approximate inference in theory & practice, IHP, Paris, 10-11 June 2024

Researchers from ESSEC and ENSAE are organising a workshop at Institut Henri Poincaré, next June. This workshop will focus on exploring the latest advancements in Approximate Inference methods, with an emphasis on techniques such as Variational Inference and its related approaches. We aim to explore recent breakthroughs in computer science and statistics that enable inference across large-scale models and big datasets, surpassing conventional simulation-based methods. The workshop will bring together researchers from statistics, computer science, and econometrics to exchange ideas on cutting-edge methodological advances and their practical applications. Registration is open and program is available.

IIAS 2024 conference in Kochi [27-31 Dec]

Bayesian wars of the canals

yet another conference scam

Within a few days of the online appearance of the programme of the Workshop on Functional Inference and Machine Intelligence (FIMI) at the University of Bristol, which I am attending, I received the following email about accommodation, which did not sound right despite the focus on the right conference at the right time. After contacting the organisers, it proved to be a scam. A similar thing happened a few months ago with our workshop at CIRM, when one participant was asked to pay for an hotel room that happened to be 100km away… Again taking advantage of a published list of participants to the workshop. There as well the participant found the email suspicious and contacted us.

From: BOOKINGS GTE <bookings@g-travelexperts.com>
To: christian.robert@ceremade.dauphine.fr
Subject: Accommodation in Bristol, England - March 25-27, 
2024 - University of Bristol

Dear Christian,

For your upcoming conference visit to Bristol in March.

Kindly provide your arrival and departure dates for us 
to finalize your reservation. Once confirmed, we will 
email you an invoice and an itinerary including detailed 
information about your booking. Your booking is fully flexible 
for alterations, modifications, or complete cancellations 
up to 14 days before your scheduled check-in date.

Thanks,

Contact the Global Travel Experts Team via our Call Centres:
Our team is ready to assist.

2023 Workshop in honour of Professors Donald Poskitt and Gael Martin