Monday, 6th January 2014 08:50 Plenary I - Salle Michel Payot - Chair : C. Robert C. Holmes - Computational challenges arising in modern biomedical research 09:50 Coffee Break 10:10 Invited session Salle Michel Payot Convergence of MCMC and adaptive MCMC algorithms I Chair : G. Fort Speakers :  G. Jones  J. Hobert  K. Łatuszyński  E. Moulines Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Sequential Monte Carlo for static learning Chair : R. B. Gramacy Speakers :  C. Drovandi  C. Anagnostopoulos  L. Bornn  M. Pratola Contributed session Salle Théodore Bourrit Bayesian computation in Neurosciences Chairs : N. Chopin Speakers :  T. Johnson  E. Fox  A. Johansen  L. Paninski 12:00 Break 16:15 Invited session Salle Michel Payot MCMC for Bayesian non parametrics Chair : A. Lijoi Speakers :  S. Favaro  Y. W. Teh  R. Adams Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Sampling and data assimilation for large models Chair : H. Haario Speakers :  K. Law  T. El Moselhy  A. Solonen Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Computational and methodological challenges in evidence synthesis and multistep Chair : S. Richardson Speakers :  M. Plummer  D. Lunn  C. Paciorek 17:45 Coffee Break 18 :00 Invited session Salle Michel Payot Bayesian microsimulation Chair : B. Carlin Speakers :  L. Hatfield  C. Jackson  Y. Hagar Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Approximate 1nférence Chair : D. Simpson Speakers :  N. Chopin  T. G. Martins  C. McGrory Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Pseudo-marginal and particle MCMC methods Chair : M. Vihola Speakers :  C. Andrieu  G. Karagiannis  G. Nicholls 19 :30 Break 21 :00 Poster Session Tuesday, 7th January 2014 08 :50 Plenary II – Salle Michel Payot – Chair : A. Mira M. Parrinello – Advanced Sampling Methods in Physics and Chemistry 09 :50 Coffee Break 10:10 Invited session Salle Michel Payot Advances in Sequential Monte Carlo methods Chair : C. Andrieu Speakers :  P. Jacob  N. Whiteley  A. Johansen  A. Lee Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Innovative Bayesian Computing in Astrophysics Chair : D. A. van Dyk Speakers :  E. B. Ford  P. Baines  R. Trotta  S. Seehars, J. Akeret Contributed session Salle Théodore Bourrit Differential geometry for Monte Carlo algorithms Chairs : K. Mengersen Speakers :  S. Reich  Y. Marzouk  S. Byrne  M. Betancourt 12:00 Break

16:15 Invited session Salle Michel Payot Convergence of MCMC and adaptive MCMC II Chair : J. Rosenthal Speakers :  G. Roberts  R. Craiu  M. Vihola Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Sampling and data assimilation for large models Chair : R. Kohn Speakers :  S. Wood  R. Kohn  S. Cagnone Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Bayesian statistics and Population genetics Chair : M. Blum Speakers :  J. Corander  D. Lawson  B. Engelhardt 17:45 Coffee Break 18 :00 Invited session Salle Michel Payot Approximate Bayesian Computation Chair : M. Lietchy Speakers :  R. Everitt  O. Ratmann  JM. Marin Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Probabilistic advances for Monte Carlo methods Chair : E. George Speakers :  J. Flegal  R. Herbei  S. Singh  J. Olsson Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Applications of MCMC Chair : R. Craiu Speakers :  R. Casarin  S. Wong  Y. Chen 19 :30 Break 21 :00 Poster Session Wednesday, 8th January 2014 08 :50 Plenary III– Salle Michel Payot – Chair : B. Carlin A. Gelman – Can we use Bayesian methods to 2ésolve the current crisis of statistically- significant research findings that don’t hold up ? 09 :50 Coffee Break 10:10 Invited session Salle Michel Payot Scaling and optimisation of MCMC algorithms Chair : G. Roberts Speakers :  T. Lelievre  J. Voss  A. Thiéry  C. Sherlock Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Advances in Monte Carlo motivated by applications Chair : R. Ryder Speakers :  A. Muir-Watt  S. Barthelmé  L. Murray  R. Bardenet Contributed session Salle Théodore Bourrit Inference and Computation for high-dimensional Sparse Graphical Models Chairs : G. Consonni Speakers :  A. Lenkoski  D. Telesca  H. Wang Discussant : F. Stingo 12:00 14:00 Break - Ski Race 16:15 Round-Table session Salle Michel Payot Recent Developments in Software for MCMC Chair : L. Bornn Speakers : A. Thomas (BUGS) – M. Plummers (JAGS) – B. Carpenter (STAN) – A. Todeschini (BiiPS) 17:45 Coffee Break 18:00 Invited session Salle Michel Payot Convergence Rates of Markov Chains Chair : D. Woodard Speakers :  K. Khare  D. Woodard  N. Pillai Discussant : G. Fort Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Monte Carlo methods in network analysis Chair : N. Friel Speakers :  D. Hunter  A. Raftery  E. Wit Contributed session Salle Paul Payot Computational methods for Image analysis Chair : M. Moore Speakers :  L. Cucala  M. Huber  M. Moore 19:30 Break 21:00 Banquet @ La Calèche, 18 Rue du Docteur Paccard