PRACTICAL BAYESIAN STATISTICS 5
28-31 July 2003
**New deadline for submission of POSTER abstracts: 12 May 2003**
The 5th Practical Bayesian Statistics conference will be hosted by the
Department of Statistics at the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK.
The meeting is co-sponsored by:
-- ISBA (International Society for Bayesian Analysis)
-- The Faculty of Mathematics and Computing at the Open University
Over the last couple of decades, Bayesian statistics has been
experiencing very rapid growth, and this is particularly marked in the
number and sophistication of the applications being reported. The
Royal Statistical Society, and the Institute of Statisticians before
it, organised an extremely successful series of conferences on the
theme of "Practical Bayesian Statistics". Practical Bayesian
Statistics 5 will continue this series and is intended as a forum for
the presentation of recent developments in practical Bayesian
statistics. At this conference we would like to give particular
emphasis to practical Bayesian work which is not merely "illustrative"
of general models and methods, but also follows through the practical
aspects of the task, for example, in terms of using genuine prior
information, thorough model criticism and technology transfer.
The conference will include both invited and contributed talks, and
poster sessions.
Invited speakers:
-- Nicky Best (Imperial College, UK)
-- Ed George (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
-- Michael Goldstein (University of Durham, UK)
-- Andy Grieve (Pfizer Global R&D, UK)
-- Tony O'Hagan (University of Sheffield, UK)
-- Christian Robert (Université Paris Dauphine, France)
-- Jim Smith (University of Warwick, UK)
-- Jon Wakefield (University of Washington, USA)
Important deadlines:
-- Submission of abstracts for poster presentation: 12 May 2003
-- Registration: 23 May 2003 (reduced rate up to 25 April 2003)
For further details and updates, please visit the conference website:
http://mcs.open.ac.uk/Statistics/PBS5/
General enquiries should be directed to the Organising Committee at
Practical Bayesian Statistics 5
Department of Statistics
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
UK
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