Monash Masterclass: How visualisation and open data can empower you
Much of the data about you, is available to you. In this talk, Monash Business School’s world-renowned econometrician Professor Dianne Cook will discuss how accessing this data can help you understand the world you live in.
In today's world, data about us is being generated in huge quantities. Our mobile phone is continuously broadcasting our location details; our household smart meter reports our electronic footprint in 30 minute chunks. Using your credit card can generate an ad appearing in your Facebook stream.
But it is possible to access both your own data, and the data of your environment. Armed with an ability to create statistical ‘plots’ of your data, you can make sense of the world around you.
The Monash Business School together with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) invite you to join us for this Masterclass with insights presented by Professor Cook.
About the speaker
Dianne Cook is a Professor of Business Analytics, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics. Professor Cook is a world leader in the field of data visualisation. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the past-Editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, and elected member of the R Foundation. Her research is in data science, data visualisation, exploratory data analysis, data mining, high-dimensional visualisation and applied statistics.
About the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
The Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics (EBS) is recognised worldwide as being at the forefront of its discipline areas. We are ranked No 1 in the Asia-Pacific region for econometrics (RePEC); in the top 10% institutions in the fields of econometrics and time series by IDEAS; and have achieved the highest possible rating (well above world standard) in econometrics for Excellence in Research (ERA) conducted by the Australian Research Council.
About the ACEMS (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers)
The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) brings together for the first time a critical mass of Australia’s best researchers in applied mathematics, statistics, mathematical physics and machine learning. With partner researchers ACEMS engages in research programs that combine innovative methods for the analysis of data with theoretical, methodological and computational foundations, provided by advanced mathematical and statistical modelling. ACEMS will focus on the impact of new insights for end users working in the Collaborative Domains of Healthy People, Sustainable Environments and Prosperous Societies.
ACEMS intends to create world-class research at the frontiers of the mathematical sciences dealing with probability and randomness, and to translate this research into new insights that benefit society.
Event Details
- Date:
- 13 February 2019 at 5:30 pm – 7:45 pm
- Venue:
- Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne
- Categories:
- Econometrics & Business Statistics
Description
Much of the data about you, is available to you. In this talk, Monash Business School’s world-renowned econometrician Professor Dianne Cook will discuss how accessing this data can help you understand the world you live in.
In today's world, data about us is being generated in huge quantities. Our mobile phone is continuously broadcasting our location details; our household smart meter reports our electronic footprint in 30 minute chunks. Using your credit card can generate an ad appearing in your Facebook stream.
But it is possible to access both your own data, and the data of your environment. Armed with an ability to create statistical ‘plots’ of your data, you can make sense of the world around you.
The Monash Business School together with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) invite you to join us for this Masterclass with insights presented by Professor Cook.
About the speaker
Dianne Cook is a Professor of Business Analytics, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics. Professor Cook is a world leader in the field of data visualisation. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the past-Editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, and elected member of the R Foundation. Her research is in data science, data visualisation, exploratory data analysis, data mining, high-dimensional visualisation and applied statistics.
About the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
The Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics (EBS) is recognised worldwide as being at the forefront of its discipline areas. We are ranked No 1 in the Asia-Pacific region for econometrics (RePEC); in the top 10% institutions in the fields of econometrics and time series by IDEAS; and have achieved the highest possible rating (well above world standard) in econometrics for Excellence in Research (ERA) conducted by the Australian Research Council.
About the ACEMS (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers)
The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) brings together for the first time a critical mass of Australia’s best researchers in applied mathematics, statistics, mathematical physics and machine learning. With partner researchers ACEMS engages in research programs that combine innovative methods for the analysis of data with theoretical, methodological and computational foundations, provided by advanced mathematical and statistical modelling. ACEMS will focus on the impact of new insights for end users working in the Collaborative Domains of Healthy People, Sustainable Environments and Prosperous Societies.
ACEMS intends to create world-class research at the frontiers of the mathematical sciences dealing with probability and randomness, and to translate this research into new insights that benefit society.