Winter School in Statistics

January 28, 2016

January 29, 2016

Louvain-la-Neuve

Auditoire Socrate B-240

Lecturers and topics ABSTRACTS

  • Prof. Mark Girolami (Department of Statistics, Warwick) will lecture on
    Simulation based statistical inference from dynamical systems
  • Prof. Paul H.C. Eilers (Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam) will lecture on
    Recent developments in P-splines for multi-dimensional smoothing
  • Prof. Richard Samworth (Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge) will lecture on
    High-dimensional statistical inference

Programme

28 January 2016


08:30 - 09:00: Welcome coffee
09:00 - 11:15: Mark Girolami (Univ. Warwick) - Part 1 -
                      Simulation based statistical inference from dynamical systems
11:15 - 11:30 : coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 : Paul Eilers (Univ. Rotterdam) - Part 1a -
                       Recent developments in P-splines for multi-dimensional smoothing
12:30 - 13:45 : Lunch break
13:45 - 15:00 : Paul Eilers (Univ. Rotterdam) - Part 1b -
                       Recent developments in P-splines for multi-dimensional smoothing
15:00 - 15:15 : coffee break
15:15 - 17:30 : Richard Samworth (Univ. Cambridge) - Part 1 -
                       High-dimensional statistical inference

29 January 2016

08:30 - 09:00:  Welcome coffee
09:00 - 11:15:  Mark Girolami (Univ. Warwick) - Part 2 -
                       Simulation based statistical inference from dynamical systems
11:15 - 11:30 : coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 : Paul Eilers (Univ. Rotterdam) - Part 2a -
                       Recent developments in P-splines for multi-dimensional smoothing
12:30 - 13:45 : Lunch break
13:45 - 15:00 : Paul Eilers (Univ. Rotterdam) - Part 2b -
                       Recent developments in P-splines for multi-dimensional smoothing
15:00 - 15:15 : coffee break
15:15 - 17:30 : Richard Samworth (Univ. Cambridge) - Part 2 -
                       High-dimensional statistical inference
  

Scientific committee

  • Rosa M. Crujeiras Casais (USC)
  • Philippe Lambert (ULg / UCL)
  • Ingrid Van Keilegom (UCL)

This conference is organized in the framework of the InterUniversity Attraction Pole Network IAP-P7/06 (Link to https://iap-studys.be) on “Developing crucial Statistical methods for Understanding major complex Dynamic Systems in natural, biomedical and social sciences (StUDyS)”, financed by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) of the Belgian Government (Belgian Science Policy).
     

Registration (Deadline: January 15, 2016)

We thank you in advance for participating to the Winter school and kindly ask to register ONLINE.
Registration is free, but compulsory (Deadline : 15 Jan 2016).

    

Venue

How to get to Louvain-la-Neuve ? (+link)
The Winter School will take place in:

Auditoire Socrate B-240
( ??)
Place Cardinal Mercier, 10

1348 Louvain-la-Neuve. 

Please find a map of Louvain-la-Neuve here 
 (+link)

The lecture room B-240 (??) is located in "Building 19" (see cell D5 on the map).

The parking lot "Grand-place" (liable to fees) is right next to the "building 19".


If you want to stay in Louvain-la-Neuve overnight, you can book a room at

  • Hotel IBIS. Booking has to be done as soon as possible!
Boulevard de Lauzelle 61
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tel: (+32)10/450751
@: h2200@accor.com
  • Hotel Leonardo (with public transport to LLN), Rue de la Wastinne 45
B-1301 Wavre
 - Tel: (+32)10/411363
@: info.wavre@leonardo-hotels.com
  • Hotel At Home (with public transport to LLN), Place Bosch 33
B-1300 Wavre
- Tel: (+32)10/228383
@: contact@at-homehotel.be
  • Hotels in Brussels (30km/45' by train)
          

Contact

For any practical questions, please contact : tatiana.regout@uclouvain.be