CfSC 2019

CfSC 2019—Centre for Statistics Annual Conference

The Centre for Statistics Annual Conference brings together researchers working with data from across the University of Edinburgh and Associated Institutions.

The one day conference will feature a number of invited speakers, a poster session and plenty of time for networking. Looking forward to seeing many of you there!

Registration & Abstract Submission are now closed.

Important Dates:

• June 1, 2019: Closing date for registration. 
• June 11, 2019: Conference.

Program:

• 09:15-09:45: Arrival with coffee/tea.
• 09:45-10:00: Welcome.
• 10:00-10:30: Albert Tenesa (The Roslin Institute).

  • Understanding variation in complex traits.

• 10:30-11:00: Ken Newman (BioSS / School of Mathematics).

  • Bayesian hierarchical state-space modeling of animal population dynamics given sequential life stage data.

• 11:00-11:30: Coffee.
• 11:30-12:00: Michael Gutmann (School of Informatics).

  • Variational noise-contrastive estimation of unnormalised latent variable models.

• 12:00-12:30: Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel (School of Mathematics).

  • # Let them eat cake (first)!

• 12:30-12:45: CfS Update and Group Photo.
• 12:45-14:15: Posters and Lunch.
• 14:15-14:45: Raffaella Calabrese (Business School).
  • Estimating spatial effects for mortgage defaults using INLA.

• 14:45-15:15: Linus Schumacher (MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine).

  • Inference of cell state transition rates in heterogeneous stem cell populations.

• 15:15-15:45: Coffee.
• 15:45-16:15: Ugur Ozdemir (School of Social and Political Science).

  • Values, issues and choices: The differential nature of party-voter linkages.

• 16:15-16:45: Ian Main (School of Geosciences).

  • Operational earthquake forecasting.

• 16:45-16:50: Closing.

Organizing Committee:

    T. Cannings, F. Lindgren & S. Wade in collaboration with M. de Carvalho & ICMS.

Relevant information:

• Poster boards will be available in the breakout room to set up your posters; the maximum size that the boards can accommodate is A1 portrait. We can accommodate a limited number of A0 posters on the wall, if necessary.

Booklet and list of participants:

    CfSC 2019 on OneDrive

Contacts:

    Registration issues: Sara.Wade@ed.ac.uk    

    Poster abstract submission issues: Sara.Wade@ed.ac.uk    

    General enquiries: Finn.Lindgren@ed.ac.uk