Brenton R. Clarke

Presentation

Travels in Statistics

In this presentation I will talk about teaching and research in statistics from a personal perspective. To do this I relate to both teaching and research aspects, how they used to be, where paradigm shifts in emphasis have come from and where we are headed. What do students studying and researching statistics need to know? How can we best serve students coming into the profession, and where does one go with statistics? What are the opportunities in teaching, research, and practice of statistics? The speaker will draw on his own experience of teaching, including preparation he received at Flinders University and Adelaide University and subsequent positions held at several overseas posts and the thirty-six years of experience at Murdoch University in Western Australia. Regarding research, the speaker will discuss a little history, regarding classical statistics, subsequent divides such as robust versus classical statistics, what lessons can be learnt, and where are we now. It is emphasized not all areas of statistics will be covered, and there is no right or wrong way to practice statistics, but in the main the speaker will draw on his experience and perspectives.

Brenton R. Clarke(PhD ANU)

Brenton is an experienced academic in mathematics and statistics at Murdoch University, where he has vast experience from 36 years of teaching and research at that institution.

He is an author of two important books in statistics: Linear Models: The Theory and Application of Analysis of Variance, and Robustness Theory and Application.

These books are published in the respected Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. They are a result of Brenton’s experience in statistics he having travelled extensively in his youth and taken several sabbaticals at international institutions plus having created several units in teaching at Murdoch.