[Taxacom] Symposium: New Applications of Bayesian Inference in Phylogenetic Biology

[Nico Cellinese]

Announcing a Special Symposium! New Applications of Bayesian  
Inference in Phylogenetic Biology

  We would like to invite all interested parties to attend the  
forthcoming ‘Bayesian Invasion’ symposium.  The event features  
presentations by leading experts in Bayesian phylogenetic research  
that highlight exciting new developments in Bayesian phylogeny  
estimation and phylogeny-based inference methods.

  Speakers/subjects include:

Michael Donoghue (Yale University)

             Opening remarks

  Joseph Chang (Yale University)

             Some Principles of Bayesian Inference

  John Huelsenbeck (UC, Berkeley)

             Applications of the Dirichlet Process in Phylogenetic  
Biology

  Paul Lewis & Daniel Fan (University of Connecticut, Storrs)

             Model Selection for Bayesian Phylogenetics: A Minimum  
Posterior Predictive Loss Approach

  Bruce Rannala (UC, Davis)

             Summarizing Information from Posterior Distributions of  
Phylogenetic Trees

  Fredrik Ronquist (Florida State University)

             Dating Phylogenies with Incompletely Preserved Fossils:  
A Bayesian Approach

  The symposium will be held on the Yale campus between 10AM–6:00PM  
on Saturday October 28, 2006, in the main auditorium of Linsly- 
Chittenden Hall (room 102), located at 63 High Street in New Haven.

  All are welcome and registration is free.  Because space is  
limited, early registration is strongly encouraged. For more  
information and online registration, please visit the symposium web  
site: http://www.phylodiversity.net/bmoore/symposium/symposium.html.



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Nico Cellinese, Ph.D.
Botany Division
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University
170 Whitney Avenue
P.O. Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118, U.S.A.
Tel. 203-432-3537
Fax 203-432-7907