Bayesian nonparametrics

Here is an announcement for the 8th Bayesian Nonparametrics workshop:

The 8th Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics will be held from June 26 to 30, 2011 in Veracruz, Mexico. The objective of the meeting is to bring together experts and young talented scientists devoted to the study and application of Bayesian nonparametric techniques. The workshop is organized under the auspices of the Mexican Statistical Association (AME) and the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA).

The meeting will be structured in 4 tutorials on special topics, a series of invited and contributed talks and contributed posters sessions. For those interested this event will be preceded by the Mexican Workshop on Bayesian Statistics (TAMEB) which will feature a day of introductory courses (in Spanish) to Bayesian statistics.

As in the last Valencia meeting, there is also a student’s video/animation competition with a $1000 prize.

Although the timing of the workshop does not clash with the objective Bayes O’Bayes 2011 conference in Shanghai, those two meetings taking place within one month on opposite sides of the World will certainly put some pressure on two close and intersecting communities… (The ideal planning for future meetings on Bayesian Nonparametrics and O’Bayes conferences would be to hold them in the same location one after the other to make the most of travel expenses.)