[Forum SIS] ABS15 -- Summer school

[Raffaele Argiento]

Please find below the announcement of the 12th edition of
the ABS (Applied Bayesian Statistics) summer school. Like in
the past two years, the 2015 school will be held in the magnificent
Villa del Grumello, in Como (Italy), on the Lake Como shore.

Guido Consonni and Fabrizio Ruggeri
ABS15 Directors
Raffaele Argiento
ABS15 Executive Director



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        Applied Bayesian Statistics School

MODERN BAYESIAN METHODS AND COMPUTING FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

June, 8 - 12, 2015 - Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy

Lecturer:
  Jeff Gill, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
  Professor of Political Science
  Professor of Biostatistics
  Professor of Surgery (Public Health Sciences)
  http://jgill.wustl.edu/Site/Homepage.html
  https://polisci.wustl.edu/Jeff_Gill

The conference webpage is

>>>>   www.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs15.html   <<<<

Registration will start after February, 1st, 2015 and details on
programme and accommodations will be provided very soon.

The conference room allows only for a very limited number of
participants (max. 35).

Interested people are invited to contact the ABS15 Secretariat at

                     abs15 a mi.imati.cnr.it

COURSE OUTLINE

This course covers the theoretical and applied foundations of Bayesian
statistical analysis with an emphasis on computational tools for Bayesian
hierarchical models.  We will discuss model checking, model assessment,
and model comparison. The course will cover Bayesian stochastic simulation
(Markov chain Monte Carlo) in depth with an orientation towards deriving
important properties of the Gibbs sampler and the Metropolis Hastings
algorithm. Extensions and hybrids will be discussed. We will then use
Markov chain Monte Carlo tools to fit linear and nonlinear specifications
with multiple levels, longitudinal features, and non-normal distributional
assumptions. Lectures will include theoretical discussions of modeling
and estimation as well as practical guidance for fitting complex
multilevel models with R and JAGS software. Applications will be drawn
from political science,sociology, epidemiology, economic policy, and
public administration. Participants are expected to understand linear
regression in matrix algebra terminology, have some exposure to R, and
know basic statistical inference.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The school will be as usual, with lectures and practical sessions (run by a
junior researcher), participants' talks, free Wednesday afternoon, start on
Monday after lunch and ending on Friday before lunch. Accommodation is
available either at the Villa guesthouse or in downtown hotels. Como can be
easily reached by train from Milano and its airports. More details are
available on the website.




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Dr Raffaele Argiento
CNR IMATI -- Milano
Tel. +39 02 23699.529
Web  www.mi.imati.cnr.it/raffaele
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