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Florence Nightingale Day 2024 in Atlantic Canada

Florence Nightingale 2024 in Atlantic Canada will take place at the University of New Brunswick Saint John on May 24, 2024. CANSSI Atlantic will host this event, which gives high school students the chance to explore studies and careers in statistical sciences. Schedule 9:30–9:45 a.m. Registration Name tags and T-shirts 9:45–10:00 a.m. | Welcome | […]

Atlantic Canada Data Science Tour: What I’m Doing As a Grad Student

Dalhousie University Chase Building Room 319 (3rd Floor), 6297 Catine Way, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date: Friday, September 27, 2024 Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. Atlantic time Location: Chase Building Room 319 (3rd Floor), 6297 Catine Way, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax What is it like to do research as a grad student? In the kick-off to CANSSI Atlantic’s Atlantic Canada Data Science Tour, three master’s students and one […]

Atlantic Canada Data Science Tour: Incorporating Data-driven Models towards Actuarial Problems

St. Francis Xavier University 4130 University Avenue, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date: Friday, October 25, 2024 Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. Atlantic time Location: MULH2032 (Mulroney Hall), 4130 University Avenue, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5 Actuarial science is a discipline which draws on the mathematics of probability and statistics to assess financial risks in the field of insurance. With the growing availability of data, actuaries are continuously […]

Atlantic Canada Data Science Tour: Using Machine Learning to Forecast Changes in Canada’s Food Prices: Canada’s Food Price Report 2025

University of Prince Edward Island 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Date: Friday, November 29, 2024 Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. Atlantic time Location: 550 University Ave, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 4P3 This talk will be presented by Kristina Kupferschmidt, an Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of Prince Edward Island. It’s the third event in the Atlantic Canada […]

Atlantic Canada Data Science Tour: Your Data Are a Fingerprint: Why Anonymization is Not Anonymous and How Statistics Can Protect You

University of New Brunswick Saint John 100 Tucker Park Rd, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Date: Friday, January 31, 2025 Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. Atlantic time Location: On Zoom, live from the University of New Brunswick (Saint John) This talk will be presented by Dylan Spicker, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John). It’s the fourth event in the Atlantic […]

Atlantic Canada Data Science Tour: Mediation Analysis of Recurrent Events

Memorial University St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025 Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. Atlantic time Location: On Zoom, live from Memorial University of Newfoundland This talk will be presented by Shenita Pramij, a PhD student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland. It’s the fifth event in the Atlantic Canada Data Science Tour, a hybrid […]