Teaching
Table of Contents
Academia and education
Writing
Tools
- ChatGPT
- Amazing, but be careful.
- Hemingway App
- I haven't used it but it looks interesting.
- Grammarly
- I use this semi-regularly, it's not perfect.
- Versepad
- Sounds cool.
- Ludwig
- Seems to have been paywalled(???)
University of Melbourne
Course information
The Handbook.
School of Mathematics and Statistics
Vacation Scholarships Program
Vacation scholarships are a great way to get some research experience. The School has a page on the program here. (The slides from a previous information session are available here.) For more general advice, Manzanares et al. (2023) wrote a paper for biomedical students that might be useful.
Printing
You can print via the web portal available from the following link:
FAQ
Here are some questions I have been asked.
What subjects have you taught?
- (upcoming) 2024 Mathematics & Statistics for Biomedicine (MAST10024) for the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne
- 2023 Biological Modelling and Simulation (MAST30032) for the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne
- 2021–2022 Git, GitHub and Reproducible Research for the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford
- 2020–2022 Applied Analytic Statistics for the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford
Where can I find interesting datasets?
I keep a list of good sources of data here
How can I learn how to use TikZ?
The Overleaf TikZ page provides a clear introduction to TikZ. I have a collection of figures I have made and the source for them here.
How can I start learning Bayesian statistics?
van de Schoot et al (2021) is probably a good place to start.