Curious about the use of GPU computing for massively faster fitting of statistical models (especially state-space models)? Nice paper by my fabulous PhD student Cal Fagard-Jenkin, with some "getting started" components. Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoi… Code github.com/calliste-fagar…

How can ecology make transferable predictions in a changing and data-deficient world? I hope to make this the most interesting PhD I have ever supervised. Applications now open! #Transferability #FundamentalNiche #SDM #Ecology #Statistics @UofG_SBOHVM ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html

Exciting opportunities for PhD in the intersection of Ecology and Data Science. How cool is that!? gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

I'm excited to share that I published a first version of my Statistics 4 Ecologists book with University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. You can now download a (FREE) pdf version of the book here: conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/2…

ISEC 2024 15-19 July in Swansea - do not miss it! More info here: ststisticalecoloy.org

I'm looking for a motivated postdoc to join my lab at Aarhus University. Details: bit.ly/3SMpLp7 The position is broad, basically statistical ecology, community ecology, macroecology, or related to animal science #PostDocJobs #Ecology

3 wks left to apply for #PhDposition 'Social Soaring Scavengers' #biologging & collective behaviour research. Fully funded, 3.5 yrs, open to all, & well suited to graduate student in Biology, Physics or similar. Application open until March 15th stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9f7…

Come work with us! Movement and population dynamics of Wildebeest. Research Associate in Mathematical Ecology at University of Glasgow jobs.ac.uk/job/DGF543/res…

Join me in asking decision-makers to increase funding for grad students and postdoctoral scholars in Budget 2024! #SupportOurScience nwmd.io/s/twitter/ZBU6…

Rouven Michels and I just published a paper on the combination of data smoothing and Markov-switching models. In particular we show that preliminary data smoothing as a preprocessing approach can introduce artificial autocorrelation. 📈🏀 academic.oup.com/jrsssc/advance…

NIMBLE, HMMs, GAMs for movement data, Bayesian MCMCs .. do not miss the fab workshopsvat #ISEC_2024 IN Swansea this July! statisticalecology.org/?page_id=58

New workshop at ISEC 2024! "Fitting Integrated Distribution Models with PointedSDMs" by Bob O’Hara, Philip Mostert, Ron Tugonov, Kwaku Adjei. #ISEC_2024_Swansea Details here: statisticalecology.org/?page_id=58

🥁Graduate opportunity🥁 I am recruiting 2 graduate students in applied quantitative ecology (1 PhD, 1 MSc) to evaluate large mammal monitoring tools in Montana jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=9… jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=9… .University of Montana .W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation .Montana FWP 📢Repost is much appreciated!

Really nice work! It's usually hard to know how well hidden Markov models can identify behavioural states of interest, so it seems important to use all relevant data sources when available (e.g., for "supervised" learning, or for validation like here).

📣New paper alert 📢 Super Excited to see our new paper out in Methods in Ecology and Evolution w John Fieberg David Wolfson Dongmin (Dennis) Kim on modelling individual variability using step-selection besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #animalmovement #ecology BES Movement Ecology U of MN FWCB University of Minnesota A small thread...

This week, Théo Michelot—an assistant professor Dalhousie University —will be joining OTN's virtual study hall to discuss the use of hidden Markov models to estimate behavioural states from animal tracking data. 🗓️ May 9 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. AST! DM us for the link. #TelemetryTuesday

Please RT! Postdoc position with George Wittemyer and myself at Colorado State focused on movement ecology and ecophysiology. - 2 years+ of funding - Enormous amount of novel data in hand - Will consider remote work - Due June 24 Description here: shorturl.at/e2yuj

Registrations are open for #BESMove2024 ! This year at the University of Southampton, organised by Ryan Reisinger, David Sims & Jorn Cheney. Unmissable! Here the link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/besmove2024-…

I want to make a short questionnaire to gauge #ecology students' confidence and feelings about using statistics, and repeat at the middle/end of the module. Any advice on questions? Help please! Thanks #rstats

Please RT: George Wittemyer and I are recruiting a postdoc to map and quantify the dynamic human footprint using human mobility data (cell) for integration into wildlife habitat and behavior analyses. Fort Collins, CO - $66k - apply by Oct 15 - Details: drive.google.com/file/d/1GGbhkK…