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Garth Tarr is Associate Professor in Statistics and Data Science at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney. As Program Director for the Master of Data Analytics, he leads educational innovation in flexible delivery and student engagement. Current research focuses on robust statistics, feature selection, and agricultural data science.
- Sydney Institute of Agriculture member
- Statistical Society of Australia
- Australian Mathematical Society
His research interests center on robust statistical methods for complex data, with applications in meat science and biostatistics. Key projects include:
- Outlier identification with functional data
- Finite sample robust estimation
- Improved model averaging techniques
- Statistical issues in meat quality evaluation
Recent software development includes the mplot R package for model selection visualization. Teaching contributions span units like Experimental Design and Applied Time Series Analysis. Collaborations extend to Meat and Livestock Australia, Teys Australia, and international institutions like Maastricht University.
Notable scientific awards include multiple Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence (2021, 2023), EJG Pitman Prize (2012), and Golden Jubilee Travel Grant (2013). Supervision includes active PhD candidates Rajan Shankar and Martin Huang working on modern regularization techniques and sparse modeling.
