Course intro to Bayesian inference, Barcelona, May 6-10

[Soledad De Esteban Trvigno]

Dear colleagues,

Registration is open for Transmittin g Science course "Introduction
to Bayesian Inference in Practice&#822 1;, May 6th-10th,
2019, Barcelona (Spain).

Inst ructors:

Dr. Daniele Silvestro (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Tobias
Hofmann (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Course overview

Bayesian methods have become standard practice in several fields,
(e.g. phylogenetic inference, evolutionary (paleo)biology, genomics),
yet unders tanding how this Bayesian machinery works is not always
trivial.

The instructor will outline the relevant concepts and basic theory,
but the foc us of the course will be to learn how to do Bayesian
inference in practice. He will show how to implement the most common
algorithms to estimate param eters based on posterior probabilities,
such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo sa mplers, and how to build
hierarchical models.

The course will take a learn-by-doing approach, in which
participants will implement their own MCM Cs using R or Python
(templates for both languages will be provided).

After completion of the course the participants will have gained a
better understanding of how the main Bayesian methods implemented in
many programs used in biological research work. Participants will
also learn how to mode l at least basic problems using Bayesian
statistics and how to implement th e necessary algorithms to solve
them.

Participants are encouraged to think of potential applications of
Bayesian inference in their research, wh ich we will discuss and try
to implement during the course.

For more information please check the course webpage:
http://www.transmittingscience .org/courses/statistics-and-bioinformatics/introduction-bayesian-infer
ence- practice/

With best regards

Sole

Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD

Scientific Director

Transmitting Science

www.transmittingsc ience.org