Summer Institute at Olin College

This week I am one of several Olin professors helping out with the Olin Collaboratory Summer Institute.  This year we have 55 participants, including faculty from universities around the country (like Oklahoma and Vermont) and the world (like Saudia Arabia, India, and Australia). During the first half of the week, we lead workshops where participants learn tools …

Learning to Love Bayesian Statistics at ODSC

This weekend I was at the Open Data Science Conference, here in Boston, for a book signing (with thanks to the nice people at O’Reilly Media) and to present “Learning to Love Bayesian Statistics”.  Here’s an audience shot of the presentation (with thanks to @kjchoi101):   My slides are at http://tinyurl.com/lovebayes.  Video should be available …

Bayesian statistics at Orbitz

Yesterday I was in Chicago for a full-day workshop on Bayesian statistics at Orbitz Worldwide.  In the morning I presented “Learning to Love Bayesian Statistics”, an overview of Bayesian approaches and my attempt to debunk the myths.  The attendees seemed interested, and asked great questions.  Their photographer was kind enough to share some photos from …