IVILAB

IVILAB is led by Kobus Barnard. If you cannot find what you are looking for, which is likely while we are working on this new web presence, try his homepage... Our approach focuses on models with particular attributes, and we explicitly separate modeling concerns from inference (fitting models to interpret data or learn model parameters). This leads to challenging inference which we handle using various forms of MCMC sampling. For this we have developed significant expertise and software infrastructure over the last decade. Freeing ourselves from inference concerns while modeling enables us to more effectively collaborate with others on model development. In particular, we can work together on translating theoretical ideas into mathematical models, without being influenced by which modelling/inference combination are available in existing software.