BAYES IN THE ENVIRONMENT
A Royal Statistical Society meeting organised by the Environmental Statistics Section
DATE: 12- 17:30pm Wednesday 20 November 2013
LOCATION: Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX
SUMMARY: As part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the publication of Bayes theorem, the Environmental Statistics Section of the Royal Statistical Society is holding a meeting exploring modern applications of Bayes theorem in environmental problems. There will be talks from a range of speakers, from committed Bayesians to more critical practitioners.
Full details are available at
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?a=get&LMGT1=ENVSTAT&f=/Bayes250.html<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?a=get&LMGT1=ENVSTAT&f=/Bayes250.html>
or
www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2013/11/20/55/-/bayes-in-the-environment<http://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2013/11/20/55/-/bayes-in-the-environment>
SCHEDULE:
12:00 Environmental Statistics Section AGM
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Introduction
13:20 Michael Goldstein (Durham University) Bayesian uncertainty analysis for environmental systems modelled
by computer simulators.
14:00 Paul Blackwell (University of Sheffield) Bayesian integration of ecological models and remotely sensed coral reef data
14:40 Mark Brewer (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland) Source apportionment in hydrology - Bayesian modelling of uncertainty
15:20 Coffee break
15:40 Peter Diggle (Lancaster University and University of Liverpool) Combining data from multiple spatially referenced prevalence surveys
16:20 Jim Hall (University of Oxford) Bayesian calibration of a flood inundation model using spatial data.
17:00 Open discussion
17:30 Close
REGISTRATION:
Registration is required. Booking forms can be downloaded from
www.statslife.org.uk/event-forms<http://www.statslife.org.uk/event-forms>
Registration charges: RSS
Student/Retired Fellows - £27;
CStats/GradStats - £32;
RSS Fellows - £36;
RSS section members - £50;
None of the above - £66.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
For further details, please contact Adam Butler ([log in to unmask]) or Richard Wilkinson ([log in to unmask])
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