I feel fortunate to be able to attend the presentation of Dr. Tamara Munzner who is the author of the following excellent data visualisation textbook used at many universities around the world: Tamara Munzner. Visualization Analysis and Design. A K Peters Visualization Series, CRC Press, 2014. (link) Date: Wednesday 21 June 2017 Time: 2pm – 3pm Location: […]
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Educational Landscape Today
It was a pleasure to have Professor Dragan Gasevic from the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh present a seminar at Monash University on the critical challenges that require immediate attention for learning analytics. I was extremely excited to attend this session considering Prof. Gasevic vast experience and contribution to the development of learning analytics research. […]
Getting published: How to write a good journal article
One of the many medium for sharing your research findings is through a journal publication. For a researcher, this outlet is considered one of the highly reputable and prestigious way of validating and getting recognition for your research findings (ie. if the journal is ranked highly). However, for new researchers, getting a journal article published can […]
Seminar Series: Writing your Literature Review
I attended this seminar on Writing your literature review conducted for all new graduate research students in the Faculty of Engineering & IT. The session was conducted by Ms. Jane Moodie and it covered aspects such as: what is a review and the best way to structure and how write a good review. Date: Monday […]
Seminar: Learning from non-stationary distributions
I attended this seminar presentation by Mr. Geoff Webb from Faculty of IT at Monash University in April 2016. The seminar focussed on the theoretical tools for analysing non-stationary distributions and discusses insights that they provide. The underlying idea of the presentation was that, “The world is dynamic – in a constant state of flux – […]
Seminar: SMART – Staying motivated (S1 2016)
I attended this interactive seminar organized by the University Counselling Service (Mindfulness Program) aimed towards understanding motivation, procrastination and perfectionism and the factors that drive them. The focused on challenging our assumptions and building a “growth mindset” to facilitate performance. Date: Wednesday 6 April, 2016 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Venue: Building H – B39, Caulfield […]