Tim Macuga
@cleinbne.bsky.social
Ex-TV journo turned science communicator. Survivor of nearly 30 years in TV news and a lifetime of being a Browns fan. 📍Brisbane, Australia.
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To listen, just search for The Random Sample wherever you get your podcasts. Or head to our website: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/mult...
Multi-Source Data & the Evolution of Official Statistics – with Dr Anders Holmberg – The Random Sample
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November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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How are official statistics agencies dealing with the dramatic decline in survey response rates? In our latest episode - how official statistics agencies are evolving thanks to multi-source data. Our guest is Dr Anders Holmberg from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
How are official statistics agencies dealing with the dramatic decline in survey response rates? In our latest episode - how official statistics agencies are evolving thanks to multi-source data. Our guest is Dr Anders Holmberg from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
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Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets.
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
Dr Alex Sneddon - MACSYS Research Fellow, ANU
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November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Meet Dr Alex Sneddon - a MACSYS Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Alex's research focuses on incorporating domain-specific knowledge into the data-driven AI methods that she uses to help MACSYS unlock insights from complex biological datasets.
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
📹VIDEO: youtu.be/GVsMQ0E3Aok
I really enjoyed hosting this episode. It's very inspiring to hear these five people talk about using technology for social good.
A global hackathon meets cutting-edge #AI to fight modern slavery in corporate supply chains. In our latest episode🎧, we meet the project lead for Project AIMS (AI for Modern Slavery) & the winning teams from the just-completed Project AIMS hackathon: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/aims...
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I really enjoyed hosting this episode. It's very inspiring to hear these five people talk about using technology for social good.
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📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism.
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
📢PhD Scholarship Opportunity! Join our Centre at the University of Melbourne and work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, mathematicians and biologists to build experimentally validated models of metabolism.
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
👉Apply/more info: findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...
#maths #biology
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The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
The MACSYS Mission (to Mars)
YouTube video by MACSYS
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November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The MACSYS mission - as told by more than two dozen of our researchers - 📽️VIDEO: youtu.be/JyvifQ41RZU
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
Why it's important, why it's so challenging, and why it's going to take a team of interdisciplinary researchers like the one MACSYS has put together to tackle this challenge.
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This week on #WorldStatisticsDay, the Statistical Society of Australia & the Australian Data Science Network co-hosted a lively panel discussion on "trust in data". Since both are partner organisations of our podcast, we’re excited to share that discussion: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/data...
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This week on #WorldStatisticsDay, the Statistical Society of Australia & the Australian Data Science Network co-hosted a lively panel discussion on "trust in data". Since both are partner organisations of our podcast, we’re excited to share that discussion: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/data...
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Coral reefs are under threat - and the race to protect them depends on better data, smarter tools, and global collaboration. In our latest episode, we explore ReefCloud , a project that’s helping scientists monitor coral reef ecosystems using AI intelligence, statistics & shared data infrastructure.
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Coral reefs are under threat - and the race to protect them depends on better data, smarter tools, and global collaboration. In our latest episode, we explore ReefCloud , a project that’s helping scientists monitor coral reef ecosystems using AI intelligence, statistics & shared data infrastructure.
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Just out! Our new episode explores 'complex systems'- how mathematics reveals hidden patterns in our messy, chaotic world- from pandemics & social networks to psychiatric illness & engineering with guest Prof Michael Small from The Univ of Western Australia www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/comp...
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Just out! Our new episode explores 'complex systems'- how mathematics reveals hidden patterns in our messy, chaotic world- from pandemics & social networks to psychiatric illness & engineering with guest Prof Michael Small from The Univ of Western Australia www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/comp...
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“Confidently wrong, friendly, & authoritative"
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
How Journalism Helps Me Navigate the New World of GenAI
I heard a lot of wild stories during my 25 years working in TV newsrooms. As journalists, our job was to investigate - to dig into the details and figure out whether a story was really what it seemed.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“Confidently wrong, friendly, & authoritative"
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
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Our Centre is well-represented at this year's Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. As part of #SMB2025, we organised a two-session minisymposia: 2025.smb.org/MS03/MS-MFBM...
Well done, team MACSYS!
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Well done, team MACSYS!
