ELL880: Special Topics in Computers I (Bayesian Statistical Modelling and Computation)

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Instructor: Sumeet Agarwal
3 credits (3-0-0)
Pre-requisite: An introductory probability/statistics course
II Semester 2022–23
Tu F 15:30–16:50, LH 620

Please see Richard McElreath's Statistical Rethinking course to get a rough sense of what I hope to cover. Further detail will be added here in due course.

Evaluation components

• Minors: 30% (15% each) [Paper I; Solutions] [Paper II; Solutions]
• Major: 30% [Paper]
• Quizzes/Assignments: 30% [Assignment 1] [Assignment 2] [Assignment 3]
• Class participation/attendance: 10%

References

1. Richard McElreath. Statistical Rethinking. CRC Press, 2nd Edition (2020).
2. Andrew Gelman, John Carlin, Hal Stern, David Dunson, Aki Vehtari, and Donald Rubin. Bayesian Data Analysis. CRC Press, 3rd Edition (2013).

Planned schedule