Presentations, Tutorials and Archived Program

Sixth Annual Conference of the Australasian Bayesian Network Modelling Society (ABNMS2014)
November 24 - 25, 2014: Pre-Conference Tutorials
November 26 - 27, 2014: Conference
Rotorua, New Zealand
abnms2014@abnms.org

Workshops

Conference

November 26 - 27, 2014
Holiday Inn, Rotorua

A PDF of the conference program can be downloaded here:

Conference Program (PDF)

Citations

To cite presentations from the conference, please follow the example below:

Bruce Marcot (2014). Of confidence, control, and cause: Using Bayesian networks for management decisions. In S. Pawson (chair) Australasian Bayesian Network Modelling Society Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, 2014. See http://abnms.org/conferences/abnms2014/program

Wednesday 26th: Conference Day 1

8:30 Registration
Welcome
9:00 ABNMS presidential welcome and notices from conference organiser Trent Penman and Stephen Pawson
Keynote Address
9:15 Of confidence, control, and cause: Using bayesian networks for management decisions (or PDF version)

Further information on Bruce Marcot's work on Bayesian network modeling can be found on his web page

Bruce Marcot

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10:30 Morning Tea
Natural Hazards Session
11:00 Bayesian network analysis of fire risk Trent Penman

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11:25 Predicting Water Pipe Failures Li Chik, David Albrecht and Jayantha Kodikara

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11:50 The use of Bayesian Networks as decision support and analytical tools in the fields of natural hazards and risk assessment in NZ Rob Buxton, Annemarie Christophersen and Matt Gerstenberger

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12:15 Exploring the application of Bayesian Networks in volcanic hazard and risk assessment in New Zealand Annemarie Christophersen, Rob Buxton, Natalie Deligne and Sally Potter

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12:40 Lunch
Advances in the practice of Bayesian networks
13:30 Chordalysis: a method and software to learn models of high-dimensional datasets Francois Petitjean, Ann E. Nicholson and Geoffrey I. Webb

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13:55 Analysing Arguments Using Bayesian Networks Kevin Korb and Erik Nyberg

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14:20 Bayesian inference using Neighbourhood sampler for learning Bayesian networks Salem Alyami and Jonathan Keith

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14:45 Learning hybrid Bayesian Networks from data -- Facts and Fiction Anca Hanea and Stefan Blauw

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15:10 Afternoon tea
Aviation
15:40 Modelling risk of ground collision of an unmanned aircraft Sandra Johnson, Brendan Williams, Reece Clothier, Kelly Cox and Kerrie Mengersen

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16:05 Understanding the situation awareness of pilots Steven Mascaro, Kevin Korb and Ken McAnally

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Business Meeting
16:30 ABNMS AGM
17:30 ABNMS Board Meeting
19:00 Conference Dinner

Thursday 28th: Conference Day 2

Welcome
9:00 Messages for day Stephen Pawson
Bayesian networks and biological systems
9:15 Prediction of microbial pathogens and indicators removal in a wastewater treatment using Bayesian networks Guido Carvajal Ortega, David Roser and Stuart Khan

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9:40 Unmasking the uncertainty in nitrogen response predictions for ryegrass pastures using a Bayesian Network Gina Lucci

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10:05 Bayesian Network Modelling of Cancer Response to the Drug LY303511 Predicts Which Biochemical Pathways are Activated by the Drug Lisa Tucker-Kellogg, Yuan Shi, Jacob K. White and Shazib Pervaiz

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10:30 Morning tea
Bayesian networks and biological systems
11:15 An ecological risk assessment approach to managing forest pests on export wood products from New Zealand Stephen Pawson, Nicolas Meurisse and Owen Woodberry

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11:40 Developing a generic biosecurity risk analysis model for imports Lisa Jamieson, Owen Woodberry, Claire McDonald and Michael Ormsby

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12:05 Lunch
Bayesian networks and aquatic systems
13:30 Broadening the management perspective for snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, with a Bayesian belief network Darren Parsons, Bruce Hartill, Jeremy Mckenzie, Niall Broekhuizen and Carolyn Lundquist

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13:55 Integrating Bayesian Networks and Geographic Information Systems to Assess Impact of Coastal Development on Great Barrier Reef Species Owen Woodberry, Amelie Auge, Ben Reid, Bob Pressey and Ann Nicholson

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ABNMS
14:20 The ABNMS BN Repository: A model library for the global BN community Steven Mascaro

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14:45 Afternoon tea
Closing address
15:15 Closing words from ABNMS president
15:30 Conference close

Past Conferences

You may also like to check last year's program to see past papers and presentations.

Sponsors

ABNMS would like to gratefully acknowledge our conference sponsors: