Name + "ian" as the alternative to rhyming with Asian strikes me as a somewhat limited illustration.
The end of "Asian" does not sound like "ian", and "Asian" does not have a "z" sound in it like "Bayes" does.
IPA to the rescue!
"Bayes" is pronounced /beɪz/. I pronounce "Bayesian" /ˈbeɪziən/. Noah Goodman and Eliezer pronounce it /ˈbeɪʒən/. The Random House unabridged dictionary (1993) gives both pronunciations (and the OED does not have "Bayes" or "Bayesian" entries).
"Gauss" is pronounced /gaʊs/. I pronounce "Gaussian" /ˈgaʊsiən/. Noah Goodman pron...
Google tech talks published a bunch of video from AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) 2011 today, they're all linked from the conference site. I haven't watched any of them yet but the titles sound interesting.
http://agi-conf.org/2011/conference-schedule/#vp
(Via Patrick Hahn @OB-NYC.)