The fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday 01/06 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. This week we will have presentations by @Edgar and @Joshua. Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/86982060024?pwd=dHFHdm44R2NjYWNEbWhwTmFWQ09PZz09 Password: brag@QUT (if prompted) Edgar’s talk Title: Unsupervised anomaly detection in spatio-temporal stream network data Authors: Joint work with Jay M. Ver Hoef, Erin E. Peterson, James…
SPECIAL BRAG will be held this Thursday 18/05 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. What’s a SPECIAL BRAG? In these sessions, presenters will have 10-15 minutes to discuss their research, with a focus on work that is close or already published. Following the presentation, an external reviewer/assessor/panelist/colleague (the discussant) will have an additional 10-15 minutes to summarize…
Just wanted to share an exciting workshop coming to QUT. Details below. SMC Down Under is a workshop on sequential Monte Carlo at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia from 10-13 July. The workshop will bring together the SMC community to discuss the theory and practice of sequential Monte Carlo. The workshop will consist…
The fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday 04/05 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. This week we will have presentations by @Dilishiya and Harry. Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/86982060024?pwd=dHFHdm44R2NjYWNEbWhwTmFWQ09PZz09 Password: brag@QUT (if prompted) Dilishiya’s Talk Title: Model-robust Bayesian design through Generalised Additive Models for monitoring submerged shoals Abstract: Bayesian designs are generally found by maximising the expectation of a utility function with…
The fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday 06/04 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. This week we will have presentations by @Matt and @Sarah. Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/86982060024?pwd=dHFHdm44R2NjYWNEbWhwTmFWQ09PZz09 Password: brag@QUT (if prompted) Matt’s Talk Title: Coupling methods in MCMC Abstract: A natural idea to improve computational challenges in Bayesian computation is to run multiple MCMC chains in parallel. Unfortunately, as each…
The fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday 23/03 at 1pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. This week we will have presentations by @Brodie and @Bryce. Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/86982060024?pwd=dHFHdm44R2NjYWNEbWhwTmFWQ09PZz09 Password: brag@QUT (if prompted) Brodie’s Talk Title: Distances between Normal Distributions Abstract: Measures of statistical distance are fundamental, used for example in hypothesis testing, variational Bayesian inference, and clustering. Yet even for the humble…
SPECIAL BRAG will be held this Thursday 09/03 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. What’s a SPECIAL BRAG? In these sessions, presenters will have 10-15 minutes to discuss their research, with a focus on work that is close or already published. Following the presentation, an external reviewer/assessor/panelist/colleague (the discussant) will have an additional 10-15 minutes to summarize…
The fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday 23/02 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. This week we will have presentations by Wala and Ethan Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/85315873893?pwd=bWlWci9lM2Z3RmFCdjc5bmppWG1qUT09 Password: brag@QUT (if prompted) Wala’s Talk Title: Modelling Heterogeneity in Regression for Clustered Spatial Dependent Data Abstract: In this presentation, I will introduce an approach to Bayesian Geographically Weighted Regression (BGWR) analysis. The…
And BRAG is back again! The first fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday 09/02 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y701. This week we will have presentations by @Charlotte and @Ryan. NOTE: This BRAG will be held in Y701! Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/85315873893?pwd=bWlWci9lM2Z3RmFCdjc5bmppWG1qUT09 Password: brag@QUT (if prompted) Charlotte’s Talk Title: Possums, plants, and penguins going places Abstract: Organisms share a common process…
The fortnightly BRAG meeting will be held this Thursday 17/11 at 1 pm via Zoom/GP-Y801. This week we will have presentations by @James Hogg. Zoom Link: https://qut.zoom.us/j/85315873893?pwd=bWlWci9lM2Z3RmFCdjc5bmppWG1qUT09 Password: brag@QUT (if prompted) Jamie’s Talk Title: How to recommend and teach Bayesian modelling: Stories from a QUT internship with the Department of Health Western Australia Abstract: The benefits in conducting statistical modelling with…
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