Category Archives: Workshops

Workshops, tutorial sessions and reading groups in the IMAS community

Bayesian Analysis Workshops

Posted on March 20, 2012 by swotherspoon

The Australian Antarctic Division will host a series of three workshops offered by Dr Simon Wotherspoon and Dr Ben Raymond to introduce and develop skills in Bayesian data analysis. The workshops will consist of a mixture of lecture presentations and … Continue reading →

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Gentle R – Regression

Posted on November 27, 2011 by swotherspoon

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

Posted on November 16, 2011 by swotherspoon

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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Gentle R – netCDF

Posted on November 7, 2011 by swotherspoon

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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Models & Ecosystems group

Posted on November 2, 2011 by swotherspoon

The Models & Ecosystems group meets regularly to discuss recent publications relating to marine and Antarctic ecosystems and ecosystem modelling. Simon Wotherspoon will lead discussion around the following recent paper from Ecology Letters: Houston et al. (2011). Optimal foraging for … Continue reading →

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Gentle R – Kernel Methods

Posted on October 30, 2011 by swotherspoon

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 kernel density estimation and kernel smoothing. It will be … Continue reading →

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Models & Ecosystems group

Posted on October 12, 2011 by imas

The Models & Ecosystems group meets regularly to discuss recent publications relating to marine and Antarctic ecosystems and ecosystem modelling. This week Stuart Corney will lead a discussion of Jin, M., et al. 2011. Investigation of Arctic sea ice and … Continue reading →

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Gentle R – Survey Analysis

Posted on October 11, 2011 by imas

Gentle R is a regular workshop run at the Australian Antarctic Division to assist those trying to develop skills in the statistical package R. The next session will tackle basic survey techniques, and will be lead by Simon Wotherspoon.  It … Continue reading →

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