Biostats 202C tentative schedule and handouts (expect frequent updates)
| Week | Class Dates | Tentative Topic | Posts | Reading/Notes | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 9/26, 9/28, 10/3, 10/5 | Conjugacy, Jeffreys and reference priors | Notes | HW 1, HW 2 | |
| 3-4 | 10/10, 10/12, 10/17, 10/19 | Normal approximations, variational inference, expectation propagation | Notes, Prof. Shahbaba’s VI example | HW 3 | |
| 5-6 | 10/24, 10/26, 10/31, 11/2 | Monte Carlo and classical MCMC | Slides, BIDA Ch.6 | Select paper to present by 10/31. | |
| 7 | 11/7, 11/9 | Hamiltonian Monte Carlo | Slides, Code | ||
| 8-9 | 11/14, 11/16, 11/21, 11/23 | Hierarchical models | HW 4 | ||
| 10 | 11/28, 11/30 | Student presentations | Final report due 12/6 |