Simon Steiger
simonsteiger.bsky.social
Simon Steiger
@simonsteiger.bsky.social
Renegade psychologist-turned-epidemiologist. Mostly birds otherwise.
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I'm certainly a #julialang evangalist, but I've toned it down a bit - a lot of scientists don't have the time or inclination to go against the grain. Then again, when someone makes it this easy... #tidytuesday #rstats

nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
Introduction to Julia for R users – Nicola Rennie
This blog post will give R users an overview of what Julia is and why they might want to use it, introduce some data processing Julia packages, and show how they can incorporate Julia into existing R ...
nrennie.rbind.io
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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“But even if you do not “produce” something, eg as a birder who just likes to watch birds, it is still something people value in you. That is because Spinozist full expression of yourself is virtuous.”
May 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Earlier this month I gave a workshop on Bayesian methods in epidemiology. With my hosts I developed a pretty elaborate, demonstrative analysis for the workshop which I am happy to share publicly here.

HTML: betanalpha.github.io/assets/chapt...
PDF: betanalpha.github.io/assets/chapt...
Bayes-by Shower
betanalpha.github.io
May 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Check this out: an accessible math font which actually looks nice!
www.luciole-vision.com/en/math.html
Luciole
Luciole is a new typeface developed explicitly for visually impaired people.
www.luciole-vision.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Back home, back to the promotion grind.

This August and September! Four brand new remote courses, each covering a powerful Bayesian modeling technique with comprehensive Stan exercises! Enthusiastic punctuation!

www.eventzilla.net/e/advanced-b...
Advanced Bayesian Modeling In Stan
Despite the promise of big data, inferences are often limited not by the size of data but rather by…
www.eventzilla.net
May 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
My new favourite pastime:
- find a bird (of course) on Wikipedia
- switch language to Suomi 🇫🇮
- translate the page using some plugin
- benefit

I present to you, the Hippie Ovenbird (also known by it's lesser known, and far more boring name "Pallas's Leaf-warbler")
May 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Join us for the Learn Bayes Methods Week at Karolinska Institutet from 12-15 May!

Monday through Thursday will be packed with fantastic seminars and workshops in this all-you-can-eat Bayesian buffet (or smörgåsbord).
May 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Want to participate in #TidyTuesday but #julialang is more your speed? Check out #TidierTuesday!

github.com/TidierOrg/Ti...

Big shout out to @jonthegeek.com , @frankiethull.bsky.social , and the folks behind @tidierjl.bsky.social for their work making this happen.
GitHub - TidierOrg/TidierTuesday.jl: A Julia package to download TidyTuesday datasets
A Julia package to download TidyTuesday datasets. Contribute to TidierOrg/TidierTuesday.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I'll talk about Bayesian workflow Thu 24th April 11-12 CEST in Learn Bayes seminar by Karolinska Institutet @ki.se learnbayes.se/events/bayes... (zoom available)

The focus will be different to my previous workflow talks (see users.aalto.fi/~ave/videos....). This time more flowcharts and shortcuts
April 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Friendly reminder for those in the greater Sweden area that I'll be hosting a free, day long workshop on Bayesian inference and modeling with interactive epidemiology exercises on Wednesday May 14, learnbayes.se/events/gener.... Additional info at learnbayes.se/information/....
Generative Modeling
learnbayes.se
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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TidierCourse is a free, work-in-progress set of materials for learning Julia and Tidier.jl.

tidierorg.github.io/TidierCourse...
April 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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o1 musing to itself in German: "Sister, I am working on considering all possibilities."
April 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🚨 Want to use Typst to publish in a journal? Meet IJIMAI, an interdisciplinary media and AI journal: They are the first with an official journal template on Typst Universe.
Learn more here: typst.app/blog/2025/ty...
IJIMAI leads the way for journal submissions with Typst – Typst Blog
Submitting journal articles in Typst is something many of our users wish to be possible. Together with IJIMAI, we're taking the first step in making this a reality:...
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April 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Breaking news: In May I'll be hosting a one-day, interactive workshop on Bayesian modeling with an emphasis on epidemiology for the Learn Bayes Methods Week at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, learnbayes.se/events/gener....

Free to attend but on-site only, learnbayes.se/information/....
Generative Modeling
learnbayes.se
March 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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There is a great initiative by researchers at KI to teach and learn more about Bayesian methods. This is open to all, inside and outside KI - check it out! Join the email list so you can get the zoom links for seminars by really excellent speakers learnbayes.se #epidemiology #biostatistics
Learn Bayes Spring Program 2025
Learn Bayes is an event series at Karolinska Institutet, bringing together anyone interested in Bayesian methods with international experts. Join us for an exciting educational program aimed at expand...
learnbayes.se
March 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM