Bayes 2013 - Workshop on Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modelling

Bayes 2013: Workshop on Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modelling
[Thomas Bayes]
This series of research talks and discussion forum is in honour of the contribution of Rev Thomas Bayes. Bayes was a student of the University of Edinburgh from 1719 to c. 1722. This yearly workshop follows in footsteps of the Bayes 250 workshop organised in 2011 to mark the 250th anniversary of Rev Bayes's death. This year's meeting is particularly focused on the contributions of Bayes's ideas towards the development and application of statistical methods to spatial and spatio-temporal problems. See here for details of last year's meeting.
The workshop will start in the afternoon of Tues 8 October and finish at lunchtime on Weds 9 October, 2013.
Invited speakers:
Peter J Diggle, Lancaster University, UK. Abstract
Gavin Gibson, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
Adam Butler, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS), Edinburgh, UK.
Jonty Rougier, University of Bristol, UK. Abstract
Andrew Zammit-Mangion, University of Bristol, UK. Abstract
Attendance and submissions
For organisational purposes, we kindly ask prospective participants to register for the workshop by emailing bayes.lectures.edinburgh-AT-gmail.com by Friday 20 September. Please include the following information in the registration email
Name
Institution
Current position
Research interests
Web site
Dietary requirements
We welcome submissions for short talks and posters. If you wish to contribute, please include a proposed title/ abstract to your registration email.
Venue
The workshop will be held in the Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton St, Edinburgh. Directions to the Informatics Forum are available.
Accommodation
Participants will need to arrange their own accommodation. Here are two lists of suggested hotels:
Suggested hotels from ICMS. The ones in the "Edinburgh South" list are closest to Informatics.
Suggested hotels from the School of Informatics
Food / Drink
The Informatics Forum is located in the center of Edinburgh, Scotland's capital. There is a wealth of local restaurants, cafes and pubs. You may find this list of restaurants and pubs useful. Many of these places are listed in this Google map of Edinburgh which was prepared for a different conference.
Wireless Access
Wireless Internet access will be available to all participants. Instructions for accessing the wireless network will be made available at the workshop.
Travel Information
Participants will need to make their own travel arrangements. Information about travel to and from Edinburgh Airport is available. A taxi to the city centre from the airport costs about 15GBP to 20GBP one way. There is also an excellent express bus from the airport called Airlink that terminates in the city centre and costs 6GBP for a return journey. The journey to the airport requires approximately 30 minutes from the city centre.
By train the nearest station is Edinburgh Waverley. See National Rail Enquiries for train information.
Historical Information
There are several good biographical sources about Bayes. One reference that is enjoyable to read is D. R. Bellhouse, 2004, The Reverend Thomas Bayes, FRS: A Biography to Celebrate the Tercentenary of His Birth, Statistical Science 19 (1): 3?43.
Additionally, you may also enjoy reading the paper that started it all: Thomas Bayes, 1763, An Essay towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 53, 370?418. For easier reading this has been reprinted with modern typography in Biometrika, 45(3/4), 293?315, 1958, with a biographical note by G.A. Barnard.
Organisers
Email the organisers at bayes.lectures.edinburgh-AT-gmail.com
Colin Aitken, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
Natalia Bochkina, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
Guido Sanguinetti, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
Funding
This meeting is supported by the Principal of the University of Edinburgh.