I'm delighted to announce a differentiable INLA implementation in JAX, from my colleague Anton Geraschenko. In principle this lets you fit latent Gaussian MRFs (e.g., for spatial stats, or SLAM) with gradient-based methods, although currently the memory use is prohibitive . The trick

Happy birthday to him Håvard Rue the brain behind INLA.

#AI ethics takes center stage as Professor Michael I. Jordan delivers the #KAUST Al-Kindi Distinguished Statistics Lecture, emphasizing the importance of active cooperation and shared intelligence for a value-driven approach to shaping a socially impactful future for AI.

#KAUST Professor Marc Genton, a pioneer in environmental statistics, was awarded the prestigious 2024 Don Owen Award for his outstanding contributions to #research, consultation and service to the #statisticalCommunity. Congratulations!

We welcome Prof Haziq from Universiti Brunei Darussalam who is visiting us. Prof Haziq's interests lie in statistical theory, methods and computation, with a special inclination towards social science applications

It is my pleasure to announce the 2nd Bayes-Duality workshop, focusing on the design of AI that learns adaptively, robustly, and coninually, like humans. bayesduality.github.io/workshop_2024.… You can watch all 26 talks through zoom livestream (June 12-21). Register at …c59ed978213830355fc8978.doorkeeper.jp/events/172217

Huge Congrats to our researchers for proudly representing the R-INLA team at the CDC and showcasing some of the capabilities of R-INLA.

We will be presenting some of our work at #ISBA2024 . You don't want to miss it: 1. Cross Validation for LGCP, 2. Correcting the Laplace Method with Variational Bayes: Marginal Skewness 3. Scalable Bayesian Inference using Integrated Nested Laplace Approximations

Finally. It's a must. Huge work by @FinnLindgren and colleagues. congrats

Always making us proud #RINLA

On this #SaudiNationalDay, we proudly celebrate the spirit of innovation and excellence at #KAUST! As we drive forward #SaudiVision2030, we remain committed to pushing the boundaries of knowledge and creating a brighter future for Saudi Arabia. 🇸🇦 #SaudiNationalDay94

Interested in occupancy models? Now you can fit them with INLA (R-INLA ) . Read our paper doi.org/10.1111/2041-2… and check out the tutorial ecol-stats.github.io/Occupancy-Mode….

Congrats to Dr. Shourya for successfully defending his PhD thesis. Shourya has contributed to the improvement of #RINLA by proposing a variational correction to the marginal variance and skewness. We' re very proud of you and wish you luck. We also thank the committee member.

Janet and Denis showcasing recent advances in joint survival models at WASA in Brasil. Thanks for the invitation. Check more about the library cran.r-project.org/web/packages/I…

The #KAUST 2024 Workshop on #Statistics kicks off with insightful talks from leading experts on the latest advancements in statistics for health, environmental research, sustainability efforts and more. Join the conversation live on Zoom: kaust.zoom.us/webinar/regist… View the event

Congratulations to Saudi Arabia on a monumental achievement—hosting the #FIFAWorldCup2034! 🏆⚽ This moment celebrates the Kingdom’s rapid transformation, rich heritage, and vibrant future.🇸🇦​ #WelcomeToSaudi34 at #KAUST, the beacon of innovation!

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Denis Rustand, a postdoctoral fellow at R-INLA KAUST CEMSE, who will visit our group next month!🎉 Besides strengthening our research collaboration, Denis will deliver an exciting talk on #INLAjoint (1/2) #DataScience #INLA #JointModels

It was a pleasure to host Dr. Rustand in Helsinki last week! He delivered an insightful talk on joint modelling using #INLA and #INLAjoint. We also had the opportunity to dive deeper into our collaboration project, making significant progress together. #PhD #DataScience #Cancer

INLA: past, present, and future. 21-23 May 2025 at the University of Glasgow. Registration at: dcastrocamilo.github.io/INLA-PastPrese…

Very Proud of Janet