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I’m an academic statistician at the Australian National University (ANU) living in Canberra with a passion for data science and open-source software.

I’m also currently

Research interests

  • Experimental design,
  • Mixed models (also known as multi-level models, panel data models or hierarchical models),
  • Data visualisation and visual inference,
  • Applications in bioinformatics and plant sciences (particularly plant breeding),
  • Emerging analytics (e.g. machine/deep learning, computer vision and large language models),
  • Statistical software development, particularly in R, and
  • Statistical workflow/practice (encompassing reproducibility, design, infrastructure and communication).

This website is built using Quarto. Some components of website are programmatically written from a database (e.g. above list of workshops and talks) and mistakes may arise. If you notice any mistakes, I would appreciate it if you could email me at .

Upcoming talks

Upcoming workshops

    There are currently no workshops planned.

Past workshops include:

  • Introduction to Large Language Models for Statisticians / R Users
  • Introduction to R Programming
  • Introduction to Statistics with R
  • Data Visualisation with R
  • Data Wrangling with R
  • Reproducible Research with R Markdown / Quarto
  • Design and Analysis of Experiments
  • Generalised Linear Models

If you would like me to provide training workshops, please contact me.

Recent publications

  • E Tanaka (2026). Examining the Interface Design of Tidyverse. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics.
  • W Li, D Cook, E Tanaka, S VanderPlas, K Ackermann (2026). Automated Residual Plot Assessment With the R Package autovi and the Shiny Application autovi. web. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics.
  • ED Chaplin, E Tanaka, A Merchant, B Sznajder, R Trethowan, WT Salter (2026). Field-based dissection of stomatal anatomy and conductance reveals stable QTL under drought and heat in wheat. bioRxiv.
  • E Tanaka, D Amaliah (2025). Current State and Prospects of R-Packages for the Design of Experiments. The R Journal.
  • E Chaplin, E Tanaka, A Merchant, B Sznajder, R Trethowan, W Salter (2025). QTL for Heat-Induced Stomatal Anatomy Underpin Gas Exchange Variation in Field-Grown Wheat. bioRxiv.
  • J Li, F Cheng, JJ Liu, E Tanaka (2025). Analysis of international life expectancies with manifold learning and neural networks. Genus.
  • W Li, D Cook, E Tanaka, S VanderPlas (2024). A plot is worth a thousand tests: Assessing residual diagnostics with the lineup protocol. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.
  • H Mason, D Cook, S Goodwin, E Tanaka, S VanderPlas (2024). The noisy work of uncertainty visualisation research: A review. arXiv preprint.
  • W Li, D Cook, E Tanaka, S VanderPlas, K Ackermann (2024). Automated Assessment of Residual Plots with Computer Vision Models. arXiv preprint.
  • E Tanaka (2024). Telling Stories with Data: With Application in R.. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics.