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2017, February 7th
08:30-09:00 / Registration
09:00-11:00 / Tutorial on:
Bayesian Nonparametrics
Speaker: Alessandra Guglielmi
Material: [Slides]
11:00-11:30 / Coffee Break
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11:30-13:00 / Session 01:
Bayesian Causal Inference
Organizers: Alessandra Mattei + Fabio Corradi
Speakers:
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Fabrizia Mealli (Università di Firenze)
Causal Inference: A Bayesian Perspective -
Corwin Zigler (Harvard School of Public Health)
Bayesian Methods for Principal Stratification and Causal Mediation Analysis with Multiple Intermediates: Evaluating Power Plant Regulatory Interventions -
Monica Musio (Università di Cagliari)
Probability of Causation and Bayesian Inference
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13:00-14:30 / Lunch
14:30-16:00 / Session 02:
Computational Statistics and Big Data Challenge
Organizer: Antonietta Mira
Speakers:
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Nial Friel (University College, Dublin, Ireland)
Approximate Bayesian inference for large datasets -
Antonio Canale (Università di Torino)
Scalable multiscale density estimation -
Roberto Casarin (Università di Venezia)
Bayesian analysis of networks
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16:00-17:30 / Poster Presentation
5 minutes per speaker
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17:30-20:30 / Poster + Aperitif
2017, February 8th
08:30-10:30 / Tutorial on:
An Introduction to Bayesian Computing with INLA
Speaker: Michela Cameletti
Material: [Web] [Slides] [Examples]
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10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
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11:00-12:30 / Session 03:
Bayesian Nonparametrics
Organizers: Sonia Petrone + Andrea Ongaro
Spearkers:
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Bernardo Nipoti (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland)
On the Pitman-Yor process with spike and slab prior specification -
Andrea Arfè (Università Bocconi)
Reinforced urns and the subdistribution beta-Stacy process prior for competing risks analysis -
Isadora Antoniano Villalobos (Università Bocconi)
Bayesian Inference for the Extremal Dependence
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12:30-14:00 / Lunch
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14:00-15:30 / Session 04:
Likelihood Free Methods
Organizers: Brunero Liseo + Laura Ventura
Speakers:
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Federica Giummolè (Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia)
Reference priors based on scoring rules -
Erlis Ruli (Università di Padova)
Approximate Bayesian inference from unbiased estimating functions -
Clara Grazian (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Modelling Ranking Data with Wallenius Distribution
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15:30-17:00 / Session 05:
Model Selection & Testing
Organizer: Guido Consonni
Speakers:
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Luca La Rocca (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Objective Bayesian model comparison: A subjective view -
David Rossell (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Extending the basic paradigm: likelihood and priors -
Francesco Stingo (Università di Firenze)
Bayesian model selection for graphical models: review and recent developments
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17:00 / Closure
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