A seminar room full of people with a person giving a talk at the front. The slide shows a graph made in R.
A seminar room full of people with a person giving a talk at the front. The slide shows a map of the UK shaded in by accessibility.
Thanks for joining us at our first event of the year with @edinbr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy all about R!
20.02.2026 09:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hex sticker for the AccessUK logo. Shows package name and a 3D network graph laid out like streets and buildings.
And we're live! EdinbR next week, joint with the Royal Statistical Society. Details here: http://edinbr.org/edinbr/2026/02/10/Feb-meeting.html
* Title: Jan 2026: accessibility analysis and interpreting visualisations
* Speakers: Rafael Verduzco-Torres and […]
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11.02.2026 08:48 — 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
We're excited to host @kevinguyan.bsky.social in a joint event with @rssdiversity.bsky.social
🏳️🌈Rainbow Trap: How Inclusive Statistics Still Box Us In🏳️🌈
📅7 July
📌 @bayescentre.bsky.social
⏰6pm-7.30pm
🎫Book your place: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
23.06.2025 14:46 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
🚨NEXT WEEK🚨
Join us to hear from future statisticians about their undergraduate projects - from Formula One to online chess!
📆31 Mar
⏰6pm-7:30pm
📍 Bayes Centre
Free event but booking is essential!
Book here: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
26.03.2025 10:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Event advert for "No likelihood? No problem! Bayesian statistics in R", in collaboration with EdinbR. Speakers are Isabella Deutsch, data scientist at smart data foundry and Jordan Richards, lecturer of statistics at the University of Edinburgh. Isabella's talk will be titled "R you ready for ABC? Likelihood-free Bayesian Inference in Action" and Jordan's will be titled "Fast and Amortised Bayesian inference with Neural Estimators". The event will be held on Thursday 27 Feb, 6pm - 7:30pm at LG.11, 40 George Square, the university of Edinburgh.
Join us for our first event of the year:
No likelihood? No problem! - Bayesian statistics in R
📆27 Feb
⏰6pm-7:30pm
📍 LG.11, 40 George Square
Free event but booking is essential!
Book here: rss.org.uk/training-eve...
18.02.2025 17:42 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks for joining us on Bluesky!
We'll be advertising our programme of statistics events in Edinburgh here 🌟
18.02.2025 17:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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