PhD student @QUT, modelling the movements and behaviours of feral bovids in Northern Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Joined July 2017
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Animal movement is complex, depends on many interacting factors, and can be hard to accurately predict. Here we present a novel approach using a deep learning step selection framework: tinyurl.com/2em9yyjb, with lots of supporting info and code! swforrest.github.io/deepSSF/
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The first many-analysts study in ecology is finally published! 🥳🙌
300+ coauthors and 5+ years, this was a massive effort by @Elliot_Gould_ @HannahSFraser @TimParker88 and co.
Open access 👉 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/ar…
Stoked to have a cover photo for @EcographyJourna! In our paper doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07421 we included temporal dynamics into SSFs, resulting in daily patterns of movement and habitat selection.
Simulating then gave us dynamic spatial predictions
Code! github.com/swforrest/dynamic…
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I'M LICHEN IT! 🤯💚
LOOK AT THOSE ANTENNAE!🤩
We just finished a POSTER on the Katydids of Manu!! (On our Patreon)! 👀
But, THIS is the craziest Katydid I've ever had the pleasure of seeing! Perfectly mimicking lichen growing on a tree, it blends in so well with the rainforest!🌳
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Please repost. ISBE+, the online platform of uploaded plenaries, Hamilton lectures and more than 120 oral/poster presentations from #ISBE2024, is now live. Details here: isbe2024.com/isbe-plus
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Postdoc position available! Come to @CrabExeter to work with @Samellisq , me, @kchiou & @SMack_Lab on comparative life-history evolution, as part of a new NIH grant on the social modifiers of lifespan. Apply by Oct 29 here: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webre…
Post Doc available
We are looking for someone to come and work here at @UniofExeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, @ljnbrent , @SMack_Lab and @kchiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history.
Details here: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webre…
ALT View from our building. It's always sunny here.
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JOB ALERT. Come and work with the @CSIRO & @BiolSci_UWA as a quantitative field ecologist. A 2 year postdoc based in Perth working across the Kimberley & Pilbara on developing biocontrol for an invasive vine. Please RT!
external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/…
Fantastic week at @ISEC_stats_ecol in Swansea last week - such a wide array of inspiring ideas! Thanks to the excellent organising committee and @QUTDataScience for funding. Somehow I also managed to aquire a souvenir... 🥳 #ISEC2024
So proud of @scottwilliamf for winning best student presentation at #ISEC2024 @ISEC_stats_ecol!! 💫👏🥳 @QUTDataScience
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Had a wonderful time at #ISEC2024 @ISEC_stats_ecol. Big thanks to the organising team and to @QUTDataScience and @saef_arc for helping me attend! 😊👏
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Quantitative/Spatial #Ecology Postdoc opportunity, 2yr NSF-funded, with UT @USGSCoopUnits & @USU_WILD . Apply here: https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/7998/postdoctoral-fellow-ii/job
please RT!
ALT Postdoc position description; see https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/7998/postdoctoral-fellow-ii/job for readable text
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17 MILLION insects migrate through a 30m Pyrenean mountain pass every autumn!
They fly through the mountains on their remarkable journeys from northern Europe (including the UK) into Spain and beyond for the winter!
Our new paper is out right now: royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Excited to see our paper accepted in TMLR. This work, a collaborative effort with David Nott, @dtfraz, @DavidJWarne, and @chris_drovandi, proposes robust sequential neural likelihood, a simulation-based inference method that is robust to model misspecification.
Misspecification-robust Sequential Neural Likelihood for Simulation-based Inference
Ryan P. Kelly, David J Nott, David Tyler Frazier, David J Warne, Christopher Drovandi.
Action editor: George Papamakarios.
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#models #likelihoods #like
New paper! Here we GPS-tracked kākā @NZEcosanctuary, and found that younger kākā were more exploratory and had larger home ranges, which increased their exposure to risk outside the safety of the fence. We also present an approach for dynamic space use. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Yesterday I presented my final PhD seminar on the use of @bayesian models to improve the spatial resolution of health data in Australia🎉Huge thanks to all those who supported me through this journey, particularly @QUTDataScience and @CCQld!
Absolutely brilliant final seminar presentation by the inimitable @JamieAHogg yesterday - huge congratulations! Watch this #superstar! @QUTDataScience @KerrieMengersen @thejesscam @PeterBaade (With thanks to Kerrie for this image!)
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Congratulations to our Centre Director, @KerrieMengersen - just awarded the Ruby Payne-Scott Medal by the Australian Academy of Science. The medal is one of the @Science_Academy's most prestigious awards, recognising researchers of the highest standing over a career.
Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen FAA (@QUT)—an expert in Bayesian statistics—has had a remarkable 35-year post-PhD research career, skilfully navigating the intersection of statistics, machine learning, & artificial intelligence. https://xitter.cf/t.co/al3ctzwQFQ #AcademyAwardees
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I'm excited to share that I published a first version of my Statistics 4 Ecologists book with University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. You can now download a (FREE) pdf version of the book here:
conservancy.umn.edu/handle/1…