Len Thomas

Ecological statistician at CREEM (Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling), University of St. Andrews. He/him.

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

So proud ... 😀

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Interested in an academic position in statistical ecology at St Andrews? Closing date coming up soon: 23rd October...

[stats-at-StAndrews @statsStAndrews]

Come work with us! We're recruiting a chair / reader in statistical ecology https://t.co/LznWdqWnco @CREEM_cake @StA_Maths_Stats @univofstandrews @NCSE_UK #statsjobs #ecologyjobs

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

#legend

[Royal Statistical Society @RoyalStatSoc]

Congratulations to David Borchers of @univofstandrews who is the recipient of our 2024 Barnett Award for environmental statistics, for the development of new and accessible methodologies in wildlife monitoring & conservation

[stats-at-StAndrews @statsStAndrews]

Come work with us! We're recruiting a chair / reader in statistical ecology https://t.co/LznWdqWnco @CREEM_cake @StA_Maths_Stats @univofstandrews @NCSE_UK #statsjobs #ecologyjobs

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Excellent close-kin mark-recapture paper by @ftpetersma.

[Felix Petersma @ftpetersma]

New paper in @Ecol_Evol!
@len_thom Darcy Bradley @dvharris1 @Dr_Yannis and I used simulation to explore effects of ageing error on abundance estimates from close-kin mark-recapture, motivated by a 🦈 case study. Is it a problem? Give it a read to find out: https://t.co/8esNazAqVP

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

@CREEM_cake @david_borchers @RoyalStatSoc Brilliant!

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Many congratulations to my fantastic PhD student @CallisteFJ who today submitted his thesis on "GPU-accelerated computational statistics in ecology". Way to go, Cal!

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

I'm looking forward to co-teaching another Camera Trap Distance Sampling workshop in May. It's inspiring to meet people from all around the world who are using these methods, and the real-world problems they raise are always thought-provoking.

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

PhD��: Fully-funded studentship @univofstandrews "Estimating spatial and temporal patterns in density of harbour porpoises in the North Sea using datasets from passive acoustic ocean observation networks with data flow to EU Digital Twin Ocean database" https://t.co/6xeZr4zraV

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Proud indeed: it’s been a privilege to work with Felix. And fun too!

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

@PlayContra @matspike Thanks! We were targetting stats methods other than machine learning - in our case Bayesian fitting of state space models via particle MCMC, but our paper is hopefully of help for those dipping their toes into general purpose GPU computing.

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Curious about the use of GPU computing for massively faster fitting of statistical models (especially state-space models)? Nice paper by my fabulous PhD student Cal Fagard-Jenkin, with some "getting started" components. Paper: https://t.co/7CFIlcPVsw Code https://t.co/ZfeFeBGHQ8

[stats-at-StAndrews @statsStAndrews]

The pipes are calling! We are advertising two lectureships in statistics: https://t.co/3dEzNhoYn8 Teaching-and-research or teaching-focussed. Lovely living and working environment, friendly and collaborative group, excellent students. #statsjobs #academicjobs

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Kudos to all CREEMinals!

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Congratulations to my fantastic PhD student @EmpacherFa for defending her thesis this week, and thank-you to co-supervisor @KenNewm20028163 of @BioSScotland and @EdinUniMaths for all his help. Go Fanny!

[Théo Michelot @TheoMichelot]

Now in Annals of Applied Statistics: "Continuous-time modelling of behavioural responses in animal movement"

We use stochastic differential equations to model baseline behaviour, and detect behaviour change after animals are exposed to human disturbance

https://t.co/pNJwRm0z8c

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

@CREEM_cake CREEM really is an awesome place to work. Thanks to my wonderful colleagues for making it the convivial environment it truly is. Plus I never need to worry about running low on calories 😊

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Great to be working in-person with Greg Breed. Thanks to @royalsociety for facilitating this, via a Wolfson Visiting Fellowship to Greg.

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

#ProudSupervisor Brilliant work Fanny! Thanks to cosupervisor Ken Newman of @BioSScotland for great support and ideas throughout.

[Len Thomas @len_thom]

Thanks to @ProfParksSU and her lab for hosting me this week in sunny Syracuse. Been working on a joint southern right whale passive acoustic density estimation project.
Note to @CREEM_cake: the pastries here are really good! 😊