Education

Degrees

year degree institution
1982 B.Sc./Dip. Ed. (Math/Stat/Biochem) University of New England, Armidale, Australia
1991 M.Sc (Statistics) Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
1993 Ph.D (Statistics) Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Positions

year position institution
Jul 2021 Distinguished Professor Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University
Jul 2015 Professor Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University
May 2005 Professor Statistics, Iowa State University
May 1998 Associate Professor Statistics, Iowa State University
Aug 1993 Assistant Professor Statistics, Iowa State University

Awards

  • Keynote speaker, IASC-ARS 2023, Sydney, Dec 6-8, 2023
  • Keynote speaker, IFCS 2022, Porto, Portugal, Jul 19-23, 2022
  • Gosset lecture, Irish Statistical Association, Feb 3, 2021
  • Keynote speaker, IBC 2020, Seoul, South Korea, Jul 5-10, 2020
  • Keynote speaker, 7th International Statistical Ecology Conference, Sydney Jun 22-26, 2020
  • Elected member, International Statistical Institute 2019
  • Keynote speaker, DSSV 2019, Kyoto, Japan, Aug 13-15 2019
  • ACEMS and Monash Master class, Melbourne, Feb 13, 2019
  • 2018 ACEMS Impact and Engagement Award, as part of the Non-uniform Monash Business Analytics Team
  • Belz lecture, University of Melbourne, Oct 16, 2018
  • Keynote speaker, RStudio Conference, San Diego, CA Feb 2-3, 2018
  • Keynote speaker, Biometrics by the Border, IBS-AR 2017 Nov 26-30, Kingscliffe, Australia
  • Keynote speaker, Young Statisticians Conference, Sep 26-27 2017, Gold Coast, Australia
  • Ordinary Member (elected), The R Foundation, 2016
  • Dean’s Research Award, 2016
  • Keynote Speaker, New Zealand Statistical Association Conference, Nov 27-29 2016, Auckland, NZ
  • Keynote Speaker, International Statistics Forum, May 27 2016, Renmin University, China
  • Statistical Applications and Data Mining, Best paper award 2015
  • Keynote Speaker, Bayes on the Beach, Dec 8 2015, Surfers Paradise, Australia
  • Plenary Speaker, RSFAS Dec 2 2015 Summer Camp, Murramurang, Australia
  • Keynote Speaker, BDVA ’15, September 2015, Hobart.
  • Australia Keynote Speaker, useR! Jul 2015, Aalborg, Denmark
  • Keynote Speaker, useR! Jun 2012, Nashville, TN
  • LAS Career Research Award, 2012
  • InfoVis 2010 Best paper award
  • Fellow, American Statistical Association, 2005
  • Recognized by two outstanding undergraduates, one from Statistics 101 and the other from Statistics 407 as a teacher who was important to them, 2009
  • Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Memorable Teacher 2007
  • Delta Delta Delta Favorite Teacher Recognition 2005
  • University Foundation Award for Early Excellence in Research, 1999

Visits

dates institution
Jun 17-21, 2024 Turing Institute, London, UK
Mar-Jul, 2023 EWHA Womens University, Seoul, South Korea
Jan-May 2008 Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, UK
Feb-May 2004 Statistics, Macquarie University, Australia
Jul 2002 University of Augsburg, Germany
Dec 2001 AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NJ
Oct 2000 3D Visual Data Mining Group, University of Aalborg, Denmark
Apr-Jun 2000 Lucent Technologies, Indian Hill, IL
Jan-Apr 2000 BiometricsSA, Adelaide, Australia
Oct 1999 Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Jun-Jul 1999, Oct- Nov 1998 National Research Center for Statistics and the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Jun-Aug 1997, Jul- Sep 1999 Stanford University, CA
Mar 1996, Mar 1995, Nov 1994 AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ
Aug 1994 Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Jul 1994, Jul 1993, Jul 1991 Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University