Today in the office Staff person: Hi Sally, there is a package for you Me: how is this possible? I didn't buy anything The package: Hi, I am a printed copy of the issue containing your paper So apparently there are journals that really prints articles.

We are excited to open the call for nominations of the 2023 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award by j-ISBA! Submit nominations by *July 2, 2023* at forms.gle/Td4evw6o9MkTGa… ISBA

We're happy to announce a major new version of nimble. It includes Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (package nimbleHMC, configurable with other MCMC samplers), Laplace approximation, and automatic differentiation for algorithm programmers: r-nimble.org/version-1-0-0-…. CRAN.R-project.org/package=nimble

Are you teaching Bayes? Don't miss this webinar organized by ISBA Bayesian Education Research and Practice section on June 8, 11am EDT. By the authors of major bayesbooks: Jim Albert Jim Albert, Jennifer Hill, and Peter Hoff. Registration: berap-isba.github.io

nimble 1.0.1 is released: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/n… This follows right on the heels of the major 1.0.0 release, with bug fixes so please do update.

It's August 4, 2023...

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25471 New Postdoc position in my group at Duke University. Please let people know!

We've released an updated version of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (our implementation of the NUTS sampler) for nimble in package nimbleHMC (CRAN.R-project.org/package=nimble…). Among other things, it fixes an efficiency glitch in the initial release. r-nimble.org/nimblehmc-vers…

Hey ISBA help us plan childcare for the Venice World Meeting in July 2024! If you might bring kids, fill out a quick survey at utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_24… . Contributed abstract submission opens soon, and bookings of childcare will occur in March.

Tomorrow! Thanks j-ISBA for sponsoring this and Cecilia Balocchi for organizing!

We're seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor of Teaching Practice position! Please read our job ad and share with anyone else who might be interested. stat.osu.edu/about/open-pos…

Don't forget to submit your abstract for BAYSM 2024, which will be held in Venice, on 29th-30th June, 2024 (the weekend before the ISBA World Meeting)! The abstract submission deadline is now extended to January 31st: forms.gle/aTaV6KWxncNdpe…

nimble version 1.1.0 is released on CRAN. Blog post: r-nimble.org/version-1-1-0-…. Highlights: updates to automatic differentiation for more general Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and Laplace approximation. Addition of (1D) 'integrate' function.

Coming back from my first seminar visit. It was great to meet folks at BYU Statistics. A lot of fun data-driven work going on. Glad I am missing the winter storm and had the chance to enjoy some warm weather to hike the Y! I have been missing the mountains 😍

This is incredible. From Jamie Lane where AirBnBs are fully booked next week.

nimble 1.2.0 is out! (details: r-nimble.org/version-1-2-0-…). Includes adaptive Gauss-Hermite quadrature, better Laplace approx, Pólya-gamma sampler, noncentered sampler, revamped MCEM, new ways to provide your own distributions and functions with internal data, and some speedups.

We seek to fill multiple open rank tenure-track faculty positions this year. Please see the link below for more information, and share with your networks! stat.osu.edu/about/open-pos…

🎉 Announcing BAYSM 2025! Join us online April 7-11 for the official j-ISBA conference for early-career Bayesian researchers. Abstract submissions are open until Jan 15, 2025. 🌐 Visit baysm2025.github.io for details! #BAYSM2025 ISBA

New versions of nimble and nimbleHMC are available on CRAN. nimble now includes a Barker block sampler for MCMC, better implementations of Laplace approximation and adaptive Gauss-Hermite quadrature, and calling any user-provided optimization function. r-nimble.org/version-1-3-0-…

The registration is now open for the Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting (BAYSM) 2025 that will be held online from 7-11 April 2025. Conference website: baysm2025.github.io