Spatio-temporal models with inlabru
Noumea (New Caledonia) 9-12 March 2026
Welcome to the course!
- Welcome to the
inlabruworkshop in New Caledonia! - The aim of this workshop is to introduce you to a range of statistical modelling approaches, in particular the temporal, spatial and spatio-temporal modelling as implemented in the
inlabrupackage. - Workshop materials are available in the github repository
Please use the instructions provided here to install and check your installation before the course start.
Learning Objectives for the workshop
At the end of the workshop, participants will have an understanding of:
- the motivation for and the challenges of analysing and modelling spatial data
- statistical models used to analyse spatial and spatio-temporal data
- the implementation of these models in the
inlabrupackage - how to independently analyse spatial data with
inlabru
Intended audience
The workshop aims to cater for participants with a range of different backgrounds, who is interested in analysing data with modern spatial and spatio-temporal statistical modelling approaches.
Prerequisites
Participants should be familiar with the R environment, and general statistical approaches for modelling such as regression, analysis of (co)variance, and generalized linear models.
No knowledge of R-INLA or inlabru is required.
Schedule
NOTE The schedule is indicative and some changes might come!
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Welcome and intro to the course |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Session 1: Introduction to inlabru |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Session 2: Some practical tips on inlabru |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch break 🍽️ |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Practical Session 1 |
| Practical Session 2 | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Session 3: Time Series Models |
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Session 3 cont.: Time Series Models |
| 9:00 - 11:00 | Practical Session 3 |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Session 4: Introduction to Spatial Statistics |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Session 5: Areal processes |
| 14.00 - 15:00 | Session 6: Geostatistics |
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 09:00 | Session 7: Point Processes |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Practical Session 4 |
| Practical Session 5 | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Session 8: Spatiotemporal models |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch break 🍽️ |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Session 9: Model comparison and evaluation |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Practical Session 6 |
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Session 10: Multi-likelihood/joint likelihood models |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Practical Session 7 |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Session 11: Zero Inflated Models |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch ☕ |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Practical Session 7 |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Closing session and discussion |
Licence
Citation
Belmont J., Martino S., Illian, J. F (2026). inlabruCourseMarch2026: Course Materials for Noumea inlabru Course 10-14 March 2026. https://inlabru-courses.github.io/NewCaledonia2026/
@Manual{Belmont2026inlabru,
title = {inlabruCourseMarch2026: Course Materials for Noumea inlabru Course 10-14 March 2026},
author = {Belmont, Jafet and Martino, Sara and Illian, Janine},
year = {2026},
url = {https://inlabru-courses.github.io/NewCaledonia2026/}
}