The first meeting for 2024 is the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the WA Branch of the Statistical Society of Australia.

Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Time (AGM): 5:15PM to 6:00PM (AWST)

Time (Guest Presentation): 6:00PM to 7:00PM (AWST)

Location: Cheryl Praeger Lecture Room, The University of Western Australia.

Non-members of the SSA WA Branch are welcome at the AGM but cannot vote on Branch matters. Following the AGM, Mr Alex Jenkins of the WA Data Science Innovation Hub (WADSIH) will deliver the guest address.

This meeting will not be streamed or recorded.

Annual General Meeting

The AGM agenda, proxy forms, and other relevant documents are emailed to members directly. Please contact the WA Branch Secretary if you have not received these by the preceding Monday.

The election of the 2024 WA Branch Council will occur at the AGM.

Presentation

Data Science in WA

Alex Jenkins, Director, WA Data Science Innovation Hub (WADSIH)

In his presentation Alex will speak on WADSIH's work with data and AI, including opportunities with synthetic data. He will discuss the implications of AI, language models, and embedding models for industry an research. Furthermore there will be a discussion on potential areas of collaboration between WADSIH and the Statistical Society of Australia and its members.

About the Speaker

Alex Jenkins has over 15 years of experience working in the technology space, implementing and advocating for data science and analytics solutions. He used his expertise to build data science capabilities for mining technology businesses. Alex has also worked with leading organisations including ABB, BHP, St John of God Healthcare and Imdex to define big data, supply chain modelling and data science solutions. In June 2021 Alex was appointed director of the WA Data Science Innovation Hub, an initiative of the Western Australian Government New Industries Fund which helps industry, government and academia to build their data science capability and advance the application of data science throughout Western Australia.

Refreshments and Dinner

Members and visitors are invited to mingle over wine and cheese from 5:00PM onwards at the venue. Following the meeting all are invited to dine at a nearby restaurant. Visitors are welcome.

Meeting Directions

The Cheryl Praeger Lecture Room is located on the ground floor of the Mathematics building at The University of Western Australia. Its entrance is on the northern side of the building. See: UWA Maps, Google Maps.

Parking is free on the UWA Crawley campus after 5:00PM. A convenient place to park is Car Park 18 accessible from Fairway Entry 1.

For further information please contact the WA Branch Secretary (ssa.wa.secretary@gmail.com).