Archive for summer school
interpretable Bayesian learning for physical and engineering sciences [06-10 July 2026]
Posted in Kids, Mountains, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags ABS26, Applied Bayesian Statistics summer school, Bayesian learning, Como, IMATI CNR, interpretable Bayesian learning, ISBA, ISBA 2026, Italy, Lake Como, Milano, Nagoya, SMAI, summer school on April 22, 2026 by xi'an
introduction to Bayesian methods for the social sciences (18-22 Aug, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano)
Posted in Books, Mountains, R, Statistics, University life with tags Antonietta Mira, Bayesian Analysis, Bayesian Methods for the Social Sciences, Lugano, R, social sciences, summer school, Switzerland, Università della Svizzera italiana, workshop on June 5, 2025 by xi'an
more oceanographers in Les Houches
Posted in Books, Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags #ERCSyG, Bayesian privacy, Chamonix, CHANCE, differential privacy, ERC, ERC Synergy Grant, fairness, French Alps, Les Houches, Ocean, summer school, uncertainty quantification, workshop on February 2, 2025 by xi'an
Our second internal research workshop on privacy, covered by our ERC Synergy project OCEAN is taking place in Les Houches, French Alps, this very week with 12 researchers gathering for further brain-storming on some of the themes at the core of the project, like algorithmic tools for multiple decision-making agents, along with Bayesian uncertainty quantification and Bayesian learning under constraints (scarcity, fairness, privacy). Due to the small size of the workshop, it will take place in the same local (and uncommon) hotel as last year. And where I had a genuine blackboard delivered (to be donated afterwards to École de Physique des Houches), as the place is not used to mathematicians discussing on and around a blackboard. Even though the schedule does not leave much time for skiing, I hope for a few opportunities, given that the ski cover is quite good this year!
oceanographers in Les Houches
Posted in Books, Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags Adapski, belief propagation, book review, Chamonix, CHANCE, expectation-propagation, French Alps, Lasso, Les Houches, multi-agent decision theory, Oxford University Press, sparsity, summer school on March 9, 2024 by xi'an
Þe first internal research workshop of our ERC Synergy project OCEAN is taking place in Les Houches, French Alps, this coming week with 15 researchers gathering for brain-storming on some of the themes at the core of the project, like algorithmic tools for multiple decision-making agents, along with Bayesian uncertainty quantification and Bayesian learning under constraints (scarcity, fairness, privacy). Due to the small size of the workshop (which is perfect for engaging into joint work), it could not be housed by the nearby, iconic, École de Physique des Houches but will take place instead in a local hotel.
On the leisurely side, I hope there will be enough snow left for some lunch-time ski breaks [with no bone fracture à la Adapski!] Or, else, that the running trails nearby will prove manageable.
sequential meetings in Edinburgh
Posted in Books, Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags Arthur's Seat, Bayes Centre, COVID, CREST, Edinburgh, ENSAE, Holyrood Park, ICMS, international centre for mathematical sciences, Mike Titterington, pandemic, Scotland, sequential Monte Carlo, SMC, summer school, welcome to Scotland on October 24, 2023 by xi'an
There will be not one but two consecutive events in Edinburgh next May²⁴ on sequential Monte Carlo methods! Both hosted by the fantastic International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) in Edinburgh Olde Town. Within the Bayes Centre. And running distance to Arthur’s Seat. (Reminding me of my first ICMS workshop in 2001 run with Mike Titterington. May have been my first week long visit to Edinburgh as well…)
First, a Summer School on Bayesian filtering: fundamental theory and numerical methods (SSBF 2024), Edinburgh (UK), May 6-10, 2024. This summer (in the Scottish sense!) school will cover topics related to fundamental theory, state-of-the-art methodologies, and real-world applications.
Second, a Sequential Monte Carlo workshop (SMC 2024), the week later, on May 13-17, 2024. The workshop will cover topics related to sequential Monte Carlo and nearby fields, from theory to applications, following earlier workshops in the series. Including the one at CREST in 2015.
Thanks to Víctor Elvira, Jana de Wiljes, and Dan Crisan for this double deal (and the opportunity to return to Scotland for the first time since the pandemic).
