2014-15: ECOL: Opening Workshop: August 18-22, 2014
Workshop Information
August 18, 2014 - 9:00am - August 22, 2014 - 1:00pm
Registration for this workshop is currently closed.
The workshop was held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, a short walk from SAMSI.
The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the topics of the program and to identify research themes that will be developed in working groups over the length of the program.
For further information please send an email to [email protected]
Schedule
Participant List
Speaker Titles and Abstracts
Poster Titles
Schedule
Monday, August 18, 2014
Hamner Conference Center Auditorium
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Introduction and Welcome |
| 8:45-10:00 | Tutorial Lecture 1: James S. Clark, Nicholas School of the Environment and Departments of Biology and Statistical Science, Duke University Dynamic Multivariate Analysis for Biodiversity and Climate Change |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:15 | Tutorial Lecture 2: Chris Wikle, Professor of Statistics, University of Missouri Statistical Methods for Spatio-temporal Processes |
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch (Galleria) |
| 1:30-2:45 | Tutorial Lecture 3: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Simon A Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center, Arizona State University Introduction to the Mathematics of Infectious Diseases Dynamics |
| 2:45-4:00 | Tutorial Lecture 4: Charmaine Dean, Faculty of Science, Western University, Ontario Wildfire and Forest Disease Prediction to Inform Forest Management: Statistical Science Challenges |
| 4:00-4:30 | Break |
| 4:30-5:45 | Tutorial Lecture 5: George Sugihara, Physical Oceanography Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Correlation and Causation |
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Hamner Conference Center Auditorium
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Registration |
| Session 1: Multivariate Inference and Prediction for Biodiversity Organizers: Alan Gelfand and Jim Clark (Duke University) |
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| 8:45-9:30 | Andrew Latimer, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis Using Statistical Models to Study Climate-Disturbance-Plant Interactions |
| 9:30-10:15 | Allen Hurlbert, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Explaining Biodiversity Patterns, or How to Characterize an Elephant |
| 10:15-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Department of Biology, University of Washington The Implications of Climate Change for Tree Species Distributions in the Pacific Northwest |
| 11:30-12:00 | Discussant: Philip Dixon, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University |
| 12:00-12:15 | Open discussion |
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch |
| Session 2: Ecology of Infectious Diseases Organizers: Jennifer Hoeting (Colorado State University) and Alun Lloyd (North Carolina State University) |
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| 1:30-2:15 | Juliet Pulliam, Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida Models and Data for Understanding Transmission of Mosquito-borne Zoonoses |
| 2:15-3:00 | Zhilan Feng, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University Emerging Disease Dynamics in a Model Coupling Within-Host and Between-Host Systems |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:15 | Jennifer Hoeting, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University Parameter Inference and Model Selection in Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamical Models: Modeling a Wildlife Epidemic |
| 4:15-4:45 | Discussant: Chris Wikle, University of Missouri, Ecology of Infectious Diseases |
| 4:45-5:00 | Open discussion |
| 5:00-7:00 | Poster Session and Reception SAMSI will provide poster presentation boards and tape. The board dimensions are 4 ft. wide by 3 ft. high. They are tri-fold with each side being 1 ft. wide and the center 2 ft. wide. Please make sure your poster fits the board. The boards can accommodate up to 16 pages of paper measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches. |
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Hamner Conference Center Auditorium
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Registration |
| Session 3: Large Computational Models in Ecology Organizer: Lea Jenkins (Clemson University) |
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| 8:45-9:30 | Randall Hanson, US Geological Survey Examples of Large Integrated Hydrologic Models using MODFLOW-OWHM |
| 9:30-10:15 | Bertrand Lemasson, US Army Corps of Engineers The Influence of Cognition, Individual Capability, and Social Interactions in Modeling Animal Movements |
| 10:15-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Jennifer Tate and Matthew Farthing, US Army Corps of Engineers Large Computational Modeling by USACE |
| 11:30-11:50 | Discussant 1: Don DeAngelis, US Geological Survey and Miami University |
| 11:50-12:10 | Discussant 2: Lea Jenkins, Department of Mathematics, Clemson University |
| 12:10-12:30 | Open discussion |
| 12:30-1:45 | Lunch |
| Session 4: Critical Thresholds and Resilience; Applications to Forest Degradation Organizers: Lou Gross (University of Tennessee), Ron McRoberts (US Forest Service), Phil Dixon (Iowa State University) |
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| 1:45-2:30 | Lou Gross, University of Tennessee Overview of Mathematical Approaches to Resilience, Stability and Transitions with Particular Application to Savanna Systems |
| 2:30-3:15 | Dan Hayes, ORNL A Spatiotemporal Perspective on 30 Years of Forest Change as Viewed from Space |
| 3:15-3:45 | Discussant: Ron McRoberts, US Forest Service |
| 3:45-4:00 | Open discussion |
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Hamner Conference Center Auditorium
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Registration |
| Session 5: Spatial Ecology Organizers: Jay Ver Hoef (NOAA) and Lou Gross (University of Tennessee) |
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| 8:45-9:30 | Marie-Josee Fortin, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto Spatial Ecology |
| 9:30-10:15 |
Erin Peterson, CSIRO |
| 10:15-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Mevin Hooten, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University First or Second Order? That is the Question |
| 11:30-11:50 | Discussant 1: Jay Ver Hoef, NOAA |
| 11:50-12:10 | Discusant 2: Lou Gross, Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics, University of Tennessee |
| 12:10-12:30 | Open discussion |
| 12:30-2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00-5:00 | Working Groups Formation Session |
Friday, August 22, 2014
at SAMSI
| 9:00-12:00 | Initial meetings of Working Groups |
| 12:00-1:00 | Box Lunch |
| 1:00 | Adjourn |
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