MAS3902
Semester 1, 2019 - 2020
This is the course website for the MAS3902 Bayesian Inference module taught by Dr. Lee Fawcett.
Schedule of lectures and tutorials
Classes take place on Mondays (3pm-4pm), Tuesdays (1pm-2pm) and Thursdays (2pm-3pm) in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Herschel Building.
In a typical week, two of these classes will be lectures and one will be a problems class/drop-in. The lectures will take place in the Monday and Tuesday slots, and the problems classes/drop-ins will take place in the Thursday slots. In the first two weeks, all slots will be lectures.
There are also occasional group tutorial classes. When these
A detailed weekly schedule is now available.
Background reading
The book Peter M. Lee - Bayesian Statistics: An Introduction - provides an excellent (and accessible!) introduction to the world of Bayesian Statistics.
James Stone - Bayes' Rule: A Tutorial Introduction to Bayesian Analysis
John Krushke - Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: A Tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan
You might also find the book by Sharon Bertsch-McGrayne - The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant From Two Centuries of Contoversy - really interesting!
You might also be interested in the paper describing Candidate's formula (see page 22 of the lecture notes).
Contact details
Module leader: Lee Fawcett
Email: lee.fawcett@newcastle.ac.uk
Room 2.07
Herschel Building
Newcastle University
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 7RU
Phone: (0191) 208 7228