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May 2025

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[VBC-SCIENCE] Bayesian statistics course announcement

by Aszodi,Andras

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce my "Bayesian statistics (with R)" course (more info at https://training.vbcf.ac.at/training/rbayes.php ). The course will teach you the foundations and some specific applications of Bayesian methodologies. TOPICS: - Diagnostic kits: calculating the probability of being sick if you tested positive, using Bayes' Theorem. - Life and death of a mouse: Estimating the probability parameter of the Binomial distribution. Conjugate priors, updating the posterior. - Blood groups: from phenotype to genotype. Modelling hidden variables the Bayesian way. - Towards modelling causality: Introduction to Bayesian Networks. OUT OF SCOPE: As usual, we cannot address specific data analysis problems relevant to your projects. PREREQUISITES: You must have a solid grasp on how to calculate probabilities and be familiar with discrete and continuous distributions. If you attended my "Probability theory" course ( https://training.vbcf.ac.at/training/rprob.php ) then you are well equipped. Familiarity with the R programming language is not a requirement (but helpful for the exercises). DATE/TIME: Tuesday the 3rd June from 09:00 - 13:00. LOCATION: IMP seminar room E-016. Remote participation is offered to non-VBC colleagues only. EXERCISES: You will have the opportunity to practise what you learned using my online exercise setup. Ideally you should reserve about an hour in the afternoon following the lecture for this activity. COST: free of charge. HOW TO REGISTER: 1) Check your calendar. *** If you register but don't attend, you are taking away a place from a colleague! *** 2) Ask your supervisor for permission to attend. 3) Inform your supervisor that you won't be available during the course. (No last-minute forgotten lab meetings etc! :-) ) 4) Open this URL: https://training.vbcf.ac.at/training/schedule.php Click on the [REGISTER] button and fill out the form. Please specify your job type correctly. Thank you, András You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the VBC Science mailing list. To unsubscribe from this list, go to here<https://myaccount.microsoft.com/groups/64dd6714-c5a4-4ec9-a794-e7d168bf2f88> and select "Leave". If you want to re-join at a later time, visit this link<https://myaccount.microsoft.com/groups/search> and search for "VBC List" groups to join.

May 22, 2025