The fifth biennial International Statistical Ecology Conference (ISEC) will be held 28 June - 1 July 2016 at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.
We have an extraordinary group of plenary speakers: - Byron Morgan, University of Kent (UK) - Marie-Josée Fortin, University of Toronto (Canada) - Bob O’Hara, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (Germany) - Ruth King, University of Edinburgh (UK) - David Warton, University of New South Wales (Australia) - Jim Nichols, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (USA) Pre-conference workshops in the area of ecological statistics will be conducted at the venue 26 & 27 June 2016: - Spatially-explicit capture-recapture (David Borchers) - Analysis of occupancy data using hidden Markov models and E-SURGE (Olivier Gimenez, Rémi Choquet, & Roger Pradel) - Bayesian model selection and decision theory for ecologists (Mevin Hooten) - Flexible programming with BUGS models: Using NIMBLE for MCMC and beyond (Perry de Valpine) - Spatial statistical models for stream networks (Jay Ver Hoef & Erin Peterson) We will begin accepting abstracts in the autumn of 2015. Further information about the conference can be found at: http://iseconference.net/ Please put the dates of the conference into your calendars (28 June – 1 July 2016) and visit the conference website for updates. Best regards, The ISEC2016 Local Organizing Committee
