[ceevol] Statistics and Biodiversity Science Workshop

From: "Dempster, Jane" <j.dempster@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "ceevol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ceevol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LERN LondonEvolution <londonevolution@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:17:38 +0000

For All CEE, LERN and GEE members

Hi all
We are starting a joint initiative with the some of the statisticians here at 
UCL and Microsoft Research to think about how their methods can help us 
understand biodiversity data better and how our data can help them develop 
their methods further. The first of two workshops will be held on 
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October<x-apple-data-detectors://0> at the Mappin Pavillon, ZSL. All welcome 
but please sign up if you are interested so we have some idea of numbers for 
catering etc.
http://statisticsandbiodiversityworkshop.eventbrite.com/
Best wishes
Kate

Collaborative opportunities for computational statistics and biodiversity 
science
Aim: This workshop is for both the leading UCL statistical and machine learning 
researchers and the leading UK biodiversity scientists (Zoological Society of 
London, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UCL Department of Genetics, Evolution and 
Environment and CoMPLEX UCL). We will explore how to strike up efficient and 
mutually beneficial collaborations that will really challenge the state of the 
art methods and biodiversity science. This workshop will establish 
collaborations between Zoological Society of London, Microsoft Research and UCL 
with a view to forming an ‘Advanced Technology for Nature Unit’ 
(www.technologyfornature.org<http://www.technologyfornature.org/>).
Background: Wild nature is declining rapidly as humans use more of earth’s 
resources. Better tools are needed to document, monitor, and conserve wildlife 
populations. Advances in methods to collect biodiversity data (such as global 
citizen science programmes) are creating a critical need for better statistical 
approaches to process and analyze this information. From a computational 
statistics perspective, these new biodiversity data sources are presenting a 
challenge to available tools and there is a great opportunity to develop new 
methodological approaches.
The workshop will be written up as a ‘Workshop Report’ in Biology Letters with 
all the participants as authors.

Professor Kate Jones
Chair of Ecology and Biodiversity
University College London and Zoological Society of London
Rm 110, Darwin Building
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT

Tel: +44 (0)20 31084230, Web: 
www.zsl.org/katejones<http://www.zsl.org/katejones>

[ceevol] Statistics and Biodiversity Science Workshop

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