The National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA) is committed to developing and applying innovative statistical methods to important problems. It undertakes a range of fundamental and contract research, major consulting projects, and professional education in statistical methodology.
Our aim is to provide leading-edge research and consulting capacity in applied statistics for Australia and our region through the skills and activities of our staff and research students. We collaborate extensively with researchers and professionals in universities, governments, businesses and industries in Australia and overseas.
Our research in applied statistics is focused on Biometry and Bioinformatics, Environmental Informatics, and Survey Methodology. NIASRA has expertise and extensive experience in design and analysis for complex data and populations.
Read more about the Institute on the 'Introduction to NIASRA' page.
Upcoming Events
New: Spatio-Temporal Statistics with R, Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, 29 April (whole day) and 30 April (half day), 2019
A 1.5 Day Workshop in Sydney presented by Noel Cressie and Andrew Zammit Mangion (NIASRA, UOW)
Click here to download event details, and click here to download registration form
Research Fellows Meetings, Goulburn 3 April and 20 November 2019
Presenters for April to be announced in the near future
Past Events
Stats Week 2019, Monday 4 to Thursday 7 February 2019.
- Microbiome Data Analysis presented over two days by Olivier Thas (Hasselt University, Belgium, Ghent University, Belgium and University of Wollongong, Australia) and Stijn Hawinkel (Ghent University Belgium)
- Assessing Measurement, Reliability and Validity by Professor Angie Wade (University College London)
- Sample Survey Methods presented by Professor David Steel (Director NIASRA University of Wollongong, Australia)
Research Fellows Meeting, Goulburn, 21 November 2018
Multilevel Modelling in R, 23 November 2018
A short course presented by Mark Tranmer (University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
Prof Ray Chambers: Nudging a Pseudo-Science Towards a Science, NSW Branch of the Statistical Society of Australia Annual Lecture 6.00pm Wednesday 28 November, UTS Function Centre, Sydney.
SAGI Symposium, 8-9th August 2018
Symposium on Bioinformatics and Biometrics for Plant Breeding Programs, 25-26th July 2018
High-Dimensional Data Analysis - A short course presented by Olivier Thas, 5-6 Feb 2018
International Conference on Robust Statistics, July 2017
