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April 2013: Mark Girolami new Editor-in-Chief of Statistics and Computing
November 2013: Peter Green next editor (2014-16) of Statistical Science


About BayesComp

Over the past twenty years, Bayesian computation has been a tremendous catalyst in Bayesian ideas reaching practitioners - statisticians and non-statisticians alike. It has also provided a fantastic arena for original research in algorithmic statistics and numerical probability, not to mention other fields at the interface. At this more mature stage of its development, at a time when ambitions of statisticians and the expectations on statistics grow, Bayesian computation must remain a major area of research and innovation. If it does, then principled methods of statistical analysis can continue to be both readily available and customarily implemented, as we deal with data on a (much) larger scale, in higher dimensions and with more complex structure.

We invite all members with (any degree of) interest in computation for Bayesian inference to join the newly created ISBA Section on Bayesian Computation (BayesComp) - and that means both researchers involved in developing new computational methods and associated theory, and users of Bayesian statistical methods interested in implementing, sharing, disseminating, or learning best practice. The purposes of the Section are as multifaceted as the aspects of Bayesian computation, including promoting original research into computational methods for inference and decision making, encouraging the use of frontier computational tools among practitioners, the development of adapted software, languages, platforms, and dedicated machines, and translating and disseminating among statisticians methods developed in other disciplines.

To address these purposes, the Section will - among other activities - organise conferences (such as MCMski IV in January 2014), workshops, short courses, webinars, and sessions in other meetings like ISBA and JSM, and will develop and maintain a website of information, tools, and advice as an authoritative central resource for Bayesian computation.


Officers

HÃ¥vard Rue (chair for 2014-15), on.untn.htam|eurh#on.untn.htam|eurh
Antonietta Mira (secretary, to end 2014), hc.isu|arim.atteinotna#hc.isu|arim.atteinotna
Galin Jones (treasurer, to end 2014), ude.nmu|nilag#ude.nmu|nilag
David van Dyk (programme chair, 2014-15), ku.ca.lairepmi|kyd-nav.d#ku.ca.lairepmi|kyd-nav.d
Mark Girolami (section chair-elect to end 2015, then chair for 2016-17), ku.ca.lcu.stats|imalorig#ku.ca.lcu.stats|imalorig

Nicolas Chopin (web editor/sommelier), rf.easne|nipohc.salocin#rf.easne|nipohc.salocin

Past officers

Peter Green (section chair, to end 2013), ku.ca.lotsirb|neerG.J.P#ku.ca.lotsirb|neerG.J.P
Christian Robert (programme chair, to end 2013), rf.enihpuad.edamerec|naix#rf.enihpuad.edamerec|naix

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