Dr. Emi Tanaka

Biography

Emi Tanaka is an applied academic statistician at the Australian National University with a passion for data science and open-source software. Her primary interest lies in developing impactful methods and tools that are readily usable by practitioners, bridging statistical concepts with findings across multiple disciplines. Emi has developed numerous open-source tools, primarily R packages, aimed at making statistical methods accessible to a diverse audience. She is actively involved in community development and educational initiatives through the Statistical Society of Australia, where she delivers workshops on data visualization, data wrangling, reproducible practices, and statistical modeling. Emi has received several recognitions, including the SSA Distinguished Presenter's Award and the SSA President’s Award for Leadership in Statistics. She is a big advocate for open science and is a proficient R user, also skilled in Python and Bash, practicing computational reproducibility. Currently, she serves as the Chief Editor of the R Journal and leads the ANU Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry project, which focuses on bioinformatics and plant sciences, particularly in plant breeding, while maintaining a holistic view on problem-solving.

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