The Transition Workshop was 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 made presentations and discussed their plans for the future. Presentations were 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
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Schedule and Supporting Media
Participant List
Speaker Abstracts/Titles
Posters
Monday, May 4, 2015
at SAMSI
| Time | Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos | |
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| 8:30-8:45 | Registration | ||||
| 8:45-9:00 | Introduction and Welcome | Richard Smith, Director of SAMSI | |||
| Session 1 – Networks | Organizer: Mevin Hooten, Colorado State Chair: Bailey Fosdick, Colorado State University |
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| 9:00-9:30 | Network Models in Ecology: An Overview | Kimberly Kaufeld, SAMSI/N.C. State University | |||
| 9:30-10:00 | Movement Models for Space use and Contact Networks in Social Insect Colonies | Ephraim Hanks, Penn State University | |||
| 10:00-10:30 | Temporal Latent Space Network Models for Dynamic Grooming Interactions in Baboon Troops | Bailey Fosdick, Colorado State University | |||
| 10:30-11:00 | Break | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Stress Response and Sexual Signals Correlate with Social Interactions: A Social Network Study in North American Barn Swallows (Hirundo Rustica Erythrogaster) | Iris Levin, Colorado University-Boulder | |||
| 11:30-12:00 | Dynamic Models of Animal Movement with Spatial Point Process Interactions | Jim Russell, Penn State University | |||
| 12:00-12:30 | Spatiotemporal Models for Animal Social Structure | Henry Scharf, Colorado State University | |||
| 12:30-1:00 | Open Discussion | ||||
| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 2:00-2:15 | Educating Ecologists about Statistics | Lou Gross, University of Tennessee | |||
| Session 2: Marine Ecology | Organizer/Chair: Chris Jones, UNC-Chapel Hill | ||||
| 2:15-2:55 | Data Assimilation using Bayesian Methods for Traditional Ecological Models | Edward Boone, Virginia Commonwealth University | |||
| 2:55-3:35 | Tiny but Mighty: Microbes in Biogeochemical Models | Christof Meile, University of Georgia | |||
| 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 |
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| 5:00-7:00 | Poster Session and Reception |
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
at SAMSI
| Time | Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
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| 8:45-9:00 | Registration and Announcements | |||
| Session 3: Infectious Diseases | Organizers: Jennifer Hoeting, Colorado State Alun Lloyd, N.C. State University Chair: Alun Lloyd, N.C. State University |
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| 9:00-9:40 | How Hot is Malaria? – open challenges in evaluating the impact of climate on the transmission of vector-borne disease | Leah Johnson, University of South Florida | ||
| 9:40-10:20 | Modeling and Analysis of Diurnal Patterns in Maize Leaf with RNA-Sequencing Data | Wen (Rick) Zhou, Colorado State University | ||
| 10:20-10:50 | Break | |||
| 10:50-11:30 | Appropriate Measures of Persistence in Childhood Diseases | Christian Gunning, N.C. State University | ||
| 11:30-12:00 | Weak Convergence of a Seasonally Forced Stochastic Epidemic Model | Yuan Zhang, Duke University | ||
| 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 | Fluid Physics of Long Distance Dispersal | Laura Miller, UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| 2:10-2:50 | Wing-Wing Interaction in Tiny Insect Flight | Arvind Santhanakrishnan, Oklahoma State University | ||
| 2:50-3:20 | Break | |||
| 3:20-4:00 | Stochastic Models for Parasitoid Release and Spread | Christopher Strickland, SAMSI and UNC-Chapel Hill | ||
| 4:00-4:15 | Open Discussion |
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
at SAMSI
| Time | Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
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| 8:45-9:00 | Registration and Announcements | |||
| Session 5: Multivariate Models | Organizer/Chair: Jim Clark, Duke University | |||
| 9:00-9:40 | Development and Application of the Generalized Distribution Model to Joint Species and Trait Data | Jim Clark, Duke University | ||
| 9:40-10:20 | Data Fusion for Ecological Studies | Brian Reich, N.C. State University | ||
| 10:20-10:50 | Break | |||
| 10:50-11:30 | Applications of Joint Species Distribution Modeling with Case Studies | Bijan Seyednasrollah, Duke University | ||
| 11:30-12:10 | Dimension Reduction for Joint Species Distribution Modeling | Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez, SAMSI and Duke University | ||
| 12:10-12:30 | Open Discussion | |||
| 12:30 | Box lunch available |