Workshop2013 – Laura Ventura

International Workshop

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Recent advances in statistical inference: theory and case studies

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Padova – March 21-23, 2013 Department of Statistical Sciences University of Padova, Italy

The meeting will be an informal opportunity to exchange new ideas and thoughts on recent and ongoing research in both Bayesian methodology and modern likelihood inference, with a view to the discussion of case studies. The meeting will take place at the Department of Statistical Sciences, Via C. Battisti 241, Padova, 21-23 March 2013. The intention is to have a moderate number of invited talks at the workshop, to allow good time for presentation and discussion. The workshop is by invitation only, and no registration fee is required.

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

For the pdf.file of the conference program, please follow this link.

For the pdf.file of the Book of Abstracts, please follow this link.

The meeting will take place in:

March 21 at the Department of Statistical Sciences, Room SC140, Via C. Battisti 241 (see Map).
March 22-23 at Caffè Pedrocchi, Sala Rossini, Via VIII Febbraio 15 (see Map).

Social and Gala Dinner will take place in:

March 21 at Caffè Pedrocchi, Via VIII Febbraio 15 (see Map).
March 22 at Restaurant Belle Parti , Via Belle Parti 11 (see Map).

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INVITED TALKS

Alan Agresti – Department of Statistics, University of Florida

"Two challenging problems for frequentist modeling of categorical data"

Discussants: Giovanni Marchetti (University of Firenze, Italy), Luigi Pace (University of Udine, Italy)

Susie Bayarri – Department of Statistics, University of Valencia

"Sensible criteria for objective Bayes model selection"

Discussants: Guido Consonni (University Cattolica Milano, Italy), Manuel Mendoza (ITAM, Mexico)

Jim Berger – Department of Statistical Science, Duke University

"Objective priors when all parameters are of interest"

Discussants: Gauri Datta (University of Georgia, USA), Fulvio De Santis (University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy)

Matteo Bottai – Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

"Recent advances in methods for quantiles"

Discussants: Alessandra Brazzale (University of Padova, Italy), Alessio Farcomeni (University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy)

Eva Cantoni – Research Center for Statistics and Dept. of Economics, University of Geneve

"Modelling and predicting clustered count data with excess zeros"

Discussant: Ioannis Kosmidis (University College London, UK)

Noel Cressie – University of Wollongong (Australia) and The Ohio State University

"Comparing and selecting spatial predictors using local criteria"

Discussants: Monica Musio (University of Cagliari, Italy), Cristiano Varin (University Ca’ Foscari, Venezia, Italy)

Philip Dawid – Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge

"Bayesian model selection based on proper scoring rules"

Discussants: Fabio Corradi (University of Firenze, Italy), Paolo Vidoni (University of Udine, Italy)

Francesca Dominici – Department of Biostatistics, Harvard

"Bayesian effect estimation accounting for adjustment uncertainty"

Discussants: Carlo Berzuini (University of Cambridge, UK), Isa Verdinelli (University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy)

David Dunson – Department of Statistical Science, Duke University

"Bayesian compressed regression"

Discussants: Peter Mueller (University Station, Austin, USA), Mike Wiper (University Carlos III Madrid, Spain)

Livio Finos – Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova

"Rotation-based multiple testing in the multivariate linear model"

Discussant: Adriano Decarli (University of Milano, Italy)

Ed George – Department of Statistics, University of Pennsylvania

"EMVS: the EM approach to Bayesian variable selection"

Discussants: Roberto Casarin (University Ca’ Foscari, Venezia, Italy), Siva Sivaganesan (University of Cincinnati, USA)

Eduardo Gutiérrez-Pena – Department of Probability and Statistics, IIMAS, UNAM, México

"Conjugate predictives and generalized entropies"

Discussants: Elias Moreno (University of Granada, Spain), Piero Veronese (University Bocconi Milano, Italy)

Christian Robert – Ceremade, Université Paris-Dauphine

"Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) as the new empirical Bayes approach?"

Discussants: Stefano Cabras (University of Cagliari, Italy), Francesco Pauli (University of Trieste, Italy)

Thomas Severini – Department of Statistics, Northwestern University

"Integrated likelihood estimation in semiparametric regression models"

Discussants: Brunero Liseo (University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy), Nicola Sartori (University of Padova, Italy)

Ib Skovgaard – Department of Natural Sciences, University of Copenhagen

"Tests for fixed effects in mixed linear models and repeated measurement models"

Discussants: Ruggero Bellio (University of Udine, Italy), Luca Tardella (University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy)

Aad Van der Vaart – Mathematical Institute, Leiden University

"Nonparametric credible sets"

Discussants: Sonia Petrone (University Bocconi Milano, Italy), Judith Rousseau (University Paris Dauphine, France)

Laura Ventura – Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova

"Advances in approximate Bayesian computation based on modified loglikelihood ratios"

Discussant: Dongchu Sun (University of Missouri, USA)

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Names of co-authors will appear in the final program.

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DEADLINES: Deadline for manuscript submission: January 20, 2013.

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CONFERENCE VENUE

The meeting will take place in Padova:

March 21, 2013, at the Department of Statistical Sciences, Room SC140, Via C. Battisti 241 (see Map).
March 22-23, 2013, at Caffè Pedrocchi , Sala Rossini, Via VIII Febbraio 15 (see Map).

Social and Gala Dinner will take place in: