Stigler's Law of Eponymy and why statisticians have the best sense of humour.

A new addition to the CRIKEY programme this year was the “CRIKEY TedTalk”. TEDTalks are short, engaging presentations, typically lasting around 18 minutes, that aim to share ideas and knowledge with a global audience. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are collectively shaping our world.

This year's CRIKEY TEDTalk was delivered by Professor Adrian Barnett on the topic of research fraud, how to spot it and how to stop it in its tracks. In the presentation we learn about Stigler’s Law of Eponymy and why statisticians may just have the best sense of humour of all scientific groups.

Professor Adrian Barnett graduated from University College London with a BSc in Statistics in 1994. After that he worked for SmithKline Beecham and the Medical Research Council as a statistician before coming to Australia to do a PhD. He completed his PhD in Mathematics in 2002. He is the past president of the Statistical Society of Australia. He is the current president of the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science (AIMOS). His main interest is how to increase the value of health and medical research. He currently works at the Australian Centre for Health Services and Innovation at QUT.

The Critical care Research International: Knowledge, Evidence & beYond (CRIKEY) Summit is an invitation-only think tank founded in by CCRG in 2023. CRIKEY is designed as a platform for robust conversations and discussions that challenge our understanding of critical care research and catalyse new perspectives that drive global collaboration and improve healthcare outcomes globally.