Welcome to post-doctoral research Xiaoqian Wang and visitors Daniele Girolimetti and Chika Saka!

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WOMBAT is back in 2022, on Communicating with Data, with keynote Amanda Cox.

More information about WOMBAT 2022 is here

Monash Master of Business Analytics

Strap on an explorer’s backback and a skeptics hat and learn how to analyse data.

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Non-Uniform Monash Business Analytics Team

Meet the Team

Current

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Klaus Ackermann

Senior Lecturer in Statistics

economics, machine learning, big, big data, computational statistics

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George Athanasopoulos

Professor of Statistics and Head of Department

forecasting, time series, tourism modelling

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Fan Cheng

PhD (Statistics)

exploratory data analysis, forecasting, statistical computing

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Di Cook

Professor of Statistics

statistical graphics, exploratory data analysis, multivariate statistics, data mining

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Cynthia Huang

PhD (Statistics)

data preparation and wrangling, research software engineering and design, data science, satellite deep learning

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Catherine Forbes

Associate Professor

bayesian time series analysis, financial econometrics

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David Frazier

Associate Professor and ARC DECRA Fellow

simulation-based inference, Bayesian computation

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Swen Kuh

Postdoctoral Researcher

Social science, Hierarchical modelling, Bayesian inference

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Rob J Hyndman

Professor of Statistics

forecasting, time series, exploratory data analysis

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Lauren Kennedy

Lecturer in Statistics

non-representative data, multilevel modelling, causal inference, Bayesian inference

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P. G. Jayani Lakshika

PhD (Statistics)

data visualization, computer vision, machine learning

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Jessica Leung

Lecturer in Business Analytics

optimisation, operations research, management science, visualisation, machine learning, network science, data analytics

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Patrick Li

PhD (Statistics)

machine learning, computer vision, data visualisation

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Michael Lydeamore

Lecturer in Statistics

computational statistics, infectious diseases modelling and epidemiology, data science

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Gael Martin

Professor of Econometrics

bayesian inference, computational statistics, probabilistic forecasting, financial econometrics, time series analysis, long memory time series, count time series

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Harriet Mason

PhD (Statistics)

statistical computing, data visualisation, data storytelling, visual explanations

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Ruben Loaiza Maya

Senior Lecturer in Econometrics

econometrics, bayesian statistics

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Patricia Menendez

Senior Lecturer in Statistics

statistics, applied statistics, mathematical modeling

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Didier Nibbering

Senior Lecturer in Econometrics

high-dimensional inference, forecasting, bayesian statistics

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Mitch O'Hara-Wild

Research Assistant

statistical computing, time series, forecasting, software design

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Nuwani Palihawadana

PhD (Statistics)

forecasting, time series analysis, predictive modelling

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Kate Saunders

Lecturer in Statistics

extreme value theory, climate and weather extremes, statistical post-processing, data science

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Emi Tanaka

Senior Lecturer in Statistics

applied statistics, mixed models, experimental design, statistical computing

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Xiaoqian Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistics

time series forecasting, data analysis, distributed computing, ctatistical modeling

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Yangzhuoran Fin Yang

PhD (Statistics)

forecasting, optimisation, financial econometrics, data analysis

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Sherry Zhang

PhD (Statistics)

computational statistics, statistical graphics, temporal data analysis, machine learning

Visitors

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Daniele Girolimetto

Doctoral student

forecasting, time series, statistical computing

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Chika Saka

Professor

accounting, exploratory data analysis

Alumni

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Mahdi Abolghasemi

Post Doctoral Researcher (Data Science)

forecasting, optimisation, machine learning, business analytics

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Puwasala Gamakumara

Post Doctoral Researcher (Statistics)

time series, forecasting, data science, applied statistics

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Sayani Gupta

PhD (Statistics)

computational statistics, visualization, time series analysis, forecasting

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Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi

Lecturer in Statistics

anomaly detection, mathematical statistics

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Stephanie Kobakian

Data scientist

statistical graphics, data analytics, information visualisation

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Ursula Laa

Lecturer (Statistics)

statistical graphics, high-dimensional data, machine learning, (particle) physics

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Stuart Lee

Postdoctoral Researcher (Statistics)

statistical graphics, exploratory data analysis, high-dimensional statistics, computation and design

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Pablo Montero Manso

Post Doctoral Researcher (Statistics)

time series, forecasting, machine learning, computational statistics

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Anastasios Panagiotelis

Associate Professor

forecasting, dependence modelling, bayesian methods, energy markets, macroeconomics

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Cameron Roach

PhD (Statistics)

data science, machine learning, time series analysis, forecasting

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Dan Simpson

Professor of Analytics Engagement

spatial statistics, bayesian methods, computational statistics

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Nicholas Spyrison

PhD (Information Technology)

high dimensional visualisation, human computer interaction, data science

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Priyanga Dilini Talagala

Lecturer in Statistics

time series, forecasting, anomaly detection, applied statistics

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Thiyanga Talagala

Lecturer in Statistics

time series, forecasting, data visualisation, applied statistics

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Ryan Thompson

PhD (Statistics)

high-dimensional statistics, forecasting, mathematical optimisation

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Nick Tierney

Research Software Engineer

exploratory data analysis, statistical modelling, bayesian statistics, software design

Nathaniel Tomasetti

Data Scientist

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Luis Torres

Postdoctoral Researcher (Statistics)

scientific computing, probabilistic programming, data science, machine learning, astrostatistics

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Earo Wang

Lecturer in Statistics

time series, data visualisation, software design, data science

About NUMBATs

NUMBATs is the name for our research group, Non-Uniform Monash Business Analytics Team, in the Econometrics and Business Statistics Department. We meet regularly to openly exchange and discuss research ideas and activity in an actively supportive and creative environment. People outside the group are welcome to attend, and can sign up to receive notifications about topics for each meeting, or check the calendar on the web site.
Our mission is to advance methodology for making data analysis easier. We develop new techniques for statistical modeling and visualisation, and work hard to make these available to the general public by distributing open source software, mostly using R.
It is also our goal to raise awareness of Australian fauna and flora, particularly many of the beautiful endangered species. For example, in reality, numbats are insectivores, mostly found in Western Australia, and we encourage you to contribute to the conservation efforts by donating or purchasing products from Project Numbat.

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Projects

Get in touch with the NUMBAT faculty members for projects not listed here.

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wombat2022

Workshop Organised by the Monash Business Analytics Team 2022 Communicating with Data

tidyverts

R packages for tidy time series analysis

Upcoming Events

We hold regular seminars during the semester period (March-June, August-Nov). And there are numerous other events organised or related to NUMBAT.

You can add the events to your calendar via iCal or Google calendar.

Contact

  • Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Rd, Melbourne, 3800
  • Enter Education Building, we are located primarily on level 3, and to the east.
  • @numbats_rise_up