Dear colleagues,
Registration is open for Transmittin= g Science course "Introduction
to Bayesian Inference in Practice̶= 1;, May 6th-10th,
2019, Barcelona (Spain).
Inst= ructors:
Dr. Daniele Silvestro (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and= Tobias
Hofmann (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Course overview
Bayesian methods have become standard practice in several fields,
(e.g.= phylogenetic inference, evolutionary (paleo)biology, genomics),
yet unders= tanding how this Bayesian machinery works is not always
trivial.
The = instructor will outline the relevant concepts and basic theory,
but the foc= us of the course will be to learn how to do Bayesian
inference in practice.= He will show how to implement the most common
algorithms to estimate param= eters based on posterior probabilities,
such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo sa= mplers, and how to build
hierarchical models.
The course will take a = learn-by-doing approach, in which
participants will implement their own MCM= Cs using R or Python
(templates for both languages will be provided).
After completion of the course the participants will have gained a
better = understanding of how the main Bayesian methods implemented in
many programs= used in biological research work. Participants will
also learn how to mode= l at least basic problems using Bayesian
statistics and how to implement th= e necessary algorithms to solve
them.
Participants are encouraged to = think of potential applications of
Bayesian inference in their research, wh= ich we will discuss and try
to implement during the course.
For more = information please check the course webpage:
http://www.transmittingscience .org/courses/statistics-and-bioinformatics/introduction-bayesian-infer
ence-= practice/
With best regards
Sole
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD
Scientific Director
Transmitting Science
www.transmittingsc= ience.org
