In anticipation of the large RSS conference coming to Edinburgh in 2025, the Edinburgh RSS Local Group will be hosting a pre-conference, which highlights the past, present and future of statistics in Edinburgh. More specifically the past will showcase a couple of RSS Local Group committee from the last few years, the present will be a panel of individuals working across Edinburgh on the topic of responsible science in tackling the climate crisis, and the future will host some early career researchers in a flash talks session. This will all be followed by the RSS Edinburgh AGM and a keynote speech from Ally McAlpine, Chief Statistician in the Scottish Government.
Registration is required for this event.
Join the Edinburgh local group for a pre-conference highlighting the past, present and future of statistics in Edinburgh -- hosted in the The Bayes Centre, from 14:30 until 19:30 on November 27th 2024. Registration is required for this event.
The schedule for the event is below:
- 14:30 - 15:30 The Past, Hosted by Tony Wilkes: For this session, two local group members will be presenting their work highlighting statistics and data visualisation. (Nevil Hopley, Murray Dick)
- 15:30 - 16:30 The Present, Hosted by Ozan Evkaya: Looking at the topic of responsible science in tackling the climate crisis, this session will be a discussion panel. (Amy Wilson, Federico Andreis, Lloyd Hamilton)
- 16:30 - 17:00 Break 1
- 17:00 - 18:00 The Future, Hosted by Anastasia Istratuca: Highlighting the range of early career researchers working in Edinburgh, this session will consist of mini-talks from different fields employing statistics. (Johnny Lee, Maia Trower, Ismail Ozkaraca)
- 18:00 - 18:10 Break 2
- 18:10 - 18:30 AGM, Hosted by Tess Vernon: Join us for the Edinburgh Local Group AGM 2024, reflecting on the past year of events and electing the committee for 2025.
- 18:30 - 19:30 Keynote Speech: For the final session of the day we'll be having a keynote speech reflecting the core of Edinburgh statistics. (Ally McAlpine)
Past session:
Nevil Hopley and Murray Dick
Present session:
- Chair: Amy Wilson
- Panelists: Federico Andreis and Lloyd Hamilton
Future session:
Johnny Lee, Maia Trower, Ismail Ozkaraca
Keynote:
Ally McApline