@statsStAndrews

Stats division at University of St Andrews

Joined September 2015
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Len Thomas@len_thom18 Oct 2024
Interested in an academic position in statistical ecology at St Andrews? Closing date coming up soon: 23rd October...
stats-at-StAndrews@statsStAndrews4 Jul 2024
Come work with us! We're recruiting a chair / reader in statistical ecology vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V… @CREEM_cake @StA_Maths_Stats @univofstandrews @NCSE_UK #statsjobs #ecologyjobs
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A group of our PhD students taking a break from their weekly reading group/chat. Interested to join them for a PhD in Stats? We are a vibrant community in a friendly environment. See details at bit.ly/StAndrewsPhDStats25 We accept UK and overseas students. Scholarships available.
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stats-at-StAndrews@statsStAndrews4 Jul 2024
Come work with us! We're recruiting a chair / reader in statistical ecology vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V… @CREEM_cake @StA_Maths_Stats @univofstandrews @NCSE_UK #statsjobs #ecologyjobs
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Come work with us! We're recruiting a chair / reader in statistical ecology vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V… @CREEM_cake @StA_Maths_Stats @univofstandrews @NCSE_UK #statsjobs #ecologyjobs
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Chris Sutherland@chrissuthy5 Apr 2024
Very proud to have been given the student nominated "outstanding innovation in teaching" award today 😊
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Len Thomas@len_thom5 May 2024
Many congratulations to my fantastic PhD student @CallisteFJ who today submitted his thesis on "GPU-accelerated computational statistics in ecology". Way to go, Cal!
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Len Thomas@len_thom1 Feb 2024
PhD📢: Fully-funded studentship @univofstandrews "Estimating spatial and temporal patterns in density of harbour porpoises in the North Sea using datasets from passive acoustic ocean observation networks with data flow to EU Digital Twin Ocean database" stats.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/fi…
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Well done Felix!
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Len Thomas@len_thom25 Jan 2024
Curious about the use of GPU computing for massively faster fitting of statistical models (especially state-space models)? Nice paper by my fabulous PhD student Cal Fagard-Jenkin, with some "getting started" components. Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.202… Code github.com/calliste-fagard-j…
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Please join our Stats Seminar 2-3pm Wed, Jan-24 to hear our own @FergusJChadwick (University of St Andrews) on "Do identification guides hold the key to species misclassification by citizen scientists?". DM @giominas or email [email protected] your affiliation to join.
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The pipes are calling! We are advertising two lectureships in statistics: vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V… Teaching-and-research or teaching-focussed. Lovely living and working environment, friendly and collaborative group, excellent students. #statsjobs #academicjobs
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Theo Kypraios@tkypraios16 Jan 2024
Looking forward to visiting @univofstandrews and talking about Bayesian nonparametrics!
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Very well deserved recognition to one of our research groups, in inter-disciplinary partnership with colleagues at @SchoolofBiology and @StAndrewsCS. Well done to everyone @CREEM_cake!
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Congratulations @EmpacherFa !
Len Thomas@len_thom24 Nov 2023
Congratulations to my fantastic PhD student @EmpacherFa for defending her thesis this week, and thank-you to co-supervisor @KenNewm20028163 of @BioSScotland and @EdinUniMaths for all his help. Go Fanny!
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Théo Michelot@TheoMichelot31 Oct 2023
Next week I'll be talking about the R package hmmTMB, and illustrate with analysis of animal tracking data! Click the link to register.
Cassyni Seminars@CassyniSeminars31 Oct 2023
Check out seminar "Flexible hidden Markov models using hmmTMB and applications in ecology" presented by Asst. Prof. Théo Michelot @TheoMichelot @DalhousieU @SpringerStats 🗓️Tuesday 7th November 2023 📷 11.00 AM (America/New York) cassyni.com/events/71QFHpfpr…

Flexible hidden Markov models using hmmTMB and applications in ecology

I will present hidden Markov models, a general class of stochastic processes widely used in many areas (including ecology, financial analysis, medical statistics, etc.). In particular, I will explain...

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Théo Michelot@TheoMichelot1 Nov 2023
Now in Annals of Applied Statistics: "Continuous-time modelling of behavioural responses in animal movement" We use stochastic differential equations to model baseline behaviour, and detect behaviour change after animals are exposed to human disturbance doi.org/10.1214/23-AOAS1776
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Happy Halloween everyone!
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Andy Lynch 🇪🇺@dralynch24 Oct 2023
Fantastic to see that Jane Wadsworth now has an entry on the MacTutor history of maths website. An inspirational medical statistician who studied here in St Andrews. @StA_Maths_Stats mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.u…

Jane Wadsworth

Jane Wadsworth (née Arnott) was a statistician who applied her skills to data coming from a wide range of topics relating to medical research. She devoted the latter part of her life to combatting...

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It has been our pleasure today to welcome Prof Colin Torney @UofGMaths_Stats to give the JJ Valletta memorial lecture "From machine learning to migration".
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Natasha Klappstein@NJKlappstein4 Jun 2023
Paper on state-switching step selection functions (HMM-SSFs) published in Movement Ecology (rdcu.be/ddHru)! We model behaviour-dependent movement and habitat selection, with some new extensions and inferential tools. Applied to 🦓. With @len_thom and @TheoMichelot
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