It is natural to think that if someone is a statistics expert, they should be able to make statistically sound judgments. But ...

In systems that exhibit artificial intelligence (AI), an agent at its centre has to learn and represent a model of its environment, reason about it, and decide on its actions. A possible approach to ...

data-background-color: "#f3f4f4" - Are interested in or who have heard about Bayesian modeling. - Work in Environmental Health (or adjacent fields). - Have little theoretical or practical experience ...

The FDA's move to incorporate Bayesian statistical methods into clinical trials of drugs and biologics garnered special treatment in JAMA this week. JAMA published three perspectives -- two welcoming ...

Step into most college classrooms today and you will likely see a familiar scene: slides glowing at the front, a professor lecturing, students scribbling notes or staring at laptops. Despite decades ...

Industry groups and drugmakers want the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explicitly clarify that Bayesian statistical methods can be used for products beyond those intended for children and ...

Lotteries are hard to win. The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are so tiny that, as a CNN commenter once put it, you have a better chance of becoming an astronaut, dating a supermodel, and ...

Professor Kerrie Mengersen shared the results of her data analysis on educational trends in Vietnam with Distinguished Educator, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Dao Tung, Director of the Academy of ...

Lectures on Tap series brings professors and other experts into Boston restaurants and bars for talks that mix big ideas with food and drink. Lectures on Tap, an event series, brings ticketed lectures ...

In-person lectures have been a staple of university learning for centuries. But research shows in-person lectures can be an important way to keep students connected to their peers and what they are ...

The shaping of the public sphere is inherently open, created through discourse in time and space. In a time when discourse is challenged, how can we open dialogue and investigate the ephemeral but ...