5-6 th June, 1998
Last update: 29/5/1998
| Maria Jesus Bayarri | (Universitat de Valencia, Spain) |
| Javier Giron | (Universidad de Malaga, Spain) |
| David Rios Insua | (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain) |
| Fabrizio Ruggeri | (CNR-IAMI, Italy) |
| Mike West | (Duke University, USA) |
| Mike Wiper | (Universidad Carlos III, Spain) |
Friday 5th June
| 17.30-18.15 | Registration |
| 18.15-18.30 | Welcome and introductory talk |
| Session 1. (Queues) Chair: Maria Jesus Bayarri (Universitat de Valencia, Spain) | |
| 18.30-19.00 | Carmen Armero (*) and Maria Jesus Bayarri (Universitat de Valencia, Spain) |
| Bayesian analysis of closed queueing networks | |
| 19.00-19.30 | Pier Luigi Conti (Università di Roma ``La Sapienza'', Italy) |
| Large sample Bayesian analysis for Geo/G/1 discrete-time queueing models | |
| 19.30-20.00 | AJ Ganesh (BRIMS, Hewlett-Packard Labs, Bristol, UK) |
| Bayesian methods in queueing and risk theory | |
| 21.00 | Dinner at the restaurant La Trucha |
Saturday 6th June
| 9.00-9.30 | Registration |
| Session 2. (Stochastic Process Theory & methods in MCMC) Chair: David Rios Insua (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain) | |
| 9.30-10.00 | Concha Bielza (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) |
| MCMC methods for decision theoretic computations | |
| 10.00-10.30 | Victor De Oliveira (NISS, USA) |
| Bayesian Prediction of Gaussian Random Fields Based on Coarsened Data | |
| 10.30-11.00 | Robert Kohn (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee Break |
| Session 3. (Reliability and Image Processing) Chair: Fabrizio Ruggeri (CNR-IAMI, Italy) | |
| 11.30-12.00 | Lawrence Pettit (Goldsmiths College, UK) and Karen Young (University of Surrey, UK) |
| Bayesian analysis for a Wiener process representing degradation | |
| 12.00-12.30 | Marco Pievatolo (*) and Fabrizio Ruggeri (CNR-IAMI, Italy) |
| On the fitting of homogeneous and nonhomogeneous Poisson processes to metropolitan gas distribution network failure data | |
| 12.30-13.00 | Simon Wilson (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) |
| Fully Bayesian image segmentation using the double Markov random field | |
| 13.00-15.00 | Lunch at the restaurant El Parador de Hortaleza |
| Session 4. (Spatial and Point Processes) Chair: | |
| 15.00-15.30 | Bruno Betrò (CNR-IAMI, Italy) |
| Bayesian Point Process Analysis of Earthquake occurrence | |
| 15.30-16.00 | Peter Green (University of Bristol, UK) |
| Bayesian modelling and computation in change point problems | |
| 16.00-16.30 | David Higdon (Duke University, USA) |
| A Non-Stationary Spatial Model | |
| 16.30-17.00 | Tea Break |
| Session 5. (Diffusion Processes) Chair: Mike Wiper (Universidad Carlos III, Spain) | |
| 17.00-17.30 | Juan Antonio Cano (*) and Mathieu Kessler (Universidad de Murcia, Spain) |
| Bayesian inference for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type stochastic processes | |
| 17.30-18.00 | Siva Sivaganesan (*) (University of Cincinnati, USA) and Rama Lingham (Northern Illinois University, USA) |
| Default Bayes factors for testing and model selection for some diffusion processes | |
| 18.00-18.30 | Osnat Stramer (University of Iowa, USA) |
| On inference for nonlinear diffusion models using the Hastings-Metropolis | |
| 20.30 | Dinner at the restaurant La Ancha |
There is a registration fee of 15,000 Pesetas, covering coffee breaks, two
dinners (June, 5th and 6th) and one lunch (June, 6th).
Payments can be made by
The workshop is held at the Royal Academy of
Sciences in Calle Valverde, 22 (see
map).
We have reserved some rooms in the following hotels:
Hotels can be paid by NOTE: Please send either a copy of the bank transfer or both number and expiration date of your credit card to Susana The cost of the room is 7100 PTAS per night. Price does not include VAT (497 PTAS) which should be paid on leaving. Price does not cover breakfast.
Information on Madrid can be found
here or
here.