BayesAI is a workshop on probabilistic and Bayesian aspects of artificial intelligence to be held at Lancaster University from midday Monday, 23 September to midday Thursday, 26 September.

The workshop seeks to catalyse research at the interface of Bayesian statistics and artificial intelligence. Themes include:
  • Generative modeling.
  • Physics-informed machine learning models.
  • Monte Carlo methods in machine learning.
  • Applications of the above.
Call for submissions: We invite participants to submit posters for the evening session on Monday, 23 September. See the registration form for more details.

The registration deadline is 7th September. The registration is closed.

Code of Conduct: The Prob_AI Hub has a commitment to the promotion of a supportive and inclusive culture and the development of a diverse community in probabilistic AI. See the Code of Conduct for the Hub’s expectations of acceptable behaviour in its activities.

Schedule

The full programme can be found here.

Planned events include:
  • Invited talks in morning and afternoon sessions.
  • A poster session on Monday, 23 September.
  • A workshop dinner on Wednesday, 25 September.
Below is the timetable of the talks.

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
9am - 9.40am / Vincent Dutordoir Katerina Karoni Hao Ni
9.50am - 10.30am / Sam Power Chris Nemeth Henry Moss
10.30am - 11am / Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
11am - 11.40am / Angus Phillips Arthur Gretton Theo Damoulas
11.50am - 12.20pm Registration and
Welcome Address
Samuel Kaski Theresa Smith Richard Turner
12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1.40pm - 2.20pm Sid Jaggi Ciara Pike-Burke Jared Tanner /
2.30pm - 3.10pm Kate Smith Miles Omar Rivasplata Thomas Pinder /
3.10pm - 3.40pm Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break /
3.40pm - 4.10pm Chris Oates Jonas Latz Daniela De Angelis /
4.20pm - 5pm Jose Miguel
Hernandez-Loboto
Nikolas Nusken / /


Confirmed speakers:
  • Photo Icon Theo Damoulas (Warwick)
  • Photo Icon Daniela De Angelis (Cambridge)
  • Photo Icon Andrew Duncan (Imperial)
  • Photo Icon Vincent Dutordoir (DeepMind)
  • Photo Icon Arthur Gretton (UCL)
  • Photo Icon José Miguel Hernández-Lobato (Cambridge)
  • Photo Icon Sidharth Jaggi (Bristol)
  • Photo Icon Katerina Karoni (Edinburgh)
  • Photo Icon Samuel Kaski (Manchester)
  • Photo Icon Jonas Latz (Manchester)
  • Photo Icon Henry Moss (Cambridge)
  • Photo Icon Hao Ni (UCL)
  • Photo Icon Nikolas Nüsken (KCL)
  • Photo Icon Chris Oates (Newcastle)
  • Photo Icon Angus Phillips (Oxford)
  • Photo Icon Ciara Pike-Burke (Imperial)
  • Photo Icon Sam Power (Bristol)
  • Photo Icon Omar Rivasplata (Manchester)
  • Photo Icon Theresa Smith (Bath)
  • Photo Icon Kate Smith-Miles (Melbourne)
  • Photo Icon Jared Tanner (Oxford)
  • Photo Icon Mark van der Wilk (Oxford)

Registration

Register for the workshop here. The registration deadline is 7th September.

Participation is subsidized for members of Lancaster University and Prob_AI.

The registration fee for other participants can be found below. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Registration £82.5
Workshop dinner (Wednesday 25 September) £35

Organizers

BayesAI is supported and co-organized by the Prob_AI Hub and the STOR-i CDT.

Prob_AI Hub
  • Photo Icon Paul Fearnhead
  • Photo Icon Dan Dodd
STOR-i CDT
  • Photo Icon Tamás P. Papp
  • Photo Icon Thomas Newman
  • Photo Icon Rui-Yang Zhang

Location

Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YX Directions can be found below:


The LUMS building layout can be found below:

Accommodation

Accommodation is available on the Lancaster University campus: Accommodation is also available around Lancaster city centre, a 20-minute bus ride away from campus.

Queries

For any queries relating to the workshop please contact probaihub@lancaster.ac.uk