From erickson@bach.seattleu.edu Thu Mar 10 18:22:12 EST 1994 Article: 5750 of news.announce.conferences Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:5750 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!toads.pgh.pa.us!birdie-blue.cis.pitt.edu!uunet!sparky!sparky!not-for-mail From: erickson@bach.seattleu.edu (Gary J. Erickson) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences Subject: CFP: Maximum-Entropy and Bayesian Methods, Cambridge, 1-5 Aug 94 Date: 9 Mar 1994 14:40:55 -0600 Organization: Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Lines: 68 Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Expires: 14 May 1994 8:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <2llc8n$413@sparky.sterling.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Announcement The Fourteenth International MaxEnt Workshop St John's College Cambridge CB2 1TP, England 1 August - 5 August 1994 The Fourteenth International Workshop on Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods in science and Engineering will be held in St John's College in the University of Cambridge, England. Bayesian methods in general, and maximum entropy in particular, are of central importance and have much to offer to practical scientific data analysis. The maximum entropy movement and the evolving Bayesian school in applied statistics have both developed considerable bodies of experience, and are in increasing agreement on the basic principles of rational inference. MaxEnt94 will strive to take advantage of this synergy. While keeping the traditional emphasis upon diverse applications throughout the physical and life sciences, including economics, engineering, and technological and defence work, the workshop will also focus on the numerical techniques which are perhaps the main key to enabling future advances. The workshop will include state-of-the-art lectures, invited papers, contributed papers, and poster presentations, with the first day being a tutorial session on the ideas behind maximum entropy and Bayesian methods. Selected papers will be published in book form by Kluwer Academic Press. The workshop will be followed on Saturday, August 6 by a one-day demonstration of practical techniques by MaxEnt Solutions Ltd. Contributed papers are presently being solicited. Preference will be given to forward-looking papers whose content seems likely to advance the range and power of the methods. Abstracts (one page of about 400 words) of proposed papers should be received by the organisers by May 13, 1994. Organising Committee: L. Bretthorst (USA) A. Mohammad-Djafari (France) S.F. Gull (UK) G. Heidbreder (USA) T. Loredo (USA) R. Silver (USA) J. Skilling (UK) C.R. Smith (USA) A. Vignaux (New Zealand) Principal Organisers: John Skilling and Sibusiso Sibisi, University of Cambridge. Send abstracts and requests for further information to: Dr John Skilling St John's College Tel: (+44) 223 337246 Cambridge CB2 1TP FAX: (+44) 223 354599 England E-mail: maxent@mrao.cam.ac.uk