BNMA2025 Workshop Program

September 30th – October 1st, 2025
Venue: Room G26, Biosciences 1 Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville campus
(Campus Map – Google Maps)

September 30: Introduction to BNs – Day 1

9:00Arrival, registration and setup
9:30Welcome and introductionOwen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
9:45BN basics
Uncertainty and Probabilities
What are Bayesian networks? (syntax)
Reasoning with BNs		Owen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
10:45Morning tea
11:15BN software introduction (GeNIe and Netica)Owen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
12:30Lunch
13:30Bayesian Decision NetworksOwen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
15:00Afternoon tea
15:30Building your own BNOwen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
17:00Finish

October 1: Introduction to BNs – Day 2

9:00Arrival and setup
9:15Knowledge Engineering Bayesian Networks (KEBN)
Structure elicitation
Parameter elicitation		Owen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
11:00Morning tea
11:30Learning structure
Learning parameters
Evaluation (incl. sensitivity analysis)		Owen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
12:30Lunch
13:15Case study: COVIDOwen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
15:00Afternoon tea
15:15Case study: COVIDOwen Woodberry & Steven Mascaro
Bayesian Intelligence
17:00Finish