nRegister: https://statsoc.org.au/event-4920229
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/stats-society-meet-our-early-career-student-statistician-reps/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Statistical Society of Australia (SSA)":MAILTO:eo@statsoc.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220805T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220805T130000
DTSTAMP:20220805T052628Z
CREATED:20220805T052628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220805T052628Z
UID:3556-1659700800-1659704400@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:QUT Centre for Data Science Webinar
DESCRIPTION:This “Data Science in the News” webinar from the QUT Centre for Data Science and the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences highlights key issues impacting the remote region of Central Western Queensland and the roles that the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences and data science\, can play in addressing these issues. \nIn this webinar you will hear from: \n\nProf. John McVeigh: Executive Director of the University of Southern Queensland’s Institute for Resilient Regions\nAssociate Prof. Ben Lyons (UniSQ): Director of The Rural Economies Centre of Excellence (RECoE)\nDavid Arnold: CEO of the Central Western Qld Remote Area Planning & Development Board (RAPAD)\nKristine Arnold: Operations & Innovation Manager at RAPAD\n\nEmeritus Professor Helen Chenery (QAAS) and Professor Roger Stone (UniSQ) moderated the discussion.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/qut-centre-for-data-science-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220708T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220708T130000
DTSTAMP:20220617T063818Z
CREATED:20220617T063818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220617T063818Z
UID:3403-1657281600-1657285200@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:ADSN Workshop #3: Data Science as a Discipline
DESCRIPTION:This ADSN series will explore the report released by the Australian Academy of Science on ‘Advancing data-intensive research in Australia’. \nIn October 2021\, the Australian Academy of Science released the report. It identifies opportunities to advance data-intensive research in Australia by aligning research policy\, research infrastructure\, skills and education\, and recognising data science as a distinct scientific discipline. \nThe report was funded by the Australian Research Council under the Learned Academies Special Projects scheme. \nAs a follow-up to the report\, the ADSN is holding a series of six workshops in 2022 for its members to explore the report and what it means for the ADSN and its member organisations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop #3: Friday\, 8 July 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the third workshop in this series. In this one\, we will explore the recommendation that Data Science should be a scientific discipline in its own right. \nOur guest speakers are: \n\nDr Kate Devitt: Chief Scientist of Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (TAS-DCRC)\nProf Sally Cripps: Research Program Director\, Analytics & Decision Sciences at CSIRO/Data 61\nProf Troy Farrell: Executive Dean\, Faculty of Science\, QUT\n\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE ZOOM LINK \nPasscode: 819053 \nFor more information about this series\, email info@australiandatascience.net
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/adsn-workshop-3-data-science-as-a-discipline/
CATEGORIES:Event,Online workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Data Science Network":MAILTO:info@australiandatascience.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220630T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220630T193000
DTSTAMP:20220617T064716Z
CREATED:20220617T064716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220617T064716Z
UID:3405-1656612000-1656617400@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:AMSI Winter School Public Lecture: Professor Geordie Williamson
DESCRIPTION:AMSI Winter School Public Lecture: Professor Geordie Williamson\nHear from Professor Geordie Williamson (The University of Sydney) as he explores how machine learning can help with the intuitive aspects of mathematical research. Attend in-person at The University of Queensland or watch it live online. \nWhen: Thursday 30 June \nTime: lecture from 6:00pm – 7:30pm AEST (Refreshments available from 5.00pm) \nWhere: Room 206\, Steele Building (3)\, The University of Queensland\, St Lucia campus\nRefreshments to be served in the Atrium\, Global Change Institute (GCI) Building (next to the Steele Building) \nOnline: Zoom link will be distributed to all registered attendees participating remotely 48 hours prior to the event
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/amsi-winter-school-public-lecture-professor-geordie-williamson/
LOCATION:University of Queensland\, The University of Queensland\, St Lucia\, QLD\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220609T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220609T180000
