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Complexity and Models
Mark Upton shared two links recently that set me off looking at complexity and models.
John Launer (2018) observes “the study of complex adaptive systems...
Robin Poke's PhD Submission: A Narrative History of Australian Rowing
Robing Poke submitted his PhD thesis for examination today at the University of Canberra. It is the culmination of six years assiduous research that...
Forecasting, predicting, classifying and uncertainty
This is a post to share my bumping into work by Glenn Brier, Frank Harrell and David Spiegelhalter. It coincides with an email exchange...
Making sense of data practices
Laura Ellis has been writing this week about solving business problems with data (link). The alert to her post came shortly after another link...
A Fra Mauro kind of week
Fra Mauro was a cartographer. He lived in the Republic of Venice in the fifteenth century.
I found out about him in James Cowan's (1997)...
Coaching as a humble vocation
Background
I have the good fortune to meet and spend time in the presence of coaches.
I have been in England for the last three weeks...
Critical friendship as everyday #RUOK
Here in Australia, it is #RUOK Day today.
It is the 10th anniversary of the start of #RUOK. The aim of the organisation that coordinates...
Sharing Stories
Yesterday, I was on my way to adjudicate a public speaking event at a school in Braidwood.
It was a short walk and on my...
A Wednesday Unmeeting
Most Wednesdays during the year, I host an unmeeting over lunch in a cafe at the University of Canberra.
No one is obliged to come...
Predicting the outcome of the 2018 FIFA World Cup using Elo ratings
Introduction
The 2018 FIFA World Cup starts in a week's time. The first game is between Russia and Saudi Arabia in the Luzhniki Stadium in...
