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Integral Projection Models: Demography in a Continuous World

November 6th-10th, 2017, Valencia (Spain)

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Course Integral Projection Models- Demography in a Continuous WorldCourse overview

Population modelling provides insights on ecological and evolutionary processes as diverse as the probability of a local extinction, the evolution of cellular maintenance, or the influence of clonality on senescence.

With advances in computing power and theoretical developments, population models have evolved rapidly and new approaches such as Integral Projection Models (IPMs) have emerged.

This course will teach basic and advanced applications of IPMs. By the end of the course, attendees will be able to construct IPMs with their own data (or data provided by the instructors), and estimate a number of important population rates including sensitivity analyses, life table response experiments, stochastic projections and times to local extinction.

The course is targeted to MSc, PhD students and postdocs (although faculty are welcome to apply to) with a strong interest in demography, with an already existing foundation of population matrix models, and an intermediate level of R.

Participants with well developed scientific questions and collected data will be given priority, but the instructors will provide with example data to those with no data.

Requirements

Graduate or postgraduate degree in Life Sciences. Some knowledge of population matrix models and intermediate level of R is required.

All participants must bring their own personal laptop. We would like to encourage participants to bring along their own data.

Contact

courses@transmittingscience.org

LOCATION

DATE

January 14th-18th, 2019

LANGUAGE

English

COURSE LENGTH & ECTS

37.5 hours on-site.

This course is equivalent to 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School.

The recognition of ECTS by other institutions depends on each university or school.

PLACES

Places are limited to 25 participants and will be occupied by strict registration order.

Participants who have completed the course will receive a certificate at the end of it.

Rob Salguero-Gomez instructor for Transmitting Science

Dr. Rob Salguero-Gómez
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom

Neftali Sillero instructor for Transmitting Science

Dr. Neftalí Sillero
Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais
Portugal

Tim Coulson instructor for Transmitting Science

Dr. Tim Coulson
Oxford University
United Kingdom

Eelke Jongejans instructor for Transmitting Science

Dr. Eelke Jongejans
Radboud University
The Netherlands

Isabel Smallegange instructor for Transmitting Science

Dr. Isabel Smallegange
University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Ana Rosa Gomez-Cano coordinator at Transmitting Science

Dr. Ana Rosa Gómez-Cano
Transmitting Science
Spain

Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno Transmitting Science coordinator

Dr. Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
Transmitting Science
Spain

Program

Monday, November 6th, 2017.

  • 9:30 – 11:00
    • Introduction.
    • Who’s who: 2 slides per organizer or participant.
    • IT introduction and computer logistics.
  • 11:00 – 11:15  Coffee break.
  • 11:15 13:30
    • Building an IPM from scratch: theory.
    • Building an IPM from scratch: computer exercises.
  • 13:30 15:00  Lunch break.
  • 15:00 17:00
    • Continuation of exercise + IPM 1.4 + dataset checking.
    • IPMpack introduction: introduction.
    • IPMpack introduction: computer exercises (vignette).
  • 17:00 17:15  Coffee break.
  • 17:15 18:30
    • Working groups + informal survey.


Tuesday, November 7th, 2017.

  • 9:30 – 11:00
    • IPMpack vignette + personal projects.
    • Diagnostics and error checking.
    • Fecundity I: theory.
  • 11:00 – 11:15  Coffee break.
  • 11:15 13:30
    • Fecundity I: computer exercises.
    • Fecundity II: theory.
  • 13:30 15:00  Lunch break.
  • 15:00 17:00
    • Fecundity II: computer exercises.
  • 17:00 17:15  Coffee break.
  • 17:15 18:30
    • Working group discussions on personal projects.


Wednesday, November 8th, 2017.

  • 9:30 – 11:00
    • Re-enforcement of discrete stage life cycle.
    • Perturbation analyses (Sensitivity & Elasticity): theory.
    • Perturbation analyses: computer exercises.
  • 11:00 – 11:15  Coffee break.
  • 11:15 13:30
    • IPMs and uncertainty.
    • Exercises + personal projects.
  • 13:30 15:00  Lunch break.
  • 15:00 17:00
    • LTREs: theory.
    • LTREs: computer exercises and personal projects.
  • 17:00 17:15  Coffee break.
  • 17:15 18:30
    • Personal projects.


Thursday, November 9th, 2017.

  • 9:30 – 11:00
    • Stochasticity: theory.
    • Stochasticity: computer exercises + personal projects.
  • 11:00 – 11:15  Coffee break.
  • 11:15 13:30
    • Evolutionary demography: theory.
    • Evolutionary demography: computer exercises.
  • 13:30 15:00  Lunch break.
  • 15:00 17:00
    • Personal projects.
  • 17:00 17:15  Coffee break.
  • 17:15 18:00
    • Missing data and uncertainty.
  • 18:00 18:30
    • Social Activity.