DTSTAMP:20220523T032628Z
CREATED:20220523T032536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220523T032628Z
UID:3330-1654765200-1654797600@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:AI for Good Showcase - Monash Data Futures Institute
DESCRIPTION:AI for Good Showcase\nThe Monash AI for Good Showcase will present Monash University’s latest interdisciplinary research in AI and data science for social good.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nBuilding upon Monash University’s long history of excellence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science research that leads to practical solutions at scale\, and with immediacy to current and future global challenges\, we are proud to announce the Monash Data Futures Institute AI for Good Showcase 2022. \nThe showcase will feature major projects\, including our collaborations with industry\, government and not-for-profit partners\, that reflect Monash University’s expertise in advancing AI and data science to tackle problems of critical importance to human well-being and preservation of the global environment. \nWhat to expect \nWhether you are an academic researcher looking to collaborate\, or an industry/ government/ not-for-profit organisation seeking expertise in addressing real-world challenges\, the showcase will provide a platform to explore further opportunities to connect with Monash University’s thought-leaders in AI for Social Good. \nWe are delighted to host\, as Keynote Speakers\, Dr Helen Frazer\, Clinical Director of St Vincent’s Hospital BreastScreen\, and the winner of the Women in AI Innovator of the Year Award 2022\, and Dr Alex Fischer\, Lead Analyst at Paul Ramsay Foundation. \nThe event will include talks and poster presentations showcasing the impact of Monash AI Research and highlighting the benefits and challenges of cross-sector interdisciplinary research to advance AI applications for social good. Interactive discussions and networking sessions will enable us to explore research challenges\, form new collaborations and envisage solutions. \nKeynote Speakers \nDr Alex Fischer\, Lead Analyst\, Paul Ramsay Foundation \nDr Helen Frazer\, Clinical Director\, St Vincent’s Hospital BreastScreen \nSpeakers \nProf Rebekah Brown\, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Senior Vice-President\, Monash University \nProf Joanna Batstone\, Director\, Monash Data Futures Institute \nProf Geoff Webb\, Research Director\, Monash Data Futures Institute \nmore to come… \nProgram outline \n9.00am Guests arrive \n9.30am Welcome and Introduction \n10.00am OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION \n10.30am Coffee Break \n10.45am Interdisciplinary AI for Good Research \n12.30- 1.40pm Poster Presentations and Networking Lunch \n1.45pm Interdisciplinary AI for Good Research \n3.25pm Coffee Break \n3.40 CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION \n4.20pm Closing Remarks \n4.30-6.00pm Poster Presentations. Networking Drinks and Nibbles. \n6.00pm Close
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/ai-for-good-showcase-monash-data-futures-institute/
LOCATION:Monash University\, 27 Chancellors Walk\, Clayton\, Victoria\, 3168\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Monash Data Futures Institute":MAILTO:datafutures@monash.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220602T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220602T130000
DTSTAMP:20220523T031909Z
CREATED:20220523T031747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220523T031909Z
UID:3327-1654171200-1654174800@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:Data Ethics Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:Data Ethics Workshop Series\nThe Australian Data Science Network is proud to present a series of workshops on Data Ethics. \nThe aim of this series is to share open questions\, spark discussion\, and facilitate collaborations. The workshops will be led by Professor Rachel Thomas\, co-founder of Fast.ai and Professor of Practice at the QUT Centre for Data Science. In each workshop\, we hear a series of lightning talks from our guest speakers followed by a discussion with all participants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for next Data Ethics Workshop!\nOur guest speakers are: \n\nLachlan McCalman\, Gradient Institute\, “Ethical AI Governance Gaps in Finance”\nThao Phan\, Monash University\, “Economies of Virtue: The Circulation of ‘Ethics’ in Big Tech”\nJake Goldenfein\, University of Melbourne\, “Law’s consumers vs platforms users: competing imaginations of the human in platform ecosystems”\nSamantha Floreani\, Digital Rights Watch\, “Human Rights in the Digital Age”\n\nREGISTER FOR YOUR FREE ZOOM LINK \nAt time of workshop: CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ZOOM LINK \nView the videos from Workshops #1 & #2
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/data-ethics-workshop-series/
