Monthly Archives: November 2011

Gibbs Sampling from Hidden Markov Models

A number of students are either currently working with or have been asking about the algorithm to Gibbs sample from a hidden Markov model described in Scott, S.L., 2002. Bayesian Methods for Hidden Markov Models. Journal of the American Statistical … Continue reading

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Gentle R – Regression

Gentle R is a regular workshop run at the Australian Antarctic Division to assist those trying to develop skills in the statistical package R. In the next session Simon Wotherspoon will discuss some advanced ideas surrounding basic regression. It will be … Continue reading

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Models & Ecosystems Group

The Models & Ecosystems group meets regularly to discuss recent publications relating to marine and Antarctic ecosystems and ecosystem modelling. This weeks’ discussion will be lead by Dr Tony Press, who offers Chapter 1 of “The Ecological Web” by HG … Continue reading

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Congratulations Delphine

Congratulations to Delphine Lannuzel who has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for 3 years from 2012 for her project “The role of Antarctic sea ice as a natural ocean fertiliser”. “This project will assess the importance of … Continue reading

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Climate Change Projections for Australia: Where to from here?

Penny Whetton Senior Research Scientist Climate Variability and Change Program Monday 21 November 2011, 11.30am CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

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Ingested plastic as a source of heavy metal contamination in Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes)

Jennifer Lavers, IMAS Monday Nov 14th, 12 noon, IMAS Seminar Room, Sandy Bay

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Gentle R – netCDF

Gentle R is a regular workshop run at the Australian Antarctic Division to assist those trying to develop skills in the statistical package R. In the next session Ben Raymond will discuss reading and processing environmental data from netCDF and similar … Continue reading

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Anthropogenic drivers of change of key ecosystem processes: lessons from the Derwent Estuary and Port Phillip Bay

Jeff Ross, IMAS 12:00-12:50pm Wednesday Nov 9th Seminar room, IMAS Sandy Bay

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Regime shift to reduced sea ice production after the Mertz Glacier calving

Takeshi Tamura, ACE CRC and NIPR Japan 12:00-12:50pm Monday Nov 7 Seminar room, IMAS Sandy Bay

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Master of Antarctic Science final seminars

The Master of Antarctic Science final seminars will be held in the IMAS seminar room, Thursday 3rd November at 1pm.  The program will be:  Sarah Payne 1.00-1.30: Temporal trends in the sensitivity of Antarctic marine zooplankton communities exposed to a diesel fuel. Lara … Continue reading

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