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.[scald=33:sdl_editor_representation]

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!

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Annual Conference Centre for Statistics

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.

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  • 10:30-11:00: Ken Newman (BioSS / School of Mathematics).
    • Bayesian hierarchical state-space modeling of animal population dynamics given sequential life stage data.

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  • 11:00-11:30: Coffee.
  • 11:30-12:00: Michael Gutmann (School of Informatics).
    • Variational noise-contrastive estimation of unnormalised latent variable models.

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  • 12:00-12:30: Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel (School of Mathematics).
    • # Let them eat cake (first)!

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  • 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.
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  • 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.

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

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  • 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