Workshops
Animal Movement Journal club
- October 24th 2022: Evan Sidrow presented the paper "Uncovering ecological state dynamics with hidden Markov models" by Brett T McClintock, Roland Langrock, Olivier Gimenez, Emmanuelle Cam, David L Borchers, Richard Glennie, and Toby A Patterson. See the paper here.
- November 21th 2022: Rowenna Gryba presented "Hidden Markov models: Pitfalls and opportunities in ecology" by Richard Glennis, Timo Adam, Vianey Leos-Barajas, Théo Michelot, Theoni Photopoulou, and Brett T. McClintock. See paper here.
- December 5th 2022: Marco Gallegos Herrada presented "Selecting the Number of States in Hidden Markov Models: Pragmatic Solutions Illustrated Using Animal Movement" by Jennifer Pohle, Roland Langrock, Floris M. van Beest, and Niels Martin Schmidt. See paper here.
- February 1st 2023: Fanny Dupont presented "Worth the effort? A practical examination of random effects in hidden Markov models for animal telemetry data" by Brett T.McClintock. See paper here.
- February 15th 2023: Shabnam Shadloo presented "A comparison of techniques for classifying behavior from accelerometers for two species of seabird" by Allison Patterson, Hugh Grant Gilchrist, Lorraine Chivers, Scott Hatch, and Kyle Elliott. See paper here.
- March 1st 2023: Evan Sidrow presented "Conceptual and methodological advances in habitat-selection modeling: guidelines for ecology and evolution" by Joseph M. Northrup, Eric Vander Wal, Maegwin Bonar, John Fieberg, Michel P. Laforge, Martin Leclerc, Christina M. Prokopenko, and Brian D. Gerber. See paper here.
- March 29th 2023: Katie floral presented: "Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management" by Graeme C. Hays et al. See paper here.
- April 12th 2023: Rowenna Gryba presented "Joint use of location and acceleration data reveals influences on transitions among habitats in wintering birds" by Jay A. VonBank et al. See paper here.
- April 26st 2023: Vinky Wang presented "Mixed hidden Markov models: an extension of the hidden Markov model to the longitudinal data setting" by Rachel MacKay Altman. See paper here.
- May 10th 2023: Fanny Dupont presented "Sustained disruption of narwhal habitat use and behavior in the presence of Arctic killer whales" by Greg A. Breed, Cory J. D. Matthews, Marianne Marcoux, Jeff W. Higdon, Bernard LeBlanc, Stephen D. Petersen, Jack Orr, Natalie R. Reinhart, and Steven H. Ferguson. See paper here.
- October 5th 2023: Vinky Wang presented "Flexible Modelling of Diel and Other Periodic Variation in Hidden Markov Models" by Carlina C. Feldmann, Sina Mews, Angelica Coculla, Ralf Stanewsky & Roland Langrock. See paper here.
- October 19th 2023: Shabnam Shadloo presented "Animal behaviour on the move: the use of auxiliary information and semi-supervision to improve behavioural inferences from Hidden Markov Models applied to GPS tracking datasets" by Sarah Saldanha et al. See paper here.
Mental Health Journal club
- June 5th 2023: Vinky Wang presented "Applying machine learning in motor activity time series of depressed bipolar and unipolar patients compared to healthy controls" by Petter Jakobsen et al. See paper here.
- July 10th 2023: Arturo Esquivel Fuente presented "A Bayesian Approach to Multistage Hidden Markov Models: Application to Dementia Progression" by Jonathan P. William et al. See paper here.
- August 14th 2023: Fanny Dupont presented "Order selection for regression-based hidden Markov model" by Yiqi Lin and Xinyuan Song. See paper here.
- September 11th 2023: Vinky Wang presented "Hidden Markov models for monitoring circadian rhythmicity in telemetric activity data". See paper here.