Working in R Smarter, Faster, and More Securely - Hybrid (In-person or Zoom)

*What are we going to learn:
In network optimal design, much of the focus is on computational efficiency. There is a need to run multiple variants of a 'job', that is, some R script you send to a (perhaps high performance) computer with input variables. Katie will discuss her general approach to modularised coding, sending jobs to a HPC and then analyzing results.

*Who is going to present:
Katie is a PhD candidate at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is working on Bayesian Adaptive design in river networks, which is an optimisation framework. In the context of water quality monitoring, we use this optimization algorithm to find where, when and how many sensors to deploy across the network. Katie completed her Bachelor of Advanced Mathematics from the University of Wollongong (UOW) and worked in the financial industry for a number of years before undertaking PhD studies.

• When are we meeting?
  The talk will start at 5:00 pm for a ~45 minute presentation, 15 minutes Q&A time with the potential to move to an outside venue for continued socializing and networking.

• Where are we meeting?
  We will meet at QUT Gardens Point campus room Y-801 (in building Y) - this will be a hybrid event with a Zoom link available.
  map: https://goo.gl/maps/4H51oEEun6JuewVn6
  DIRECTIONS TO THE ROOM - Y block/building is next to River Stage in QUT Gardens Point. The elevators to the 8th floor are on the side of the building facing P block and should not require card access. Please follow the hall to the right upon exiting the elevator on floor 8 to room Y-801, the first meeting room at the end of the hall.

• COVID plan: We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation in Brisbane up until the event and move to online only if necessary.

• R packages: SSN

We look forward to seeing you there!

R-Ladies Brisbane

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