[ASA] ANITA online lecture -- Bayes Theory, Aaron Robotham -- Wed 12pm (AEST) 9th Oct

[Darren Croton]

Dear ANITA and ASA members.

This coming Wednesday at 12pm (AEST) ANITA will hold its next online
lecture. All are welcome to join! The target audience will range from
undergrad to postdoc, however anyone interested is sure to get something
out of it.

More details (including lecture notes and slides) will be available closer
to the day at: http://anita.edu.au/lectures/

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Title: Bayes Theory
Speaker: Aaron Robotham (aaron.robotham at uwa.edu.au)

Abstract: For those who don't know, R is a very powerful statistical
programming language. This lecture will be the second in a series of four,
which together will build a full Bayesian framework with applications to
astronomy using R. In this lecture we investigate the basic foundations of
Bayes Theory, with emphasis on worked practical examples. The lecture
concludes with two famous statistical problems, which the attentive student
should be able to tackle with their new Bayesian toolkit.
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The lecture will be held through Google Hangouts on Air.

   1. You'll first need a Google account (e.g. gmail). Log in to it.
   2. If you've never done a Google Hangout before you'll need to install a
   plugin for your browser. See
   https://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/hangoutplugin
   3. On Google+ search for "Anita Chapter" and head to our page.
   4. Alternatively, go directly to our Chapter page here:
   https://plus.google.com/u/0/104967001091880466806/posts
   5. You'll see a post for the Hangout on Air at around 12pm - hit play
   and enjoy!


Some hints for a better experience:

   - You can breakout the small video window on the Google+ page by opening
   it in YouTube. This gives you a much bigger view.
   - Post any comments/questions under the video in the comments box on the
   Google+ or YouTube page. We'll try and answer them in real-time.
   - I don't believe that comments are updated automatically; you may need
   to reload the page to see the latest.


All lectures will be hosted on our ANITA YouTube page for later viewing.

Thanks, and see you there!
Darren


-- 
Darren Croton
Associate Professor & QEII Research Fellow
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Phone: 61-3-9214-5537; Fax: 61-3-9214-8797
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~dcroton
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