Talking Point 2025/2026 - Are Art Toys a Smart Buy? Art toys have blown up in the past few years, and some can fetch serious money. Can becoming a collector be a profitable hobby? Munah Bagharib finds out more about what’s behind the art toy trend.

This CNA program on smart toys was fun, but also a rare opportunity to learn probability calculus with Michael Choi from the National University of Singapore @michaelchchoi.bsky.social @cna-poster.bsky.social

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Obituary information for Thomas Gordon Kurtz View Thomas Gordon Kurtz's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

Tom Kurtz passed away a few weeks ago. I just heard the very sad news today. He was a wonderful guy, and his work had a great impact on probability theory.

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The BayesComp workshop on 'Bayesian Computation and Inference with Misspecified Models' will take place in Singapore on the 16-17th June.

We have an open call for posters/contributed calls, with a deadline on the 1st May. More details on the website:
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Stein's method for the win!

Very nice talk by Frank Nielsen on information geometry !

The deadline for abstract submission of contributed papers and posters for BayesComp2025 has been extended to 28 February. Decisions by 14 March. Submit here! bayescomp2025.sg/abstract-sub...
The deadline for early bird registration has been extended to March 22. Hope to see you in Singapore!