CATEGORIES:Event,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Data Science Network":MAILTO:info@australiandatascience.net
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220513T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220513T130000
DTSTAMP:20220516T001031Z
CREATED:20220504T001107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T001031Z
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SUMMARY:ADSN Series: Advancing Data-Intensive Research in Australia
DESCRIPTION:This ADSN series will explore the report released by the Australian Academy of Science on ‘Advancing data-intensive research in Australia’\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nThis was the first of a six-part monthly webinar series from the Australian Data Science Network. This series will focus on the October 2021 Report released by the Australian Academy of Science on ‘Advancing data-intensive research in Australia’. \n \nIn this webinar\, we focused on some of the high-level findings of the report and discuss the relevance for ADSN member organisations. Our guest speakers were: \n\nProfessor Jane Elith – Report Co-Author\nEmeritus Professor Michael Barber – Report Co-Author\n\nQUT Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen will moderate the panel discussion. \nOur next meeting in the series:\n \nEmail info@australiandatascience.net if you’re interested in attending this workshop.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/science-academy-data-report-series/
CATEGORIES:Event,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Data Science Network":MAILTO:info@australiandatascience.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220505T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220505T193000
DTSTAMP:20220420T031649Z
CREATED:20220420T031649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T031649Z
UID:3193-1651773600-1651779000@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:AI for Good and the Bootstrapping Problem - Monash Prato Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:AI for Good and the Bootstrapping Problem – Monash Prato Dialogue\nThe Monash Prato Dialogue is a Monash Data Futures Institute Distinguished Lecture series on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on society. In this lecture\, Professor Shannon Vallor will discuss the ethical challenges and opportunities posed by new uses of data and AI. \nREGISTER: https://www.monash.edu/data-futures-institute/news/events/ai-for-good-and-the-bootstrapping-problem-monash-prato-dialogue \nAbout the speaker: \nProfessor Shannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures in the Edinburgh Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh\, where she is also a Professor in the Department of Philosophy. \nAbstract:\nIt is widely accepted that the digital age\, and artificial intelligence in particular\, presents increasingly urgent ethical challenges that call for responses guided by collective moral and political wisdom. One response\, to call for an alignment of AI with ‘social good’\, appears to have a noble and uncontroversial aim. \nIn this lecture Professor Vallor will discuss an unexamined problem with this framing that requires our attention. There is a ‘bootstrapping’ problem with calls to align AI with social good\, a problem that also impacts related suggestions to develop more virtuous or responsible models of AI innovation. The problem is that the very models of human and technical excellence most familiar and accessible to us today\, are precisely those that led us into the moral\, political and environmental crises that humanity now faces. \nProfessor Vallor will confront the problem of cultivating virtues and social goods of a new moral shape\, and the radical cultural transformations this may entail.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/ai-for-good-and-the-bootstrapping-problem-monash-prato-dialogue/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220429T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220429T113000
DTSTAMP:20220408T001106Z
CREATED:20220408T000717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T001106Z
UID:3166-1651226400-1651231800@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:Like the layers of an onion: Reproducibility and transparency in quantitative research
DESCRIPTION:Professor Ben Marwick\, University of Washington (USA)\nFriday\, 29 April\, 10 am – 11:30 am AEST\n\nThe successful reproducibility of research is fundamental to its reliability\, usefulness and value to the research community and to society. However\, as the computational complexity of research increases\, methods and tools for ensuring the reproducibility are yet to become mainstream. In this presentation Prof Ben Marwick (University of Washington) will describe an emerging consensus on ways of improving the computational reproducibility of social and natural science research. A ‘layered reproducibility’ approach to organise the various technologies available to enhance reproducibility in terms of effort to implement and payoff will be described. This approach has five layers and Ben will present their corresponding tools and technologies. \nPresented as part of the University of Wollongong Data and Decision Science Initiative \nREGISTER FOR YOUR WEBINAR LINK
