2014-15: ECOL: Transition Workshop: May 4-6, 2015
Workshop Information
May 4, 2015 - 8:30am - May 6, 2015 - 12:30pm
Registration for this workshop is currently closed.
Schedule
Participant List
Speaker Abstracts/Titles
Posters
The Transition Workshop serves as the final programmed activity for the 2014-15 SAMSI program on Mathematical and Statistical Ecology. At this workshop, the working groups that have been meeting throughout the program will make presentations and discuss their plans for the future. Presentations are expected from the following working groups:
- Network Models: Organizers Jay Verhoef, Mevin Hooten, Lou Gross, webmaster Kimberly Kaufeld
- Ecology of Infectious Diseases: Organizers Alun Lloyd, Jennifer Hoeting, webmaster Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez
- Multivariate Models: Organizers Jim Clark, Alan Gelfand, webmaster Kimberly Kaufeld
- Tipping Points: Organizers Lou Gross, Phil Dixon, Ron McRoberts, webmaster Christopher Strickland
- Physical Ecology: Organizers Laura Miller, David Adalsteinsson, Lea Jenkins, webmaster Christopher Strickland
- Marine Ecology: Organizers Chris Jones, Ed Boone, webmaster Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez
For further information please send an email to [email protected]
Schedule
Monday, May 4, 2015
at SAMSI
8:30-8:45 a.m. | Registration |
8:45-9:00 | Richard Smith, Director of SAMSI Introduction and Welcome |
Session 1 - Networks Organizer: Mevin Hooten, Colorado State; Chair: Bailey Fosdick, Colorado State University |
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9:00-9:30 | Kimberly Kaufeld, SAMSI/N.C. State University Network Models in Ecology: An Overview |
9:30-10:00 | Ephraim Hanks, Penn State University Movement Models for Space use and Contact Networks in Social Insect Colonies |
10:00-10:30 | Bailey Fosdick, Colorado State University Temporal Latent Space Network Models for Dynamic Grooming Interactions in Baboon Troops |
10:30-11:00 | Break |
11:00-11:30 | Iris Levin, Colorado University-Boulder Stress Response and Sexual Signals Correlate with Social Interactions: A Social Network Study in North American Barn Swallows (Hirundo Rustica Erythrogaster) |
11:30-12:00 | Jim Russell, Penn State University Dynamic Models of Animal Movement with Spatial Point Process Interactions |
12:00-12:30 | Henry Scharf, Colorado State University Spatiotemporal Models for Animal Social Structure |
12:30-1:00 | Open Discussion |
1:00-2:00 | Lunch |
2:00-2:15 | Lou Gross, University of Tennessee Educating Ecologists about Statistics |
Session 2: Marine Ecology Organizer/Chair: Chris Jones, UNC-Chapel Hill |
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2:15-2:55 | Edward Boone, Virginia Commonwealth University Data Assimilation using Bayesian Methods for Traditional Ecological Models |
2:55-3:35 | Christof Meile, University of Georgia Tiny but Mighty: Microbes in Biogeochemical Models |
3:35-4:05 | Break |
4:05-5:00 | Panel Discussion Leader: Chris Jones, UNC-Chapel Hill Panelists: Virginia Pasour (Army Research Office), Colin Grudzien (UNC-Chapel Hill), Edward Boone (Virginia Commonwealth University), Christof Meile (University of Georgia) |
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. |
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
at SAMSI
8:45-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Announcements |
Session 3: Infectious Diseases Organizers: Jennifer Hoeting, Colorado State and Alun Lloyd, N.C. State University Chair: Alun Lloyd, N.C. State University |
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9:00-9:40 | Leah Johnson, University of South Florida How Hot is Malaria? - open challenges in evaluating the impact of climate on the transmission of vector-borne disease |
9:40-10:20 | Wen (Rick) Zhou, Colorado State University Modeling and Analysis of Diurnal Patterns in Maize Leaf with RNA-Sequencing Data |
10:20-10:50 | Break |
10:50-11:30 | Christian Gunning, N.C. State University Appropriate Measures of Persistence in Childhood Diseases |
11:30-12:00 | Yuan Zhang, Duke University Weak Convergence of a Seasonally Forced Stochastic Epidemic Model |
12:00-12:30 | Open Discussion |
12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
Session 4: Physical Ecology Organizer/Chair: Laura Miller, UNC-Chapel Hill |
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1:30-2:10 | Laura Miller, UNC-Chapel Hill Fluid Physics of Long Distance Dispersal |
2:10-2:50 | Arvind Santhanakrishnan, Oklahoma State University Wing-Wing Interaction in Tiny Insect Flight |
2:50-3:20 | Break |
3:20-4:00 | Christopher Strickland, SAMSI and UNC-Chapel Hill Stochastic Models for Parasitoid Release and Spread |
4:00-4:15 | Open Discussion |
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
at SAMSI
8:45-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Announcements |
Session 5: Multivariate Models Organizer/Chair: Jim Clark, Duke University |
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9:00-9:40 | Jim Clark, Duke University Development and Application of the Generalized Distribution Model to Joint Species and Trait Data |
9:40-10:20 | Brian Reich, N.C. State University Data Fusion for Ecological Studies |
10:20-10:50 | Break |
10:50-11:30 | Bijan Seyednasrollah, Duke University Applications of Joint Species Distribution Modeling with Case Studies |
11:30-12:10 | Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez, SAMSI and Duke University Dimension Reduction for Joint Species Distribution Modeling |
12:10-12:30 | Open Discussion |
12:30 | Box lunch available |