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University of Warwick / CRiSM / Isaac Newton Institute Workshop on Bayesian Analysis of High Dimensional Data April 14-16, 2008. The primary aim of the workshop is to highlight recent methodological and applied advances in the Bayesian analysis of complex data. This workshop is a satellite event within the program "Statistical Theory and Methods for Complex, High Dimensional Data" of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Confirmed speakers so far include: Nils Hjort (University of Oslo) Rob Kass (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Douglas Nychka (National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA) Carl Rasmussen (University of Cambridge, UK) David Madigan (Columbia University, USA) Malay Ghosh (University of Florida, USA) Michele Guindani (University of New Mexico, USA) John Haslett (Trinity College Dublin) Feng Liang (Duke University, USA) Bruno Sanso' (University of California at Santa Cruz, USA) Yee Whye Teh (Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UK) Darren Wilkinson (University of Newcastle, UK) See the workshop webpage at http://go.warwick.ac.uk/bhdworkshop REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Participants can register through the webpage. Availability of on-campus accommodation is limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis, so do not delay! Registration closes on February 11, 2008. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Abstracts are invited now (deadline 25 January, 2008) for contributed talks and posters at this workshop. Bursaries for young researchers (PhD students and researchers within three years of the PhD) will be made available to support participation in the workshop. See the website for details. Participants in this workshop are welcome to take part also in the last day (April 17) of the parallel workshop on composite likelihood methods (http://go.warwick.ac.uk/complik2008), also held at Warwick. The two workshops will also combine to organise a single poster session and social events. We look forward to seeing you in Warwick! The Organising Committee (David Banks, Jim Griffin, Fabio Rigat and Mark Steel)