Abstract submission date for #AASC2026 officially extended to July 9 (11pm GMT)! Please note that there will be no additional extensions to the abstract submission date aasc2026.netlify.app/abstracts

I am excited to announce that Prof. Margarita Moreno Betancur @margaritamb.bsky.social and Associate Prof. Peter Dunn will also be keynote speakers at the 2026 Australasian Applied Statistics Conference! #AASC2026 aasc2026.netlify.app/keynote

I am pleased to announce that Dr Petra Kuhnert and Dr Ruth Butler will be joining us at #AASC2026 as invited speakers! aasc2026.netlify.app/keynote

The Australasian Applied Statistics Conference 2026 website is now live! aasc2026.netlify.app #AASC2026 #rstats #statsky

Last week I had the honour of presenting my PhD research on the development of a statistical model for the multi-enviornment trial analysis of agricultural count data at the Australasian Region Biometrics conference in Canberra. #BIBC2025 #Statistics #biometrics

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Hey, I have a new video out! It’s about where the formulas for Least Squares come from, in terms of orthogonal projection. It’s the second in a series about projection (but you don’t need to have watched the first :) youtu.be/73xKLFsXvvM

Orthogonal Projection Formulas (Least Squares) - Projection, Part 2

YouTube video by Sam Levey

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The Quasi-Newton BFGS algorithm seen in the #rstats optim function explained visually. Another instructive video that I found recently. youtu.be/VIoWzHlz7k8?...

Understanding scipy.minimize part 1: The BFGS algorithm

YouTube video by Folker Hoffmann

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An intuitive visual explanation of what SVD actually is. A must watch for anyone using dimension reduction techniques for data analysis. youtube.com/watch?v=vScz...