SUQ'13 Workshop timetable -- with links to slides
January 7-9, 2013, University of Otago, New Zealand



Mon 7
Tue 8
Wed 9

8:30
Make yourself a decent espresso and grab a muffin in Tim's lab -- room 533

 
9:00
 
Al Parker
Some implementation issues with iterative Gaussian samplers in finite precision
Tiangang Cui
Adaptive posterior approximation using MCMC

Colin Fox
Randomized acceptance and coupled chains
(Never compute exactly but still get the correct answer) 
 
9:00
 

10:00
 
Kate Lee
Bayesian inference for inverse obstacle scattering problems

Dan Simpson
Using Krylov subspace methods to sample from large Gaussian random vectors 
David Bryant
How to lasso quickly, positively, and correctly 
 
 
10:00
 
11:00
coffee/tea break
11:00
 
11:30
 
Heikki Haario
Stabilized variational Kalman filtering

Markus Neumayer
Speedy Gibbs sampling in ATCA equilibrium systems
  
Andres Christen
Optimal direction Gibbs
 
 
11:30
 
12:30
 
lunch( own arrangenments)
 
lunch( own arrangenments) 
 
lunch( own arrangenments)
 
12:30
 

1:30

John Bardsley
Randomize-then-optimize, the saga continues
(a sampling method for large-scale inverse problems)

Ville Kolehmainen
Approximate marginalization of uninteresting unknowns in inverse problems 

1:30

2:30

Aaron Luttman: UQ in Neutron Tomography
Eric Macharro: Surface Uncertianty in Interferometry
Taeiri Gorge railway trip


2:30

3:30

Nick Dudley Ward: Chance musings
Nick Tuffilaro: Outstanding Problems and Opportunities


3:30

5:30

Beer O'Clock (and pizza)
Filadelfio's Restaurant (3 North Rd)

Conference dinner
Gaslight Cafe (73 St Andrew Street)
5:30

7:00


Dinner
Two Chefs (lower Stuart Street)