The Joined-Up-Ecology event is a workshop for PhD students that is co-funded by the British Ecological Society and the Computational Ecology and Environmental Sciences (CEES) Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge. The workshop will challenge students to do “joined-up-ecology” by understanding how ecological concepts are utilised in research and transferred between studies.
APRIL 22nd - 24th 2009
Closing Date For Applications March 20th 2009
FUNDING AVAILABLE
(see below for details)
Download workshop flyer here
EVENTS:
►Key Note Speakers will lay bare the challenges of integrating concepts across classifications, from field to theory, ecology to evolution, statistics to modelling.
Tim Coulson (Imperial College, UK)
http://www.bio-demography.org/
Bob O’Hara (Helsinki, Finland)
http://www.rni.helsinki.fi/~boh/
Claire de Mazancourt (McGill, Canada)
http://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/demazancourt/
Lindsay Turnbull (Zurich, Switzerland)
http://www.uzh.ch/uwinst/index.php?site=homepages/lindsay
►Special Guest Lecture - exploring the role of visualisation in research
Ben Fry (Cambridge MA, USA)
►“Learn something new” practical sessions will give participants a foothold in parameter estimation techniques, R stats, programming and other computational tools.
►“What you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask” - individual requests: Do you have a paper you have never been able to understand? Query requests will be answered.
►Lively discussions where participants will question the meaning of ‘fundamental’ ecological principles and their utility in contemporary ecology.
►Further workshop events to inspire, entertain and integrate.
WHERE?
Microsoft Research Cambridge
WHEN?
22nd-24th April 2009
HOW MUCH?
Everything is paid for except your accomodation and travel.
You can recieve BES funding for accomodation and travel if you:
If you receive <£15k pa stipend and are a BES Member
see the following link for more details
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/grants/meetings/student_sup.php
If youhave other sources of funding then just let us know when you apply.
WHO CAN ATTEND?
Motivated PhD Students! Whether a field ecologist, modeller, theoretician, or indeed a bit of everything.
There will be a poster session for all participants to present their research
Places are limited to maintain an intimate and lively atmosphere.
HOW DO I APPLY?
(1) 5 keywords relating to your research
(2) describe what would improve your research and why (50-70 words)
(3) and state your eligibility for BES funding (see below) or if you have separate funding available
Emailed to Greg McInerny, gregmci@microsoft.com
(closing date 20th March 2009)
AVAILABLE FUNDING:
Everything is paid for except your accomodation and travel.
You can recieve BES funding for accomodation and travel if you:
If you receive <£15k pa stipend and are a BES Member
see the following link for more details
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/grants/meetings/student_sup.php
If you have other sources of funding then just let us know when you apply.
RELATED LINKS:
The Computational Ecology and Environmental Science group at Microsoft Research, part of the Computational Science group.
The BES Computational Ecology specialist group, secretary David Murrell.
Download workshop flyer here