Matthew Adams

Simulating ecosystems of all shapes and sizes.
(Senior Lecturer based at @QUTSciEng / focus on maths applied to ecology /

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

New modelling suggests that the balance between algae and invertebrates is shifting, with the potential to alter these ecosystems in profound and irreversible ways.

https://t.co/qlURzs1Zzx

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

if you are
{attending MODSIM 2025 in Adelaide in Nov/Dec?}
and
{working on environmental or ecological models?}
then
{consider submitting an abstract to this session!}

https://t.co/Byb7CqkVrw

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

Thank you and I hope this course and/or code is useful to you in some way. :)

Any questions, feel free to email me ([email protected]).

https://t.co/frD3dTnYyb

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[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

Want to do "analysis of sloppiness" in Python?

I've just posted full Python code examples for this + PDF slides explaining how to do it, in a GitHub repository....!

https://t.co/frD3dTnYyb

It contains:

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[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

-> Interpreting model sloppiness outputs, and connections to other data-informing approaches

This repository is an elaboration of an excellent paper on the topic by Gloria Milena Monsalve Bravo - https://t.co/pHm4pzsEUD

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[Adriana Zanca @adriana_zanca]

Congratulations to @SarahVollert for best ECR Poster and @a13xbrowning for best ECR talk at #bioinference2024 (and @RaihaTuiTaura for great MCing) 🇦🇺 all well deserved!

[Alex Browning @a13xbrowning]

@SarahVollert of @QUTMathEcology on low data inference at #bioinference2024 @uniofwarwick

[Mario Minguito Frutos @MarioMinguito]

I'm done with my Thesis. That's the tweet.

[QUT Centre for Data Science @QUTDataScience]

Just published research from a Centre team led by @MD_Akinlotan introduces new metrics for assessing the value of making additional measurements in ecological management decisions. Unlike traditional value of information analysis... (🧵1/3)
Paper link: https://t.co/XVlCuEBLKS

[Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social @MattHHolden]

New blog post on the cost of modelling for environmental decisions based on our recent paper https://t.co/gELBxzXb8l with @KateHelmstedt @Matthew_P_Adams @QUTMathEcology @KateRobSau @QUT @QUTDataScience 👉 https://t.co/WKHZEwCqIz

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

Now published in JGR Biogeosciences!

"Trade-Off Between Light Deprivation and Desiccation in Intertidal Seagrasses Due To Periodic Tidal Inundation and Exposure: Insights From a Data-Calibrated Model"

Led by Xinyan Wang, w/ Dongdong Shao (BNU).

https://t.co/EenbPlCoLa

[Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social @MattHHolden]

How much does a model cost? Our new paper reports the costs of different ecosystem models to support fisheries. We should consider cost-benefit tradeoffs when selecting modelling frameworks for ecological decisions https://t.co/N6l0rb7Hhu. free version 👉 https://t.co/0VGRZjHXRm

[Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social @MattHHolden]

We tell decision-makers you need to specify objectives accounting for costs. Shouldn't we hold modelers to the same standards? Different models have different benefits & costs. See our new paper on cost-benefit analyses of ecosystem models for fisheries https://t.co/N6l0rb7Hhu

[QUT Centre for Data Science @QUTDataScience]

It sometimes take months to model the effects of conservations actions on a complex ecosystem. But just-published research led by Centre PhD Candidate @SarahVollert uses the latest #DataScience techniques to cut that time from months to hours!
https://t.co/ICYAI9OwiB @PLOSONE

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

New preprint! First paper by Elise Mills!

"A generalised sigmoid population growth model with energy dependence: application to quantify the tipping point for Antarctic shallow seabed algae"

Joint w/ Graeme Clark, @ProfMJSimpson, Mark Baird

https://t.co/HxSm2Elvnw

@saef_arc

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

Now published in Ecological Indicators:

Value of information: how to compute risk and uncertainty metrics + the mathematical link to optimal design!

Led by @MD_Akinlotan , w/ @DavidJWarne @KateHelmstedt @SarahVollert @iadinec Ryan Heneghan @Hui_Xiaoooo

https://t.co/rEByiWtrjx

[Alice Twomey @TwomeyAlice]

To model or not to model?

Very excited to share our latest paper providing guidance on #hydrological #restoration of #coastalwetlands 🌊🌿

@CathLovelock @RuthReef @WalthamNathan @DrWillGlamore @danfriess @KerryleeRogers_ @Steve_Crooks

https://t.co/Y8bUaQ5uQT

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

New preprint!

A guide to modelling intertidal seagrass.

https://t.co/7CuV2F3zyO

We also show an "optimal elevation" balancing light deprivation and desiccation stressors.

Led by visiting PhD student Xinyan Wang, joint with Dongdong Shao.

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_P_Adams]

Now published in Inverse Problems!

"Component-wise iterative ensemble Kalman inversion for static Bayesian models with unknown measurement error covariance"

Led by @ImkeBotha w/ @dtfraz, Dang Tran, Fred Bennett, and @chris_drovandi.

https://t.co/LMRLCf4w0c