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Read the latest edition of the Biometric Bulletin: https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/BIOMETRICSOCIETY/713ac962-588b-42d5-940f-47ae32f0b28c/UploadedImages/IBS_BioMetric-Bulletin-Vol39-3-1_6.pdf

The British and Irish Region once again joined forces with the Fisher Memorial Trust (FMT) to offer bursaries to support attendance at the International Biometric Conference at Riga (IBC 2022). John Addy, a bursary recipient, has kindly sent to us a report to share his experience: The 75th International Biometric Conference (IBC) was held in the beautiful read more

Thanks to all IBS members for your outstanding participation in the recent Society-wide election for IBS President-Elect. More than 1,100 ballots were cast and the results are in! We are pleased to announce that Iris Pigeot, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, University of Bremen, has been selected by read more

On 3 rd May 2022, the British and Irish Region of the Biometric Society hosted an online meeting on Variational Bayes. Variational Bayes is a computational method that allows scalable Bayesian inference that can be used as an alternative to the more commonly used Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. The meeting consisted of an introduction to Variational read more

Want to learn the latest about our anniversary, officially happening this September? Visit our new anniversary homepage, here . There will be much more information to come. Happy anniversary to all members of the International Biometric Society!