Friday, November 10th, 2017.

  • 9:30 – 11:00
    • Computer exercises + personal projects.
  • 11:00 – 11:15  Coffee break.
  • 11:15 13:30
    • Personal projects.
  • 13:30 15:00  Lunch break.
  • 15:00 17:00
    • Personal projects.
  • 17:00 17:15  Coffee break.
  • 17:15 18:30
    • Participants presentation.

Fees

  • Course Fee
  • Early bird (until January 31st, 2020):
  • 545 € *
    (436 € for Ambassador Institutions)
  • Regular (after January 31st, 2020):
  • 634 € *
    (507.20 € for Ambassador Institutions)
  • This includes course material, coffee breaks and lunches (VAT included).
    * Participants from companies/industry will have an extra charge of 100 €.
  • Course Fee + Accommodation Package
  • Early bird (until January 31st, 2020):
  • 895 €*

    (786 € for Ambassador Institutions)

  • Regular (after January 31st, 2020):
  • 984 €*
    (857.20 € for Ambassador Institutions)
  • This includes course material, coffee breaks, transportation between the Venue and Heraklion, accommodation from Sunday to Friday, breakfasts, lunches and dinners (VAT included).
    * Participants from companies/industry will have an extra charge of 100 €.

You can check the list of Ambassador Institutions. If you want your institution to become a Transmitting Science Ambassador please contact us at communication@transmittingscience.com

Schedule

Course Schedule

Participants will make their own way

  • Wednesday to Sunday:
    • 9:30 to 13:30 Lessons.
    • 13:30 to 15:00 Lunch (included).
    • 15:00 to 18:00 Lessons.

The class schedule is approximate; it is possible that the content of one day may run into the next and a working day may be longer than advertised.

Course + Accommodation Package Schedule
  • Tuesday:
    • 19:00 Meeting point in Estación del Norte (Valencia train station) to take the bus to Grao de Gandía.
    • 20:00 Registration at the Hotel.
    • 20:30 Dinner.
  • Wednesday to Saturday:
    • 08:00 to 09:00 Breakfast
    • 9:30 to 13:30 Lessons
    • 13:30 to 15:00 Lunch (included)
    • 15:00 to 18:00 Lessons
    • 20:30 Dinner
  • Sunday:
    • 8:00 to 9:00 Breakfast.
    • 9:30 to 13:30 Lessons
    • 13:30 to 15:00 Lunch (included)
    • 15:00 to 18:00 Lessons
    • 18:00 Meeting point in the Venue to take the bus to Valencia city.
    • 19:00 Arrival at Estación del Norte (Valencia train station).

Valencia train station is connected with Valencia Airport by subway. There will be more information about how to get there soon.

The class schedule is approximate; it is possible that the content of one day may run into the next and a working day may be longer than advertised.

Accommodation

If you take the Accommodation Package you will be hosted in the Cibeles Hotel, in single-sex shared dormitories (2 – 3 people) with bathroom en-suite.

A supplemental charge will be added if you prefer to stay in a single room.

Accommodation is included from Sunday (check-in) to Friday (check-out). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are also provided during the week, starting from the dinner of Sunday to lunch of Friday (included).

Hotel Cibeles is located at 3 blocks from the Venue and 3 blocks from the beach.

The Accommodation Package includes transportation from the centre of Heraklion to the venue and back, at the start and end of the course, respectively. The trip takes around 1 hour 50 minutes each way. If you require transportation from or to Chania (the other city of Crete with an airport), please contact the course coordinator who can arrange it at an additional cost.

If you do not wish to take the Accommodation Package, you can find a few other options in the surrounding area. However, please be aware that access to and travelling around the area requires a private vehicle as public transport is scarce. Therefore, course participants will find choosing the Accommodation Package more convenient.

  • Hotel-Cibeles

Funding

Discounts are not cumulative and apply only on the Course Fee. We offer the possibility of paying in two instalments (contact courses@transmittingscience.com).

Former participants will have a 5 % discount on the Course Fee.

20 % discount on the Course Fee is offered for members of some organizations (Ambassador Institutions). If you want to apply to this discount please indicate it in the Registration form (proof will be asked later).

Unemployed scientists living in the country were the course will be held, as well as PhD students based in that country without any grant or scholarship to develop their PhD, could benefit from a 40 % discount on the Course Fee. If you want to ask for this discount, please contact the course coordinator. That would apply for a maximum of 2 places and they will be covered by strict inscription order.