Dianne Cook

Prof. Dianne Cook is a Professor of Business Analytics at Monash University's Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, affiliated with Impact Labs. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association and Editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, her research focuses on data visualization, exploratory data analysis, and statistical graphics. Her work bridges statistical inference and visualization, leveraging crowd-sourcing and eye-tracking to validate visual discoveries. Major contributions include software tools like ggobi and cranvas, and methodologies like the 'tour' for high-dimensional data exploration. Current projects include spatio-temporal bushfire visualization and Melbourne pedestrian data analysis.

Key collaborations span physics data visualization and multidimensional analysis. Awards include ASA Fellowship. Projects include Accessibility Enhancements for the R Journal and Multivariate Spatio-Temporal Visualization for bushfire risk. Teaching and advising emphasize open-source software and reproducible research. She leads RiskLab projects on econometrics and explores applications in climate change, education, and health. Her work contributes to UN SDGs like Sustainable Cities (Goal 11) and Quality Education (Goal 4).