New Perspectives in Markov Chain Monte Carlo
June 8-12, 2015, Valladolid (Spain)

Program

 

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
9:30 Course 1 Course 2 Course 2 Course 3
10:30 OPENING Coffee break Course 2 Coffee break Coffee break
11:00 Course 1 Course 1 Course 3 Course 3
11:30 GUIDED VISIT TO
SANTA CRUZ PALACE
12:00 Short Talks
(1-2)
Short Talks
(3-4)
Short Talks
(7-8)
CLOSING
13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
15:00 Course 1 Course 2 Short Talks
(5-6)
Course 3
SCHOOL BANQUET


Course 1: MCMC-based integrators for SDEs
Course 2: Exact approximations of MCMC algorithms
Course 3: MCMC in High Dimensions


Short talk 1: Extra Chance in Monte Carlo
Short talk 2: A fast MCMC method in eddy-current testing for flaw characterization
Short talk 3: Adaptive hybrid Monte Carlo simulated annealing
Short talk 4: Constructing Optimal Transition Matrix for Markov Chain Monte Carlo via Global Optimization
Short talk 5: Quantitative contraction rates for Markov chains
Short talk 6: Flow transport for Bayesian inference
Short talk 7: Some new ergodicity results for Random Walk and Hamiltonian based Metropolis-Hastings algorithms
Short talk 8: Sequential Monte Carlo for High-Dimensional Parameter Estimation in Noisy Differential Equation Models of Brain Activity

Organized by         Universidad de Valladolid     IMUVA