22 February 2012
Activities21 - 25 June
7th Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics
26 June - 5 July: Tentative schedule
Monday, 29th June
11.30
David B. Dunson (Duke University, USA)
Title: Probit stick-breaking processes: Properties, applications to variable selection & efficient computation
16.30
Yee W. Teh (University College London, UK)
Title: Bayesian nonparametric sequential models of text and language
Tuesday, 30th June
11.30
Tim Hanson (University of Minnesota, USA)
Title: An Approximating Independence Metropolis-Hastings Proposal Derived from a Multivariate Polya Tree
16.30
Peter Hoff (University of Washington, USA)
Title: A nonparametric Bayesian look at exponential family models
Wednesday, 1st July
11.30
Subhashis Ghosal (North Carolina State University, USA)
Title: Kullback-Leibler Property of Kernel Mixture Priors and Applications
16.30
Luis Nieto-Barajas (ITAM, Mexico)
Title: Cure rate models and some ideas for spatial data
Thursday, 2nd July
11.30
Jim Griffin (University of Kent, UK)
Title: Semiparametric Models for Financial Data
16.30
Fernando A. Quintana (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile)
Title: Borrowing Strength with Non-exchangeable Priors over Subpopulations
Friday, 3rd July
11.30
Erik Sudderth (Brown University, USA)
Title: An Introduction to Variational Methods
16.30
Peter Müller (University of Texas, USA)
Title: A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Biomarker Discovery
11.30
David B. Dunson (Duke University, USA)
Title: Probit stick-breaking processes: Properties, applications to variable selection & efficient computation
16.30
Yee W. Teh (University College London, UK)
Title: Bayesian nonparametric sequential models of text and language
Tuesday, 30th June
11.30
Tim Hanson (University of Minnesota, USA)
Title: An Approximating Independence Metropolis-Hastings Proposal Derived from a Multivariate Polya Tree
16.30
Peter Hoff (University of Washington, USA)
Title: A nonparametric Bayesian look at exponential family models
Wednesday, 1st July
11.30
Subhashis Ghosal (North Carolina State University, USA)
Title: Kullback-Leibler Property of Kernel Mixture Priors and Applications
16.30
Luis Nieto-Barajas (ITAM, Mexico)
Title: Cure rate models and some ideas for spatial data
Thursday, 2nd July
11.30
Jim Griffin (University of Kent, UK)
Title: Semiparametric Models for Financial Data
16.30
Fernando A. Quintana (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile)
Title: Borrowing Strength with Non-exchangeable Priors over Subpopulations
Friday, 3rd July
11.30
Erik Sudderth (Brown University, USA)
Title: An Introduction to Variational Methods
16.30
Peter Müller (University of Texas, USA)
Title: A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Biomarker Discovery
