Nordic Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences

Computer Intensive Statistical Methods - with Biological Applications

Programme, 2nd week

Date Hours Activity Subject(s)
23/8 9.00-10.30 Lecture Introduction to Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods; Markov chain stationary distributions and ergodic theory (Jesper Møller)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Exercises Simulating simple Markov chains (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Lecture MCMC algorithms and convergence (Jesper Møller)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-18.00 Exercises MCMC algorithms and convergence (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
18.00-19.30 Dinner break
19.30- No evening program
24/8 9.00-10.30 Lecture Graphical models and Bayesian inference (Heidi H. Hundborg)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Exercises Graphical models and Bayesian inference (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Lecture An example of MCMC analysis of a generalised linear model (Heidi H. Hundborg)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-18.00 Exercises MCMC analysis of hierarchical models using the WinBUGS program (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
18.00-19.30 Dinner break
19.30-20.30 Lecture Microbial risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulation (Tine Hald)
25/8 9.00-10.30 Lecture MCMC likelihood and Bayesian inference; examples: spatial models/point processes/image analysis (Jesper Møller)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.00 Exercises MCMC in practice (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Lecture Advanced MCMC topics; perfect simulation; examples (Jesper Møller)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.30 Discussion Summary of MCMC topics (Jesper Møller)
16.30-18.00 Exercises Course project / Analysis of own data sets (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
18.00-19.00 Dinner break
19.30-20.30 Exercises Course project (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
26/8 9.00-12.00 Exercises Course project (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-18.00 Exercises Course project (Henrik Stryhn / Anders Nielsen)
18.00- Dinner
27/8 9.00-12.00 Discussion Project presentations (participants)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-16.00 Discussion Course evaluation; Discussion of course content (Henrik Stryhn / Anders R. Kristensen)
16.00- Departure

Henrik Stryhn (hes@svs.dk)

Dina logoAuthor: phd@dina.kvl.dk. Updated: 13 August 1999