International Society for Bayesian Analysis

[Application deadline 26 July]

Bayes Lectures 2012, University of Edinburgh

The Schools of Mathematics and of Informatics at The University of
Edinburgh are organizing a series of lectures on Bayesian statistics
on Wed 29 and Thurs 30 August 2012. These lectures are named after
the Reverend Thomas Bayes, a former student of the University of Edinburgh.

The invited lecturers are:
M J Bayarri (Universitat de València, Spain)
Peter Grünwald (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Netherlands)
Jesper Møller (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Aad van der Vaart (Leiden University, Netherlands)

This research workshop will run from 2pm on Wednesday 29 to 5pm on
Thursday 30 August. In addition to the lectures there will be open
discussion sessions. There are a number of places still open for
attendance at the workshop. Participation is by invitation only. There
may be a poster session on Wednesday if there is sufficient interest.
We encourage anyone who is interested to apply for an invitation by
sending an email to bayes.lectures.edinburgh@gmail.com with the
following information:

Name:
Affiliation:
Position:
Web site:
Dietary requirements for lunch:
Title and abstract of poster (optional):
Please describe briefly your reasons for requesting attendance:

For full consideration applications should be received by Thursday 26
July. There is no registration fee. However, we regret that we do
not have funds available to cover the travel or accommodation of
participants.

Website: http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/bayeslectures/

Colin Aitken (School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh)
Natalia Bochkina (School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh)
Iain Murray (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh)
Chris Williams (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh)