Participant Testimonials
Great facilities, excellent research environment, which gave me the opportunity to start and/or continue several collaborations. Thanks a lot.
Great workshop. I've learnt so much that I left as a different person. Thank you so much.
I truly enjoyed the last week tremendously! I put my impressions on my blog: http://xianblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/advances-in-scalable-bayesian-computation-day-4/
One of the best and most useful workshops I have attented so far!
I was one of very few PhD students to attend this BIRS workshop, and I was a little apprehensive that I would not know enough to be able to meaningfully contribute. I found that I was more than adequately prepared for a number of talks (those most related to my research) and less than adequately prepared for some others. This helped solidify in my mind what were the "hot-topic" areas of my field, and introduced me to many avenues for future research. The collaborative spirit that pervaded the workshop allowed me to have meaningful conversations with world-renowned researchers in my field. A few months ago I was struggling through a particular paper in connection with my research. At the BIRS workshop, I sat at lunch with the lead author and asked him my questions in person! To get to meet and discuss these exciting ideas with the best and brightest was a real privilege that I will long remember. I think that the relationships I forged in Banff may yield fruitful collaborations and/or post-doc/employment opportunities in the future.
