Archive for Toulouse
Toulouse snapshot (#2)
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags church, Saint-Pierre-des-Cuisines, Toulouse on May 30, 2013 by xi'an
Toulouse, la ville rose…
Posted in pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life, Wines with tags basilique Saint Sernin, duck, France, SFDS, Toulouse on May 30, 2013 by xi'an
I had a great time in Toulouse at the French (SFDS) statistical association meeting over those two days, from running along the canals to enjoying good company—this is Jean-Michel Marin’s hometown and he showed me around—, good views—when it did not pour—, good food—mostly duck— and good local wines…! I gave a plenary talk on consistent ABC model choice to a fairly large audience, hopefully understandable. However, I felt a bit overwhelmed by having to explain The Accident to so many of my colleagues that I somehow wish they had… read the ‘ Og first!!! I chaired an interesting applied Bayesian session with case studies in homeland security, avalanches, floods, and heavy metal (in cabbages, Julien, not in my ears!)
Toulouse snapshot
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags France, gargoyle, medieval architecture, Toulouse on May 29, 2013 by xi'an
Bayes 2013
Posted in Statistics, Travel, University life with tags ABC, Amsterdam, Bayesian non-parametrics, BAYSM 2013, ISBA, London, Milano, Rotterdam, Royal Statistical Society, RSS, SFDS, Thomas Bayes, Toulouse on March 7, 2013 by xi'an
Among the many Bayes.250 meetings this year—including one at the Royal Statistical Society on June 19 and 20 I am co-organising with Chris Holmes—I just became aware of another Bayes 2013 meeting organised in Rotterdam by Emmanuel Lesaffre (I was going to write the ISBA Section on Biostatistics and Pharmaceutical Statistics but could not find a link on the webpage to a sponsorship of the section). Nice visual too! This could be an interesting start to a European tour of meetings in May and June, followed with the French statistical meeting in Toulouse, ABC in Rome, the Bayesian young statistician meeting in Milano, the 9th Conference on Bayesian Nonparametrics in Amsterdam, and then Bayes.250 at the RSS on June 19-20!
