First Annual ASEARC Research Conference (2007)

The inaugural ASEARC Research Conference was held at UWS on the 10 and 11th of December 2007. The conference program is noted below. 

For copies of the papers presented at the conference please click on the session or author name below.

ASEARC Conference

Applied Statistics Education and Research Collaboration

December 10 & 11 2007

University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown Campus

Conference Program

Day 1 – Monday December 10, 2007

09:00 – 9:30                 Coffee

09:30 – 10:00               Introduction – David Steel

                                    Notes: Paul Rippon

10:00 – 11:00               Institutional Research Profile

Chair: Carmel Cody, UWS

University of Western Sydney: Eric Beh

University of Western Sydney: Stojanovski

University of Western Sydney: Than Pe

University of Wollongong: Ray Chambers

Notes: Robert Clark, UOW

11:00 – 11:30               Morning tea

11:30 – 13:00               Institutional Research Profile

Chair: Carmel Cody, UWS

University of Newcastle: John Rayner

University of Newcastle: Nur

University of Newcastle: Peter Howley

University of New England; Bernard Ellem

Notes: Darfiana Nur - UoN

13:00 – 14:00               Lunch

14:00 – 15:30               Higher Degree Research student research

Carole Birrell-Completing a PhD.

Chair: TBA-UNE

Notes: TBA

15:30 – 15:45               Afternoon tea

15:45 – 17:00               Keynote Speaker - Prof Murray Aitkin

                                    Chair: John Rayner

                                    Notes: Ken Russell

Day 2 – Tuesday December 11, 2007

09:30 – 10:30               RQF and Grants – David Steel

UWS Internal Consulting

UON Internal Consulting

                                    Chair: Peter Howley - UoN

                                    Notes: TBA - UWS

10:30 – 11:00               Executive Perspectives

                                    Chair: David Griffiths

Prof Andrew Cheetham  (UWS – Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research)                

Professor Joe Chichro (UOW – Dean, Informatics)

Notes: Chandra Gulati

11:00 – 11:30               Morning Tea

11:30 – 13:00               Building a national and international collaboration profile  Chair: Eric Beh

Matt Wand, UOW

Mark Tranmer, Uni of Manchester, UK

Notes: Kevin Donegan, UWS

13:00 – 14:00               Lunch

14:00 – 15:15               Industry links

UWS-Macfarlane

Shimsco Statistics jobs

Simon Simoff: Linking with industry

Chair: Simeon Simoff-Analytics Education

Notes: Liz Stojanovski - UoN

15:15 – 15:30               Afternoon tea

15:30 – 16:30               Action plan

                                    Developing research themes and collaboration within ASEARC

                                    Chair: David Steel

                                    Notes: Dallas Burnes