5th Meetup: Hierarchical Growth-Curve Modelling and Advanced PyMC3

Planning ahead? Us?

Our 5th meetup will have 2 talks from academia and industry, each about 40mins long with time for questions and general discussion. We'll also make 10 mins for lightning talks if anyone wants to get up and quickly tell us all about anything cool they're working on / new packages etc.

Talks:

• Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling of Growth Curves inc Stochastic Processes - Prof Darren Wilkinson (University of Newcastle)

• Advanced PyMC3 - Peadar Coyle

• Lightning Talks TBC

General proceedings:

18:30 - Arrive, refreshments, general chatter

19:00 - Talks begin

20:30 - Head to the Artillery Arms for a drink and chat

Notes:

Cass Business School (http://www.cass.city.ac.uk) have very kindly offered the venue and refreshments for this event. We will head to The Artillery Arms (http://www.artillery-arms.co.uk) for a drink and a chat afterwards, so please feel free to join us.

We're always looking for new speakers, so please stick around and discuss things afterwards. Conservatively, we can fit 40 people, but will set the RSVP list at 80 to allow for no-shows. Please feel free to join the waitlist, and please update your RSVP if you can't make it.