The Random Sample
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The Random Sample is a education podcast hosted by ACEMS. It has 100 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Welcome to The Random Sample! In this podcast, we share stories about mathematics, statistics, data science and the people involved. This is a collaboration between the Australian Data Science Network (ADSN), the Statistical Society of Australia (SSA), the Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS), the OPTIMA ARC Training Centre, the MATRIX Mathematical Research Institute, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS). ACEMS created the podcast in 2018. For further resources and show notes, visit therandomsample.com.au
education ·en-US ·100 episodes
Maths Meets Biology: Inside the Mission to Model a Living Cell - Part 2
Maths Meets Biology: Inside the Mission to Model a Living Cell - Part 1
From Surveys to LLMs: The New Era of Social Data – with Professor Frauke Kreuter
Multi-Source Data & the Evolution of Official Statistics - with Dr Anders Holmberg
Making the Invisible Visible: The Global Hackathon Against Modern Slavery
Data We Can Trust
ReefCloud: Connecting Scientists to Save Coral Reefs – with Dr Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero
Taylor Swift, Pesto the Penguin, and… Statistics?! - with Heather Lansdowne
Patterns in Chaos: Exploring Complex Systems - with Professor Michael Small
Indigenous Data Governance & Sovereignty - with Levi-Craig Murray
Bridging the Interdisciplinary Gap with Stats & Data Science - with Prof Galit Shmueli
Driving Change: The Maths Behind Autonomous Vehicles - with Prof Michael Milford
Designing the Tools that Shape Data Science - with Dr Hadley Wickham
From Silo to Solution: Unlocking climate & social data that can drive change
Beyond ChatGPT: The Rapidly Evolving Landscape of AI - with Professor Simon Angus
The Many Hands of AI: Responsibility and Regulation - with Dr Henry Fraser
The New Reality of AI and the Law - with A/Prof Michael Guihot
Mathematics, creativity & connection: Rethinking maths education in Australia
Maths Models Shed New Light on Hidden Heart Risks – with Professors Helen Byrne & Mary Myerscough
Shaping the Equation: The 2024 WIMSIG Conference
The Publication Puzzle: Navigating the World of Academic Publishing - Pt 3
The Publication Puzzle: Navigating the World of Academic Publishing - Pt 2
The Publication Puzzle: Navigating the World of Academic Publishing - Pt 1
Trailer: The Publication Puzzle - Navigating the World of Academic Publishing
Grapes & Algorithms: the Data Science of Sustainable Winemaking
Coping with Climate Anxiety - with Dr Alexandra Knight
Scientific Graphic Design for Communicating Research - with Dr Jess Jopf
The Mathematics of Bushfires - with Professor Jason Sharples
Understanding Maths Struggles - with Dr Jacob Paul
Building Blocks of the Universe - with Professor Alessandro Sfondrini
Using maths to explore the music of Taylor Swift - with Dr Nathan Garland
Why Host a Podcast?!
The Maths of Wi-Fi with Professor David Skellern
Emerging Leaders in Statistics
Superstars of STEM
What you need to know about Referendum Polling with Professor Simon Jackman
Communicating Statistics & Probability with Professor Jeffrey Rosenthal
Cracking the Code on the Spread of Mis-and-Disinformation on Social Media
Can Water Compute? With Professor Eva Miranda
Industry PhDs
On the Road at the ISI World Statistics Congress
Open-sourcing Data Science Education with Professor Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
Talking Maths & Conservation with Professor Hugh Possingham
Law & Stats: What's a Statistician Doing in Court
Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Discovery
Optimisation: The Intelligence Behind AI
The Future is Now: Building Better Climate Models
Large Language Models & ChatGPT
The WiDS Global Movement
The AMSI-ANZIAM Distinguished Lecturer: Prof Konstantin Avrachenkov
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