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/like-the-layers-of-an-onion-reproducibility-and-transparency-in-quantitative-research/
CATEGORIES:Event,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220422T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220422T130000
DTSTAMP:20220418T233945Z
CREATED:20220418T233753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220418T233945Z
UID:3183-1650628800-1650632400@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:Data Science in the News - The Future of Floods
DESCRIPTION:Data Science in the News: The Future of Floods\nThe QUT Centre for Data Science presents its latest webinar in its ‘Data Science in the News’ series. This webinar is in response to the recent flooding along Eastern Australia\, our thoughts remain with those who continue to be impacted. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nIn this webinar you will hear insights on predicting extreme rainfall\, flood warning designs\, community resilience\, and urban design solutions from our panel: \n\nDr Kate Saunders\, QUT School of Mathematical Sciences\n\nHow often do we expect extreme rainfall events to happen?\n\n\nProfessor Ana Deletic\, Executive Dean of Engineering\, QUT\n\nThe economic cost of surface run-off – simple urban design solutions could save households from future floods\n\n\nProfessor Amisha Mehta\, QUT Faculty of Business and Law\n\nMind the gap: Towards community-oriented flood warnings\n\n\nAssociate Professor Karen Vella\, Head of QUT’s School of Architecture and Built Environment\n\nBuilding community resilience after disasters \n\n\n\nModerator: Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen\, Director of the QUT Centre for Data Science \n\nREGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-science-in-the-news-future-of-floods-tickets-313998416717 \n 
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/data-science-in-the-news-the-future-of-floods/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220307T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220307T130000
DTSTAMP:20220307T215001Z
CREATED:20220208T014856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220307T215001Z
UID:2986-1646654400-1646658000@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:Women in Data Science Day 2022
DESCRIPTION:As part of International Women in Data Science (WiDS) Day\, the ADSN hosted a panel discussion featuring some of Australia’s top women in Data Science! \nHere is the video from that panel discussion. Below the video are details about our panellists.\n \n“Raising the Bar for Australian Data Science”\nThe panel explored how we as a Data Science Network can increase recognition of Data Science as a discipline in its own right\, and representation in terms of more inclusive participation. Also\, we investigated where and how we should best apply our Data Science. \nOur panel:\n \nModerator: Dr Kate Helmstedt\, QUT & WiDS @ ADSN Ambassador \n\nProf Flora Salim\, Deputy Director\, RMIT Centre for Information Discovery & Data Analytics (CIDDA); Incoming Professor and Cisco Chair of Digital Transport\, UNSW Sydney\nProf Joanna Batstone\, Director\, Monash Data Futures Institute\, Monash University\nA/Prof Jessica Kasza\, President\, Statistical Society of Australia\nD/Prof Kerrie Mengersen\, Director\, QUT Centre for Data Science\nProf Sally Cripps\, Research Program Director\, Analytics & Decision Sciences at CSIRO/Data 61\n\n  \nWiDS @ Australian Data Science Network is an independent event that is organized by the Australian Data Science Network as part of the annual WiDS Worldwide conference organized by Stanford University and an estimated 200+ locations worldwide\, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work in the field of data science. All genders are invited to attend all WiDS Worldwide conference events.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/women-in-data-science-day-2022/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Data Science Network":MAILTO:info@australiandatascience.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220302T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220302T120000
DTSTAMP:20220209T035117Z
CREATED:20220209T035011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T035117Z
UID:3005-1646218800-1646222400@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:Four recommendations to make research code visible
