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216 * ! Mon, 7/30/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 206/207
Modern Bayesian Computing in Ecology — Invited Papers
ENAR, Section on Statistics and the Environment
Organizer(s): Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University
Chair(s): Perry Williams, Colorado State University
2:05 PM Beyond the Black Box: Flexible Algorithm Programming for Ecological Models in NIMBLE

Christopher Paciorek, University of California, Berkeley; Colin Lewis-Beck, Iowa State University; Perry de Valpine, UC Berkeley; Daniel B. Turek, Williams College; Lauren Ponisio, UC Riverside; Nick Michaud, UC Berkeley
2:25 PM Exact Inference in Functional Regression: Estimating Hydrological Controls on Ecosystem Dynamics in an Antarctic Lake

Radu Herbei, The Ohio State University; Corey J. Smith, The Ohio State University
2:45 PM Hierarchical Computing for Hierarchical Models in Ecology
Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University
3:05 PM Modeling Your Way Out of Hierarchical Models in Ecology

Ephraim Hanks, The Pennsylvania State University
3:25 PM Not All Hierarchical Models Are Created Equal: Interpretation, Model Adequacy and Statistical Computation

Matthew Schofield, University of Otago; Richard Barker, University of Otago
3:45 PM Floor Discussion