ISBA 2008 Satellite Workshop

Calibration and Validation of Complex Computer Models: Bayesian Approaches, Bayesian Solutions
27-28th July, 2008

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Slides from this workshop are linked to the speaker. Details of the program are below.

Sunday 27th July

Tutorial 1

• Dave Higdon: Bayesian approaches for combining experimental data and computer models

Invited to Contribute Session 1

• Jason Loeppky: Choosing the sample size of a computer experiment
• James Gattiker: On design for parameter inference in emulators

Tutorial 2

• Jonathan Rougier: Bayes linear prediction with multiple treatments: application to avalanche modeling

Young Investigators Session 1

• Leanna House: Second order exchangeable emulators to assess initial condition uncertainty
• Leonardo Soares Bastos: Diagnostics for Gaussian process emulators     

Monday 28th July

Invited Presentation 1

• Susie Bayarri: Assessing the risk of catastrophic events by combining statistical and computer models

Young Investigators Session 2

• Tiangang Cui: Statistical inversion and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods in geothermal model calibration   
• Richard Wilkinson: Calibrating computer models with high dimensional output
  

        
Invited to Contribute Session 2

• Jeremy Oakley: Decision-theoretic sensitivity analysis for complex computer models
• Colin Fox: Computation and Modelling for Impedance Imaging

Invited Presentation 2

• David van Dyk:     Statistical Analysis of stellar evolution

Panel Discussion: Moderator Jim Berger
 

GRAHAM, PL, Mengersen, K. and Morton AP. (2003). Confidence intervals for the ratio of two rates: noniterative method. Statistics in Medicine, 22: 2071-2083.

GRAHAM, P.L., Notz, W.I., Pearl, D.K. and Stasny, E.A. (2003). Electronic resources: The Ohio State University EESEE project. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences, 7(2):85-92.

GRAHAM, P.L., MacEachern, S.N. and Wolfe, D.A. (2003). The unconditional and conditional censored Wilcoxon rank sum distributions: Tabulated values and p-value program. InterStat. August, #1.

GRAHAM, PL. and Cook DA. (2004). Prediction of risk of death using thirty-day outcome: a practical endpoint for quality monitoring. Chest, 125(4): 1458-1466.

Robertson, D.R., Justo, R.N., Burke, C.J., Pohlner, P.G., GRAHAM, P.L. and Colditz, P.B. (2004). Perioperative predictors of developmental outcome following cardiac surgery in infancy. Cardiology in the Young, 14(4): 389-395.

Peter, J.V., Moran, J.L. and GRAHAM, P.L. (2006) The role of oximes in human organophosphate poisoning – results of a quantitative analysis. Critical Care Medicine, 34(2): 502-510.

Peter, J.V., Moran, J.L., Phillips-Hughes, J., GRAHAM, P., and Bersten AD. (2006) Effect of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) on mortality in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: a meta-analysis. Lancet, 367: 1155–63.

Peter J.V., Moran J.L. and GRAHAM, P.L. (2007) Advances in the management of organophosphate poisoning. Expert Opinion in Pharmacotherapy, 8(10): 1-13.

GRAHAM, P.L., Kuhnert, P.M., Cook, D.A. and Mengersen, K. (2007). Improving the quality of patient care using reliability measures: A classification tree approach. Statistics in Medicine, 26(1): 184-196.

Peter JV, Moran JL, Sudarsanam TD, GRAHAM, P. (2007). High-dose pralidoxime for organophosphorus poisoning. Lancet, 369 (9571): 1425-1426.

Sampath, S., Moran J.L., GRAHAM, P.L., Rockliff  S., Bersten A.D., and Abrams K.R. (2007). The efficacy of loop diuretics in acute renal failure: assessment using Bayesian evidence synthesis techniques. Critical Care Medicine, 35(11): 2516-2524.

Chalwin R.P., Moran J. L. and GRAHAM P. L. (2008) The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of the adult respiratory distress syndrome: review and quantitative analysis. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 36(2): 152-161.

Bofinger E, GRAHAM P.L. and Mengersen K.L. (2008) Partitioning with respect to a control: Unequal sample sizes case. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 37(17): 2713-2723.

Peter JV, John P, GRAHAM PL, Moran JL, George IA, Bersten A. (2008) Corticosteroids in the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adults: meta-analysis. British Medical Journal, 336(7651): 1006-1009.

Lystad RP, Pollard H, GRAHAM PL. (2008) Epidemiology of injuries in competition taekwondo: A meta-analysis of observational studies. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, in press.