Chair: Dr
Ron Sandland,
CSIRO
Division of Mathematics and Statistics.
Biographical note: Ron graduated from the
University of Sydney and joined
CSIRO's (then)
Division of Mathematics and Statistics in 1969,
first in Canberra, then Brisbane.
He gained actuarial qualifications before returning to Sydney in 1975
to complete a PhD at
UNSW.
Ron's interests have been mainly in applying statistics to solve
challenging real problems in areas as diverse as `growth of organisms',
analysis of `mark-recapture' experiments, ore-reserve estimation and quality-improvement.
He was appointed Chief of the
CSIRO
Division of Mathematics and Statistics in 1988
and served as President of the
Statistical Society of Australia from 1993 to 1995.