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Statistically Insignificant

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Standard deviation graph, sloppily drawn

A friendly podcast for number-lovers

Statistically Insignificant is a podcast where we discuss issues ranging from healthcare and politics to economics and machine learning with a Canadian and science-based perspective.

Your hosts

Jaryd Hunter

Nerd. Machine learning specialist. Theatre major. 

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Tall brunette nerdy male mathematician managing the lighting at a play." Pretty accurate.

Jaryd's work is centred around applying machine learning solutions to healthcare problems. He holds a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, and a B.F.A. in  theatrical production from York University. When he isn’t thinking about data sampling bias, he enjoys seeing local theatre. 

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Tall brunette nerdy male mathematician managing the lighting at a play."

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Book cover to a book titled 'Statistically Insignificant: The Podcast: The Book.' The book cover includes the title and an image of two nerds doing math."

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Book cover to a book titled 'Statistically Insignificant: The Podcast: The Book.'"

Erik Drysdale

Nerd. Machine learning specialist. Chief Pessimism Officer.

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Tall blonde nerd mathematician bouldering indoors."

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Tall blonde nerd mathematician bouldering indoors." Not an accurate image. Erik's hair is much shorter.

Erik's expertise is in developing and statistically validating machine models in a healthcare context. His research interests also include high-dimensional inference and survival analysis. Erik has a background in economics and worked as a housing economist at the Bank of Canada.

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Standard deviation graph."

AI-generated image. Prompt: "Standard deviation graph." No comment on accuracy.

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