Schedule
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| Date | Topics | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jan 6 | Overview. Probabilistic inference on discrete spaces. | BDA 1.1-1.10 |
| Th, Jan 8 | ||
| Tue, Jan 13 | A tour of Bayesian inference (on discrete spaces). | BDA 2.1-2.5 |
| Th, Jan 15 | ||
| Tue, Jan 20 | Universal probabilistic inference via importance sampling. | BDA 9.1-9.5 (going further on Decision Theory) |
| Th, Jan 22 | ||
| Tue, Jan 27 | Bayesian classification, regression, GLMs, and beyond. | BDA 14.1-14.5 |
| Th, Jan 29 | ||
| Tue, Feb 3 | Properties of Bayesian models. | BDA 4.1-4.5 |
| Th, Feb 5 | ||
| Tue, Feb 10 | Hierarchical models. | BDA 5.1-5.7 |
| Th, Feb 12 | ||
| Tue, Feb 18 | Reading week. | BDA 16.1-16.7 |
| Th, Feb 19 | Reading week. | |
| Tue, Feb 24 | Quiz 1. | |
| Th, Feb 26 | Quiz debrief. Stan basics. Project logistics. | |
| Tue, Mar 3 | MCMC user guide (via Stan). | BDA 11.1-11.6 |
| Th, Mar 5 | ||
| Tue, Mar 10 | Bayesian workflow. | BDA 6.1-6.5 |
| Th, Mar 12 | ||
| Fri, Mar 13 | Project proposal due. | |
| Tue, Mar 17 | Modelling techniques (selected from prior design, mixtures, imputation, complex data collection). | BDA 8.1-8.7 |
| Th, Mar 19 | ||
| Tue, Mar 24 | Quiz 2. | |
| Th, Mar 26 | MCMC developer guide. | |
| Tue, Mar 31 | MCMC developer guide. | BDA 12.1-12.6 |
| Th, Apr 2 | ||
| Tue, Apr 7 | More inference techniques. | BDA 13.7 |
| Th, Apr 9 | ||
| Sat, Apr 18 | Final project due. |