Adam Smith
@anhsmithDad; kiwi; Bayesian statistics; ecology; PRIMER-e; surfing; philosophy; Buddhism; science; gently coaxing statistical concepts into minds for a living.
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📢 Yet another new article at NZJE! Nanopore sequencing of metagenomic DNA from rat stomach contents to infer diet Lead author: Olin Silander @MasseyUni @osilander @freed_nikki @jamesdale68 @GeorgiaBreckell @anhsmith newzealandecology.org/nzje/3554
People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-Israel" or being "pro-Palestine" or being a "Zionist" does not properly capture the nuance of thought most people do or should have about this issue. It…
⚠️Last few days to apply⚠️ Our vacancy for an Ecological Statistician / Quantitative Ecologist is closing this Sunday 8th October 2023. Come work with us on birds 🪺🐦🦩 and data 📉📊 @_BTO! #ornithology #ecology #statistics #datascience #rstats
💼 Job Vacancy: Ecological Statistician 🗺️Thetford, Norfolk 💰£33,186 ⏰8 October …shtrustforornithology.postingpanda.uk/job/461215 #ConservationJobs #ConservationCareers
I have decided to give my party vote to TOP. We must ensure fairness and equal opportunities for all in New Zealand's growing and diverse population. Read about @top_nz policies at top.org.nz/policy. If you're in Ilam, support @rafmanji #nzpol 🇳🇿 🗳️
Lighthouses of New Zealand. As @neilcfd1 warned, lighthouse maps are a slippery slope. This makes two, with two more already done. :P Though I'm not quite happy with them so I'll probably re-render. Data from @openstreetmap #rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
“The elevation of ecology beyond the delivery of plausible answers to mundane matters depends on challenging accepted wisdom, defining crucial questions & delivering inspired solutions.” A new book led by Roger Cousens explores how to make the field of ecology more effective. 1/n
Paul was a giant of many worlds, including Primer-e, marine ecology, and statistics, with a generous nature and wicked sense of humour. We'll miss you buddy. Rest in peace.
It is with the deepest sadness that we share the news of the passing of our beloved friend & colleague Professor Paul Somerfield. Paul will be missed greatly, not only at PML but also by those he worked with across the world. A tribute can be read at bit.ly/3Yj5dpe
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WHY do we divide by n-1 when computing the sample variance? I've never seen this way of explaining this concept anywhere else. Read on if you want a completely new way of looking at this.
School sharks are being satellite tagged to study their movement and habitat use. @NatSciMassey PhD student Alex Burton and @MasseyUni researcher Dr Adam Smith have created this video about their study, and more info check out: facebook.com/SCH.NZ.INT youtu.be/EBrMrhddvCo
How to learn anything. The Feynman Technique:
This video has neatly 20,000 views on TikTok which is enough that I’m inclined to think at least one person might book a holiday because of it… 🤷♂️
It pains me to see people working so hard and then render it uninterpretable by using AIC to select a model for causal inference. In this context, lots of mediators & colliders possible. It's like a poison garden of confounded mediation really.
After 1.5 years of hard work, I am thrilled to share with you Φ-SO - a Physical Symbolic Optimization package that uses deep reinforcement learning to discover physical laws from data . Here is Φ-SO discovering the analytical expression of a damped harmonic oscillator👇 [1/6]
Stare at this image for a few seconds and it completely disappears. This effect (known as Troxler's fading) has been attributed to the adaptation of neurons vital for perceiving stimuli in the visual system [read more: bit.ly/2zHGoIl]
I have a few postdoc opportunities open in the lab, if you’re interested in #populationgenomics #seascapegenomics #datastewardship #subtropics #marineinverts #massey #Aotearoa get in touch! There is some flexibility in the scope of the roles, depending on your interests/strengths
Three permanent collections-based roles currently advertised at @AucklandMuseum; Collection Manager, Taonga Māori, Senior Collection Manager, Documentary Heritage and Curator, Archaeology
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