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July 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Our Centre is well-represented at this year's Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Canada. As part of #SMB2025, we organised a two-session minisymposia: 2025.smb.org/MS03/MS-MFBM...
Well done, team MACSYS!
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social @mjsimpson.bsky.social
Well done, team MACSYS!
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social @mjsimpson.bsky.social
“Confidently wrong, friendly, & authoritative"
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
How Journalism Helps Me Navigate the New World of GenAI
I heard a lot of wild stories during my 25 years working in TV newsrooms. As journalists, our job was to investigate - to dig into the details and figure out whether a story was really what it seemed.
www.linkedin.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“Confidently wrong, friendly, & authoritative"
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
That description of #GenAI from a recent workshop stuck with me. As someone who spent 25+ years in newsrooms, I’ve learned how crucial it is to question things that sound true. That same mindset now helps me with GenAI: www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-jo...
Join me online Thursday as I a present a communications workshop on behalf of the Statistical Society of Australia: Communicating Across Disciplines - a workshop for statisticians and data scientists.
📆Thursday, 10 July
⏰11 am AEST
👉REGISTER: statsoc.org.au/event-6201399
📆Thursday, 10 July
⏰11 am AEST
👉REGISTER: statsoc.org.au/event-6201399
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Join me online Thursday as I a present a communications workshop on behalf of the Statistical Society of Australia: Communicating Across Disciplines - a workshop for statisticians and data scientists.
📆Thursday, 10 July
⏰11 am AEST
👉REGISTER: statsoc.org.au/event-6201399
📆Thursday, 10 July
⏰11 am AEST
👉REGISTER: statsoc.org.au/event-6201399
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We’re also proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2025 ATSIMA - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance Conference, being held in October this year on Lunawuni (Bruny Island), Lutruwita (Tasmania)
👉https://events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025BiennialConference
(🧵3/3)
👉https://events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025BiennialConference
(🧵3/3)
ATSIMA 2025 Conference
ATSIMA 2025 conference theme
palawa kani pumili waranta rrala
Our Language Our Strength
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July 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We’re also proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2025 ATSIMA - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance Conference, being held in October this year on Lunawuni (Bruny Island), Lutruwita (Tasmania)
👉https://events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025BiennialConference
(🧵3/3)
👉https://events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025BiennialConference
(🧵3/3)
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At MACSYS, we’re committed to partnerships that support that future through new pathways into #STEM education. In partnership with UniMelb’s Ofc of Indigenous Employment & Development, we’re hiring an Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External... (🧵2/3)
Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator (MACSYS)
Role type: Fixed-term for 2 years; Full-time (1 FTE) (Part-time will be considered) Faculty: Science Department/School: ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematical Analysis of Cellular Systems (MAC...
unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
At MACSYS, we’re committed to partnerships that support that future through new pathways into #STEM education. In partnership with UniMelb’s Ofc of Indigenous Employment & Development, we’re hiring an Indigenous Outreach & Education Coordinator: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External... (🧵2/3)
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This NAIDOC Week (6–13 July), we reflect on 50 years of celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2025 theme — “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy” — speaks to the strength, vision, and legacy of the next generation. (🧵1/3)
July 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This NAIDOC Week (6–13 July), we reflect on 50 years of celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2025 theme — “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy” — speaks to the strength, vision, and legacy of the next generation. (🧵1/3)
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🎙️New episode alert! We explore how #DataScience & #Statistics help bridge the gap between disciplines. Our guest is Prof Galit Shmueli from the Institute of Service Science at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
🎧 Listen:
www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/inte...
Host: @cynthiahqy.bsky.social
🎧 Listen:
www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/inte...
Host: @cynthiahqy.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🎙️New episode alert! We explore how #DataScience & #Statistics help bridge the gap between disciplines. Our guest is Prof Galit Shmueli from the Institute of Service Science at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
🎧 Listen:
www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/inte...
Host: @cynthiahqy.bsky.social
🎧 Listen:
www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/inte...
Host: @cynthiahqy.bsky.social
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In our latest episode🎧 of The Random Sample, we're talking autonomous vehicles (AVs). We explore how AVs gather & use data, and the complex mathematics that helps them navigate an unpredictable world. What are the challenges still standing in the way? Our guest is Prof Michael Milford from QUT.
