The Data Science Research Group (KeRis DSc) held a book discussion on Variable Selection in Predictive Modeling for Statistics and Machine Learning on December 2nd. The event featured Dr. Bagus Sartono, S.Si., M.Si., Chairman of FORSTAT and Head of the Statistics Department at IPB University, and Prof. Dr. Vita Ratnasari, S.Si., M.Si., a Professor of Statistics at the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology. The event was held at the UNEJ Entrepreneurship Building and was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) at UNEJ and President of IndoMS, Prof. Drs. Dafik, M.Sc., Ph.D. In his speech, the Dean praised KeRis DSc for initiating the book discussion to promote a culture of mathematical literacy. “This is a very interesting book, discussing machine learning which will eventually lead to ‘black box’ models,” he said.

The Dean explained that the black box approach could speed up coding when developing application programs. “I hope this book discussion will be useful for the advancement of mathematics, especially statistics, and inspire other research groups in FMIPA,” he added. The book *Variable Selection* is written by Bagus Sartono, Alfian Futuhul Hadi, Evi Ramadhani, and Akbar Rizki. Prior to the discussion, Dr. Mohamat Fatekurohman, S.Si., M.Si., Chair of KeRis DSc, expressed his appreciation to the team for organizing the event in such a short time. He mentioned that after a period of inactivity, DSc is starting up book discussions again, with plans for guest lectures and seminar series in the future. Continue reading →