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to release and make your code available? Do you support or train others to make their code available? \nAt this webinar hosted by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)\, we will cover the four recommendations to make research code more visible. We will also \ndiscuss the alignment of these recommendations with the FAIR Principles for research software (FAIR4RS). \nWe welcome everyone from the research community interested in making code more visible\, including: \n\nResearchers who code\neResearch services staff\nDigital Librarians\nEMCRs interested in open science\, computational reproducibility and research integrity.\n\nFind out more/Register\nSpeaker: Paula Andrea Martinez is the ARDC Software Project Coordinator and ReSA Community Manager. She is leading implementation activities from the ARDC National Research Software Agenda (https://bit.ly/rs-agenda) to See\, Shape and Sustain research software. She is a co-chair of the FAIR4RS WG\, co-host of the Visible Research Software IG\, and a co-author of the 4OSS lesson and the Top 10 FAIR Data & Software Things. She has developed strategic planning and work packages for research software to be recognised as a first-class scholarly output of research.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/four-recommendations-to-make-research-code-visible/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220224T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220224T130000
DTSTAMP:20220222T044130Z
CREATED:20220202T235423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220222T044130Z
UID:2968-1645704000-1645707600@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:ARDC Panel Discussion: Improve visibility of research software for career advancement
DESCRIPTION:ARDC Panel Discussion: Improve visibility of research software for career advancement \nResearch software is not only an essential part of doing research\, but it is an important research output. The producers of pipelines\, workflows and software packages are increasingly being recognised for their contributions. How can you make\, share and maintain good research software in a way that will advance your career? \nDo you write code for your research? Are you making these new workflows\, pipelines\, scripts or computational methods available as software? Do you see your software contributions as a pathway to impact your career? If you answer yes to any of these questions\, please join us! \nFor this panel discussion\, the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) has invited people who invest a lot of their time\, writing\, reviewing and maintaining bioinformatics software tools. We will have a wide-ranging discussion on how this benefits researchers and others\, the effect on career development\, research impact via software and what can be done to increase the recognition for this work. \nThe panel discussion will run for approximately 45 minutes\, followed by a Q&A session. \nMC: A/Prof Denis Bauer\, Principal Research Scientist\, Transformational Bioinformatics\, CSIRO \nPanelists: \n\nA/Prof. Kim-Anh Lê Cao\, NHMRC Career Development Fellow\, School of Mathematics and Statistics\, The University of Melbourne\nDr Sonika Tyagi\, Central Clinical School\, Monash University\nMr Fred Jaya\, School of Life and Environmental Sciences\, University of Sydney\nProfessor Gordon Smyth\, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)\n\nThis event is co-hosted by the ARDC\, Australian BioCommons and the ABACBS. \nIt forms part of the implementation of the ARDC National Research Software Agenda to make research software more visible\, better cited and maintained. \nHow to join: This webinar is free to join but you must register for a place in advance.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/ardc-panel-discussion-improve-visibility-of-research-software-for-career-advancement/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220128T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20220128T130000
DTSTAMP:20220125T025442Z
CREATED:20220111T235910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T025442Z
UID:2784-1643371200-1643374800@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:ADSN Data Ethics Workshop #1
DESCRIPTION:This is the first of two workshops/discussions in our data ethics series for the Australian Data Science Network. \nWe will hear a series of lightning talks on topics including data validity\, Indigenous-led AI\, the false hope of explainability\, and value alignment in AI.  Half the time will be spent in discussion with all participants. The aim of this series is to share open questions\, spark discussion\, and facilitate collaborations. \nThe workshops will be led by Professor Rachel Thomas\, co-founder of Fast.ai and Professor of Practice at the QUT Centre for Data Science. Our guest speakers for this workshop are: \n\nBen Hutchinson (Google Sydney) – Checking Assumptions Regarding Data Validity\nLauren Oakden-Rayner (Univ of Adelaide) – The False Hope of Explainability in Medicine\nAaron Snoswell (QUT) – The Value Alignment Problem in AI\nCathy Robinson (CSIRO) – Indigenous-led AI \n\nZOOM LINK\nPassword: 762923 \nREQUEST A CALENDAR INVITE\n 
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/data-ethics-workshop-1/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Data Science Network":MAILTO:info@australiandatascience.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211201T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211201T103000