June 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In our latest episode🎧 of The Random Sample, we're talking autonomous vehicles (AVs). We explore how AVs gather & use data, and the complex mathematics that helps them navigate an unpredictable world. What are the challenges still standing in the way? Our guest is Prof Michael Milford from QUT.
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There’s nothing quite like coming together in person! Researchers from across the MACSYS nodes gathered at the Monash University for the first of two intensive workshop days. Through individual, small-group & whole-group discussions, we’re diving deep into the complex challenges we aim to tackle.
June 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
There’s nothing quite like coming together in person! Researchers from across the MACSYS nodes gathered at the Monash University for the first of two intensive workshop days. Through individual, small-group & whole-group discussions, we’re diving deep into the complex challenges we aim to tackle.
What a fantastic day with the team at the Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group (ALLG) in Melbourne! I was honoured to run a communications workshop for their members — and even more delighted by how enthusiastically everyone jumped into the exercises. Thanks, team ALLG!
June 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
What a fantastic day with the team at the Australasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group (ALLG) in Melbourne! I was honoured to run a communications workshop for their members — and even more delighted by how enthusiastically everyone jumped into the exercises. Thanks, team ALLG!
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The 2025 ATSIMA Conference:
📆Weds-Fri, 1-3 October
📌lunawanna-allonah (Bruny Island , Tasmania)
MACSYS is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Conference. For more information about it, head to: atsima.com/atsima-2025-...
📆Weds-Fri, 1-3 October
📌lunawanna-allonah (Bruny Island , Tasmania)
MACSYS is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Conference. For more information about it, head to: atsima.com/atsima-2025-...
June 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The 2025 ATSIMA Conference:
📆Weds-Fri, 1-3 October
📌lunawanna-allonah (Bruny Island , Tasmania)
MACSYS is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Conference. For more information about it, head to: atsima.com/atsima-2025-...
📆Weds-Fri, 1-3 October
📌lunawanna-allonah (Bruny Island , Tasmania)
MACSYS is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Conference. For more information about it, head to: atsima.com/atsima-2025-...
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Are you a teacher working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students? The AUS Assoc of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) is offering up to 3 fully funded grants for teachers to attend the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA) Conference.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Are you a teacher working with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students? The AUS Assoc of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) is offering up to 3 fully funded grants for teachers to attend the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA) Conference.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Changing someone’s mind—especially when they strongly disagree with you—is hard. It’s tempting to just tell them they’re wrong. But let’s be honest: that rarely works. This past week at a conference, I learned something unexpected about it takes to create change.
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June 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Changing someone’s mind—especially when they strongly disagree with you—is hard. It’s tempting to just tell them they’re wrong. But let’s be honest: that rarely works. This past week at a conference, I learned something unexpected about it takes to create change.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i...
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To listen, just search for The Random Sample wherever you get your podcasts, or head to our website: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/hadl...
#rstats #rstudio #datascience #statistics #opensource #programming #rstudio @robjhyndman.com @posit.co
#rstats #rstudio #datascience #statistics #opensource #programming #rstudio @robjhyndman.com @posit.co
Designing the Tools that Shape Data Science – with Dr Hadley Wickham – The Random Sample
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June 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
To listen, just search for The Random Sample wherever you get your podcasts, or head to our website: www.therandomsample.com.au/podcast/hadl...
#rstats #rstudio #datascience #statistics #opensource #programming #rstudio @robjhyndman.com @posit.co
#rstats #rstudio #datascience #statistics #opensource #programming #rstudio @robjhyndman.com @posit.co
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In the latest episode🎧of The Random Sample, host Cynthia Huang catches up with Dr Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz! Hadley is Chief Scientist at Posit (formerly RStudio), where he leads the Tidyverse team. This team is behind some of the most widely used open-source packages in the R programming language.
June 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
In the latest episode🎧of The Random Sample, host Cynthia Huang catches up with Dr Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz! Hadley is Chief Scientist at Posit (formerly RStudio), where he leads the Tidyverse team. This team is behind some of the most widely used open-source packages in the R programming language.