International Society for Bayesian Analysis

Title: Skew-symmetric approximations of posterior distributions

Time: 17:00 UTC on Wednesday February 4th, 2026

For more info about this webinar (including abstract and Zoom link), as well as future webinars hosted by the Nonparametrics Section, see: bnp-isba.github.io/webinars.html

ISBA Community:

Join the Bayesian Nonparametrics Section of ISBA for a webinar on skew-symmetric approximations of posterior distributions presented by Botond Szabo.

Details below 👇

The deadline for abstracts for the Bayesian Young Statisticians Mtg ( #BAYSM) 2026 conference has been extended to Jan. 30, 2026. We invite contributions from early career researchers on a wide range of #Bayesian topics. Details can be found on the website:

baysm2026.github.io/BASYM2026/

Moderated by Prof. Dr. Nadja Klein (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), the session will highlight the latest advances in Bayesian learning, robust inference, and interdisciplinary applications, offering insights into how these approaches address complex, high-dimensional problems across fields

Jan 27 COPSS-NISS Webinar, The Role of Bayesian Statistics in an Age of AI, will feature David Dunson (Duke U.) and Xuming He (Washington U. in St. Louis) exploring Bayesian methods for transparency, interpretability, and decision-making in modern AI systems.

Details 👇
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🕯️ A piece in memory of Harry van Zanten;
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BNP Networking 2026 BNP 2026-4th Bayesian Nonparametrics Networking Workshop

The 4th #BNP Networking Workshop will be held at the University of Seoul, South Korea, from July 6 (Monday) to July 10 (Friday), 2026, immediately following the 2026 #ISBA World Meeting (June 28 – July 3, 2026). Website 👇

bnpnetworking2026.github.io

We are pleased to announce a new webinar in the BNP-ISBA webinar series:

DATE & TIME: 17:00 UTC on December 3rd, 2025.

SPEAKER: Jungeum Kim (NCSU, USA)

TITLE: On Mixing Rates for Bayesian CART.

More details can be found on the webinar website:

bnp-isba.github.io/webinars.html

2026 Best of Statistical Science Workshop (BOSS 2026) The Department of Statistics at Texas A&M invites you to join us for the 2026 Best of Statistical Science Workshop (BOSS 2026)! BOSS 2026 bring...

The Dept. of Statistics at Texas A&M invites you to the 2026 Best of Statistical Science Workshop ( #BOSS2026 ). BOSS 2026 brings together experts, faculty, and students for engaging discussions, presentations, and networking.

See the website 👇 for details.

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Decisions will be announced in mid-December 2025. Proposals received after 21 November will be considered for inclusion as a poster on a rolling basis, as space permits.

If you have any questions, please contact the Program Council at program-council@bayesian.org.

Contributed talks are 15 minutes long. There will be 3 Poster Sessions, each about 2 hours. Proposals received before 21 November will be considered for inclusion as a contributed talk or poster.

The Scientific Committee welcomes proposals for Contributed Talks & Posters for the 2026 ISBA World Meeting, which will be held in Nagoya, Japan from 28 June to 3 July 2026. Contributed talks and poster sessions will take place between 29 June and 3 July 2026.

ISBA 2026: Call for Contributed Talks & Posters The Scientific Committee invites the submission of proposals for Contributed Talks and Posters for the 2026 ISBA World Meeting, to be held in Nagoya, Japan from 28 June to 3 July, 2026. Contributed ta...

ISBA Community:

The deadline to propose a contributed talk for the 2026 ISBA World Meeting is next Friday, November 21. Proposals may be submitted using this form: forms.gle/dVTUrdEuVF6g...

See the call below for details 👇

Winners based on the time zones UTC-12 to UTC-1:

-Beniamino Hadj-Amar, University of South Carolina
-Geoff Pleiss, University of British Columbia
-Nianqiao Jiu, University, Dartmouth College

Winners based on the time zones UTC+0 to UTC+13:

-Beatrice Franzolini, University of Milano-Bicocca
-Jun Yang, University of Copenaghen
-Francesco Denti, University of Padova

Many congratulations to our winners and huge thanks to all our candidates and those who have contributed to the process throughout. The winners will present their work at the upcoming BAYSM conference which will take place on 26-27 June 2025. See baysm2026.github.io/BASYM2026/ for more info.

Dear ISBA members,

It is with great pleasure that we announce the completion of this year’s round of the Blackwell–Rosenbluth Award by j-ISBA, and that I have the honor of presenting our 2025 winners:

Friendly reminder of the webinar happening today!

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A provocative question in the Message from the President in the latest 𝐈𝐒𝐁𝐀 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧, now online:

isba-bulletin.github.io/ISBABulletin/

The authors’ presentation will be followed by invited discussions from Merlise Clyde, Marco Ferreira, Alexander Ly, and Javier Rubio.

This session is dedicated to the memory of our late colleague María Eugenia Castellanos, co-author of the paper. Her memory and contributions will be remembered with a few informal words during the webinar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Bayesian Analysis discussion webinar (García-Donato et al.). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Discussion of the paper "Model Uncertainty and Missing Data: An Objective Bayesian Perspective" by G. García-Donato, M. Eugenia Castellanos, S. Cabras, A. Quirós and A. Forte. https://doi.org/10.1214/...

📅 November 5, 2025 (4:00 PM UTC | 11:00 AM EST | 5:00 PM CET)

🔗 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

ISBA Community:

The next Bayesian Analysis webinar is coming up soon! Details below 👇

“Model Uncertainty and Missing Data: An Objective Bayesian Perspective”
by Gonzalo García-Donato, María Eugenia Castellanos, Stefano Cabras, Alicia Quirós, and Anabel Forte
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Title: Bayesian nonparametric mixture models and the posterior number of clusters.

Time: 16:00 UTC on October 29th, 2025.

For more info about this webinar (including abstract and Zoom link), as well as future webinars hosted by the Nonparametrics Section, see: bnp-isba.github.io/webinars.html

Join the Bayesian Nonparametrics Section of ISBA for a webinar on mixture models on October 29th, presented by Guillaume Kon Kam King (Senior Research Fellow, INRAE, France). 👇

The interview is the transcript of a podcast jointly sponsored by JSDSE and Berry Consultants; the podcast will appear in November.

Part II of an interview with Jim Albert by Scott Berry focuses on the teaching of statistics with sports data and context and Bayesian statistics. It is available in the last Issue (Vol 33(4)) of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education (JSDSE) at www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujse21/current

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Join the BioPharm section of ISBA for an open access webinar on October 15! Scott Berry (President and Senior Statistical Scientist at Berry Consultants, LLC) will present on "Bayesian vs Bayesian Controversies in Clinical Trials"

Join the open access webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8948343306...

2026 ASA SBSS Student Paper Competition | International Society for Bayesian Analysis Application deadline. November 15, 2025, by 5 pm ET (US Eastern Time).

The ASA Section on Bayesian Statistical Science (SBSS) is pleased to announce a student paper competition for research in Bayesian methodology.

More information can be found in the News section on the ISBA website: 👇

bayesian.org/2026-asa-sbs...

ISBA is pleased to announce the '26 EnviBayes student paper competition. The deadline for nomination Dec. 1, 2025.

See the News section of bayesian.org for details. 👇

bayesian.org/isba-envibay...