International Summer School, Bergen, Norway

International Summer School: Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (15.-19. Sept 2014), Bergen, Norway

This course provides a practical introduction to Bayesian inference covering both the theory and application of Bayesian methods using a number of examples motivated from the ecological and environmental sciences. The course will be taught by Jörn Pagel (University of Bergen), Joseph Chipperfield (University of Hohenheim) and Florian Hartig (University of Freiburg).

In previous years, it took place in Bayreuth 2011 Bayreuth 2012, Göttingen 2013 and Freiburg 2013. This year the course will take place at theHeathland Centre on the beautiful island of Lygra in western Norway.

Bergen, Norway

The contents of the course will include:

• Introduction to concepts of Bayesian statistics (Priors, Likelihoods, etc.)
  
  
• Sampling methods (e.g. Markov Chain Monte Carlo)
  
  
• Bayesian modeling and hierarchical Bayesian models
  
  
• The Bugs model language and its implementations such as JAGS and OpenBugs Applications via the course website. 

 More information and applications via the course website.