DTSTAMP:20211123T051032Z
CREATED:20211123T051032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T051032Z
UID:2759-1638351000-1638354600@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:AI for Social Impact - Monash Prato Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:  \nWith the maturing of AI and multiagent systems research\, we have a tremendous opportunity to direct these advances towards addressing complex societal problems. \nJoin the Monash Data Futures Institute at the Monash Prato Dialogue lecture series in AI as they host Professor Milind Tambe from Harvard University\, who will focus on the problems of public health and conservation\, and address one key cross-cutting challenge: how to effectively deploy our limited intervention resources in these problem domains. He will present results from work around the globe in using AI for HIV prevention\, maternal and child care interventions\, TB prevention and COVID modelling\, as well as for wildlife conservation. \n  \nDate and time:\nWednesday 1 December\, 9:30 am AEDT \n  \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/ai-for-social-impact-monash-prato-dialogue/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="Monash Data Futures Institute":MAILTO:datafutures@monash.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211103T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211103T104500
DTSTAMP:20211026T024154Z
CREATED:20211025T223328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211026T024154Z
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SUMMARY:AI4Pandemics Talk #9: Romesh Abeysuriya\, Burnet Institute
DESCRIPTION:Title: Long-term COVID-19 strategies with intermittent control measures \nZoom Link \nAbstract: The COVID-19 vaccines used in Australia have all demonstrated high efficacy against severe disease and death. However\, multiple models have shown that the combination of imperfect protection against infection and more infectious variants means that Australia\, and other countries globally\, are unlikely to achieve herd immunity. A key question is therefore what control strategies are proportionate and sustainable\, in a world with high vaccine coverage\, no herd immunity\, and ongoing importations of cases into the community from relaxed quarantine and increased travel. In this seminar\, I will present a modelling study carried out by the Burnet Institute where we used the Covasim model to explore options for using intermittent measures to maintain long-term epidemic control.
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/ai4pandemics-talk9-romesh-abeysuriya-burnet-institute/
CATEGORIES:Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Roxanne Jemison":MAILTO:roxanne.jemison@uq.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211021
DTSTAMP:20210916T011109Z
CREATED:20210916T011109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T011109Z
UID:2664-1634601600-1634774399@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:Early Career Researchers Competition
DESCRIPTION:Early Career Researchers Competition\nThe Early Career Researchers Competition is an annual competition run by the Cooperative Research Centres Association celebrating research and challenging early career researchers to enhance their communication skills\, receive peer review\, and gain skills surrounding the presentation of their research to a broad audience. \nFind out more
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/early-career-researchers-competition/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211001T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20211001T173000
DTSTAMP:20210903T020902Z
CREATED:20210903T020902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T020902Z
UID:2602-1633078800-1633109400@australiandatascience.net
SUMMARY:WIMSIG Conference 2021: Celebration of Women in Australian Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
DESCRIPTION:WIMSIG Conference 2021: Celebration of Women in Australian Mathematical and Statistical Sciences\nThe WIMSIG Conference 2021 (postponed from 2020) will now be taking place at a range of “local hubs” on Friday 1st October this year. There will be events in Brisbane\, Sydney\, Melbourne\, Hobart\, Adelaide\, and Perth. This one-day conference will have a mixture of local (in-person) activities and joint online activities. Local activities may include the opportunity for participants to present their research. \nThe COVID-19 situation is ever changing. Contingency plans are in place to ensure an interesting event will take place\, whether you are able to attend in person or online. Local organisers of in person events need to finalise their COVID safe plans\, so please register your proposed attendance. \nRegister now
URL:https://australiandatascience.net/event/wimsig-conference-2021-celebration-of-women-in-australian-mathematical-and-statistical-sciences/
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