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Continued Agentic AI at upcoming meeting, 19th March
After an intense and fruitful discussion on Agentic AI thanks to a great presentation from Paul below, we aim to have a look at the practical implementation of Agentic AI on 19th March.
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Agentic AI: from neurons to autonomous systems
Paul Agapow (Bayezian / Skipping Girl Bio) An gentle introduction to agentic AI: where it came from, what it is, and how everyone lost their goddamn minds. Presented to the PSI Data Science group, March 2026. Intended as an introduction to and mental model for the subject, a whirlwind tour not a comprehensive overview. Hence,…
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Meeting on 20th February
The data science SIG discussed the paper from Larry Wasserman (CMU) on Decorrelated Variable Importance. The standard Leave-Out COvariates (LOCO) estimator is biased. This publication introduces and evaluates four alternatives including methods for optaining confidence intervals. The recommended alternatives are based on non-parametric estimation for decorrelating the set set of interested variables. It provides one-step…
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Meeting on 5th February, review of FDA Guidance
The DS SIG went through the FDA Guidance to Industry Draft on Bayesian Methods for Drug and Biological Products. The document lays ground for using Bayesian methods for the analysis of Clinical Trials. This is a huge step forward following Guidance for the Use of Bayesian Statistics in Medical Device Clinical Trials. It outlines and…
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2nd Session, 22nd January 2026
The DS SIG went through the two most recent DeepSeek technical reports to better understand those advancements in AI. Specifically, the following documents were discussed: In the next session, we’ll look at the current Guidance to Industry draft on Bayesian methods.
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Starting the year: 1st meeting in 2026 on 8th January
On 8th January 2026, the PSI Data Science SIG returned from the holiday period. The meeting was used to provide user accounts to the SIG members to our web platform for blogging, discussions, collaborative editing and file sharing. Each member created an account and password and investigated the digital platform options. The next meeting on…
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Starting our blog in 2026!
After our founding in 2017, it was now time to start our long desired blog: Welcome to the PSI Data Science Special Interest Group! We are a small goup, welcoming interested members, to discuss Data Science topics, share experience, and form best practices within our biweekly meetings. We have outlined our mission in these slides.