In 2025, our seminar will again take place in the Hotel Jogar, Balatonföldvär, Hungary, from March 23 – 30.
It is organised by Francis Tuerlinckx from KU Leuven (Belgium).
Program
| Day | Topic | Teacher |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Introduction to cognitive modeling | Leendert van Maanen, Univ. Utrecht |
| Tuesday | Introduction to Python | Ina Kohler, Univ. Tübingen |
| Wednesday | Amortized Bayesian Inference with BayesFlow, part 1 | Simon Kucharsky, TU Dortmund |
| Thursday | Amortized Bayesian Inference with BayesFlow, part 2 | |
| Robust inference with BayesFlow | Yufei Wu, KU Leuven | |
| Friday | Preparation of student presentations | ALL |
| Saturday morning | Student presentations |
General Day Schedule
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Lecture 1 |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Lecture 2 |
| 12:30 -14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Lecture 3 |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture 4 |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Dinner |
Software requirements
Please bring your laptop with the following software installed:
- R
- RStudio
- Python: If you are new to Python, we recommend you download Anaconda (https://www.anaconda.com/download/). People who already work with Python don’t need to download Anaconda if they want to use their current setup.
Teaching materials & student projects
Teaching materials as well as student projects (and presentations) can be found at our Moodle server.
Travel information
Here is the travel information (from Budapest airport to Balatonföldvár; total travel time 2:40hrs):
- 100E shuttle bus from airport to Kálvin tér
- M4 metro from Kálvin tér to Kelenföld
- Train from Kelenföld to Balatonföldvár