Saturday, July 6, 2013

Parallel Bayes with IPython

Excellent tutorial from the folks at Continuum Analytics/Wakari on how to parallelize bayesian parameter estimation using IPython (IPcluster) and pyMC.

Following this tutorial, I was able to make my bayesian spectral fitting code (for astronomical purposes) parallel -- and much faster -- very quickly.

Bayesian Estimation with PyMC and IPCluster